#SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA # “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

#SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA # “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

ಅಂಹಾಂಸಿ ಹಂಸಿ ಸತತಂ ಕಿಲ ರಾಸಿ ಪುಣ್ಯಂ

ಸಿಂಹಸ್ಥಿತೇ ಸುರಗುರೌ ನ ತದಂಬ ಯಾಚೇ|

ಗೋದೇ ಸಮಸ್ತಫಲದೇ ದಿಶ ಕೃಷ್ಣಪಾದೇ

ಭಕ್ತಿಂ ವಿರಕ್ತಿಮಿತರತ್ರ ಪರತ್ರ ಮುಕ್ತಿಮ್||10||

AmhAmsi hamsi satatam kila rAsi puNyam

SihmasThitE suragurau na tadamba yAchE|

gOdE samastaPhaladE disha kriShNapAdE

Bhaktim viraktimitaratra paratra muktim||10||

SUMMARY: Oh goddess #Godavari, I have heard that whoever takes bath in your waters when Jupiter is in Leo secures special positive energy (Punya). But, I may not take bath when Jupiter is in Leo and ask you to drive away my sins and bestow upon me positive energy because, anyone taking bath in you at any time in life will certainly enjoy such benefits. Will anyone desire to have porridge or gruel in a marriage ceremony? I will seek higher benefits when you are in a pleasant mood. Please provide me with devotion to the feet of Sri Krishna and disinterest in family life and finally Moksha or Mukti or salvation in the world hereafter. You alone can provide me with these benefits as none else is capable of providing them, says Sri Vadirajaru in this stanza.

ಆದೌ ಧವಲಗಂಗಾ ಯಾ ಗಂಗಾದ್ವಾರಾಭಿಧಾಂತರೇ|

ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ ಕುಶಾವರ್ತಪದಾ ಗೋದಾ ಮೋದಾ ಯ ಸಾ ಸದಾ||11||

Aadau DhavalagangA yA gangAdwArABhiDhAntarE|

PashchAt kushAvartapadA gOdA mOdA ya sA sadA||11||

SUMMARY: May this Godavari River, who is called as Dhavalaganga at the point of her origin in the subtle Sarovar or Pond at the tip of Tryambaka Mountain, who gets called as Gangadwara in the midway and finally gets known as Kushavarta bless us with eternal happiness.

Impressed with the penance of Gauthama Muni, Lord Shiva sent Ganga from his head to originate at the tip of Tryambaka Mountain, where she appears in a small way as a pond and there she is known as Dhavalaganga. She later flows underground, without being noticed by the outside world. Subsequently, she appears at the bottom of Brahmagiri tower in the form of two ponds known as Varaha and Narasihma and these are popularly known as Gangadwara or the entrance of Ganga. Godavari again takes a secret route underground till 

Kushavarta, where she is seen again. Gauthama Rishi controlled the flooding Godavari at Kushavartha with the Holy Grass or Darbha and sprinkled that water on the carcasses of the cow to bring it back to life. Kushaihi AavartyatE iti kushAvartA| Sri Vadirajaru visited all the three places and has described them.  

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SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI (ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)

SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S

SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)  

Hanumantha sees Lanka/ಹನುಮಂತನಿಗೆ ಲಂಕೆಯ ದರ್ಶನ

A mountain called Lamba surrounds Lanka like a fort. Mount Lamba has very high towers. By the side of Lamba, there is another mountain called Trikoota. Hanumantha landed on the Lamba. Due to the force with which Hanumantha landed on Lamba, the birds in trees and nests and the animals living in the mountain felt a rude shock and ran to all directions in utter fear, anxiety and bewilderment. Some trees were uprooted and the flowers in all plants and trees withered. All these things appeared as though the relatives were honoring a person on some outstanding achievement.

