SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ” The northern region/ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

The northern region/ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

Krishna River/ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ನದಿ - 1

ನಮಾಮಿ ಸುಕೃತಶ್ರೇಣೀಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣವೇಣೀಂ ತರಂಗಿಣೀಮ್|

ಯದ್ವೀಕ್ಷಣಂ ಕೋಟಿಜನ್ಮಕೃತದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಶಿಕ್ಷಣಮ್||1||

NamAmi sukrutashrENeem KrishNavENeem tarangiNeem|

YadveekShaNam kOTijanmakrutaduShkarma shikShaNam||1||

SUMMARY: I salute Lord Krishna River, whose sight can instantly eradicate the negative energy (papa) of sins committed in crores of previous births and create a tradition of positive energy of good deeds.

A railway station that exists at Bathara is about nine miles from Satara Road station, which too is about 14 miles away from Pune. Sri Mahabaleshwara is about 40 miles from Sathara. It is about 85 miles away from Pune by surface transport. Krishna River originates from a mountain in Pune. The spring that originates from a mountain appears like deluge, initially and later it falls into ditch. Here there is a popular temple called Sri Mahabaleshwhwara.

Immediately after the creation, Lord Brahma had performed a sacrifice at Mahabaleshwara. Two demons named Mahabala and Atibala tried to spoil the sacrifice, when Goddess Durga appeared in the form of Adimala and killed, with her mystic power, Mahabala and Lord Vishnu killed Atibala. The place was named as Mahabaleshwara following an appeal from Mahabala to that effect.

Krishna River, which later joins the sea near Bejavada, flows for 750 miles by joining Bheema, Tungabhadra and other rivers on the way. It flows in the direction of west.

 
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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

    CANTO IV – CHAPTER ON MEALS / ಸಂಧಿ 4 – ಭೋಜನ ಸಂಧಿ

    In this canto, Sri Jagannatha Dasaru explains most significant and highly influential factors connected with food.

   Effect of Meals / ಭೋಜನದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ

   77.       ವನಜಜಾಂಡದೊಳುಳ್ಳಖಿಲಚೇ-

                     ತನರು ಭುಂಜಿಪ ಚತುರವಿಧಭೋ-

                     ಜನಪದಾರ್ಥದಿ ಚತುರವಿಧ ರಸರೂಪ ತಾನಾಗಿ|

                     ಮನಕೆ ಬಂದುದನುಂಡುಣಿಸಿ ಸಂ-

                     ಹನನಕುಪಚಯ ಕರಣಕಾನಂ-

                     ದನಿಮಿಷರಿಗಾತ್ಮಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಸುಖವನೀವ ಹರಿ||1||

                VanajajAnDadoLuLLaKhilachE-

                tanaru Bhunjipa chaturaviDhaBhO-

                janapadArThadi chaturaviDha rasarUpa tAnAgi|

                Manake bandudanunDuNisi sam-

                Hananakupachaya karaNakAnan-

                danimiSharigAtmapradarshana suKhavaneeva Hari||1||

     SUMMARY: Lord Sri Hari is himself the form of four types of juices that are present in four types of meals or food that all the types of beings in the Brahmanda consume; Sri Hari consumes whatever he relishes, serves it to the beings, provides strength to their bodies, gives pleasure to the sensory organs and bestows the happiness of seeing him to the deities who are in charge of different food items.  

    The four types of food being consumed by different beings comprise of BhakShya or pleasant items like sweets, BhOjya, which the beings compulsorily consume, Lehya or paste and PEya or liquid that can be drunk.

