(Sri #Jagannathadasa virachita) SRI #HARIKATHAMRUTASARA/ ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri #Jagannathadasa virachita)
SRI #HARIKATHAMRUTASARA/
ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Aniruddha and other forms in Principles and so on/ತತ್ತ್ವಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಿರುದ್ಧಾದಿ ರೂಪಗಳು

168.      ಚತುರವಿಂಶತಿತತ್ತ್ವದೊಳು ಶ್ರೀ-

            ಪತಿಯೆ ಅನಿರುದ್ಧಾದಿ ರೂಪದಿ

            ವಿತತನಾಗಿರ್ದಖಿಳಜೀವರ ಸಂಹನನದೊಳಗೆ|

            ಪ್ರತತಿಯಂದದಿ ಸುತ್ತಿ ಸುತ್ತುತ

            ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೆ ತರ್ಪಕನೆನಿಸಿಕೊಂ

            ಡತುಳಮಹಿಮನು ಷಣ್ಣವತಿನಾಮದಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿಹನು||22||

            ChaturavimshatitattwadoLu shree-

            Patiye AnirudDhAdi rUpadi

            vitatanAgirdaKhiLajeerava samhananadoLage|

            Pratatiyandadi sutti suttuta

            pitrugaLige tarpakanenisikon-

            DatuLamahimanu ShaNNavatinAmadali nelesihanu||22||

SUMMARY: Thus, consort of Sree (Lakshmi) Sri Hari occupies all the beings in Aniruddha and other forms through the spiritual maxims, tenets and principles; he swerves inside the bodies like creeper and as Tarpaka in the souls of ancestors, the Lord of infinite greatness (Atulamahima) exists in the universe in as many as ninety-six forms.

Sri Jagannatha Dasaru has explained in this stanza that the Rice Balls and offer of oblations during annual ceremony for ancestors are received by the Lord and gives the ancestors absolute satisfaction. It is mentioned in Scriptures that the ancestors stay in a separate world called Pitru Loka with a portion of their soul (Amsha) and the rest descends to Earth through rebirth, which, depending upon the Karma, varies from person to person and this process is called as cycle of birth and death. Moksha or Mukti means relief from this cycle of birth and death.

Number of forms of Sri Hari in spiritual tenets/ತತ್ತ್ವ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವುಗಳ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ರೂಪಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ

169.      ಚತುರವಿಂಶತಿತತ್ತ್ವದೊಳು ತ-

            ತ್ಪತಿಗಳೆನಿಸುವ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಮುಖ ದೇ-

            ವತೆಗಳೊಳು ಹನ್ನೊಂದು ನೂರೈವತ್ತೆರಡು ರೂಪ|

            ವಿತತನಾಗಿದ್ದೆಲ್ಲ ಜೀವರ

            ಜತನ ಮಾಡುವಗೋಸುಗ ಜಗ-

            ತ್ಪತಿಗೆ ಏನಾದರು ಪ್ರಯೋಜನವಿಲ್ಲ ಇದರಿಂದ||23||

            ChaturavimshatitattwadoLu ta-

            tpatigaLenisuva BrahmamuKha dE-

            vategaLoLu hannondu nUraivatteraDu rUpa|

            VitatanAgiddella jeevara

            Jatana mADuvagOsuga jaga-

            Tpatige yEnAdaru prayOjanavilla yidarinda||23||

SUMMARY: Lord Sri Hari, with the sole purpose of protecting all the beings (both animate and inanimate), Lord Sri Hari exists in all of them in one thousand one hundred and fifty-two forms in the twenty-four spiritual tenets and the in-charge deites such as Brahma and others. However, there is no benefit from all these acts for the Lord of this Universe.

Scholars like Sri Kamalapati Dasaru interpret the number differently and arrive at different numbers.