Hanumantha shifted to Trikoota and surveyed all ten directions. He noticed the glittering Lanka from Trikoota. Lanka appeared as attractive and rich as Alakavati of Indra. Different types of forts, high-rise buildings, lakes, machines and wonderful parks had rendered Lanka into a very attractive city. None could dream of seeing Lanka. Hanumantha thanked Rama for blessing him with the capacity to fly across the ocean and see Lanka. The day was on the verge of closure and the dusk was imminent. Hanumantha thought that he should shrink his body to remain unnoticed by the demons and to enter Lanka. Moreover a giant body could create suspicion in the minds of demons about Hanumantha. With all these thoughts, Hanumantha assumed a tiny form and waited for the Sun to retire from the horizon. It was time when demons would be under the influence of intoxicants and therefore would not be alert about intruders. Any action initiated against the enemies during dusk would be more effective. Hanumantha, in his tiny form, decided to enter Lanka immediately after sunset.

When Hanumantha was about to enter, he saw a gigantic, ugly and powerful female standing in front of him. She roared at Hanumantha: “Who are you trying to enter Lanka without my permission?” Even before Hanumantha could reply, the female demon thumped the head of Hanumantha with her huge fist. Hanumantha recalled that he had just killed Sihmike, a female demon and was again being confronted by a female demon. Any person harmful to humanity deserves to be killed, irrespective of whether that person is male or female. Hanumantha lost no time in paying back Lankini with his left fist. Lankini lost consciousness and fell on the ground. As soon as she regained her consciousness, she folded her hands and told Hanumantha: “Oh Great Monkey! Welcome to you. Lord Brahma had told me earlier that when bad time sets in for Lanka, a monkey will forcibly defeat you. I know about you very well. Please pardon me for hitting you. Please find out Seetha Devi, wife of Srirama, in Lanka, without any hurdle.” Hanumantha thanked her and stepped into Lanka.  

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SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 19 (54) ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 19ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 19 (54)

ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 19ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

Incarnations of Rama and Krishna/ರಾಮಾವತಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾವತಾರ

ಕರುಣಾಕರಃ ಸ ವಸುದೇವಮೋದದೋ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಪುರಾಹಿಮಕರಾನ್ವಯೇsಭವತ್|

ಜಿತವಾನ್ ದಿಶೋ ದಶರಥೋsಗ್ರ್ಯಸಂಪದೋ ಜನಕೋ ಬಭೂವ ಭುವಿ ಯಸ್ಯ ವೈರಿಹಾ||19||

KarNAkaraha sa VasudEvamOdadO BhagavAn purAhimkarAnwayE(s)Bhavat|

JitavAn dishO DasharaThO(s)gray sampadO janakO baBhUva Bhuvi yasya vairihA||19||

SUMMARY: 1. Kind hearted Lord, with a view to make the Ashta Vasus, Sun or Vishwamitra and other Brahmins, as well as the deities happy, he was born earlier in the dynasty of Sun, whose rays are hot; King Dasharatha, who had won battles in ten directions and was a wrecker of enemies, was his father (Incarnation of Rama).

SUMMARY: 2. The Lord, whose chariot had won all the ten directions, defeated the enemies and was the reason for securing huge wealth; such a kind God had earlier incarnated in the dynasty of cool-rayed Moon and had made Vasudeva very happy (Krishna Avatar).

Beginning from this stanza (19), upto stanza No. 34, Sri Narayana Pandit has described the incarnations of Rama and Krishna in great detail.

Sriramavatar and Sri Krishnavatar are two very long drawn incarnations. Both were Kshatriyas. Srirama governed the State while Krishna got the State governed. In both the incarnations, several problems arose and were resolved by the respective forms. Therefore, anyone offering worship and prayers to these two forms will overcome all the problems and realize their desires.

Srirama was born in the dynasty of Sun and therefore his birth was in the afternoon. Sri Krishna was born in the dynasty of Moon and therefore he was born in midnight.

In the case of Srirama Avatar, VasudEvamOdadaha” should be apprehended as making Vasudeva and other deities happy and in the case of Sri Krishna Avatar, he made Vasudeva happy.