    Lord Krishna tells this to Arjuna in The Gita:

    Aham VaishwAnarO BhUtvA PrANinAm dEhamAshritaha|

    PrANApAnasamAyuktaha pachAmyannam chaturviDham||Geeta 15/14||

    ಅಹಂ ವೈಶ್ವಾನರೋ ಭೂತ್ವಾ ಪ್ರಾಣಿನಾಂ ದೇಹಮಾಶ್ರಿತಃ|

   ಪ್ರಾಣಾಪಾನಸಮಾಯುಕ್ತಃ ಪಚಾಮ್ಯನ್ನಂ ಚತುರ್ವಿಧಮ್||ಗೀತಾ15/14||

    How does the food help body?/ದೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ಉಪಚಯನವಾಗುವ ಬಗೆ

     78.       ನೀಡದಂದದಲಿಪ್ಪ ಲಿಂಗಕೆ

                     ಷೋಡಶಾತ್ಮಕ ರಸವಿಭಾಗವ

                     ಮಾಡಿ ಷೋಡಶಕಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಪಚಯಗಳನು ಕೊಡುತ|

                     ಕ್ರೋಡ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತೆರಡುಸಾವಿರ

                     ನಾಡಿಗತದೇವತೆಗಳೊಳಗಿ-

                     ರ್ದಾಡುತಾನಂದಾತ್ಮ ಚರಿಸುವ ಲೋಕದೊಳು ತಾನು ||2||

                     NeeDadaMdadalippa lingake

                ShODashAtmaka rasaviBhAgava

                mADi ShODaShakalegaLige upachayagaLanu koDuta|

                krOda yeppatteraDusAvira

                nADigatadEvategaLoLagi-

                rdAnDutAnandAtma charisuva lOkadoLu tAnu||2||

    SUMMARY: Lord Hari from his form as Varaha (VarAh AvtAr) keeps roaming about with deities who are in charge of different types of food items, wearing the form of joy or bliss; the deities occupy the seventy-two thousand pulses that exist in each and every being; for the body, which is like nest for every being, the four juices are divided into sixteen types to provide nourishment to the sixteen stains in the body.  

    The sixteen stains and seventy-two thousand pulses have been described further in the Canto on Pulse, later.

    Sri Vishnurahasya mentions about “ShODashakalA” as follows:

    IndriyANi dashaikam cha manastanmAtrakAstaThA|

    Panchaiva ShODashakalO lingadEhO hyanAdimAn||

    ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ದಶೈಕಂ ಚ ಮನಸ್ತನ್ಮಾತ್ರಕಾಸ್ತಥಾ|

     ಫಂಚೈವ ಷೋಡಶಕಲೋ ಲಿಂಗದೇಹೋ ಹ್ಯನಾದಿಮಾನ್||  

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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”)  

Search for Seetha continued/ಸೀತಾನ್ವೇಷಣ ಮುಂದುವರೆದುದು

Frustration and trivial thoughts of monkeys/ಕಪಿಗಳ ಹತಾಶೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ ಯೋಚನೆಗಳು

The monkeys who had gone with Angada and Hanumantha were bitterly dejected and frustrated since they could not trace Seetha Devi, the deadline that Sugreeva had fixed for tracing Seetha Devi had expired, they had involuntarily and inadvertently wasted a very long period in the cave and they were very much aware that Sugreeva would punish them severely for their failure to trace Seetha Devi and for expiring the deadline. Angada said: “Sugreeva will never pardon us for not obeying his orders. Can a person who got his elder brother killed and is enjoying life with his brother’s wife be expected to excuse us? He is very strong and has secured the protection of most powerful Srirama. We are neither strong nor do we have the protection of a powerful person. Let us follow what Tara suggests us to do.”

Jambavanta and other monkeys agreed with Angada. It was up to Hanumantha then to mitigate the situation. He said:

“Tara is the brother-in-law of Sugreeva. He terribly hates Sugreeva for getting his sister’s husband Vali killed by Rama. Now he wants to take revenge by getting Sugreeva killed by same Rama, who had killed Vali. Later, he wants Vali’s son Angada to ascend the throne of monkeys’ kingdom. That is why his words are not worth following. According to him, you should all ignore the words of Rama, stay back in this cave, serving Angada so that Rama becomes angry with Sugreeva and will kill Sugreeva. Somehow or other, we should not trace Seetha and thereby instigate Rama to kill Sugreeva. Later, Angada will trace Seetha Devi, informs Rama about her whereabouts and as a reward for that service, Rama should make Angada the king of Kishkindha. This is the prank of Tara.

