SAHASAA VIDAHHADHHETA NAKRIYAAM

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SRI MAATRE MAMAHA

The great Sanskrit Mahakavi 'BHARAVI wrote a 'Kavyam named

as 'KIRATAARJUNEEYAM'. A story of Arjuna tapas in getting 'PASUPATA

ASTRA' from Lord Parameswara. A sloka from his work.

 

" SAHASAA VIDHADHHETA NAKRIYAAM AVIVEKAHA PARAMAAPADAAM PADAM

VRUNATEHI VIMRUSYA KAARINAM GUNALUBDHHAHA SWAYAMEVA SAMPADAHA "

 

" No work should be started ubruptly without proper

understanding and without proper planining. Any fool ignores this

advise has to face many problems and he has to pay neceessary

compensation for it. Wise person who impliment this advise shall be

benifitted. The wealth it self come and embrace him for his proper

thinking in all respects. "

 

This 'sloka' played a key role in Bharavi's real life and saved

two lives also.

 

Bharavi was a great scholer in literature from his child hood.

Several learned persons praised him several times for his

effeiciency in the presence of his father also. But his father was

never agreed with them. He was in a habbit of telling that BHARAVI

should learn more to became a scholer. Even after several years and

even after the marraige of Bharavi, his father was not changed. But

Bharavi gained very good name in the society for his good works in

literature.

 

By all the above Bharavi came to a conlusion that his father

never recognise him as a scholer in his life time, and his words

about him shall spoil his reputation in the society. So he decided

to kill his father as a revenge. So one night he entered the bed

room of his father secretly with an intension to kill him. His

father and mother entered the bedroom in the night. Bharavi's mother

raised a question about his behavior against Bharavi. He repled that

he is very happy to recognise his son Bharavi as a great poet rather

greater than him. He also told that even now he is not going to

praise Bharavi. Because Bharavi shall not reach hights to be reached

as he feels happy by his words, and stop all his efferts to reach

hights in literature. He also told that he won't praise Bharavi for

want of long life span of Bharavi.

By hearing all thease words Bharavi felt very guilty and

started to weep duly falling on the feet of his father. He explained

every thing to his father and prayed him to punish him for his

action. Bharavi's father excused him. But Bharavi compelled him to

impose punishment. Aa there is no other go his father ordered him to

go to his father-in-law's house and stay there with his wife for six

months as punishment.

Bharavi sent a message of his arrival to his father-in-law well

in advance. Bharavi's father-in-law made grand arrangements to say

welcome to his son-in-law. Functin of welcome to bharavi was a

grand success in which several public praised Bharavi's knoledge and

great name he earned. For few days Bharavi received Royal treatment

in his father-in -law's house. After few monts the Royal treatment

became very poor treatment as there is no sign of Bharavi's

departure from that house. At last he was ordered to go to

cultivation land to protect crop from birds etc., There he started

writting KIRAATARJUNEEYAM.

In the meanwhile a festival arrived. Bharavi's wife asked for

some money from him as she could not get it from her parents. As

there is no money with him our poet given the above sloka and asked

her to pledge it to a buiseness man in that town for money. So she

went to a 'SRESTHI' and got money from him duly pledging this sloka.

The 'SRESHTI' understood the meaning of the sloka and keep it in his

box of sword. He was having a beautiful wife and a son aged 12

years. He went foreign country on buiseness work.

Bharavi returned to his native place with his wife as his self

imposed punishment is over. He also finished his

great 'Kavyam' 'Kiraataarjuneeyam' and waiting for the above

Sreshti's arrival to get back his sloka by clearing the pledge. As

the Sreshti's arrival is delyed this book was not released timely.

Due to some unavoidable circumstances the Sreshti arrived to

his home town after ten years. Immediatly after his arrival in the

night he directly went to his bedroom to take rest. There he found

that his wife is sleeping with a young chap. By seeing this the

Sreshti became very angry and intended to kill them both. He removed

the sword. He found the sloka of Bharavi and read it. After deep

thinking he awakend his wife. She was very happy to see her husband

after a long time and she awakend the young chap and introduced him

as her son to our Sreshti. Our Sreshti shocked with her words and

prayed God as his son and wife was saved from his sword.

Next day our Sreshti went to Bharavi and cleared the pledge of

sloka with thanks.

 

NAANRUSHIHI KURUTE KAAVYAM

 

DR.G.S.SUBRAMANYA SASTRY

 

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