Shakti and other eleven forms of Sri Hari in eleven organs/

ಏಕಾದಶೇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಏಕಾದಶರೂಪಗಳು

170.      ಇಂದಿರಾಧವ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಮೊದಲಾ-

            ದೊಂದಧಿಕ ದಶರೂಪದಿಂದಲಿ

            ಪೊಂದಿಹನು ಸಕಲೇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳಲಿ ಪುರುಷನಾಮಕನು|

            ಸುಂದರಪ್ರದ ಪೂರ್ಣಜ್ಞಾನಾ-

            ನಂದಮಯ ಚಿದ್ದೇಹದೊಳು ತಾ

            ಒಂದರಕ್ಷಣವಗಲದಲೆ ಪರಮಾಪ್ತನಾಗಿಪ್ಪ||24||

            IndirADhava Shakti modalA-

            dondaDhika dasharUpadindali

            pondihanu sakalEndriyagaLali puruShanAmakanu|

            Sundaraprada pUrNajnAnA-

            Nandamaya chiddEhadoLu tA

            vondarakShaNavagaladale paramAptanAgippa||24||

SUMMARY: Husband of Goddess Indira, Sri Hari, dwells in eleven organs in eleven forms. Being the benefactor of charm and beauty, Sri Hari, who is called as Purusha, is an embodiment of bliss or complete mirth and knowledge. Existing in the tiny body, Sri Hari is most intimate as he does not stay off even for one moment from the earthly beings.

The eleven forms are Shakti, Partishtha, Samvit, Sphurti, Pravrutti, Kala, Vidya, Mati, Niyati, Maya and Kaala. These are common nouns and hence do not warrant translation.

Tantrasara descripbes:

TattvAKhyAm kAlamAyE cha niyatirmatirEva cha|

VidyA kalA pravruttishcha dwAtrimshattattvasangrahaha||

SPhUrtihi samvit pratiShThA cha shaktirityaparANi cha|

MahAlakShmeeswarUpANi hyEkAdasha vidO viduhu|

ViShNOrapi hi rUpANi tannAmnaikAdashaiva tu||

तत्त्वैख्यां कालमायॆ च नियतिर्मतिरॆव च।

विद्या कला प्रवृत्तिश्च द्वात्रिंशत्तत्त्वसन्ग्रहः॥

स्फूर्तिः सम्वित् प्रतिष्ठा च शक्तिरित्यपराणि च।

महालक्ष्मीस्वरूपाणि ह्यॆकादश विदॊ विदुः।

विष्णॊरपि हि रूपाणि तन्नाम्नैकादशैव तु॥तन्त्रसारसन्ग्रहः (३/१४४, १४५)॥

Shakti means mind; PratiShThA=ear; Samvit=eyes; SPhUrti = skin; Pravrutti = tongue; Kalaa = nose; VidyA = face; Mati = palm; Niyati = feet; MayA = anus; Kaala = kidney and PuruSha = Body Shape.

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SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

#Tirupati #Sri Venkatachala Kshetra/ತಿರುಪತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

ಸಂಯೋಜ್ಯಾಲಂಕೃತಾಭಿಃ ಶ್ರೀ ವೇಂಕಟಲಸಚ್ಛೈಲವಾಸೀ ದಾಸೀಕೃತಾಮರ:।

ಛಾಯಯಾ ಪಾತುಂ ಮಾಂ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸಸುರದ್ರುಮಃ||19||

SamyOjyAlankrutABhihi Sree VEnkaTalasachChailavAsee dAseekrutAmaraha|

ChAyayA pAtum mAm nityam SreenivAsasuradrumaha||19||

सम्यॊज्यालन्कृताभिः श्री वॆन्कटलसच्छैलवासी दासीकृतामरः।

छायया पातुं मां नित्यं श्रीनिवाससुरद्रुमः॥१९॥

SUMMARY: May the Kalpavruksha named Lord Srinivasa, who is residing on the bright hill known as Venkatachala and has made all the deities into his servants, protect me under his eternal shadow.

Why is Lord Srinivasa atop a mountain?/ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನು ಪರ್ವತದ ಮೇಲೆ ಏಕಿದ್ದಾನೆ?

ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ದಿಶಿ ದಿಶಿ ಸ್ವೀಯಾನ್ ದಯಯಾ ಪಾಲಯನ್ನಿವ|

ವರ್ತತೇ ವಿಶ್ವತಶ್ಚಕ್ಷುಃ ವೇಂಕಟೇ ವೇಂಕಟೇಶ್ವರಃ||20||

DruShTwA dishi dishi sweeyAn dayayA pAlayanniva|

VartatE vishwatashchakShuhu VEnkaTE vEnkaTEshwaraha||20||

दृष्ट्वा दिशि दिशि स्वीयान् दयया पालयन्निव।

वर्ततॆ विश्वतश्चक्षुः वॆन्कटॆ वॆन्कटॆश्वरः॥२०॥

SUMMARY: It is believed that Lord Srinivasa gives a kindly look in all directions and protects his devotees, wherever they are; therefore, he has chosen the highest peak of Mount Venkata to have a clear view of all directions to choose his devotees and protect them.

What does Srinivasa preach to his devotees?/ತನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನು ಏನನ್ನು ಬೋಧಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ?

ಶಂಖಚಕ್ರೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಬಾಹುಯುಗ್ಮಾಃ ಸ್ವಾಂಘ್ರೀಂ ಭಜಂತೇ ಭವಸಿಂಧುರೇಷಾಮ್|

ಕಟಿಪ್ರಮಾಣಸ್ತ್ವಿತಿ ವೇಂಕಟೇಶಃ ಸ್ಫುಟಿಕರೋತ್ಯಾತ್ಮಕರಾಂಬುಜಾತೈಃ||21||

ShanKhachakrOjjwalabAhuyugmAha

swAnGhreem BhajantE BhavasinDhurEShAm|

KaTipramANastwiti VEnkaTEshaha

sPhuTikarOtyAtmakarAmbujAtaihi||21||

शन्खचक्रॊज्ज्वलबाहुयुग्माः स्वान्घ्रीं भजन्तॆ भवसिन्धुरॆषां।

कटिप्रमाणस्त्विति वॆन्कटॆशः स्फुटिकरॊत्यात्मकराम्बुजातैः॥२१॥

SUMMARY: Lord Venkatesha, who is adorned with the Divine Conch and Divine Disc, and surrenders unto his feet, clears assures that whoever meditates his name and surrenders unto his feet, will have the sorrow and miseries of family life only up to their waist. They will be able to cross the ocean of worldly life quite easily.

It may be recalled that in Ramayana, Ravana abducted Seetha Devi when Rama and Lakshmana were away from the hermitage. However, holy Scriptures make it clear that the woman abducted by Ravana was not the real Seetha but Vedavati, daughter of Fire God, who was there in the hermitage of Rama in the guise of Seetha Devi. It was for this reason that after killing Ravana, Srirama asked Seetha Devi to ‘prove’ her purity. Look-alike Seetha Devi decided to immolate. But in reality, Fire God Agni needed a platform to return Seetha Devi to Srirama and take away his daughter Vedavati. At that time, Vedavati expressed her desire to become the wife of Srirama. However, Srirama told her that he would incarnate as Srinivasa and she would then be born as Padmavati on Earth and that he would marry her during Kali Yuga.

When Sri Vadirajaru visited Tirupati, the entire Venkata Giri or hill appeared as a large stone of Saligrama, which is very sacred. That is why, Sri Vadirajaru did not want to walk on the Saligrama on his feet. It is said, he climbed the Venkatagiri on his knees.

Sri Srinivasa in Tirupati is one of the most popular pilgrim centres in the world. The concluding stanza on Sri Srinivasa by Sri Vadirajaru will be explained in the next episode.

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Sri Raghavendra Swamy Virachita SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI (ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)

Sri Raghavendra Swamy Virachita

SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)          

Valmeeki narrates the history of his hermitage to Shatrughna/ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಆಶ್ರಮದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಶತ್ರುಘ್ನನಿಗೆ ವಿವರಿಸಿದುದು

“In this place, a king named Mitrasaha, son of King Sudasa, was living. He was a descendant of Surya dynasty. Once he was on a hunting spree. Two demons were roaming about in the forest in the guise of deer and Mitrasaha killed one of them with his arrow. The other one disappeared from the place and that demon decided to create some serious problem to the killer of his brother, Mitrasaha. He managed to join the royal kitchen in the guise of a chef.

