In the Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya grantha, Srimadhwacharya covers Ramayana in the first 9 chapters. All the 7 kandas of Ramayana are covered in great detail, with appropriate "nirnaya" or "declarative clarification" given for those incidents that stand a chance of being interpreted in deviation of siddhanta. In the 7th Adhyaya of this grantha, titled "Sriramacharite... Continue Reading →
Vande Tvam Vayudeva!
वन्दे तं त्वा सुपूर्ण प्रमतिमनुदिना सेवितं देववृन्दैःवन्दे वन्दारुमीशे श्रिय उत नियतं श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थं |वन्दे मन्दाकिनीसत्सरिदमलजलासेक साधिक्यसङ्गम्वन्देSहं देव भक्त्या भवभयदहनं सज्जनान् मोदयन्तम् || 40 || This is the 40th shloka of Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, the penultimate one before the author offers his mangala padya. In this shloka, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya repeatedly offers his pranamas to Srimadanandatirtha... Continue Reading →
O Vayu! Grant me Bhakti!
मूर्धन्येशोञ्जलिर्मे धृढतरमिह ते बध्यते बन्धपाशच्छेत्रे दात्रे सुखानां भजति भुवि भविष्यद् विधात्रे द्युभर्त्रे |अत्यन्तं सन्ततं त्वं प्रदिश पदयुगे हन्त सन्ताप भाजा-मस्माकं भक्तिमेकां भगवत उत ते माधवस्याथ वायोः || 7 || In this shloka, the author Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya, brings out another important facet of our Siddhanta. While Bhakti is most important for spiritual progress, one's own... Continue Reading →
O Anandatirtha! Destroy My Troubles
संसारोत्तापनित्योपशमद सदयस्नेहहासाम्बुपूर |प्रोद्यद्विद्यानवद्य द्युतिमणिकिरण श्रेणिसंपूरिताशः ||श्रीवत्साङ्काधिवासोचिततर सरल श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थ |क्षीराम्बोधिर्विभिन्द्यात् भवदनभिमतं भूरि मे भूतिहेतुः || 6 || In this, the sixth, shloka of Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, the author Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya makes a fervent prayer to Srimadanandatirtha Guruvarya. He requests Srimadacharya to grind all his troubles to pieces. He explains why such a prayer to... Continue Reading →
O Hanumanta! Salutations to you!
वन्देऽहं तं हनूमानिति महितमहापौरुषो बाहुशाली |ख्यातस्तेSग्रोSवतारः सहित इह बहुब्रह्मचर्यादि धर्मैः ||सस्नेहानां सहस्वानहरहरहितं निर्दहन् देहभाजाम् |अंहो मोहापहो यः स्पृहयति महतीं भक्तिमद्यापि रामे || 17 || In the first 16 shlokas of Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya primarily describes the glory of the moola roopa of Vayudeva or Mukhyaprana. From shloka 17 onwards he begins... Continue Reading →
Ramo Vigrahavan Dharmah
For thousands of years, Sanatanis have believed that Sri Rama is the embodiment of Dharma. He is the very personification of Dharma. Traditional commentaries on the Ramayana have highlighted this fact repeatedly by explaining how every word he uttered and every action he undertook was fully within the realm of Dharma. Be it him giving... Continue Reading →
May Vayudeva grant us a good mind!
उद्यद्विद्युत्प्रचण्डां निजरुचिनिकर व्याप्तलोकावकाशोबिभ्रद्भीमो भुजे योSभ्युदितदिनकराभाङ्गदाड्यप्रकाण्डे ||वीर्योद्धार्यां गदाग्र्यामयमिह सुमतिं वायुदेवोविदध्यादध्यात्मज्ञाननेता यतिवरमहितो भूमिभूषामणिर्मे || In this fifth shloka of the Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya offers a prayer on behalf of all of us that Sri Mukhyaprana Vayu may grant us a good (benign) mind such that it may be filled with the knowledge of Bhagavanta!... Continue Reading →
Madhwa-avatara is mantra siddha
अस्याविष्कर्तुकामं कलिमलकलुषेSस्मिन् जने ज्ञानमार्गम् |वन्द्यं चन्द्रेन्द्ररुद्र द्युमणिफणिवयोनायकाद्यैरिहाद्य ||मध्वाख्यं मन्त्रसिद्धं किमुत कृतवतो मारुतस्यावतारं |पातारं पारमेष्ट्यं पदमपविपदः प्राप्तुरापन्नपुंसाम् || 4 || In the fourth shloka of the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya continues to describe the great qualities and capabilities of Sri Vayudeva. We should recall that, at the end of the third shloka, the... Continue Reading →
Sri Vayudeva’s glory is beyond words
जन्माधिव्याध्युपाधि प्रतिहतिविरहप्रापकाणां गुणानामग्र्याणामर्पकाणां चिरमुदितचिदानन्दसंदोहदानाम् |एतेषामेष दोषप्रमुषितमनसां द्वेषिणां दूषकाणांदैत्याणामार्तिमन्धेतमसि विदधतां संस्तवे नास्मि शक्तः || 3 || In the first two shlokas of the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya declares that he bows to the dust emanating from the feet of Sri Vayu, and that even the best of the Devatas bow fervently to those... Continue Reading →
The Subservience of Devatas to Vayudeva
उत्कण्ठाकुण्ठकोलाहलजवविदिताजस्रसेवानुवृद्धप्राज्ञात्मज्ञानधूतान्धतमससुमनोमौलिरत्नावलीनाम् |भक्त्युद्रेकावगाढ प्रघटनसघटात्कार संघृष्यमाणप्रान्तप्राघ्यन्घ्रि पीठोत्थित कनकरजः पिञ्जरारञ्जिताशाः || In the first shloka of the Hari Vayu Stuti, we have seen how Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya brings out the devotion of Sri Vayudeva towards Sri Hari and how Bharatidevi is possessed by great affection towards Vayu. Having thus explained the hierarchy of Sri Hari and Vayu (and... Continue Reading →
