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

SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

#Tirupati #Sri Venkatachala Kshetra/ತಿರುಪತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ – 2

ಪ್ರಾಯೋsನ್ಯತ್ರ ಗತಾಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ನಿಜವಶಾಂ ಕರ್ತುಂ ಮುಹುಃ ಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿತಂ

ಭಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಪ್ರದಿಶನ್ ಧನಂ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನಂ ಸಂಸಾಧ್ಯ ಸಾಧ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯಃ|

ತತ್ತತ್ರೈವ ಪುನಃ ಸಹಸ್ರಗುಣಿತಂ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ ಘನಶ್ಯಾಮಲಃ

ತೇಷಾಂ ವೇಶ್ಮಸು ವಿಸ್ಮಿತೋ ನಿವಸತಿ ಶ್ರೀವೇಂಕಟೇಶೋsನಿಶಮ್||22||

PrAyO(s)nyatra gatAm shriyam nijavashAm kartum muhuhu kAnkShitam

BhaktAnAm pradishan Dhanam pratidinam samsADhya sADhyapriyaha|

Tattatraiva punaha sahasraguNitam pashyan GhanashyAmalaha

tEShAm vEshmasu vismitO nivasati SreeVEnkaTEshO(s)nisham||22||

प्रायॊsन्यत्र गतां श्रियं निजवशां कर्तुं मुहुः कान्क्षितं

भक्तानां प्रदिशन् धनं प्रतिदिनं सम्साध्य साध्यप्रियः।

तत्तत्रैव पुनः सहस्रगुणितं पश्यन् घनश्यामलः

तॆषां वॆश्मसु विस्मितॊ निवसति श्रीवॆन्कटॆशॊsनिशम्॥२२॥ 

SUMMARY: Perhaps with an intent to make Goddess Lakshmi, who is mostly residing elsewhere in the houses of devotees, his own, Lord Venkatesha, who has dark complexion that is reminiscent of dark clouds, is fulfilling the desires of his devotees again and again, each day, and is getting astonished by seeing the wealth of his devotees getting multiplied thousand folds and is residing eternally in the houses of those devotees.

Sri Vadirajaru appears to be wondering at the continuous enhancement of wealth in the houses of the devotees of Lord Venkatesha. His consort Goddess Lakshmi is in-charge of wealth. Lord Venkatesha continuously fulfills the desires of his devotees so that they may not care for the wealth in their houses. By adopting this method, Lord Venkatesha, Sri Vadirajaru says in this stanza, expects Goddess Lakshmi would come to him as she might not like being ignored by the devotees. However, Lord Venkatesha is surprised to notice that the wealth of his devotees, due to his grace and blessings, keeps increasing manifolds. Convinced that Goddess Lakshmi may not rejoin him, Lord Venkatesha shifts himself to the residences of his devotees. This is symbolically testified by the fact that the devotees always worship Lord Venkaesha along with Goddess Lakshmi in their houses, say Sri Vadirajaru.

Pomp of Garudotsava of Lord Srinivasa/ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನ ಗರುಡೋತ್ಸವದ ವೈಭವ

ಆರೂಢಗರುಡಸಂಧಂ ಆಲಿಂಗಿತರಮಾಧರಮ್|

ಆನಮಜ್ಜನಸರ್ವಸ್ವಂ ಆಶ್ರಯೇ ವೇಂಕಟೇಶ್ವರಮ್||23||

AarUDhagaruDasanDham aalingitaramADharam|

Aanamajjanasarvaswam aashrayE VEnkaTEshwaram||23||

आरूढगरुडसन्धं आलिन्गितरमाधरम्।

आनमज्जनसर्वस्वं आश्रयॆ वॆन्कटॆश्वरम्॥२३॥

SUMMARY: I take shelter under Lord Sri Venkatesha, who is seated on the shoulders of Golden Eagle divine Garuda, embracing Goddess Bhudevi and is presenting his devotees with a most comprehensive form.