Srirama Stuti and Sri Krishna Stuti in Dwadasha Stotra are as follows:

RAGhava RAGhava rAkShasashatrO mArutivallaBha JAnakeekAnta|(6/7)

Kharataranishicharadahana parAmruta RaGhuvara mAnava Bhava mama sharaNam|(9/11)

DEvakinandana sundararUpa rugmiNivallaBha pAnDavabanDhO|(6/8)

Sulalitatanuvara Varada mahAbala yaduvara PArThava Bhava mama sharaNam?(9/12)

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(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರೀ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) 

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / 

ಶ್ರೀ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Sri Vasudeva provides opportunities/ಅವಕಾಶಪ್ರದ ಶ್ರೀ ವಾಸುದೇವ

85.       ವಾಸುದೇವನು ಒಳಹೊರಗೆ ಅವ-

                ಕಾಶ ಕೊಡುವ ನಭಸ್ಥನಾಗಿ ರ-

                ಮಾಸಮೇತ ವಿಹಾರ ಮಾಳ್ಪನು ಪಂಚರೂಪದಲಿ|

                ಆ ಸರೋರುಹಸಂಭವಾಭವ-

                ವಾಸವಾದ್ಯಮರಾದಿ ಚೇತನ-

                ರಾಶಿಯೊಳಗಿಹನೆಂದು ಅರಿದವನವನೆ ಕೋವಿದನು||9||

            VAsudEvanu voLahorage ava-

            kAsha koDuva naBhasThanAgi ra-

            mAsamEta vihAra mALpanu pancharUpadali|

            Aa sarOruhasamBhavABhava-

            vAsavAdyamarAdi chEtana-

            rAshiyoLagihanendu aridavanavane kOvidanu||9||

SUMMARY: Staying in the space(sky), Sri Hari, in his form as Vasudeva, provides opportunities, inside as well as outside. Along with Goddess Lakshmi, he moves around in five forms. Whoever understands that he exists in Brahma, Shiva, Indra and the entire animate world is the real scholar, philosopher and knowledgeable person.

As Sri Jagannatha Dasaru has used “RamAsamEta mALpanu” (does everything along with Rama Devi or Goddess Lakshmi), Sri Hari should always be remembered along with Goddess Lakshmi and her variant forms like Jaya and others.

Aitareyabhashya explains this attribute more clearly:

AvakAshapradO nityam VAsudEvO naBhaha sThitaha|

YEvam panchAtmakam ViShNum ya upAstE sadaiva tu||

AvakAshapradaha sO(s)pi swajAteenAm BhaviShyati|

BhOktA chApyAyakashchaiva tasya ViShsNOho prasAdataha||

BrahmEndrAdyAha swajAteeshapadayOgyA amuShya cha|

YOgyA upAsanasya syustavanyE jnAnamAtrakE||AitarEyaBhAShya 2/2/1)

ಅವಕಾಶಸ್ತದೋ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ವಾಸುದೇವೋ ನಭಃ ಸ್ಥಿತಃ|

ಏವಂ ಪಂಚಾತ್ಮಕಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಂ ಯ ಉಪಾಸ್ತೇ ಸದೈವ ತು||

ಅವಕಾಶಪ್ರದಃ ಸೋsಪಿ ಸ್ವಜಾತೀನಾಂ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ|

ಭೋಕ್ತಾ ಚಾಪ್ಯಾಯಕಶ್ಚೈವ ತಸ್ಯ ವಿಷ್ಣೋಃ ಪ್ರಸಾದತಃ||

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೇಂದ್ರಾದ್ಯಾಃ ಸ್ವಜಾತೀಶಪದಯೋಗ್ಯಾ ಅಮುಷ್ಯ ಚ|

ಯೋಗ್ಯಾ ಉಪಾಸನಸ್ಯ ಸ್ಯುಸ್ತದನ್ಯೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಮಾತ್ರಕೇ||ಐತರೇಯಭಾಷ್ಯ 2/2/1||

