SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”
ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”
Prayer to Ganga continued/ಗಂಗಾದೇವಿಯ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ಭಾಗ
ಶ್ರೀನಾರಾಯಣರಾಮಗೋಪತಿಹೃಷೀಕೇಶಾದಿರೂಪೋsಕ್ಷಮ
ಸ್ತ್ವಾಂ ಹಾತುಂ
ಹರಿಸೂಕರಾಕೃತಿರಥ ಶ್ರೀದೇವಹೂತ್ಯಾತ್ಮಜಃ|
ವೇಣೀಮಾಧವಬಿಂದುಮಾಧವತನುಸ್ತೀರೇ
ವ್ಯಧತ್ತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಂ
ಗಂಗೇ ಕಿಂ ಬಹುನಾಧುನಾಪಿ
ವಸತಿ ತ್ವದ್ಭರ್ತೃಗೇಹೇ ಹ್ಯಸೌ||21||
SreenArAyaNarAmagOpatihruShEkEshAdirUpO(s)kShama
stwAm hAtum harisUkarAkrutiraTha shreedEvahUtyAtmajaha|
VENeemADhavabindumADhavatanusteerE vyaDhatta sThitim
GangE kim bahunADhunApi vasati twadBhartrugEhE hyasau||21||
श्रीनारायणरामगॊपतिहृषीकॆशादिरूपॊsक्षमस्त्वां हातुं हरिसूकराकृतिरथ श्रीदॆवहूत्यात्मजः।
वॆणीमाधवबिंदुमाधव॒तनुस्तीरॆ व्यधत्त स्थितिं गंगॆ किं बहुनाधुनापि वसति त्वद्बर्तृगॆहॆ
ह्यसौ॥२१॥
SUMMARY: Oh Ganga, your father Sri Narayana, even after bidding you adieu
to your husband’s house, like a father who does not want to be away from his daughter,
followed you as Narayana in Badari Ashram, Rama in Prayag, as Gopalakrishna at
the conjunction of Alakanandini and Bhageerathi, as Sri Hrisheekesha, who is
one of the 24 gods in Tapovan, as Anantashayana in Juhu kShetra, as Govinda at
Hastinapura, Sri Vedavyasa in Vyasashram, as one of the 24 Gods named Hari in
Haridwar, Sri Shwetavaraha in Sukara Kshetra, Kapila, Sri Veneemadhava in
Prayag, Bindumadhava in Kashi, as Sri UdAramadhava at the joining point of
Ganga with the sea and in several other forms on your banks at various places.
There is no point in describing it further. He still rests upon the lap of your
husband the king of Oceans. As stated in one of the Shruti sentences “Yamantaha
samudrE kavayO(s)vayanti”, Lord Vishnu has not dissociated from you anywhere.
He is with you everywhere.
One can remember the following Shloka in this context:
YO(s)sau sarvagatO ViShNuhu chitswarUpO niranjanaha|
Sa yEva dravarUpENa GangAmBhO nAtra samshayaha||
यॊsसौ सर्वगतॊ विष्णुः
चित्स्वरूपॊ निरंजनः।
स यॆव द्रवरूपॆण गंगांभ्गॊ नात्र संशयः॥
Gist of this Shloka is that Sri Vishnu is existing in Ganga waters in
liquid form. Sri Vishnu is in every tiny drop of Ganga Waters, eternally.
ಗಂಗೇ ತ್ವಂ ಶುಭಸಂಚಯಸ್ಯ ಜಯದಾ ದೋಷಾತ್ಮನಾಂ ನ ತ್ವಿತಿ
ಜ್ಞಾತಂ ಯತ್‌ಕ್ರತುಕೋಟಿಲಭ್ಯಸುಕೃತಸ್ಯಾಭ್ಯುನ್ನತಿಂ ಯಚ್ಛಸಿ|
ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಾಣ್ಯಮಿತಾನಿ ದೂರಯಸಿ ಯತ್ ತ್ವದ್ಗೇಯತೋ ಯೇಕ್ಷಯಾ
ಪಾನೇನಾಪ್ಯವಗಾಹನೇನ ಮನಸಾ ಧ್ಯಾನೇನ ಗಾನೇನ ವಾ||22||
GangE twam shuBhasanchayasya jayadA dOShAtmanAm na twiti
jnAtam yatkratukOTilaBhyasukrutasyABhyunnatim yachChasi|
DuShkarmANyamitAni dUrayasi yat twadgEyatOyEkShayA
pAnEnApyavagAhanena manasA DhyAnEna gAnEna vA||22||
गंगॆ त्वं शुभसंचयस्य जयदा दॊषात्मनां न त्विति ज्ञातं यत्क्रतुकॊटिलभ्यसुकृतस्याभ्युन्नतिं
यच्छसि।
दुष्कर्माण्यमितानि दूरयसि यत् त्वद्गॆयतॊ यॆक्षया पानॆनाप्यवगाहनॆन मनसा
ध्यानीन गानॆन वा॥२२॥
SUMMARY: Oh Ganga, we understand that you bless only
those Satwiks (righteous) who take bath in you, with progress and prosperity
and that you will not bestow upon non-righteous Tamas beings the same progress
and prosperity because you will adore those who just see you or drink your
waters or take bath in your waters,
meditate your name or praise you with such positive verves and waves that are
equal to positive verves and waves secured by performing one crore Yagas or
special sacred sacrifices, besides washing away the negative energy acquired by
committing sins.
In his Neetishataka (One hundred Shlokas of
ethics/morality), Bhartruhari praises Ganga by negative or abusive method of chiding
her:
ShiraHa shArvam swargAt pashupatishirastaha kShitaDharam
maheeDhrAduttungAdavanimavanEshchApijaDaDhim|
ADhO(s)DhOgangEyam padamupagatA stOkamaThavA
vivEkaBhraShTAnAm Bhavati vinipAtaha shatamuKhaha||
शिरः शार्वं स्वर्गात् पशुपतिशिरस्तः क्षितिधरं महीध्रादुत्तुंगादवनिमवनॆश्चापिजडधिं।
अधॊsधॊगंगॆयं पदमुपगता
स्तॊकमथवा विवॆकभ्रष्टानां भवति विनिपातः शतमुखः॥नीतिशतक २-१०)
The poet calls Ganga as “vivEkaBhraShTa” or a person who
has lost the sense of difference between what is good and what is bad. It is
because, Ganga transcends from the Heaven to the plait of Lord Shiva. She
descends to Mount Himalaya and from there, she downs herself by coming to
Earth. It is quite natural for those lacking knowledge to keep on progressing
downwards.
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