“Once, Mitrasaha performed a holy sacrifice. After the completion of that Yajna, the demon went close to Mitrasaha in the guise of Royal Priest Vasishtha. Expressing his desire to each human flesh, he urged Mitrasaha to serve human flesh to him. King was unwilling to fulfill this demand. However, unable to identify the demon within, because of his reverence to Vasishtha, Mitrasaha agreed to provide disguised Vasishtha with human flesh to eat. The fake sage said he would complete routine oblations and return by which time the food prepared with human flesh should be ready and went away. Now, he transformed into his earlier form of chef and baked the human flesh. Meanwhile the real sage Vasishtha came and the king, inadvertently, served the human flesh. Vasishtha became furious by mistaking the king to have planned to corrupt him by serving human flesh and cursed the king.

‘Oh King, you have tried to feed human flesh to me. Therefore, I curse to be a demon cannibal. The king, who was innocent, was enraged by the curse slapped on him by Vasishtha without any reason and he too decided to curse the sage. He performed the ‘Aachamana’ and vouched to curse the sage. The queen Damayanti stopped the king from cursing a Brahmin and the king obliged.

“The king looked at the water he had taken in the palm to announce the curse and the water were actually boiling because of the power he had secured through penance. The king was in a dilemma. If he were to throw that water upward, the clouds would be scattered and the vegetation on earth would be dried. He did not want the entire humanity and vegetation on earth to get destroyed due to his rage. He could not decide on how to discharge the water from him. Finally, he poured that water on his own leg and the leg was fully burnt. As a result, the leg wore a horrible look and therefore the king came to be known as ‘Kalmashapada’ since that day.

In the meantime, Sage Vasishtha came to know that King Mitrasaha was innocent and that he had cursed the king in haste. He regretted that he had insensibly cursed the king and told the latter that he could not ‘withdraw the curse’ but could lay a deadline for the curse and limit its impact to a certain period. The king agreed. Vasishtha said that the curse would be effective for twelve years and later, the curse would lose its power.

At this juncture, a demon named ‘Kinkara’ entered the body Kalmashapada.

As per the curse, King Mitrasaha became a demon with the soul-power of Kinkara. He ate human flesh and lived as a demon. Once, he disguised as a deer and saw a couple of sages romancing by disguising themselves as deer. He caught the male deer of that romancing couple to kill it. Then, the female deer appeared in human form as a woman and appealed to demon-converted king not to kill her husband. The demon did not agree. He killed the male deer and ate it.

The woman prepared a pyre, put the corpse of her husband and set fire. When the flames started blazing, the woman too entered and sacrificed her life for her husband. However, before dying, she cursed the demon: ‘I was romancing with my husband when you unnecessarily intruded and killed my husband. You should never get satisfaction from your wife in your life. If you try to do so, you will immediately die.’

(Will be continued…)

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(Sri #Jagannathadasa virachita)
SRI #HARIKATHAMRUTASARA/
ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

 Sri Hari manifests in Krishna and other forms in Earth, Water, Fire, Ari, Sky and other elements/

ನೆಲ, ಜಲ, ಅಗ್ನಿ, ವಾಯು, ಆಕಾಶ ಮತ್ತು ರಸಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾದಿ ರೂಪಗಳು

166.      ನೆಲದೊಳಿಪ್ಪನು ಕೃಷ್ಣರೂಪದಿ

            ಜಲದೊಳಿಪ್ಪನು ಹರಿಯೆನಿಸಿ ಶಿಖಿ-

            ಯೊಳಗೆ ಇಪ್ಪನು ಪರಶುರಾಮನುಪೇಂದ್ರನೆನಿಸಿ|

            ಯಲರೊಳಿಪ್ಪ ಜನಾರ್ದನನು ಬಾಂ-

            ದಳದೊಳಚ್ಯುತ ಗಂಧ ನರಹರಿ

            ಪೊಳೆವಧೋಕ್ಷಜ ರಸಗಳೊಳು ರಸರೂಪ ತಾನಾಗಿ||20||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari is present in the Earth in the form of Sri Krishna; in water he is in the form of Hari; he is in the form of Parashurama in Fire; his form in air is Upendra; his form in Sky is known as Janardhana; he is Achyuta in fragrance and Lord Sri Hari stays in the six tastes in the form of the same taste in which he is present.