Vasudeva and other forms in rice and other food items/

ಅನ್ನಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಾದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ವಾಸುದೇವಾದಿ ರೂಪಗಳು

86.         ವಾಸುದೇವನು ಅನ್ನದೊಳು ನಾ-

                ನಾಸುಭಕ್ಷದಿ ಸಂಕರುಷಣ ಕೃ-

‘               ತೀಶ ಪರಮಾನ್ನದೊಳು ಘೃತದೊಳಗಿಪ್ಪನಿರುದ್ಧ|

                ಆ ಸುಪರ್ಣಾಂಸಗನು ಸೂಪದಿ

                ವಾಸವಾನುಜ ಶಾಕದೊಳು ಮೂ-

                ಲೇಶ ನಾರಾಯಣನು ಸರ್ವತ್ರದಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿಹನು||10||

            VAsudEvanu annadoLu nA-

            nAsuBhakShadi sankaruShaNa kru-

            teesha paramAnnadoLu GhrutadoLagippanirudDha|

            A suparNAmsaganu sUpadi

            VAsavAnuja shAkadoLu mU-

            lEsha NArAyaNanu sarvatradali nelesihanu||10||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari manifests in rice in the form of Sri Vasudeva; he is in various sweets in the form of SankarShaNa; in the form of Krutipati Sri Pradyumna, he is in the sweet gel (Paramaanna); he is in the form of Aniruddha in Ghee; in the form of Garudavahana, rider of the golden eagle, he is in the Dal concentrate (Tovve – this is a compulsory item in the meals. It is prepared by merely baking the Tur Dal and a little bit of salt); in the heat of food items, Sri Hari manifests in the form of Upendra and thus the Originator (MUlEsha) of Universe, Sri Narayana, is omnipresent.

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SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

Sri Godavari River/ಶ್ರೀ ಗೋದಾವರೀ ನದಿ

ವಿಪ್ರರ್ಷಿದೇವಕುಲಸಂಕುಲತೀರಯುಗ್ಮಾ ವಿದ್ರಾವಿತಾಘತೃಣರೇಣುಕಣಾ ಸ್ವವಾತೈಃ|

ಸ್ವಾದೂದಕಪ್ರಶಮಿತಾಖಿಲಲೋಕಶೋಕಾ ಗೋದಾವರೀ ಶುಭಕರೀ ಸರಿದುದ್ಧರೇನ್ನಃ||9||

ViprarShidEvakulasankulateerayugmA

vidrAvitAGhatruNarENukaNA swavAtaihi|

SwAdUdakaprashamitAKhilalOkashOkA

GOdAvaree shuBhakaree saridudDharEnnaha||9||

SUMMARY: Brahmins and Rishis are densely living on both sides of Godavari River. Moreover, several deities and shrines adore the two banks of Godavari. The breeze that blows across the river carries away the dust, grass and tiny pieces of gravel, which appears as though the river is driving away the sins of those having a holy dip in the river water. When the people drink the sweet water of Godavari, the sins inside their mind or body and the ones committed externally get eradicated. May this holy river relieve us from the family life.

ORIGIN: Godavari River originates from Mount Tryambaka, which is about 17 miles from Nasik Road Railway station on Mumbai-Delhi track. This river flows up to about 900 miles and joins the sea near Rajamahendri.

The story of the origin of this river is mentioned in Skanda Purana.

