shrI vaadhiraaja mangalaaShtakam - part2

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|| shrI vaadhiraajO vijayathE ||

 

|| shrI vaadhiraaja mamgalaaShtakam ||

 

shrImath thoulavamamdalE sumapurE kumbhaasithO$dhUrathO

vaaNyaam raamabuDhaath suthassamabhavath vaagIshathIrThaashiShaa |

kEdhaarE$ShtamavathsarE yathipadham chaalaabhi vaagIshwaraath

ashwaasyaanuga vaadhiraajagururaat dhadhyaath sadhaa mamgalam ||1||

 

( Note Baraha 2000 is used to transliterate the sanskrit words)

 

In the second half of the shloka, let us see the words

“aShtamavathsara”, “yathipadam”, “vaagIshwaraath”,

“ashwaasyaanuga”, “vaadhiraajagururaat”.

 

BhOvaraaha had thread ceremony at the very young age of 5 and joined

shrI vaagIsha thIrTha’s ashram for spiritual education. He was very

unusual than any other kids. He was not at all interested in any thing

attractive to other kids. He showed deep interest in spiritual path and

used to spend his most of time in meditation and pooja.

 

His parents were worried that there is no one to take care of them at

their old age. BhOvaraaha told them that he would take sanyasa only

after they get another son. After a while, the parents got another son

and they permitted initiation of sanyasa to BhOvaraaha. Later on this

younger brother also accepted sanyasa by name surOththama thIrTha in

the lineage of Bhandarakere maTha.

 

At the age of 8, shrI vaagIsha thIrTha initiated BhOvaraaha into

sanyasa and titled him as Vaadhiraaja thIRtha. The Guru knew the

intellectual strength of the disciple and blessed him to become the

most powerful king of the dvaitha vedhantha kingdom and enrich &

expand dvaitha kingdom by defeating all others preaching wrong

interpretations of vEda and other scriptures.

 

It was almost 150 years after Achaarya Madhva has disappeared from

this world. By then, the mayavadins and other preachers have become

again powerful. Though the disciples of shrI Achaarya were continuing

propagation of dvaitha vedhantha, there was a need of a powerful leader

to reinstate Achaarya’s preachings. We will see in the coming parts

how shrI vaadhiraaja strengthened the dvaitha kingdom.

 

The last line repeats in all the shlokas. shrI vaadiraaja thIrTha is a

great devotee of Lord Hayavadhana, the Lord of pure knowledge and

wisdom. shrI vaadiraaja was totally dedicated to Lord Hayavadhana and

the relationship between God and devotee was so intense and

inseparable. In the coming postings we will see in detail how shrI

vaadiraaja worshipped, meditated and prayed the Lord.

 

We can see some similarities here to shrI Achaarya MaDhva’s life.

Both parents had only one daughter and were praying for son. They

contacted guru and got blessed for son. Prior to the birth, the

parents were knowing that the child would be of divine personality and

the kids proved that showing unusual interests in the childhood. Both

kids convinced their parents that they would get another son to take

care of them during their old age. In both cases, the younger brothers

also took sanyasa later.

 

We will further similarities as we proceed with the life history.

 

shrI kRuShNaarpaNamasthu

 

B.Gopalakrishna

 

 

 

 

 

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