Shri Jagannathadasara Aradhane program in the SF Bay area, Ca .......

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|| Shri Harihi Om ||

|| Shri LakshminarasimhAyana Namaha||

|| Shri HanumaBheemaMadhwAya Namo Namaha ||

|| Shri JagannAthadasa Gurubhyo Namaha ||

 

|| Hari Sarvotthama || || Hare Srinivasa || || Vayu Jeevotthama ||

 

Dhyaana Sloka:

JalasheshtaNIbhaakaaraM Jagadeesha Padaashrayam|

Jagatheethala VikhyaataM Jagannatha GuruM Baje ||

 

DasavaRyaDayayuktaM DhoorikRuthadhuraashiShaM|

HarikathaamRuthavakTaaraM Jagannatha GuruM Bhaje ||

 

Haribhaktas,

On behalf of SVBM/VMS Smt Veena & Sri Sateesh Jamakhandi are hosting

an evening program to celebrate Sri JagannathadAsArenyara aradhane at their

residence on this Friday Octber 1st, 2004 from 7.15PM to 10PM. Please attend and

get

the blessings of Sri HariVayuGurugalu. Please bring non-rice items for palahAra.

Please contact Smt Veena and Sri Sateesh for details -> 510-979-0276 - Home

510-377-3596 - Cell

 

Program details:

 

7.15 PM - 9.00 PM - tAratmya bhajane

(with emphasis to Sri Jagannathadasara rachane)

9.00 PM - 9.15 PM - Sri Harikathamruthasara recital

(selected sandhigalu)

9.15 PM - 9.30 PM - Life and Teachings of Sri JagannAthadAsaru

- A brief talk by Sri Prasanna Krishna

9.30 PM - 10.00 PM - Mangala, Mangalarathi and lagu palahAra

 

Directions to the venue:

 

The address is:

 

Sateesh Jamakhandi

43555 Grimmer Blvd, E242

Fremont, CA 94538

510-979-0276 - Home

510-377-3596 - Cell

 

Directions...

 

880

 

Take 880 North towards Oakland, Take Auto Mall Pkwy exit, Turn right on Auto

Mall Pkwy, At the

first light turn left on Grimmer Blvd, Turn left immediately after the Bacon gas

station into the

Durham Green Apartments complex. Follow the instructions once you are at the

gate...

 

680

 

Take 680 North towards Sacramento, Take the Durham/AutoMall Road Exit, Turn Left

on Auto Mall Pkwy

infront of Frys, Make right on Grimmer (3rd Light), make immediate left into the

Durham Green

Apartments complex. Follow the instructions once you are the gate.

 

 

At the gate of the complex...

 

Please browse the list of apartments on the directory and select E242, press

call button and wait

for us to open the gate. Generally, if you wait for a minute or two someone

might open the gate.

Once inside, keep going straight, cross the leasing office, the road turns

right, after about 200

meters you will see open parking space to your left. Park the car there, cross

the road and you

will see building E infront of you. We are in the second floor.

 

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Courtesy Sri Raghunatha Rao posting on dvaita list.

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Daasavaryam Dhayaayuktham Dhooreekrutha DhuraashiSham

Harikathaamrutha vakthaaram JagannaTha guroom Bhaje!!

 

Sri Jagannatha Dasa belongs to the group of illustrious Haridasas or the

 " Servants of God " . Like his Gurus, Vijaya Dasa and Gopala dasa, he belonged

to the second group of Haridasas, while Sripadaraja, Vysaraja, Vadiraja,

Purandara dasa,and kanaka dasa belong to the first group. They conveyed

to the common people the principles of Madhwa Philosophy in Kannada which

were so far accessible only to pundits and to those who knew Sanskrit.

He (formerly known as Srinivasa) was born on 27th July 1728 at Byagavatti,

Manavi taluk, Raichur District in a Brahmin kulkarani family. He received

his education in the six shastras under the famous Sri Varadendra swamy of

Rayar mutt and became a great scholar. He became so proficient in Sanskrit

that he scoffed at those who talked, discussed and deliberated on

philosophical doctrines in Kannada. Once he was so much puffed up with pride

of his Sanskrit learning that when Vijayadsa invited him for Lunch, he

refused to go to him on the pretext that he was suffering from a

stomach-ache. , as Vijayadasa was propounding the Madhwa Philosophy in

Kannada songs instead of in Sanskrit. For this reason, he suffered severely

from an attack of consumption. No medicine could cure him. Lord Srinivasa,

Ghatikachala Mukhya PraaNa could not do anything. Performed rigorous seva at

Manatrlaya and Sri Raghavendra advised him to meet Vijayadasa and

beg his pardon. He approached Vijayadasa and seeing him surrendering

himself and given up his pride, he sends him to Gopala dasa. Taking pity on

him Gopaladasa gave him a piece of Jawar bread, sanctifying it with

Dhanwantari Mantra and asked him to eat assuring him that he would be

cured. Then he became a new man, hale and healthy. At Tirupathi, when he had

gone on pilgrimage with Gopaladasa, the Guru parted 40 years of his life and

passed on to them by his yogic powers. Srinivasa in the form of Gopaladasa

takes pity and feeds this Acharya. He then went to Pandarapur to take

darshan of Lord Panduranga. While taking bath at the Chandrabaga of the

Bhima River he dive into the water and to his great amazement found a

stone on which was inscribed the words  " Jagannatha Vittala Â'Â' He

composes in Kannada the first song, Â " Tatikkoti Nibhakaya Jagannatha,

Vitalayya, Vitalayya.Â'Â' He carried home joyfully after feeling personally

fed by panduranga and assumed the God –given name of Jagannatha vittala

and composed songs with the nom-deplume or Ankitha of Jagannatha vittala.