You are all fools and following the foolish thoughts of Tara. Now, I will not allow this to happen. You should do what I am going to say or else I know how to bring you all back on track. I am capable of taking that extreme step. I wish you will not force me to take such steps.

Oh Monkeys, the Vajrayudh of Indra may not suffice to destroy this cave but a single arrow of Rama can certainly precipitate this cave. Tara does not know what Rama can do and you believed his words. It was such corrupt and misleading suggestion of ministers that created misunderstanding between Vali and Sugreeva and ended with the killing of Vali. Sugreeva was not responsible for that.

You Angada, please tell me with a clear mind whether Sugreeva has ill-treated you either before Vali was killed or after the death of Vali. It is true that Sugreeva hated Vali and it is also true that he had to ultimately get Vali killed by Rama. But, he has not harmed you in any way. In fact, he has immediately made you the Prince. Has Sugreeva opposed you or insulted or ill-treated you since the demise of your father? He is now following the words of your mother Tara Devi. Let us not commit the crime of underrating Rama by thinking that he is incapable of demolishing this cave.

I can never tolerate criticism of Rama. None of you, either individually or as a group, can bend me in any way. If you act as I say, I will be happy. Otherwise, I know how to use the force to make you act as per my wish.”

All the monkeys were frightened by what Hanumantha said. They politely, silently followed him to the southern shores of the sea. Beyond that point, there was no way they could walk or roam about. They climbed the tip of Mount Mahendra and surveyed the surrounding area. They could only seawater everywhere and decided it was impossible for any of them to cross the ocean. Their mission to trace Seetha Devi ended there. They started thinking about the future course of action. None could come up with any positive suggestion. Everyone was gasping for breath. Ultimately, Angada remembered his father, mother, forefathers, elderly monkeys, offered prayers and decided to fast till death. Angada spread a mat of sacrificial grass facing north and laid down flatly on it. Everyone was weeping and crying and cursing themselves for their plight.

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SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 13 AND 14 (54) ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 13 ಮತ್ತು 14ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 13 AND 14 (54)

ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 13 ಮತ್ತು 14ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

Sri Hari has infinite forms/ಅನಂತರೂಪದ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿ

ಅಗಣಯ್ಯಸದ್ಗುಣಗಣೋ ವಿದೂಷಣಃ ಸ್ವವಶಾಖಿಲೋsಪ್ಯನುಪಚಾರತಃ ಸ್ವಯಮ್|

ಸ್ಮೃತಿಕೀರ್ತನಪ್ರಣತಿಭಿರ್ವಿಮುಕ್ತಯೇ ಸ್ವಜನಸ್ಯ ಯಾತ್ಯಯಮನೇಕರೂಪತಾಮ್||13||

AgaNayyasadguNagaNO vidUShaNaha swavashAKhilO(s)pyanupachArataha swayam|

SmrutikeertanapraNatiBhirvimuktayE swajanasya yAtyayamanEkarUpatAm||13||

SUMMARY: This Lord (Sri Hari), who is filled with inherent and infinite good qualities, who is far away from any errors, omission, commissions or fallacies, who is independent, facilitates, on his own accord, his devotees to achieve salvation through prayer, chanting of hymns, singing in his praise, assumes several forms at will.

Although Sri Hari is complete in every way and is totally away from any sort of discrimination, is capable of doing anything and everything, helps his devotees to attain salvation, to realize the ultimate truth by motivating them, in accordance with their Karma (deeds) and capabilities, to offer prayers, to worship and do anything as simple as an individual is able to do.

Incarnations of Matsya and Hayagreeva/ಮತ್ಸ್ಯರೂಪ ಮತ್ತು ಹಯಗ್ರೀವರೂಪಗಳು

ಚತುರಾನನಾಯ ಚತುರಃ ಪುರಾsಗಮಾನ್ ಪ್ರದದಾವಸಾವನಿಮಿಷೇಶ್ವರಃ ಪ್ರಭುಃ|

ವಿನಿಹತ್ಯ ಹಿ ಶ್ರುತಿಮುಷಂ ವಪುಷೋದ್ಧತಂ ಹಯಮುಖೇನ ಸದ್ರಿಪುಂ||14||

ChaturAnanAya chaturaha purA(s)gamAn pradadAvasAvanimiShEshwaraha prabhuhu|

Vinihatya hi shruitmuSham vapuShOdDhatam HayamuKhena sadripum||14||

SUMMARY: In the distant past, he incarnated in the form of Matsya or giant Fish, killed the enemy of the virtuous, adamant and an ancient demon called Hayagreeva, who had stolen the Vedas, and handed over all the four Vedas to four-faced Lord Brahma.

