SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”
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MATHURA
II – VISHRANTI TEERTHA/ಮಥುರಾ II – ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ತೀರ್ಥ
ಸಂಸಾರಸಂಸರಣಖೇದವಿಭೇದಕಾರಿ
ಕಂಸಾರಿಸಂಶ್ರಿತತಟೀಗತಚಾರುವಾರಿ|
ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿತೀರ್ಥಮಮಲಂ
ಹರಿಲೋಕವಾಸವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿದಂ ದಿಶತು ನಸ್ಸಕಲೇಪ್ಸಿತಾನಿ||32||
SamsArasamsaraNaKhEdaviBhEdakAri
kamsArisamshritataTeegatachAruvAri|
VishrAntiteerThamamalam harilOkavAsavishrAntidam dishatu
nassakalEpsitAni||32||
संसारसंसरणखॆदविभॆदकारि
कंसारिसम्श्रिततटीगतचारुवारि।
विश्रांतितीर्थममलं
हरिलॊकवासविश्रांतिदं दिशतु नस्सकलॆप्सितानि।।३२॥
SUMMARY:
Vishranti Teertha removes the agony in the journey of family life that appears
in the form of life and death; the fascinating waters of Vishranti Teertha lie
shining there on its bank where Lord Sri Krishna had stayed to have some rest;
May this glorious Vishranti Teertha, which ensures the devotees who take a bath
in it the bliss of salvation and a place in Sri Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord
Vishnu, fulfill the desires of everyone.
In a
nutshell, Sri Vadirajaru has requested Vishranti Teertha to grant fulfillment of
sane desires of those who take a dip in this holy water body.
ಮಖಕೋಟಿಸಹಸ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಮುಖಂ ಮ್ಲಾನಯತೋ
ಮುಹುಃ|
ಅಘಶ್ರಾಂತಿಕರಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಯ ಕಥಂ
ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿತೀರ್ಥತಾ||33||
MaKhakOTisahasrANAm muKham mlAnayatO muhuhu|
AGhashrAntikarsyAsya kaTham vishrAntiteerThatA||33||
मखकॊटिसहस्राणां
मुखं म्लानयतॊ मुहुः।
अघश्रांतिकरस्यास्य
कथं विश्रांतितीर्थता॥३३॥
SUMMARY:
Sri Vadirajaru is describing the power of Vishranti Teertha in a poetic manner
in this stanza. Even though the name VishrAnti TeerTha, which means holy water
that provides rest, is justified because it provided rest to Lord Sri Krishna,
one should not mistake its name to have been derived after the water got tired
of cleansing the devotees from their sins. A question may arise, Sri Vadirajaru
appears to put in this context. If the water body cannot have rest for itself,
then how can it provide rest to others? But, the water of Vishranti Teertha
comprises of positive energy or Punya that cannot be secured by performing
thousands of Ashwamedha Yaga. Such being the case, the other holy water bodies
seem to be wearing pale and gloomy faces in front of Vishranti Teertha as they
feel that none of them possess so much of positive energy as Vishranti Teertha
possesses. Sri Vadirajaru sarcastically states in this stanza that Vishranti
Teertha is putting the sins or negative energies emanating from sins to rest
and that is why it has earned the name Vishranti Teertha.
Description
of Vrindavan in Mathura will be furnished in the next episode.
(Pratipada
Artha for highly descriptive stanzas like these spoils the beauty of its
meaning because for several Sanskrit words, there are no equivalent words in
English. For instance, verbal translation of words like Papa, Punya, Shrati,
Vishranti etc., into English fails to provide the joy of reading these
stanzas.)
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