oMdu baari smaraNe saalade- Devaranama by Sri Vadirajaru

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Anadatheertha bhagavadpadacharya gurubhyoh namah!

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oMdu

bAri smaraNe sAlade AnaMdateerthara

pUrNapraj~jara

sarvaj~jarAyara madhwarAyara

 

 

In

this devaranama ,Sri Vadirajaru talks about the greatness of Srimad

Acharya., “Isn’t it enough to contemplate even once on Srimad

Anandatheertha ,Purnaprajna, sarvajyaraya, or Madhvaraya ? “

 

 

Question)

Who has to contemplate

and what is the benefit of such contemplation ? The answer is given

in the following padyas.

 

 

hiMdanEka

janmagaLali noMdu yOniyalli baMdu

iMdirEsha

hariya pAdava hoMdabEkeMbuvarige

Ans

1)Those

who want to seek shelter in the feet of Lord Hari, the Lord of

Indra having realised fully well about the miseries of rebirth in

various life-forms.

 

 

prakrithibaMdhadalli

siluki sakala vishayagaLali noMdu

akaLaMkacharita

hariya pAdabhakuti bEkeMbuvarige

Ans

2) Those

who want to imbibe bhakthi for the feet of Lord Hari knowing His

great charitra, His leelas and attributes having realised fully that

the bondage of prakrithi is whirling one in the world of sensual and

material pleasures.

ArumaMdi

vairigaLanu sEralIsadaMte jaridu

dhIranAgi

hariya pAda sErabEkeMbuvarige

Ans3)

Those who want to become

fearless, filled with good knowledge and want to surrender at the

feet of Hari, having understood that the six enemies of the soul

–kama, krodha, lobha.moha,mada and matsarya cannot be overcome

without the true knowledge which can purify the mind and free it from

these enemies.

ghOra

saMsArAMbudhige paramajNAnaveMba pAde

Eri

mellane hariyapAda sErabEkeMbuvarige

Ans

4) Those

who want to tread the path of true knowledge that can take one

towards the Lord effortlessly, being aware of the terrible ocean

called as samsaara.

hInabuddiyiMda

Srihayavadananna jaridu

tAnu

badukalariyadiralu tOri koTTa madhwamuniya

Ans

5)Those

who understand the great service done by Sri Madhvamuni to struggling

mankind who had become bereft of the truth about the supreme control

and supremacy of the Lord Hayavadana in all aspects .

Here

the word bAri is key to understanding this devaranama correctly.

After all we know from scriptures the importance of knowledge,

sadhana and that instanteously nothing can be accomplished. Then why

is Sri Vadirajaru saying it.

To

understand we focus our attention on the word bAri .It is used in two

ways . a) once b) a periods of time

 

 

Here

Vadirajaru talks about the release being assured for anyone who

thinks even once of Srimad Anandatheertharu with full devotion.

This is true because just one thought with reverence for this

great guru may not give mukthi, but will surely become the first step

in the long journey to mukthi. Once the journey commences then it

will be guided by the guru. The same jiva takes birth many times and

understands the shastras and the greatness of God with the guidance

of the granthas written by this jagadguru. After all many many births

are required to understand and acquire jnAna as told by Sri Krishna

in the BG 7.19. bahunAm janmanAm ante jNAnavAnmAm prapadyate...â€

 

hiMdanEka

janmagaLali noMdu yOniyalli baMdu

When

Vadirajaru talks about one who has the comprehension that he/she has

struggled in many life forms before coming to this human form and

wants to reach the Lord’s feet, he definitely hints about the

journey to mukthi being a long one as said in the BG verse above.

Whatever

the capability of the jiva, to understand the Lord (limited by

capcity)the guru’s grace is essential. This is told by many Dasarus

in many devaranamas. Guruvina gulAma nAguva

tanaka doreyadanna mukuthi is a well known devaranama by Sri

Purandara Dasaru who talks of the special place of the guru in the

journey of the soul. If the guru is accepted wholeheartedly by the

jiva then mukthi will follow. Sri Narayana Padithacharya in his

Sri Madhva vijaya says

Mukunda

bhakthi guru bhakthi jayai....