Name of the demon was Madhu. He was a very ancient demon and a proven enemy of good people. Lord Hari, who had earlier incarnated as a Giant Fish called Matsya, once again incarnated as Hayagreeva, a form in which the Greeva or the neck and the face were reminiscent of the neck and face of Haya or Horse, chased the demon who was running away after snatching the Vedas from the hands of Lord Brahma, killed him, retrieved and returned the Four Vedas to Four-faced Brahma.

In this stanza, two incarnations of Lord Hari, as Matsya and Hayagreeva, have been cited. In both these forms, Lord Hari saved the Vedas. Matsya was an incarnation to preach the Puranas and Hayagreeva was meant to impart knowledge to humanity.

Beginning with this stanza, Sri Narayana Panditacharyaru describes various incarnations of Lord Hari uptill the fortiety stanza.

In his incarnation as Matsya, Sri Hari killed a demon named Hayagreeva and in his incarnation as Hayagreeva, Sri Hari killed a demon named Madhu.

“AnimiShEshwaraha” means a fish that never winked the eyes and it indicates the Matsya Rupa of Lord Hari. “HayamuKhEna vapuShA” means a demon in the form of Haya or horse, had become adamant and arrogant.

HayamuKhEna vapuShA udDhatamasuram nihatya| SurEshwarO HayagreevEna vapuShA MaDhum| (Bhava Prakashika).

Sri Matsya incarnation is felicitated in the Dwadasha Stotra as follows:  

lows:

MatsyakarUpa layOdavihArin vEdavinEtra chaturmuKhavandya||   

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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

    74. Sri Hari is free from the fallacies of time and character/ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಗೆ ಕಾಲ, ಗುಣ, ಕರ್ಮಗಳ ದೋಷವಿಲ್ಲ

     ಅಧಮಮಾನವನೋರ್ವ ಮಂತ್ರೌ-

     ಷಧಗಳನು ತಾನರಿತು ಪಾವಕ

     ಉದಕಗಳ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಇಪ್ಪನದರೊಳಗೆ|

     ಪದುಮಜಾಂಡೋದರನು ಸರ್ವರ

     ಹೃದಯದೊಳಗಿರೆ ಕಾಲ ಗುಣಕ-

     ರ್ಮದ ಕಲುಷ ಸಂಬಂಧವಾಗುವವೇ ನಿರಂಜನಗೆ||30||

    ADhamamAnavanOrva mantrau-

    ShaDhagaLanu tAnaritu pAvaka

    udakagaLa samabanDhavillade ipparadaroLage|

    PadumajAnDOdaranu sarvara

    hrudayadoLagire kAla guNaka-

    rmada kaluSha sambanDhavAguvavE niranjanage||30||

    SUMMARY: An ordinary person can learn certain hymns and medicines and stay in fire and water, without being affected by their qualities or characteristics. When Sri Hari wears the entire Brahmanda in his belly and stays in the heart of everyone, can the qualities or the fallacy of time, character and Krma relate to or affect him?

    The word “Adhama” in this stanza means common as well as trivial or low. Several ordinary persons have displayed on this earth that they can stay in water or fire for hours together without being affected by these elements. They do not get wet nor get burnt. Such is the power of certain hymns which they learn, chant and inculcate certain extraordinary nature. When ordinary human beings can develop such power of sustenance, what can anyone say about the creator, preserver and destroyer this Brahmanda? He can do anything and everything without being affected by the good or bad impact. He cannot be “influenced” by anything he does nor can he attributed to have certain benign skills. He is the creator of skills. He is not affected by sorrow, happiness, dejection, disappointment, anger and so on. Duryodhana in Mahabharata commits several crimes, practices injustice and boasts of great power. Finally, when all his forces were precipitated by Pandavas under the sole grace of Lord Krishna, he thinks of transforming his body into diamond, stays under deep waters of Krishnadwaipayana Sarovar, chants the specific hymn. His stay was short lived but he could stay in the pond for quite a long period of time, unaffected by the quality of water.