Hence –forward, Srinivasa became known as Jagannatha dasa.  " Yendu

kaambenu Panduranaga mooruthiya " and  " Kande PandarirayanaÂ'Â' were the

second and third songs and  " Palisu pandarireya and Dhanyanaadhe Â'Â' were

the songs subsequently composed by him there.

 

Jagannatha dasa has composed nearly 10,000 songs, They are lucid,melodious

and musical. Besides this, he has composed a monumental work called Sri

Harikathamrutha Saara. It is considered as an encyclopedia of Madhwa

philosophy in Kannada, As he was well versed in Shastras and Madhwa

Philosphy, it was easy for him to reduce the essential principles of Dwaitha

philosophy contained in 37 works of Madhwachary in only 32 cantos of his

famous book. It is written in a lucid, chaste and flowing style in Bhamini

Shatpadhi metre. It is so popular among the Kannada people and

especially among the women-folk that they daily sing many cantos of this sacred

book,

in their homes. It is epitome of Madhwa philosophy in Kannada. It is

described as the prototype of the great work, Nyaya Sudha of Sri Jaya

Thirtha. Besides being a great poet. Sri Jagannatha dasa was an artist of

great merit. As he used to paint images of Gods in Rangoli, he was called,

Rangavalli –dasa or Rangoli-dasa., or Ranga-valida Dasa. He drew the picture

of Sri Ranaganatha in Ragoli in the house of Dewan Poornaiya, of Tippu

Sulatan time. But he did not draw the crown and jewels. When asked by the

dewan, he said that lord Ranaganatha did not wear them on that day. The

Dewan sent a messenger to Sri Rangapatam and to ascertain the truth of

this fact. He was wonder-struck to know that what Sri Jagannatha dasa had

said was perfectly true. So the dewan began to have great reverence and

respect for him, as he had miraculous power. Jagannatha Dasa was a contemporary

of

Sri Sathybodha of the Uttaradhi mutt, Sri Varadendraswamy of Sri Rayar Mutt

and of Sri Dhirendra Swamy of Ritti and of Vishu theertha of Maddur, the

celebrated author of Bagavata sarodhdhara. They used to meet together often

and discuss and deliberate the shastraas and philosophical problems and

some times travel together mostly on the sacred banks of the river Varadha.

So Ritti, Karjagi and SavaNoor have become famous places of pilgrimage for

Madhwas, as these places have been sanctified by the dust of their holy feet.

 

The Mantrakshate Tatte given by Sri Jagannatha Dasa to Sri Sathy Bodha

swamy is still in Savanur Mutt and Mantrakshati are still being

distributed to devotees from this Tatte alone even to this day. Paduka of

`Sri Sathybhodaswamy taken by Jagannatha dasa are being worshipped at Manavi

at the house of Jagannatha Dasa. The Pallakki given by Rani

Lakshammanni ,Maharani of Mysore and the Gokallu of Kumsi, Leaning plate ,

Saligramaas used by him, Vrindavana made out of Tulasi kaashta etc are still

at Manavi in his house.

 

Jagannatha dasa has a supreme place in Dasa sahitya as his writings and

songs are superb for their poetic value and the beautiful rhythmic style of

expression of Madhwa philosophy. He holds a very high place in the hierarchy

of dasa Koota. He lived for 81 years one month and 20 days and

performed vaikunta yatra on 17-9-1809Ad at Manavi on Bhadrapada Shuddha Navami

at 8-30pm on Sunday , .in Moola nakshatra .

 

Pranesha Dasa while consoling the daughter in law of Jagannatha dasa said:

" Sreekaantha Nolidha Dasaru yi Yugadhalli Lekhaantharahudhe Thangi, Shoka

Byaadale Naraloka uLidharemdhu yi KAMBHA DhoLagihare Hey Neere

 

That faith is true even for this day. The house has been converted into a

temple and the pillar , which he used to often lean, sit and sing,

the glories of Hari is being worshipped by all his admirers and

devotees. He is remembered for ages to come. A great aparokshjnaani who enjoyed

the

supreme bliss and communion with the supreme Lord Sri Hari. His work has

become a veda to those who are inclined towards Madhwaism. It is said that in

one of the songs of Jagannatha dasa that the presiding deities of the

Varnas came forth while he was composing his great work Harikathamrutha sara and

gave a splendid finish to it. Such is the masterpiece of Jagannatha dasa.

 

At SavaNur , to the left of Sri SathyaBhodha theerthara Vrindavanam, even to

day we could see a small platform wherein the great saint leaning to

the pillar used to sit and write a portion of Harikathamruthasaara. To

the right of him, is another pillar with a very small hole wherein we

could see Lord Sri Lakshminarasimha( UdBhava Murthy) inside the pillar. The

light coming from the main door/ from the window just opposite to the

pillar falls clearly on the hole . There is no board to indicate that the

great saint wrote here. Just in the Open yard, Near Main entrance, getting

down a few steps , to the left, again we see Lord Lakshminarasimha Moorthi.

 

Dhyana Sloka:

 

JalasheshtaNIbhaakaaraM Jagadeesha Padaashrayam|

Jagatheethala VikhyaataM Jagannatha GuruM Baje ||

 

DasavaRyaDayayuktaM DhoorikRuthadhuraashiShaM|

HarikathaamRuthavakTaaraM Jagannatha GuruM Bhaje ||