Report on shrI vijaya dhAsara ArADhana at SFO Area

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[harikaThAmRuthasAra - kaxA thArathaMya samDhi - 32 ]

[shrI bhRugu muni sthOthra]

 

Dear Haribhakthas,

Namaskaragalu.

 

The ArADhana celebrations of bRughvamsha sambhUtha - shrI

haridhAsa sAhithya jIrNOdhDhAraka - chIkalaparavi chippagiri

xEthrasTha shrI vijaya dhAsaru was celebrated on a very grand scale

under the able guidance of shrI shrI suguNEndhra thIrtha swAmigaLu

by SVBM & VMS West Coast Chapter at Shri Sathya's place in

Cupertino, California on 5th November, 2000.

 

The day long programme was a great feast for pamcha j~JAnEmdhriyas.

Not a single minute was wasted without shrI hari nAma smaraNa.

As shrI jagannATha dhAsaru says in his aNu-harikaThAmRuthasAra

 

hRudhayadhi rUpavu vadhanadhi nAmanu

udharadhi naivEdhyavu

shiradhi padhajala nirmAlyavane Dharisi

kOvidhara sadhana heggadhava kAyuvadhe

phala vidhu bALdhudhake

 

all those present followed the words of shrI jagannATha dhAsaru

kAya - vAchA - manasa.

 

The programme started off with yAyavAra sEva. Devotees offered

rice, jaggery, vegetables (only those which are permitted during

this chAthurmAsya vratha) to dhAsara jOLige. In turn, hari dhAsAs

blessed the devotees by giving back 3 portions (3 mushti) of what has

been offered to their jOLige

(3 indicates

a) controller of jAgRutha, svapna, suShupthi avasthAs

b) prathipAdhya of praNava [a - u - ma]

c) pradhyuMna, anirudhDha, samkaruShaNa bhagavadhrUpAs

d) abhIShtAs [karthRuthva - pUjyathva - bhOkthRuthva anusamDhAna]

e) thApathraya nivAraNa [Adhibhauthika - Adhidhaivika - ADhyAthmika]

and many other things).

 

The offerings to dhAsara jOLige was used in preparing prasAdha.

 

This was followed by shrI viTala - shrI shrIkara dhEvara pUja by

shrI suguNEndhra thIrtha swAmigaLu. During the pUja, the devotees

chanted vijaya rAyara kavacha, shrI rAyara sthOthra, shrI hari-vAyu-

sthuthi, shrI baLiththa sUktha, shrI ambhraNI sUktha, shrI

shrI sUktha, shrI puruSha sUktha, shrI viShNusahasra nAma,

shrI dhvAdhasha sthOthra.

Later on, shrI swAmigaLu performed shrI vijaya dhAsara pUja.

 

Followed by this was a short pravachana by shrI Krishna Pandurangi

on the life sketch of shrI vijaya dhAsaru. He brought out the

divine mahimAs of shrI vijaya rAjaru.

 

This was followed by shrI hari sEva in the form of alamkAra pamkthi.

shrI pradhyumna - anirudhDha - samkaruShana rUpI paramAthma was

pleased by 'nUthana' - 'samIchIna' - 'surasOpEtha' - 'hRudhya'

padhArThagaLu. The credit for such a delicious food goes undoubtedly

to shrI vAdhIshAchAryaru. shrI AchAryaru also treated all the

devotees with his bhakthi filled dhEvaranAmAs, ugAbhOgAs & padhyAs

from shrImadhDharikaThAmRuthasAra.

 

The alamkAra pamkthi was followed by distribution of prasAdha to all

devotees.

 

During the entire session, devotees rendered sthOthrAs, haridhAsara

padha - padhya - ugAbhOga - sulAdis. A new entry into SVBM & VMS

family Smt. Sandhya Rao enthralled the devotees with bhakthi filled

dhEvaranAmAs. She was ably supported by her brother shrI Rajeev

SubbaRao on tabla.

 

In the evening session, there was a thArathaMyOktha bhajana programme

by SVBM.

 

This was followed by a short and sweet discourse by shrI

shrI swAmigaLu on the importance of dAsa sAhitya and dAsya bhava

(dAsyathva).

 

" In his discourse, Sri Srigalavaru stressed the importance of dAsya

bhava and mentioned that each and every person should approach the

lord as 'dAsOham' (which means that we are dAsas of Sri Hari). This

way, the lord who has infinite auspicious qualities will be pleased.

Sri Srigalavaru said that there are sects of people who think

of 'sOham' (which means equal to the lord) which is completely

incorrect.

 

Srimadh Acharya himself being the first and foremost dAsa of Sri hari,

propagated and motivated the dAsatva by composing the famous 'DwAdasha

stotra " and other sarva mUla granthas. Many Hari dAsas have emerged

and have shown to this world that the lord will be pleased only if a

person becomes a dAsa of the lord. Sri Purandara dAsa, Sri Vijaya

dAsa and other hari dAsas have composed many krutis in praise of the

lord. These krutis are not imaginative. They are the actual

experiences of the Hari dAsas which makes these compositions so

unique and powerful. These are 'manthra thulya' and reciting the

same with utmost devotion paves the way to shrI hari sAxAthkAra.

 

Sri SrigaLavaru also mentioned that there is no bheda (difference)

between dAsa sAhitya and vyAsa sAhitya. How can any one say the light

from moon is different from that of Sun? The moon light is the light

from the Surya mandala and in the same way, dAsa sAhitya is a

reflection of vyAsa sAhitya.

Sri Vijaya dAsaru one of the prominent hari dAsa has given us the

wealth of his compositions for us to do the sAdhana. The name

'Vijaya' means " Sri Maha Lakshmi " , " Sri vAyu devaru " , and " Sri Indra

Devaru " . So the name " Sri Vijaya rAya " is so sacred and it symbolizes

victory for sAtvika jeevas. "

 

Sri SrigaLavaru recognized the efforts of Sri Sathayanarayana and

Sri Balachandra in uniting the local Madhwa community under the

SVBM/VMS banner and for their active role in conducting all the

Madhwa relegious activities in the Bay Area.

Sri SrigaLavaru conferred the title " Madhwa Samaja Rathna " on

Sri Sathyanaraya and " Madhwa Samaja Bhushana " on Sri Balachandra.

 

This event was followed by mahA mamgaLArathi, phala-mamtrAxathe

vitharaNa by shrI shrIgaLavaru and sarva samarpaNa.

 

udayAstha pariyanta kRuta karma anubhavavu |

madhuhA ninagarpitavO sakala karma ||

 

The photos and the video of shrI vijaya dhAsara ArADhana mahOthsava

would be updated on the SVBM site within few days.

 

Pl. visit www.svbm.org for updates.

 

dhAsarE gathiyu namage - haridhAsarE gathiyu namage

 

With Best Regards

SVBM & VMS West Coast Chapter

 

vEdha vOdhalu baridhe vAdhamAdalu |

hAdhi dhoreyadho buDhara pAdha nambadhe ||