ShEshAchala of Sri VenkaTEsha/ಶ್ರೀವೆಂಕಟೇಶನ ಶೇಷಾಚಲ

ಕಶಿಪೂಕೃತ್ಯ ಯಂ ಶೇತೇ ಗಿರೀಕೃತ್ಯಾಧಿತಿಷ್ಠತಿ|

ಅವತೀರ್ಣೋsನುಜೀಕೃತ್ಯ ತದ್ಭಕ್ತಾಗ್ರಣೀ ಫಣೀ||24||

कशिपीकृत्य यं शॆतॆ गिरीकृत्याधिष्ठति।

अवतीर्णॊsनुजीकृत्य स तद्भक्ताग्रणी फणी॥२४॥   

SUMMARY: Lord Srinivasa rests on the mattress-like Aadi Shesha, the divine serpent; Lord Srinivasa makes the same Aadi Shesha into a hill and stands on it; Lord Srinivasa has made Aadi Shesha as his brother named Lakshmana during his incarnation as Rama and thus Aadi Shesha is the most ardent devotee of Sri Venkatesha.

The hill on which Lord Venkatesha is present is known as Venkatachala as well as Sheshachala. Sri Vadirajaru is explaining the reason for the hill being called as Sheshachala. Sri Adishesha, on whom Lord Narayana rests in the cosmic ocean of milk, is existing in the form of a hill on which Lord Venkatesha is now residing.      

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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”)          

Sri Valmeeki continued the story of Mitrasaha:

“Twelve years elapsed and King Mitrasaha was relieved from the demon-hood. Demon Kinkara, who had entered his body, departed too. He got back the human-hood. He returned to his original place and governed the kingdom righteously. He tried to have physical contact with his wife, when the wife reminded him of the Brahmin’s curse. The king realized the reality and abstained from any contact with his wife. He also realized that he would be without a heir or successor. He requested Sage Vasishtha and got his wife conceive. She became pregnant but did not deliver for seven years. She then pounded her stomach with a stone after which a son was born. He was named “Ashmaka” since he was born after being hit by a stone. Ashmaka means ‘son of stone’. Mitrasaha handed over the charge of his kingdom to Ashmaka and came to this place (Ashram of Valmeeki). He did a fierce penance here and attained salvation. We are now living in a hermitage in which a descendant of your dynasty named Mitrasaha lived.” Valmeeki concluded the history of his Ashram.

Shatrughna, who was knowledgeable, became aware that Kusha and Lava, children of his brother Rama were born in the hermitage of Valmeeki and they sang the Ramayana story composed by Sri Valmeeki.

Shatrughna spent that night in the Ashram of Sri Valmeeki, woke up in the early hours of next dawn, completed his morning chorus, took permission of Sri Valmeeki and set off in northern direction. He reached the banks of Yamuna River and spent a night amidst the sages living there. From those sages, he came to know that Lavanasura had killed Mandhata and several other kings. Next morning, Shatrughna crossed Yamuna River, stood in front of the entrance of Madhuvana beholding his bow and arrows, ready to wage the war.

Lavanasura had gone out then and returned to Madhuvana by afternoon. He had brought with him one hundred corpses to eat. He saw Shatrughna and said: “Oh human, I have eaten thousands of human beings like you. Why have you come to my house to be eaten by me?”

“Do not bark like dogs, you demon. I am not one of those human beings you have eaten. I am the brother of Srirama, who killed Ravana without any effort. I have come here to kill you. Get ready for the battle,” Shatrughna vociferously replied to Lavanasura.

“Oh I see! You are the brother of that Rama who killed Ravana, who was like my brother. I wish to take revenge by killing the brother of Rama who killed my brother Ravana. Wait for a moment. I will return with my weaponry,” said Lavanasura.

“You Cheat! Do you want to escape without fighting? I will not leave you. It is my bounden duty to kill persons like you instantaneously.”

Enraged Lavanasura pulled out a tree and threw it towards Shatrughna, who cut it into pieces with his arrows. The war continued for some time. Once, Lavanasura hit Shatrughna with a Sal Tree and the latter lost consciousness. The sages were shocked and pitied. Shatrughna regained the consciousness after a while and became very furious. He took the arrow that Rama had given him, set it on the bow and pulled the string to release it. Flames of fire were oozing out of that arrow, even as people and sages around became anxious and frightened. Shatrughna shot the arrow at Lavanasura. The arrow killed Lavanasura, went to the underworld before returning to Rama’s quiver.

