shrI vaadhiraaja mangalaaShtakam - part3

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|| shrI vaadhiraajO vijayathE ||

 

|| shrI vaadhiraaja mamgalaaShtakam ||

 

baalyaath vaagyuDhi sarvavaadhimadhahaa$thO vaadhiraajaabhiDhaaM

anvarThIkuruthE virakthishamanajJnyaanaadhisadhvigrahah |

pUrNaprajJnyamathaprachaaraNakRuthE saMyag vyaDhaadhdhigjayam

ashwaasyaanuga vaadhiraajagururaat dhadhyaath sadhaa mamgalam ||2||

 

( Note: Baraha 2000 is used to transliterate the Sanskrit words)

 

In this second shloka let us dwell on the words " baalyaath " ,

" abhiDhaaM anvarThIkuruthE " , " dhigjayam " etc.

 

The poet describes the born prodigy of shrI Vaadhiraaja thIrTha who was

very intelligent, brilliant and sharp in all schools of education

namely kaavya, alankaara, vEdhantha, tharka, vyaakaraNa, mImaamsa etc.

shrI Vaadhiraaja thIrTha learnt all the things perfectly in a very

short time and became a hero in the war of debate. shrI Vaadiraaja used

to put forward his explanations, arguments and logic so methodically

and concretely that no one could win over him in debate. shrI

Vaadhiraaja thIrTha smashed the pride of all opponents and by defeating

all the kings of different schools of vedhantha, successfully became a

famous emperor of vedhantha kingdom and thus his name( vaadhi-raja =

the king of opponents) became more meaningful and realistic.

 

Added to this, other important qualities namely non-attachment

towards worldly life, control over body, mind & intellect and supreme

knowledge about God, were very well associated with shrI vaadhiraaja

thIrTha who was always dwelling on the supreme knowledge of Lord shrI

Hari. The author says that shrI Vaadhiraaja thIrTha was embodiment of

these best qualities at the very young age itself, without much effort

of practice or study.

 

shrI Vaadhiraaja thIRtha had a very clear picture of his mission. At

the very young age itself, he went on tour to different parts of the

country, to win over all other scholars and thus propagated the

philosophy of shrI pUrNaprajJnya thIrTha everywhere. There are lots of

legendary incidents about each place visited by shrI Vaadhiraaja

thIrTha and we will know about some of them in the coming stanzas. Like

shrI Acharya Madhva, shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha also went around the

country twice, visited badharikaashrama and got blessed by Lord shrI

vEdavyaasa.

 

Let us all pray the great devotee of Lord Hayavadhana, to bless us

always with pure knowledge.

 

 

(Please correct me for any mistakes)

 

shrI kRuShNaarpaNamasthu

 

B.Gopalakrishna

 

 

 

 

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