Mukunda

is the form of the Lord who grands mukthi or release from bondage. If

Guru bhakthi is there, then due to Guru’s grace, one develops

intense devotion to the Lord and aspires to learn about the Lord and

His magnificent attributes, about His leelas of creation,

sustainance, destruction, about His supreme control on all sentient

and insentient beings. These subtle aspects of the Lord are imbibed

by the soul, due to the Guru’s grace.

 

Sri

MukyaprAna took the avatara of Hanuman due to the intense prayers of

the sajjanas/devathas.

He

understood the Lord’s wish to be the same and began his seva to the

Lord which was spread over three avatars.Hanuman ,Bheema and Madhva.

shreevallabhAgyna

sasreMdrayajyA ...

MV-1.9

 

Sri

Vadirajaru is giving four names referring to Madhva for contemplation

..

1.

Anandatheertha

2.

Poornaprajna

3.

Sarvagnya

raaya

4.

Madhva

raaya

In

the following charanams the benefit of each upasana is also given.

Let us explore the import of these names and their special

significance to sadhana. It is stated in the Shastras that as one

does the upasana , so one reaps the results.

yathA

yathA upAsyate tathaiva bhavati...

So

the method of doing the upasana has to be understood though the guru

and then attempted as per one’s ability.

 

Smarane

is thinking in the mind with complete concentration on various

aspects of the subject concerned. Just knowing Anandatheertha as the

name of the Acharya who propagated TatvavAda may not be referred to

here by Sri Vadirajaru. Understanding the attributes of the Acharya

which make him Anandatheertha is called as smarane.

Theertha

means water. Theertha also means shastra. Just as a thirsty person

can be truly happy when he is able to drink pure water, so also a

jiva who is struggling in samsaara and becomes a jignyasu ie starts

to thrist for knowledge then the pure knowledge of the shastras can

give such a one pure bliss. And Sri Ananda theertha is the

personification of the knowledge that is contained in the Shastras.

He has the maximum knowledge that can be had by a jiva-He is called

as jivOttama(One with the maximum capacity). Trying to understand the

great competence of our Acharya within our limited ability is

smarane.

 

pUrNaprajna

is the name given to

Srimad Acharya when he was initiated into sanyasa. pUrNa means

complete. pUrNa also means the Lord. Prajna means awareness.

 

One

who knows the Lord fully,only limited by his capacity , considering

that the Lord has infinite auspicious attributes, each one infinite

in all aspects.is pUrnaprajna.

One

who knows the Lord as the complete being is pUrna prajna.

 

One

who knows that the Lord is completely full of auspicious attributes

and devoid of any defects is pUrnaprajNa.

 

One

who knows that the Lord has a body made completely of jnAna and

Ananda ie knowledge and bliss is pUrnaprajNa.

One

who knows that the entire creation is there to learn about the

completeness of the Lord.

One

who knows that every act of man should lead to discovering the

greatness of the Lord and seeing His complete control everywhere in

every incident is pUrnaprajna.............many many more can be

derived.

 

Once

who does smarane of Srimad Acharya as pUrnaprajNa is sure to acquire

release from miseries. How so ?

It

is because Srimad Acharya showed the truth about God’s nature of

complete, auspicious attributes and devoid of defects. He has

mentioned this in every one of his works and right at the beginning

in most works. “Anuvyakyana,Vishnutatva vinirnaya, Geetha

bhasya,tatparya etc...

If

one understand this statement as it should be then mukthi is a

gaurantee.

 

vishNu

sarvaguNaiH pUrNe jNAtvA saMsAravarjitaH

nirdukkAnaMdabhuk

nityam tatsamIpe sa mOdate ||

“He

who knows Lord Vishnu as possessed of infinite attributes gets rid of

the bondage and enjoys the bliss in God’s presence.†Vishnu

is itself the attribute of the Lord which describes His presence

everywhere, infinite in space, time and guNas. The shastras’ true

import was obscured by wrong interpretations which were contradicting

this all-important aspect. Srimad Acharya wrote the Brahma Sutra

bhashya vanquishing 21 bhasyas which were obscuring the truth from

the sadhakas.

