shrI vaadhiraaja mamgalaaShtakam-5

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|| shrI vaadhiraajO vijayathE ||

 

||shrI vaadhiraaja mamgalaaShtakam ||

 

gathvaa sEthuhimaachalam naraharEssThaanaani sarvaaNi cha

snaathvaa thIrThavarEShu bhakthanikarEShvaasThaapya maaDhvam matham |

thIrThEShUththamathaapyasUchi guruNaa thIrThaprabamDhOkthibhih

ashwaasyaanuga vaadhiraajagururaat dhadhyaath sadhaa mamgalam ||3||

 

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

 

In this third shloka, let us look into the words " aasEthuhimaachalam " ,

" aasThaapya " , " thIrThaprabamDha " .

 

The poet describes here about the tour of shrI vAdhirAja thIrTha who

went around the country twice. shrI vAdhirAja has visited allmost all

the holy places of Lord shrI Hari, from the southern tip 'Rameshwaram'

to northern tip 'Badarikasrama' and took holy dip in the best holy

rivers and holy ponds. The very purpose of this tour is only to

enlighten the devotees at thsse places and to establish and strengthen

the philosophy of 'tatvavada', and not to get any publicity or 'punya'

for self.

 

shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha had clear knowledge about the importance and

sacredness of each places and the deity and created a beautiful work

namely " thIrTha prabanDha " , a unique travelogue in Sanskrit literature.

In this work, shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha has prayed the deity of each

place with beautiful sthothras, bringing out the local history as per

our scriptures. This is a wonderful work, imparting the 'dvaita

tathva', in simple words with the blend of poetry and stories.

 

The word 'narahari' is very significant here. Though shrI Vaadhiraaja

thIrTha has visited many places where Lord shiva ( or other God) is

principle / main deity, shrI Vaadiraaja thIrTha prayed Lord shrI

narashimha / Lord Hari residing (rudhranthrgatha) in Lord shiva( or

other deity). shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha clearly brings out supremacy of

Lord shrI Hari while praying the deity at each place.

 

You may listen to sthothra of 'thIrTha prabandha', praying Lord

Krishna of Udupi through the following link

http://www.geocities.com/bgkvarna/Audio/theertha_Udupi.rm

 

shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha went around the country twice, once at very

young age, (of around 13-14 ) and second time around the age of 60.

While for the first time, shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha was very young and

his mother could not withstand his separation for a long time. shrI

vaadhiraaja thIrTha got done a self idol, of bronze and gave that to

smt. Gowri dEvi and got her blessings. This statue is still available

at sOde maTha.

 

During these two long tours, shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha had blessed

thousands of devotees and enlightened them through discourses and

lectures. There were many miraculous incidents at many places during

these tours and name and fame of shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha filled all

the corners of the country. There are many volumes narrating the divine

powers of shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha but we will see only a few of

these 'mahima' in the next stanzas.

 

Today " DharmasThala " is a very famous pilgrimage place, but not many

know that it is shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha who established Lord

manjunAtha at this place. It was during the period of Devaraja Heggade,

the forefather of present Heggade family who was very much influenced

by the divine powers of shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha. While shrI vaadiraaja

thIrTha was touring around this place, called as 'kuduma' at that

time, Devaraaja Heggade, invited him to come and bless his place and

family. Since that place was highly influenced by demi-gods, shrI

vaadhiraaja thIrTha did not agree to visit that place. Though Heggade

was belonging to 'Jain' religion, he agreed to construct a temple there

for daily pooja, to make that place suitable for visit of shrI

Vaadhiraaja thIrTha. Then, from the nearby hilly place 'Kadri', shrI

manjunatha 'linga' was brought and shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha placed

'narasimha saalagraama' over that linga , worshipped Lord narasimha,

and thus filled that place with divine powers. Since then, due to shrI

vaadhiraaja thIrTha's blessings, that place is continuing to be a

powerful center though it belongs to rule of 'Jain' followers. shrI

vaadhiraaja thIrTha has blessed many devotees belonging to other

religions, and we will see some of them later.

 

May shrI vaadhiraaja thIrTha who prayed the supreme Lord Hari

residing in all the holy places and sacred rivers, bless us with pure

knowledge, devotion and dedication.

 

shrI Hari prIyathAm

B.Gopalakrishna

 

 

 

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