vidyA.m shuddhA.mcha buddhi.m kamalajadayite satvara.m dehimahyam .. 2..

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kalyAdau pArvatIshaH pravarasuragaNaprArthitaH shrautavartma

prAbalyA.m netukAmo yativaravapuShAgatya yA.m shruN^gashaile.

sa.msthApyArchA.m prachake bahuvidhanatibhiH sAtvamindvardhachUDA

vidyA.m shuddhA.mcha buddhi.m kamalajadayite satvara.m dehimahyam .. 2..

 

In the second verse AchArya narrates the incident that lead shAradA to be

enshrined in shringeri.

 

kaliH Adau pravara sura gaNa prArthitaH pArvatIshaH, yA.m shrauta vartma

prAbalyA.m netukAmo yativara vapuSha, shruN^ga shaile agatya

indvardhachUDA tvam sa.msthApya bahuvidha archA.m prachake natibhiH sA

kamalajadayite vidyA.m shuddhA.m buddhi.m satvara.m cha mahyam dehi .

 

In the advent of kali, pleaded by the celestials, pArvatIsha (shiva) who

descended down as a yati to reestablish the path laid by the Vedas,

installed and worshipped the bearer of the crescent moon in shringeri with

various panegyrics and prostrations, let that consort of the lotus born

bless me with knowledge and flawless intellect.

 

 

Most Shankara vijayam-s give a detail account on how the situation was in

the advent of kali. The most popular one by mAdhava vidyAraNya says,

 

shrute pidadhati shrotre kraturityaxaradvaye .

kriyAH katha.m pravarteran katha.m kratubhujo vayam .. 1.34..

 

‘Just the sound of two letters ‘kratuH’ (sacrifice or yaGYa) would make men

to close there ears’, this is the state that seem to have existed then.

Hence Vedic rituals were given up and

devA-s were deprived of the offering due to them.

 

ekadA devatA rUpyAchalasthamupatasthire .

devadeva.m tuShArA.mshumiva pUrvAchalasthitam ..1. 28..

 

Hence they approached the lord pArvatIsha like how they sort to the cool

moon on the east (for nectar) and resort to him (for there lives).

 

duShTAchAravinAshAya dharmasa.msthApanAya cha .

bhAShyA.m kurvanbrahmasUtratAtparyArthavinirNayam .. 1. 41..

 

The compassionate lord blessed them saying that he would incarnate as a yati

to reestablish the path laid by Vedas. ‘shrauta vartma prAbalyA.m netukAmo

‘ is the phrase used in the shloka to indicate Shankara’s mission. As seen

in the above sholka ‘duShTa AchAra vinAshanam’, ‘dharmasa.msthApanam’ and

‘brahmasUtra tAtparya artha vinirNayam’ through a bhAShya.m would constitute

the reestablishment of the Vedic path or shR^itivihita mArga (shrauta

vartma).

 

tataH shatAnandamahendrapUrvaH suparvabR^indairupagIyamAnaH .

padmA.mdhrimukhyaiH samamAptakAmaxoNIpatiH shR^iN^gagiri.m pratasthe ..12.

63..

 

After accomplishing all the above Acharya proceeded to Shringeri with

padmapAdA and other disciples.

 

prakalpya tantrendravimAnakalpa.m prAsAdamAviShkR^ita arvashilpam .

pravartayAmAsa sadevatAyAH pUjAmajAdyairapi pUjitAyaH ..12.68..

 

yA shAradetyabhidhA.m vahantI kR^itA.m pratiGYA.m pratipAlayantI .

adyApi shR^iN^geripure vasantI pradyotate.abhIShTavarAn dishanti ..12.69..

 

He built a temple like the abode of Indra in Shringeri and installed there

in the image of goddess shAradA to be worshipped by all. As devi promised

earlier that she would reside where ever she was evoked, shankara installed

her as shAradA in Shringeri. She resides there even today ‘adyApi

shR^iN^geripure vasantI’ and blesses all devotees ‘abhIShTavarAn dishanti’.

 

Shankara again and again prostrated at the feet of indvardhachUDA and

worshipped her as shAradA.

 

Let that shAradA, the crescent moon bearer, the consort of the lotus born

who was installed by shankara, the incarnation of parameshvara, bless me

with flawless intellect and knowledge.

 

gurukamala hastena pUjite shArade

mama vimala hR^idayAntargate shArade.

sukasanaka munivinuta Ananda vAridhe

sa ri ga ma pa svaravinuta vINAvishArade ..

 

Aravind

 

Corrections in the first shloka

 

shruN^gaxmAbhR^innivAse shukamukhamunibhiH sevyamAnAN^ghripadme

svAN^gacchhAyA vidhUtAmR^itakarasurarADvAhane vAksavitri .

sha.mbhushrInAthamukhyAmaravaranikaraiH modataH pUjyamAne

vidyA.m shuddhA.mcha buddhi.m kamalajadayite satvara.m dehimahyam .. 1..

 

 

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