Thursday, August 29, 2013

Yuktimallika of Sri Vadiraja Swamiji - Contents






Sri Vadirajaru was a great Yogi &a genius, who brought Madhva Shastra to commoners. See his Yuktimallika, at a glance. It proves in 5 Sourabhas, the Greatness of Sri Hari by Yuktis (Maxims )., Logic and  common sense. It is Philosophy of Common sense.

I am overwhelmed with these two Padyas from Yukti Mallika , which each sensible Madhva should read. I recite these two shlokas each day.
भक्त्या स्तुत्या विरक्त्या भजदमलजनौन्यत्यभूत्यर्पकाय
क्षित्यामत्यल्पभ्रुत्येश्वापि कुजन कुतौद्धत्यभूत्याजकाय ॥
कर्त्रे धर्त्रे च हर्त्रे हयमुखहरयेमुत्र पात्रे नमस्ते
तस्मै कस्मैचिदस्मन्मनसि धृतकथाविस्मृतौ स्मारकाय ॥१॥
A wonderful Mangalacharana by Prasangabharana teertharu ( Swamiji was given a title of an extempore poet of high order),  indeed. He prays Lord Hayagreeva with all devotion to remind him, what he might forget to write in this Book of Yuktis, to help Hari Bhaktas & Shut the mouth of Stupid Mayavadins. He is the Creator, Protector, and  Dissolves this Universe, and takes very important role in composing this work, Yukti Mallika, a Garland of Yuktis, compared to Jasmine flowers.

पारं भवाख्य्जलधे: भुवनैकसारं
 स्वैरं कृतोरुविधवेदपथप्रचारं ।
आरन्जितामरगणं सुखचिछरीरम्
 धीरं स्मरामि हृदि सत्यवतीकुमारम् ॥
 - युक्तिमल्लिका.

- I pray Lord Vedavyasa, who made Vedas available to us, can keep Gods & Humans happy by his grace, and has a form of Jnana, Ananda ( Sacchidananda) .
यत्पूर्वं त्वमपूर्वसिन्धुमतरत:
 मध्वाचलातदुद्यातस्शतयोजनं
 परमदससंशन्ति संत: क्शितौ ॥
चित्रं जैत्र ! भवच्छरित्रमधुना यद वेदवार्धिं
तरन्नित्यं कोटि सहस्रयोजनमपि त्वं राजवद्राजसे ॥॥

He Acharya! in all your three Avataras you have crossed th
e ocean. AS Hanuma, you had crossed the Ocean of Waters, as Bhimasena, the Ocean of Kourava army, as Madhva, you have indeed climbed up & down the Himalayas. You are the real Emperor of Vedanta Samrajya.

न वित्तैरुन्मत्ता न च कुहक दुर्मन्त्रबलिनो 
न वा मिश्रैर्मिश्रा न च कुजन साचिव्य सहिता: ॥
न दुस्शास्त्रं शस्त्रं विरसमुपजीव्योद्धतधियो 
हयग्रीवं देवं वयमिममुपास्येव कृतिन : ॥

- Sri Rajaru proclaims: We( I am ) are not attracted by money to write this, or inspired by wicked mantra Shakti, not for misleading public, with bad advisers, not based on any wicked Shastra learning, but know you all that we are composing this only by the grace of Lord Hayavadana & could write this work.

व्यासाय भवनाशाय श्रीषया गुनराशये ॥

ह्रुद्य्य शुद्धविद्याय माधवाय च नमो नाम : ॥॥

श्रीशस्ते सुश्रियं दद्यात् आयुर्वयुसुतप्रिय: : ॥

भूमिं ते वामनो दद्यात् हरीन्हन्तु नृकेसरी ॥॥

Yuktimallika has 5 Sourabhas:
1. Guna Sourabha 2. Shuddhi Sourabha 3. Bheda Sourabha 4. Vishva Sourabha 5. Phala Sourabha.

Contents


1. Guna Sourabha - Sarva gunapoornatva of Sri Hari,
 2. Shuddhi Sourabha - Dosha Dooratva,
 3. Jeeveshvara Bheda in Bheda Sourabha, 
4. jagat Janmadi Karanatva in 5. Vishva Sourabha  and  finally 5. Phala Sourabha details on Veda Apourusheyatva and Summary of Phaladhyaya of Brahma Sutra.

Yuktimallika has a commentary by Sri Surottama Tirtha, purvashrama brother of Vadiraja. 


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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Human Life is Precious



  • There are innumerable Stories in Mahabharata, the greatest Epic of the World. They are narrated by several Rishis who visited Pandavas during their exile in the forest. Some of them have a message. They are relevant even for the day. Prof. Narasimha Shastry, from the University of Mysore, has rewritten these shlokas in prose version, Kahashtakam, 8 stories of Mahabharatam. one such story is here. 
    This is a Story from Mahabharata. It was a remote village, with dry land and with very less opportunities for Agriculture. People suffered  from poverty and they had to get out of their town for a living. In this Village, there was a Brahmana by name Kashyapa. He went to a  Gurukulam, had formal Education, but he had no land to till, no Students to teach.  He was forced to live by begging alms as he had a large family to feed and support.  Every day he set out early in the morning for begging and returned in the noon.
    One noon, while he was on his begging rounds, slowly walking on a road, a rich man’s horse carriage was following him at a great speed. On some reason, the horse was distracted and the wheel of the chariot ran over the Brahmin’s left leg. He fell unconscious. Bleeding profusely, with pain and great difficulty, he crossed the road and sat on a rock. He was brooding over his misfortune. He could no longer beg. His children were very young. Cursing himself, he decided to commit suicide, as he felt he was useless to his family and  was a burden to them. Kashyapa crawled across and reached slowly to a lonely place to end his Life. Gods wanted to teach him a Lesson.
    Suddenly a Jackal appeared before him and spoke to him  like a human being! In great pain, he did not realize it must be an Angel. The Jackal said, “Oh the learned one, why are you into this heinous crime? You are learned, capable of advising Fools who do such things. What are you  achieving  by ending your precious human form gifted by God? You will again be born as an animal like me or even worser.  Instead, cure your pain by Patience and resume your work and look after your Family. The Jackal gave him an option.

    ‘If you can’t bear this pain, you can enter into my Form and I shall take your painful one. Kashyapa readily agreed. ‘Be it so ‘, he said and with the help of Jackal, took over the animal form and the Jackal took the painful, bleeding human form.
    In fact, Angel  Indra wanted to test the Brahmana’s  love for Life. Soon after the Brahmana had a moment’s joy, free from pain and walked freely in the forest. His happiness did not last long. A herd of Jackals arrived to greet the newcomer. Some of them licked his body with their foul smelling tongue, some sniffed him, others kissed him. Kashyapa was unable to live among Jackals. He felt the painful human form was better than this foul smelling animal form. Now he realized Gods might have put him to test.
    Kashyapa honestly prayed God to get back his earlier form, though painful and wanted to get rid of this Jackal’s body. The Gods were pleased and he was made to take over his wounded human form. In a few months, he was fit to work. He started a new Life, worked hard, cleared all his debts, and soon became a respectable Man of the Town. 
    He now  realized how precious the human form is!
    This Story has a message to all ages. 
  • Make your lives happy than expecting happiness to come from somewhere. It lies within us. Explore it.  You will surely be happy.

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