Valmeeki was very happy with the victory achieved by Shatrughna and hosted a very distinct party to the victor and his army. The soldiers heard the melodious rendition of the story of Ramayana and asked Shatrughna to enquire about the origin of that story and the related facts. Shatrughna was aware that after his departure from Ayodhya, Rama and Seetha Devi had been separated and that Kusha and Lava, children of Rama were delivered by Seetha Devi in the hermitage of Valmeeki, who had composed Sri Ramayana and had directed Kusha and Lava to sing the same. However, Shatrughna did not want to disclose this information to his soldiers. He told his soldiers:

“Valmeeki is a divine person and he possesses several mysterious qualities. Composing Ramayana and making the two children sing Ramayana is not an ordinary task. It is not proper to hurt Valmeeking by questioning him about the Ramayana.’

He repented for what had transpired in his absence and expressed grief with Rama, who pacified him by saying that everything was predetermined and inescapable.

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SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA - NAVAMAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAs 44 AND 45 (55) ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ನವಮ ಸರ್ಗ 44 ಮತ್ತು 45ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (55)

SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA - NAVAMAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAs 44 AND 45 (55)

ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ನವಮ ಸರ್ಗ 44 ಮತ್ತು 45ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (55)

Defeat of Maradittaya/ಮರಡಿತ್ತಾಯರ ಪರಾಭವ

ಮಾನಿನೋsಪಿ ಹಿ ವಶೀಚಕಾರ ಯೋ ದೈವತಪ್ರತಿಭಯಾssತ್ಮನಃ ಖಲಃ|

ಯಾಯಜೂಕಗುಣಮಾತ್ಮನಃ ಸ್ಮರನ್ ಯೋ ಜರಾಘಟಿತಗೋತ್ರ ಉಚ್ಯತೇ||44||

ಆತ್ಮನಃ ಪ್ರಿಯತಮಕ್ರತೋರಮುಂ ಪಾಪಪೂರುಷಮವೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಘಾತುಕಮ್|

ತಂ ನಿರಸ್ಯ ಜನಮಪ್ಯಥಾಹಿತಂ ಸರ್ವಭೂಧರಸಮರ್ಥಪೂರ್ವಕಮ್||45||

MAninO(s)pi hi vasheechakAra yO daivatapratiBhayAtmanaha Khalaha|

YAyajUkaguNamAtmanaha smaran yO jarAGhaTitagOtra uchyatE||44||

Aatmanaha priyatamakratOramum pApapUruShamavEkShya GhAtukam|

Tam nirasya janamapyaThAhitamsarvaBhUDharasamarThapUrvakam||45||

मानिनॊsपि हि वशीचकार यॊ दैवतप्रतिभयाssत्मनः  ख्लः।

यायजूकगुणमात्मनः स्मरन् यॊ जराघटितगॊत्रौ उच्यतॆ॥४४॥

आत्मनः प्रियतमक्ररॊरमुं पापऊरुषमवॆक्ष्य घातुकम्।

तं निरस्य जनमप्यथाहितः सर्वभूधरसमर्थपूर्वकम्॥४५॥

SUMMARY:  Later, Sri Madhwacharyaru defeated in a debate a perverted scholar called ‘JarAGhaTitagOtra’ and another person, who, on the power secured by him through the blessing of his beloved divinity to subjugate even the most powerful and he had made several scholars his serfs. Once, he(JarAGhaTitagOtra) obstructed a sacrifice that a son of the Master of Sri Madhwaru had begun. This debate and defeat of Jaraghatitagotra and another person took place in the presence of BAlakanyApurADhipa and PashchimADhipa and other kings.

This incident happened during the installation of Sri Krishna statue in connection with which a sacrifice, as part of the overall ritual, was being performed. At that time, JarAGhaTitagOtra, who had overpowered a vampire and had secured some mysterious power, began claiming that none except he could complete any sacrifice. Sri Madhwaru personally met him, challenged him in front of several heads of the region.

In Bhavaprakashika, it has been clearly mentioned that Jaraghatitagotra was the name of a place and the person was called as MaraDittAya. It is said that he was an occult devotee of Lord Rudra and that he had impressed upon Lord Rudra through his devotion and had secured mysterious, misleading powers. He was defeated by Sri Madhwaru.

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(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”

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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