 

 

prakrithibaMdhadalli

siluki sakala vishayagaLali noMdu

akaLaMkacharita

hariya pAdabhakuti bEkeMbuvarige

 

The

shastras clearly talk about the cause of the jiva’s attachment to

material things as being the prakrithi, the web of the three

gunas-satva,rajas and tamas imposed on the jiva by the Lord. It is

absolutely necessary to transcend the effects of these three gunas as

told by Sri Krishna in the BG . traiguMya

vishayAH vedAH nistraiguMya bhava arjunA

The

Lord says that without the correct interpretation, the Vedas disclose

only that information which will entice the jiva further into

bondage. One has to delve deep into the Vedas and understand its

underlying, implied imports in order to cross over this bondage of

prakrithi. One who has a guru who is Sarvagya- who is the

knower of the true import of the Vedas, then definitely such a one

can consider oneself as on the path to liberation and it would be a

matter of time before one is led there by the guru. Let us sing and

implement Vadirajaru’s verse...

oMdu

bAri smaraNe sAlade sarvaj~jarAyara

 

Madhva:

 

 

ArumaMdi

vairigaLanu sEralIsadaMte jaridu

dhIranAgi

hariya pAda sErabEkeMbuvarige

oMdu

bAri smaraNe sAlade madhvarAyara

 

Singing

in glory of this jagadguru (Madhva raya) who is described by Narayana

Panditharu as

 

Api

trilOkya bahirullasaMti

 

tamo

haraMti muhurAMtaraM cha

dishyadishaM

no vishadAm jayaMti

 

madhvasya

kirtiMdinanAthadiptim || 1.3

“ The

sun is well known for lighting up the entire world. Even so, the sun

cannot reach into the closed areas of the internal pindAda ie the

mental space of the jiva. Nothing can remove the darkness of the

mental space except the light of jNAna which shines forth from this

magnificient personality known as Madhva and it is no wonder His

splendour excels that of the Sun.â€

 

The

mental diseases of the mind are the Aruvarigalu that Sri Vadirajaru

is referring to. Doing the upasana of Madhva who removes the

ignorance from the minds with the shining light of jnAna is the

remedy that cure the mind of these ills.

 

 

After

giving the explicit benefits in the various aspects of sadhana for

each name of Srimad Madva, Sri Vadirajaru sums up.

 

ghOra

saMsArAMbudhige paramajNAnaveMba pADe

Eri

mellane hariyapAda sErabEkeMbuvarige

The

final ultimatum to a jiva. “If we feel that we are drowning in the

miseries of samsaara, then we should take to the path of paramajNAna,

the highest knowledge and walk it slowly to reach the Lord’s feet.â€

Distinguishing

the world as a fearful ocean full of dangerous things is by itself

difficult as the attachment to the body shrouds the judgement of what

is good. This is because what is good for the body is not necessarily

good for the soul and since the body is physical and can be seen ,

the comforts of the body are given precedence over the good of the

soul. But once it is understood correctly, that the body is but

an instrument for the soul to acquire knowledge then taking to the

path of knowledge and moving onwards is possible . Saying it or

writing about it does not mean much, implementing it in every aspect

of life is what counts.

This

implementation is possible only with the Guru’s grace.

 

 

hInabuddiyiMda

Srihayavadananna jaridu

tAnu

badukalariyadiralu tOri koTTa madhwamuniya

 

We

have arrived at a full circle. Lord Madhva arrived on the scene when

the true knowledge about scriptures was obscured . Due to this the

intellect of the people had become flawed and they did not know how

to live. Living is learning about the greatness of God. This was

taught by Mukyaprana in his avatara as Sri Madhvacharya. He says that

every input that we get through the senses should lead us to explore

the magnificence of the Lord.

 

Thinking

and praying to Srimad Anandatheertharu and the lineage of gurus in

his parampare is a necessary approach for all who want to achieve

their purpose of life- mukthi.

 

sri krishnArpaNamastu

I am not the doer,Lord Hari is the doer

Whatever He makes me do is His worship by His grace

 

 

 

R.Parimala

 

 

 

 

 

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