ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ Sri #Jagannathadasa Virachita Sri #Harikathamrutasara

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Sri #Jagannathadasa Virachita Sri #Harikathamrutasara

426.     ಏಳುವಿಧ ಅನ್ನಪ್ರಕರಣವ

            ಕೇಳಿ ಕೋವಿದರಾಸ್ಯದಿಂದಲಿ

            ಆಲಸವ ಮಾಡದಲೆ ಅನಿರುದ್ಧಾದಿ ರೂಪಗಳ|

            ಕಾಲಕಾಲದಿ ನೆನೆದು ಪೂಜಿಸು

            ಸ್ಥೂಲಮತಿಗಳಿಗಿದನು ಪೇಳದೆ

            ಶ್ರೀಲಕುಮಿವಲ್ಲಭನೆ ಅನ್ನಾದನ್ನ ಅನ್ನದನು||14||

            YEluvidha annaprakaraNava

            kELi kOvidarAsyadindali

            Aalasava mAdadale anirudDhAdi rUpagaLa|

            KAlakAladi nenedu pUjisu

            sthUlamatigaLigidanu pELade

            Shreelakumivallabhane annAdanna annadanu||14||

SUMMARY: Hear from the face of the Knowledgeable or the Learned (Jnanis) the details related to seven types of rice (food) and worship the Lord, remembering him every now and then. Do not divulge this to dull headed persons; Sri Lakshmipati (Husband of Goddess Lakshmi) Narayana eats rice and hence he is called as Annada. He is Anna or rice or food as Anna is one of his names and he is Annada, one who gives Anna to every being.

The details of seven types of Rice or what is called as SaptAnna PrakaraNa are given in BruhadAraNyakOpanishat. A wonderful explanation related to this Saptaanna has been rendered by Sri Madhwacharyaru in his Bhashya or explanatory notes. According to that explanatory notes, Sri Hari created seven types of rice known as Manas or mind, VAk or speech, Prana or Lifebreath, Anna or rice, Bali or prey, Homa or sacrifice and Goksheera or the cow milk. Of them, he has kept Mind, Speech and Lifebreath or the sensory organs by himself. This is the reason why it is said that if a person surrenders these three types of rice to Him, he will accept them as Mahanaivedya and blesses the devotee. The fourth type of rice is the food that is consumed by all the animals. That is reserved for deities to consume. Therefore, if a person does not offer that fourth type of rice to deities but consumes it himself, then it is one of the most heinous sins, which is equal to stealing Devaswa and Brahmaswa or stealing the food reserved for deities and Brahma. Animal sacrifice and performance of Homa or sacrifices amounts to providing food to deities. Milk is the food of animals. This is the reason why the animals grow on the milk fed by their mothers. The seventh type is Goksheera or cows’ milk, which is the food all other beings. Anyone worshipping Sri Hari with the knowledge of this explanation, will never suffer from dearth of rice or food.   

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