Sri Hanumanta effortlessly landed in Lanka, in spite of multiple obstacles on the way such as the request of Mainaka Parvata, the challenge of Surasa, the threat of Simhika and then eventually the brief resistance by Lankini. Hanuman then enacts a wonderful drama "searching" for Sita. Being the best amongst all jeevas, Hanuman always knew... Continue Reading →
Simhika Hanana – Sundarakanda Nirnaya
In the previous two shlokas, we saw Sri Madhwacharya's wonderful narration of the episode involving the defeat of Surasa by Hanumanta even as he respected the boon of the Devatas. Having successfully dealt with Surasa, Hanuman proceeds further in his journey towards Lanka. दृष्ट्वा सुरप्रणयितां बलमस्य चोग्रम्देवाः प्रतुष्टुवुरमुं सुमनोभिवृष्ट्या |तैरादृतः पुनरसौ वियतैव गच्छन्प्रतिददर्श च सिंहिकाख्यम्... Continue Reading →
Surasa Parabhava – Sundarakanda Nirnaya
नैवात्र विश्रमणमैच्छदविश्रमोSसौनिःसीमपौरुषबलस्य कुतः श्रमोSस्य |आश्लिष्य पर्वतवरं स ददर्श गच्छन्देवैस्तु नागजननीं प्रहितां वरेण || 4 || After having satisfactorily dealt with the request of Mainaka, Sri Hanumanta proceeded further in his journey towards Lanka. Sri Madhwacharya next describes his encounter with the mother of the Nagas. Being the one without any strain अविश्रमः, that Hanuman असौ... Continue Reading →
Mainaka Prasanga – Sundarakanda Nirnaya
चुक्षोभ वारिधिरनुप्रययौ च शीघ्रंयादोगणैः सह तदीयबलाभिकृष्टः |वृक्षाश्च पर्वतगताः पवनेन पूर्वंक्षिप्तोSर्णवे गिरिरुदागमदस्य हेतोः || 2 || In the second and third shloka of this adhyaya, Srimadanandatirtha Bhagavatpada describes the incident involving the Mainaka Parvata. Even as Hanumanta begins his journey across the 100 yojanas wide ocean to reach Lanka, his first encounter is with a mountain... Continue Reading →
Mangalacharana – Sundarakanda Nirnaya
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 →
Bharata or Lakshmana? Who was born first?
In the Ramayana, it is quite clear that Lakshmana is the avatara of Sesha. While there are a few different narrations regarding Bharata and Shatrughna, Sri Madhwacharya has clarified in his Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya that it was Kama who took birth as Bharata and that Aniruddha was born as Shatrughna. (Note: In the Mahabharata Kama... Continue Reading →
Ramayana: Destroying the Moolabala of Ravana
Valmiki Ramayana is no doubt the most popular version of the Ramayana and is considered as one of the Itihasas in our land. Many sampradayas, though, refer to the existence of a 'Moola Ramayana' or the original Ramayana that predates Valmiki Ramayana. Sri Madhwacharya, in his Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya, has explained that he has used... Continue Reading →
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