He wears Purush and other forms in the shape and appearance, touch and other places\

ರೂಪ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ, ಶಬ್ದ, ಉಪಸ್ಥ ಮುಂತಾದುವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮಾದಿ ರೂಪಗಳು

167.      ರೂಪ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮನು ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ-

‘            ಪ್ರಾಪಕನು ಅನಿರುದ್ಧ ಶಬ್ದದಿ

            ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿಹ ಪ್ರದ್ಯುಮ್ನುಪಸ್ಥದಿ ವಾಸುದೇವನಿಹ|

            ತಾ ಪೊಳೆವ ಪಾಯುಸ್ಥನಾಗಿ ಜ-

            ಯಾಪತಿಯು ಸಂಕರುಷಣನು ಸು-

            ಸ್ಥಾಪಕನೆನಿಸಿ ಪಾದದೊಳು ದಾಮೋದರನು ಪೊಳೆವ||21||

            RUpa PuruShOtamanu sparsha-

            prApakanu AnirudDha shabdadi

            vyApisiha Pradyumupadi VAsudEvaniha|

            TA poLeva vAyusThanAgi ja-

            yApatiyu sankaruShaNanu su-

            sThApakanenisi pAdadoLu dAmOdaranu||21||

SUMMARY: In the shape and forms, Sri Hari is in the form of Purushottama; Aniruddha is in the sensory organ that senses the touch to provide the knowledge of touch; Pradyumna is in the sound; in Upastha, he is in the form of Vasudeva; as Jayapati SankaruShaNa he shines in Vayu or Air God and Damodara is known as Susthapaka in the feet.  

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SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

Tribute to Sri Jayatirtharu/ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯತೀರ್ಥರಿಗೆ ಜಯಕಾರ

ಮಾಧ್ವಗ್ರಂಥಾನ್ ಸ್ವಬಂಧೂನಿವ ಸರಸಹೃದಾಲಿಂಗ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾತಭಾವಃ

ಸಂಯೋಜ್ಯಾಲಂಕೃತಾಭಿಃ ಸ್ವಸಹಜಯಮತಿಸಂಭೂತವಾಗ್ಭಿರ್ವದೂಭಿಃ|

ಕೃತ್ವಾನ್ಯೋಕ್ತೀಶ್ಚ ದಾಸೀಃ ಬುಧಹೃದಯಗೃಹಂ ಪ್ರೌಢವೃತ್ತೀಶ್ಚ ವೃತ್ತೀಃ

ದತ್ವಾsನ್ಯೋನ್ಯಾಭಿಯೋಗಂ ಜಯಮುನಿರಸಕೃದ್ ವೀಕ್ಷ್ಯ ರೇಮೇ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥಃ||13||

MAdhwagranThAn swabanDhUniva sarasagrydAlingya vijnAtaBhAvaha

samyOjyAlankrutABhihi swasahajayamatisamBhUtavAgBhirvadUBhihi|

KrutwAnyOkteeshcha dAsIhi buDhahrudayagruham prauDhavrutteeshcha vrutteehi datwA(s)nyOnyABhiyOgam jayamurasakrud veekShya rEmE krutArThaha||13||

यत्र माध्वग्रन्थान् स्वबन्धूनिव सरसहृदालिन्ग्य विज्ञातभावः

सम्यॊज्यालन्कृताभिः स्वसहजयमतिसम्भूतवाग्भिर्वदूभिः।

क्रुत्वान्यॊक्तीश्च दासीः बुधहृदयगृहं प्रौढवृत्तीश्च वृत्तीः

दत्वाsन्यॊन्याभियॊगं जयमुनिरसकृद् वीक्ष्य रॆमॆ कृतार्थः॥१३॥

SUMMARY: Sri Jayatirtharu embraced the sacred works such as Bhashya of Sri Madhwacharyaru with affection as though they were his nearest and most intimate relatives. Further, he enquired about their welfare; having understood their emotions and the most intricate views hidden in those works, he decorated them like a bride with his inherent wisdom by using brilliant critical evaluation he was endowed with; he converted various other critiques and criticizers of the Bhashya and other works of Sri Madhwacharyaru into servants and attenders; he then set up a residence to that bride in his heart, provided her with the services of scholars in the form of his scholarly analyses and critical exploration that would serve the bride as a means of livelihood. Sri Jayatirtharu commented several times on the original works of Sri Madhwaru, explored and epitomized the correlation between those works and thereby attained satisfaction.