    Several worldly tricks have been given in Tantrasarasangraha, an anthology of magic and black magic skills.

    75. Completeness of the Omnipresence of Sri Hari/ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣತೆ

     ಒಂದು ಗುಣದೊಳನಂತಗುಣಗಳು

     ಒಂದು ರೂಪದೊಳಿಹವು ಲೋಕಗ-

     ಳೊಂದು ರೂಪದಿ ಧರಿಸಿ ತದ್ಗಪದಾರ್ಥದೊಳಹೊರಗೆ|

     ಬಾಂದಳದವೋಲಿರ್ದು ಬಹು ಪೆಸ-

     ರಿಂದ ಕರೆಸುತ ಪೂರ್ಣಜ್ಞಾನಾ-

‘    ನಂದಮಯ ಪರಿಪರಿ ವಿಹಾರವ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾಡಿಸುವ||31||

    Vondu guNadoLanantaguNagaLu

    Vondu rUpadoLihavu lOkaga-

    gaLondu rUpadi Dharisi tadgapadArThadoLahorage|

    bAndaLadavOlirdu bahu pesa-

    sarinda karesuta pUrNajnAnA=

    nandamaya paripari vihArava mADi mADisuva||31||

    SUMMARY: In each attribute of Sri Hari, there are infinite attributes. In any of his incarnations or forms, all the Lokas are hidden and intrinsic. He can assume a single form and occupy each and every object in the universe and be all-pervasive like the sky. He makes everything named differently and makes everything roam about anywhere and everywhere because he is brimming with knowledge and bliss, which are beyond imagination or description.

    This phenomenon has been substantiated in all Scriptures including Bhagavata, Bharata Tatparya Nirnaya and Smrutis.

    76. Rareness of the Omnipresence of Sri Hari/ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ಅಪೂರ್ವ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ

     ಎಲ್ಲರೊಳು ತಾನಿಪ್ಪ ತನ್ನೊಳ-

     ಗೆಲ್ಲರನು ಧರಿಸಿಹನು ಅಪ್ರತಿ-

     ಮಲ್ಲ ಮನ್ಮಥಜನಕ ಜಗದಾದ್ಯಂತಮಧ್ಯಗಳ|

     ಬಲ್ಲ ಬಹುಗುಣಭರಿತ ದಾನವ-

     ದಲ್ಲಣ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥವಿಟ್ಠಲ-

     ಸೊಲ್ಲ ಲಾಲಿಸಿ ಸ್ತಂಭದಿಂದಲಿ ಬಂದ ಭಕ್ತನಿಗೆ||32||

    YellaroLu tAnippa tannoLa-

    Gellaranu Dharisihanu aprati-

    Malla manmaThajanaka jagadAdyantamaDhyagaLa|

    Balla bahuguNaBharita dAnava-

    dallaNa JagannAThaviTThala-

    solla lAlisi stamBhadindali banda Bhaktanige||32||

    SUMMARY: Sri Hari is in everyone and he keeps everyone within himself. There is no other person like him. He is the father of Manmatha, the God of Romance. He knows the origin, the end and the middle of the creation of this universe. He has infinite qualities. He is a terror for Danavas or demons. This Lord, who is known as Sri Jagannathavitthala, emerged out of a pillar in response to a call by one of his devotees.

    Narayanopanishat, Sutra Bhashya, Brahma Sutra and other holy Scriptures describe this Omnipresence, Omnipotence and Omniscience of Lord Hari.

    In this stanza, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as Sri Narasihma to kill Hiranyakashipu has been referred. Prahlada offered prayers and Lord Narasihma emerged out of a pillar in the palace of Hiranyakashipu, which bears testimony to the fact that the Lord is Sarvantaryami or Omnipresent.       

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