Anyone desirous of
keeping thoughts of Madhvacharya intact, will have to be highly grateful to his
second generation successor Sri Jayatirtha. He is the Master Commentator on 18 works
of Acharya Madhva which are the only source now to us to understand the cryptic
style of Madhvacharya, unlike other Acharyas.
We have only some
stories about the great Saint’s life. Though we have 3 Vijaya Granthas, two by
Vyasatirtha, his disciple(?) and another by Chalari Sankarshan Acharya have
more fiction than facts. Even his place of birth is not properly recorded, Mangalvedhe,
near Pandharpur or as Vrishtiketha instead
of Manyakheta! He is believed as son of a local ruler, and himself a horse
rider. He is said to have got married at about 17 to two girls from rich
families. We have to believe it as a story and move on!
Sri Jayatirtha is
author of 22 books, out of which 18 are commentaries on Madhva texts.
Nyayasudha, Vadavali and Padyamala are
his independent works. He is a master logician, grammarian and presenter of Madhva
thought of all times, honoured rightly as Teekacharya. He is remembered with
utmost respect by Sri Vyasaraja as:
चित्रैः
पादैस्च गंभीरैः वाक्यैः मानामखन्दितैः
गुरु भावं व्यञ्जयन्ती भाति श्री जयतीर्थवाक् |
( Nyayamritam)
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