Earlier, at the time of the end of Dwapara Yuga, a twelve-year-long severe draught occurred. Several Munis and Rishis took shelter in the Ashram of Gauthama. Due to the power of his penance, sumptuous rains occurred and adequate quantity of grains was produced. Brahmins and Rishis lived happily. As the years passed by, the draught condition vanished and those Munis and Rishis, who had taken shelter in the hermitage of Gauthama expressed their desire to return their homes. But, Sage Gauthama did not permit them to return. The reason was that Gauthama did not want to lose the opportunity of attracting positive energy by feeding Brahmins and Rishis. Meanwhile, Goddess Parvathi, who was jealous of Goddess Ganga staying on the head of her husband Lord Shiva, wanted to somehow dislocate Ganga from the head of Shiva. She wanted to utilize this opportunity of Gauthama not permitting his guests return home to achieve her goal of removing Ganga from the head of Shiva. She assigned this task to her son Sri Ganesha. Being attached to his mother and very clever, Lord Ganesha assumed the form of a Brahmachari, reached the hermitage of Gauthama and told the Brahmins and Rishis there: “By consuming the food offered by Gauthama, you are losing the positive energy you have secured so far. Therefore, you try to escape from this place under some pretext. I will suggest a plan for you in this regard. Please create a cow from the power of your penance. It should be very lean, week and pale. It should be in such a state that it might die with a touch. It should be grazing on the way of Gauthama returning from bath. With the intention of driving it away, Gauthama might sprinkle some water on it and the cow would instantly die. You should then argue that you would not eat the food offered by a person who had killed a cow. The Brahmins, due to their bad time and the manner in which Lord Ganesha had preached, agreed and did as advised by Ganesha. Gauthama could easily understand why they had acted in such a way with his power of penance. He cursed the Brahmins to lose all their positive energy and did penance to impress upon Lord Shiva to revive the life of the dead cow. When Lord Shiva appeared, Gauthama requested Lord Shiva to release Ganga from his head and make her flow on the carcass of the cow. Accordingly, Lord Shiva released Ganga from his head on the carcass of the cow, which became alive. Since then, the river came to be known as Godavari, where “Go” means cow in Sanskrit. The name Godavari means a river that retrieved the life of a dead cow.

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SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI (ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)

SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S

SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)  

A test by Surase/ಸುರಸೆಯಿಂದ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ

Mainaka felt happy for two reasons. Hanumantha had obliged to respond to his call on the one hand and on the other, the keenness and eagerness that Hanumantha displayed over continuing his journey quickly and finding out the place where Seetha Devi might have been kept by Ravana. On the part of Hanumantha, he sprang from the mountain and revived his tryst without wasting a moment. He increased the speed at which he was flying. At this juncture, the deities wanted to test the dedication and capacity of Hanumantha. The deities directed a serpent angel called Surase to take a test of the power of Hanumantha. Intention of the deities was not to merely test the power of Hanumantha, which they were aware of, but to make the entire universe aware of the wonderful power of Hanumantha. Surase was a Nagamata, a head of the serpents’ clan. The deities told Surase: “Oh dear serpent angel! We want to test the mystic prowess of Sri Hanumantha. This is why we have bestowed upon you the boon of being able to get all the food you need into your mouth. Go and stand in the way Hanumantha is travelling and ask him to enter your mouth. By doing so, pose some obstruction to his journey.”

Surase assumed a gorgeous and highly ferocious form and stood in the way of Hanumantha. She asked Hanumantha to enter her mouth and widened her mouth to such an extent that Hanumantha could easily be consumed in one bite. Hanumantha explained his background and the purpose for which he was travelling. Surase did not budge. Hanumantha expanded his body to a great extent and told Surase that her mouth might not be large enough to eat him. Surase widened her mouth twice the size of Hanumantha and invited him into her mouth. Hanumantha instantaneously reduced his body into thumb size, entered her open and large mouth and came out in a flash, without harming her or getting himself hurt in any manner. Surase was highly impressed with the intelligence of Hanumantha and said: “You have kept the boon given to me by the deities intact without killing me and without harming yourself in any manner. You will certainly see Seetha Devi and return to Rama successfully. May God bless you.”

Sihmika dies/ಸಿಂಹಿಕೆಯ ಅಂತ್ಯ

No sooner Hanumantha had heaved a sigh of relief after outsmarting Surase, he was confronted by another female demon called Sihmike.

