vijayadAsara kavacha - part 6

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Dear vaishNavas

 

Here is the sixth part of the kavacha. It covers verses 19 and 20.

These two verses form a set.

 

In the service of vijaya viThThala

 

Shobha Srinivasan (srinivasan),

CR Madhusudhana Rao (madhu_cr)

Hunsur Sriprasad (sripi)

 

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(vijayadAsara kavacha - part 6)

 

Verse 19:

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suraru ellarU ivara karava piDivarO

taraLarandadI hinde tirugutipparO || 19 ||

 

Translation:

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All the gods hold his hands and like children, hover around him.

 

Verse 20:

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grahagaLellavU ivarge sahAya mADutA

ahOrAtrilI sukhada nivaha koDuvavo || 20 ||

 

Translation:

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All the planets assist him in his projects, and give happiness night and

day.

 

Commentary:

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shrI vijayadAsaru was universally revered by kings, ministers, heads

of religious institutions and other aparOksha gyAnis. This is a well

known fact, but what is perhaps not so well known is that respect for

him extended into the realm of the gods too. There is a reason for

that.

 

He was an incarnation of bhrigu muni. Those who know tAratamya will

remember that bhrigu is in the 15th kaksha (class or category), equal

to Agni, and above gods like ganapathi and kubera. Perhaps even more

important was that he was somebody who was personally blessed by hari

and vAyu, and that was the reason even why even higher souls had a

soft corner for him. Let me illustrate with an example (from the

book by bEluru kEshavadAsaru).

 

vijayadAsaru once left on a tour of kAshi. As always, his adopted son,

mOhana dAsaru also started making preparations to accompany him, but

for strange reason, he was asked to stay back. vijayadAsaru called

his daughter-in-law aside secretly and told her, " mOhana is going to

face apamRutyu (untimely death). However, do not lose heart; stay

steadfast in your belief that he will come back. Do not agree to

final rites being performed on his lifeless body " . Having said this,

vijayadAsaru departed on his tour. As predicted, mohAnadasaru was

afflicted with a strange disease and breathed his last. His friends

and neighbours wanted to perform his last rites, but his wife refused

to grant her permission. At that time, his ethereal self was being

hauled up before yama (the god of death) for a trial. At that time,

vijayadAsaru entered the assembly as bhrigu muni. Yama immediately

welcomed the saint and offered him a ceremonial welcome due to him.

bhrigu brushed aside the rituals and chastised yama for his mistake.

Yama was surprised and wanted to know what the mistake was. bhrigu

replied " mOhana is not due to die, yet he has been brought here. If

I had not come here in time, you would have commited a grave sin " .

Yama cross checked his records and found that what bhrigu muni was

saying was true. He immediately ordered the release of mohanadAsaru,

and profusely thanked bhrigu muni for correcting him in time. Back on

the earth, neighbours were getting angry with mOhanadAsaru's wife

for keeping a corpse at home for over 3 days. One of the more

impatient and impertinent ones came near the corpse and said " Let's

take the body by force. I have made all preparations for the

cremation " . Exactly at that time, mOhanadAsaru's spirit returned

back to the body, and he sat up saying, " If you have made

preparations, then you go! " . The neighbour was flabbergasted and

scared when this happened. In his haste to escape, he banged his

forehead against the doorstead and died at that instant. Actually,

it was his turn to die, and yama's attendants had made a mistake in

taking the wrong person's spirit! The revived mOhana dAsaru comforted

his ecstatic wife and explained to her what had happened. With tears

in their eyes, and hearts full of gratitude, the blessed couple

described the greatness of vijayadAsaru to the astounded gathering.

 

This incident, which has been documented in several devaranAmAs by

aparOksha gyAnis, is a glowing testimony to the respect that even

gods had for vijayadAsaru.