SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA – TRAYODASHAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 57, 58, 59 and 60 (69) ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ತ್ರಯೋದಶಃ ಸರ್ಗಃ 57, 58, 59 ಹಾಗೂ 60ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (69)

SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA – TRAYODASHAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 57, 58, 59 and 60 (69)

ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ತ್ರಯೋದಶಃ ಸರ್ಗಃ 57, 58, 59 ಹಾಗೂ 60ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (69)

ಘಟನೋಪನಿಷತ್ಸು ನಾಲ್ಪಬುದ್ಧೇಃ  ಸುಘಟೇತ್ಯಭ್ಯುಪಗಮ್ಯ ಚಿಂತಯಾಮಃ|

ನ ವಿಮುಕ್ತಿಮುಪೈತಿ ಕೋsಪಿ ಮುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸಮಯೋಕ್ತಾಮಿಹ ಯಾಮಿಮಾಮುಪಾಸ್ತಿಂ||57||

घटनॊपनिषत्सु नाल्पबुद्धॆः सुघटॆत्यभ्युपगम्य चिन्तयामः।

न विमुक्तिमुपैति कॊsपि मुक्त्वा समयॊक्तामिह यामिमामुपास्तिम्॥57॥

GhaTanOniShatsu nAlpabuddhEhe suGhaTEtyabhyupagamya chintayAmaha|

Na vimuktimupait kO(s)pi muktwA samayOktAmiha yAmimAmupAstim||57||

SUMMARY: For less knowledgeable people like us, the subject matter of Upanishads is not easily intelligible; with this awareness and with the prevailing method of worship of Lord Parabrahma not perfect enough to carry us on the path of salvation, it is essential for us to know the perfect methods of worshipping the Lord Parabrahma as prescribed in the correct, sacred compositions and texts such as  Brahma Sutra.

Although several commentaries, interpretations and critical analyses of Brahma Sutra were in vogue, all of them were misleading, illogical, confusing and ambiguous. By no stretch of imagination could those commentaries etc., enlighten the devotees, the righteous and common people as to which was the right, perfect and easy method of worship of the Lord. Another major problem was that the Brahma Sutra and other holy texts, Smrutis and Shrutis could not be easily understood by common people. It was imperative for everyone to explore the meanings, the secrets of holy texts in the commentaries and interpretations. Under such circumstances, a majority of people of those days were eagerly waiting for proper interpretation of Brahma Sutra and other works of yore.   

ವಿತತಃ ಸುಖಸಚ್ಚಿದದ್ವಯಾತ್ಮಾ ಸಮುಪಾಸ್ಯೋ ವಿಹಿತೋ ಹಿ ತತ್ತ್ವವಿದ್ಭಿಃ|

ಸ ಚ ನಾವಯವೀ ನಿರೂಪ್ಯತೇ ಚೇದ್ಯುತಿಮಾತ್ರಂ ಚ ನ ಹೀತ್ಯದೋ ರಹಸ್ಯಂ||58||

विततः सुखसच्चिदद्वयात्मा समुपास्यॊ विहितॊ हि तत्त्वविद्भिः।

स च नावयवी निरूप्यतॆ चॆद्युतिमात्रं च न हीत्यदॊ रहस्यम्॥58॥

Vitataha sukhasachchidadwayAtmA samupAsyO vihitO hi tattwavidbhihi|

Sa cha nAvayavee nirUpyatE chEdyutimAtram cha na heetyadO rahasyam||58||

SUMMARY: It was clear from those having the right philosophical knowledge that the very form of Lord Sri Hari is made of happiness, pleasure and knowledge; it was the perfection perception of Holy Texts. Lord Hari is the God Proper for worship; this Lord, who is omnipresent, has the hands, legs and other organs that are in the form of happiness or expressible as an embodiment of happiness; otherwise, as established in the Holy Texts, he cannot be imagined to be in the form of mere bright light, which is the secret hidden in all the Holy Texts.

This stanza clarifies the fact that even though there are theories that Lord Sri Hari is Nirvikara or without any physical form or shape, he cannot be imagined as not having hands, legs and other organs.      

ಯದಿಚೇದೃಗಪಾಸ್ಯತೇsಸ್ಯ ರೂಪಂ ತಿಮಿರತ್ವೇನ ವಿಭಾತಿ ಪಾರಿಶೇಷ್ಯಾತ್|

ಫಲಮಪ್ಯಥ ಮುಕ್ತಿರೀದೃಶೀ ಸ್ಯಾದಿತಿ ನೋ ನೈವ ಧಿನೋತ್ಯುಪಾಸ್ತಿರೇಷಾ||59||

यदि चॆदृगपास्यतॆsस्य रूपं तिमिरत्वॆन विभाति पारिशॆष्यात्।

फलमप्यथ मुक्तिरीदृशी स्यादिति नॊ नैव धिनॊत्युपास्तिरॆषा॥59॥

SUMMARY: If, as mentioned earlier, Lord Hari should be worshipped as an invisible object, without any form or shape, then, logically, such thoughts are the result of the character of Tamas. Such a worship will not pave the way for salvation on the one hand and on the other, the shape and form of the Lord should be viewed as blank, dark or shadow. Therefore, it can never be accepted that the Lord Hari should be worshipped as having no character, no shape and no form. Our mind cannot accept such illusions.

Yadi chEdrugapAsyatE(s)sya rUpam timiratvEna vibhAti pArishEShyAt|

Phalamapyatha muktireedrushee syAditi nO naiva dhnOtyupAstirEShA||59||

ಅಥ ವೇದಪುರಾಣಭಾರತಾದಿ ಸ್ವಯಮಾಲೋಚ್ಯ ಯಥಾವಬೋಧಮತ್ರ|

ಗುಣವಂತಮುಪಾಸ್ಮಹೇ ಮುಕುಂದಂ ಸ್ಮೃತಿಧರ್ಮಾನ್ ಭೃಶಮಾಚರಂತ ಏವ||60||

अथ वॆदपुराणभारतादि स्वयमालॊच्य यथावबॊधमत्र।

गुणवन्तमुपास्महॆ मुकुन्दं स्मृतिधर्मान् भृषमाचरन्त ऎव॥60॥

Atha vEdapurANabhAratAdi swayamAlOchya yathAvabOdhamatra|

GuNavantamupAsmahE mukundam smrutidharmAn bhrushamAcharanta yEva||60||

SUMMARY: Therefore, let us thoroughly understand and think over the gist of what is explained in Vedas, Mahabharata and other works about Lord Hari. Then,
let us continue to follow all the righteous norms mentioned in Smrutis and philosophical as well as culture-bound works and worship Lord Mukunda, an epitome of all good qualities.

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