Sri Vadirajaru has likened the works of Sri Madhwaru to a bride and the commentaries of Sri Jayatirtharu on those works to decorative articles.

Sri Jayatirtharu is more popular as Sri Teekacharyaru, Teekakrutpadaru or Teekarayaru. A person who has studied and completely mastered Srimannyayasudha is considered to be an exemplary scholar among the Madhwas. Srimannyayasudha is a commentary by Sri Jayatirtharu on Anu Vyakhyana of Sri Madhwacharyaru.

He is said to be the sixth pontiff in the lineage of Madhwa Peetha after Sri Madhwacharyaru. According to a legend, Sri Jayatirtharu is an Amshavatara of Lord Indra and Sri Shesha Devaru. Originally, Arjuna, younger brother of Dharmaraja, was an Amshavatara of Indra and Shesha Devaru. After the war of Kurukshetra ended and YudhiShThira became the king, Lord Krishna returned to his capital city of Dwaraka. In the absence of Sri Krishna, it is said that once Arjuna boasted to be the lone destroyer of the Kuru Army. He did not mention the name of Sri Krishna because of whose presence, Arjuna could win against Bheeshma, Drona and even Karna. This momentary exhibition of ‘fake pride’ and ‘false vanity’ by Arjuna was criticized by Bheemasena by stating that Arjuna was behaving like a beast. Arjuna then regretted. However, he could not escape from the ‘beastly’ sin and therefore he was born as a bullock in Udupi during the life of Sri Madhwaru. Whenever Sri Madhwaru was teaching his disciples, this bullock used to be present. Once it so happened that Sri Madhwaru expressed his desire to compose Brahmasutra Bhashya and Anu Vyakhyana in front of his disciples. Each and every disciple of Sri Madhwaru felt he would be chosen by Sri Madhwaru to write or take down the commentaries spelt by Sri Madhwaru, who just smiled and said that the commentaries would be taken down by the ox that was sitting there, as usual. The enraged disciples are said to have cursed the ox to die of snake bite. The ox died of a snake bite a few days later. It is believed that the same ox was born as the fourth son of a subordinate king and his original name was Dondo Raghunath Panth and the surname of the family was Deshapande belonging to Deshastha Madhwa community. Raghunath Panth was an expert in riding horses and was endowed with a luxurious life.

Once, Dondo Raghunath Panth was trying to drink water from Bheema River by sitting on the horse back. Sri Akshobhya Tirtharu, who was camping on the banks of Bheema River saw this and asked him: “Kim pashuhu pUrva deehe” (Were you born as a beast in the previous birth?), which was coincidentally a fact. Raghunatha Panth immediately remembered his previous birth as a bullock and the days he had spent listening the discourses of Sri Madhwaru. This trivial incident transformed the life of Dondoraya Raghunatha Panth as he immediately renounced worldly life and became a disciple of Sri Akshobhya Tirtharu.

Sri Jayatirtharu is credited with twenty-two works. Of them, eighteen works are commentaries on all the works of Sri Madhwaru. The penetrative, extravagant, elaborate and highly scholarly works of Sri Jayatirtharu are authoritative.

He is said to have done penance in Yeragola Cave. It was during his stay in this cave that Srimannyasudha and other great works were composed by Sri Jayatirtharu. Yeragola is about one kilometer from Chittapura in Yadgir district. He is considered to be one among the three most revered masters of Dwaita Philosophy with Sri Madhwacharyaru and Sri Vyasaru being the other two. He was a contemporary of Sri Vidyaranya and Muslim king Fireoze Shah.

There are several books on the life and works of Sri Jayatirtharu.        

