shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_01-03

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nirupamAnaMdAtma bhavani

RjarasabhAsaMsEvya R^ijugaNa

darasE  satva prachura vANI mukhasarOjEna

garuDa shESha shashAMkadaLa shE

kharara janaka jagadguruvE twa

chcharaNagaLigabhivaMdisuve pAlipudu sanmatiya……HKAS_01-03

 

nirupama = No example such as this among the crores of jIvAs

AnaMda = has happiness devoid of ignorance, or asurAvesha

Atmabhava = son of Lord nArAyaNA (born from the navel of the Lord) and filled with innumerable good qualities and most liked by Lord. He is Brahma dEva

niRjarasabhA = by GaruDa, shESha R^idra and other demigods

saMsEvya = revered and worshipped by them

R^ijugaNadarasE = R^ijus are those who are devoid of ignorance, not on the wrong path of life and adore the Lord. There are 200 R^ijus as such.All these R^ijus are entitled to move towards the title ‘Brahma’. Brahma is the ‘arasa’ or king of all R^ijus.

satvaprachura = the proportion of satva guNAs in Brahma being highest

vANI = Saraswati dEvi

mukhasarOja = lotus face

ina = just like the Sun, the lotus flower blossoms in sunshine so also Saraswati dEvi’s face blossoms by the radiant rays of Brahma

garuDa = GaruDa dEva

shESha = shESha dEva

shashAMkadaLashEkharara = R^idra dEva or ChaMdrashEkara

janaka = father of GaruDa, shESha & R^idra

jagadguruvE = Brahma is the guru for all the 3 lokAs. He is thus the guru for mukti entitled jIvAs

twachcharaNagaLige = at your feet

abhi = sAShTAMga namaskAra

vaMdisuve = pay obeisance

pAlipudu = please grant

sanmatiya = good knowledge i.e. divya jnAna

 

After paying obeisance to ShrI Hari and LaxmI dEvi, JagannAtha dAsa now pays obeisance to Brahma dEva who is jIvOttama. ShrI Hari directs the worldly phenomenon through Brahma. Brahma means ‘complete’. Brahma possesses maximum knowledge and bliss among the jIvAs thus termed as Brahma. Shri Hari is Parabrahma. Brahma is free from ignorance (about Hari) even during praLaya. JIvAs with such quality are called R^ijus. There are 200 such R^ijus waiting to become Brahma. Shatanada R^iju obtained the title of Brahma after doing sAdhanA for 100 kalpAs, reaching the level of vAyu and then getting the title of Brahma. He has maximum satva guNAs (goodness qualities). Brahma is next only to Sri Hari and LaxmI in tAratamya, and is the head of R^iju.  Vayu is next in-line or Brahma-elect.  That is, in the next kalpa, VAyu will become Brahma and so on.  Brahma and VAyu are put in the same class of jIvas. The sons of Brahma - Garuda, Sesha, and Rudra are in the next class of jIvas in the hierarchy.

 

JagannAtha dAsa pays obeisance to Brahma dEva and urges Him to grant divya jnAna