Earlier, she had done penance to please Lord Brahma and had obtained a strange boon with which she could control the movement of anything by catching the shadow that falls on the surface water of the sea. Lord Brahma had granted the boon to protect Ravana from attackers. Brahma told Sihmike that she could just be lying in the sea, catch the shadows of any animal or human that may fly across the sea between Bharata and Lanka, pull them down and eat them. Those who knew about this pact between Brahma and Sihmike avoided flying across that spot where Sihmike was living but those unaware of it were falling prey to her. Hanumantha had been informed by Sugreeva about Sihmike but was not aware of the particular spot where she was living in the sea. Accidentally, Sihmike was lying exactly on the way Hanumantha had chosen to travel to Lanka. Sihmike was very happy to see a huge shadow on the sea waters because she thought that after a long time, she was getting sumptuous food. Hanumantha felt someone was controlling his movement. He saw down and noticed that a female demon was pulling him down with the shadow. He knew about the boon of Lord Brahma and did not want to dishonor Brahma by instantly killing Sihmike. At the same time, Hanumantha wanted to kill her. He pretended to have been caught by her for some time, expanded his body further, even as Sihmike kept widening her mouth twice the size of his body. Hanumantha contracted his body into a tiny form, entered her mouth, went into her belly and before she could even wink her eyes, Hanumantha tore her belly and sprang from there into the sky. Sihmike died instantly. All the deities, Rishis and Apsaras praised Hanumantha for killing Sihmike and clearing the way for them to fly over that spot. Everyone blessed Hanumantha for such stupendous act.   

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SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 18 (54) ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 18ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 18 (54)

ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 18ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

Incarnations of Parashurama and Vedavyasa/ಪರಶುರಾಮ ಹಾಗೂ ವೇದವ್ಯಾಸ ಅವತಾರಗಳು

ಕಥಯಂತ್ಯಮುಂ ಪರಶುಭಾಸಮಾನಗೋಹತಮರ್ತ್ಯದೇವತಮಸಂ ಮುಹುರ್ಮುಹುಃ|

ಜಗತಾಂ ಹಿತಂ ಹರಿಮಿವಾಪರಂ ಹರಿಂ ಗುರುಶಕ್ತಿತಾಪಸವರಾನ್ವಯೋದ್ಭವಮ್||18||

KaThayantyamum ParashBhAsamAnagOhatamartyadEvatamasam muhurmuhuhu|

JagatAm hitam harimivAparaM Harim gurushaktitApasavarAnwayOdBhavam||18||

SUMMARY - 1: Sri Parashurama, an incarnation of Sri Narayana, who, with his incomparable brightness of his axe drove away again and again the darkness of the Kshatriya, who was born in the dynasty of great sage Bhrugu, who was for the welfare of the universe and was endowed with the sublime power of his penance, is popularly known as another Sun of the universe.

SUMMARY – 2: Sri Vedavyasa, who incarnated in the dynasty of great Shakti Muni, who, again and again drove away  the lack of knowledge of both deities and humans with his good, pleasant and indescribable words of mouth, is known as another Sun of this universe.

This stanza describes both the incarnations of Sri Parashurama and Sri Vedavyasa.

The compound word “ParashuBhAsamAnagOhatamartyadEvatamasam” should be understood as referring to the incarnation of Narayana as Sri Parashurama, whose axe was so bright that it was driving away the darkness that many Kshatriyas had created by their brutal acts. Sri Parashurama had taken up 21 expeditions of the universe to find out Kshatriya kings and kill them as they had all become cruel, merciless and unlawful. Similarly, with his supreme knowledge, Sri Vedavyasa drove away the total lack of knowledge (Tamas) which is equal to darkness. Lack of knowledge is lack of light in life. This emphasizes the fact that knowledge is the mightiest weapon and true education is like the ray of light, which is reminiscent of the Sunlight.

While interpreting the word “ParashuBhAsamAnagOhatamartyadEvatamasam” as referring to the incarnation of Parashurama, it should be conceived as Parashu-BhAsamAna-gOhata-martyadEva-tamasam and while invoking theincarnation of Sri Vedavyasaru, the same word should be conceived as Guru-shaktitApasa-varAnvayOdBhavam.

These incarnations have been described in DwadashastOtra”       

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