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Killing of Lavanasura/ಲವಣಾಸುರನ ಸಂಹಾರ

Once, Srirama was having an interactive session with his brothers. A few Rishis came there and sought to meet Srirama. The Doorkeepers told Srirama that a few Rishis were eager to meet him. Srirama ordered that they be brought in with great respect and honor. Those Rishis had come under the leadership of Sage Chyavana, a descendant of Sage Bhrugu’s dynasty. They submitted to Srirama Kalashas, fruits and flowers, roots and other items they had brought from the forest area where they were living. Srirama offered gold seats and worshipped as per the prescribed pattern and requested them to order whatever they expected him to do.  

Like a man gets relieved of all physical and mental pain and agony after consuming the Elixir, the Rishis were relieved of all their worries after hearing the Elixir-like words of Srirama and happily shared their woes with Srirama:

“Great King, being omniscient, there is nothing in this universe that is unknown to you. However, at your behest, we wish to let you know the serious problems we are currently facing in our daily life. In a place known as Madhuvana, an asura named “Lavana”, who is the son of notorious demon Madhu, is living. He has been eating several Munis, their wives and children. By doing penance and impressing upon Lord Rudra, he has secured a spear from Lord Rudra. He has been troubling all the beings in the region with this spear. None of the deities is capable of subduing this demon because of the power of that spear given by Lord Rudra. We went in search of someone who could rescue us from this demon’s trouble. We went round the three Lokas but could not find a person daring enough to tackle this demon. We had come to our wit’s end. Fortunately, we came to know that you have just killed Ravana and his family and friends. We could immediately comprehend that you are an incarnation of Lord Hari and that you alone can rescue us from this enigmatic situation. Please save us, oh Lord.”

Srirama smiled for a moment and looked at his brothers to assess as to which of his brothers could end the life of Lavana. Lakshmana stood up from his seat and said: “I will kill that demon, my Lord.” Meanwhile, Bharata and Shatrughna got from their respective seats and offered to kill the demon. Shatrughna told Srirama:

“My Lord, my elder brother Lakshmana has served you in every way for fourteen years by accompanying you in to the forest. Bharata spent these fourteen years by sleeping on the floor and governing the kingdom in the name of your footwear. In a way, he wanted to impress upon you with that penance. Thus, both Lakshmana and Bharata had the opportunities to serve you during those fourteen years and I was a silent spectator. As I have been deprived of any opportunity so far to serve you, I request you to assign this duty to me. With your blessings, I am confident of accomplishing this task.”

“Besides, my father has named as Shatrughna, which means ‘one who destroys enemies’. If I fail to kill at least one enemy in my life time, my name loses significance. Therefore, please order me to kill Lavanasura and thereby make me worthy of my name.”

Please with this appeal, Srirama told:

“Brother Shantrughna, go and kill that Lavanasura. Later, you take charge of the kingdom of Lavanasura. I will perform the coronation for you as the prospective king of the kingdom of Lavanasura.”

Shatrughna replied: “Oh Lord, I am the youngest of all of you and I cannot become the king of any region. I would like to continue as your servant and I have no desire to rule any country ahead of my three elder brothers.”

Srirama disagreed and got the coronation of Shatrughna performed by Vasishtha and other prominent Rishis and Guru. Later, Srirama handed over an arrow to Shatrughna and said:

“My dear brother, I had carved this arrow when I was resting in my original form in cosmic Milky Ocean. I killed Lavana’s father Madhu and his brother Kaitabha with this arrow. This arrow the most powerful weapon and it can never fail to end the life of any target you set. After killing all the enemies, this arrow is empowered to return to your quiver. This arrow will certainly kill Lanasura.”

Srirama sent four thousand horses, two thousand chariots, one hundred elephants and several soldiers with Shatrughna for assistance. Srirama hugged his brother Shatrughna and filled his body with divine power.

Shatrughna saluted Srirama, Lakshma and Bharata, asked his army to go ahead and followed it, along with the Rishis. On the way, Shatrughna visited the hermitage of Sri Valmeeki and introduced himself as Ramadasa or servant of Srirama. Sri Valmeeki honored Shatrughna and started telling him the history of his hermitage.

The history of the hermitage of Sri Valmeeki will be narrated in the next episode.        

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