--svatantramasvantantraM cha dvividhaM tatvaMishyate--
--svatantro bhagavAn vishnuH--
Sri Madhvacharya, in his tatvasaMkhyAna
SrI SrInivAsa kalyANa by Sri SeshAchArya
Ed: This is a transliterated story in Kannada, a S. Indian language, using an ITRANS type notation.
SrI gurubhYO namah !
shriyaH kAntaaya kalyANanidhaye nidhaye arthinAm |
shri venkata nivAsAya shrInivAsAya maMgalam ||
SrInivAsana achimtya adhbhutha mahiMegaLannu anEka purANagaLalli varNisalAgidhe. idharalli bhaviShyOththara purANadhalli hELidha VEmkatEsha mahAthmege omdhu vishiShtasThAnavidhe. illi thirupathi kShEthradha mahAthmeya jothe lIlA mAnuSha-vigraha enisi BUmige bamdha SrInivAsana kalYANa vaiBava, avathAradha hinnele ivugaLannu hELidhdhAre. shathAnamdha mahAmunigaLu janakarAjanige hELidha I katheyannu sUtharu shounakarE modhalAdha Rushi shrEShTarige nirUpisuththAre.
RushigaLu gaMgAnadhiya teeradalli yajJnya maadalu nirDharisuththaare. ee yajJnyadha bagge charche maaduththiruvaaga naaradharu allige bamdhu, “ee yajJnyadha phalavannu yaarige samarpaNe maaduththeeri? emdhu kELidhaaga avaralli ee bagge jijJnyaase umtaaguththadhe. aaga avarellaroo bhRugumunigaLannu yajJnya phala bhOkthaaranaadha sarvOththama yaaru embudhannu arithu baralu praarThisuththaare. braHma, hari, hararalli yaaru ee gouravakke paathraru embudhannu svatha Eva thiLidhu baralu bhRugumunigaLu aayaa lOkagaLige horaduththaare.
braHmalOkavannu avaru thalapidhaaga, avarige AdharavEnO sikkithu. Adhare “nAnu vEdhagaLannu prachAra mAduvavanu, ellA thiLidhavanu” emba kimchith ajJnyAnadha kale braHmadhEvanallidhdhudharimdha sarvOththamathva ivanige hEge sADhya emdharitha avaru kailAsadhedege theraLuththAre.
haranO pArvathiyodane viShaya suKagaLalli thallInanAgiruththAne. pArvathiyu pathiyannu RuShiya Agamanadha bagge echcharisidharU avaLannu gadharisi RuShiyannu kollalu horatubitta. idharimdha BRuguRuShigaLa shApavannu horabEkAyithu rudhradhEva. amdhinimdha shivanige limgapUjeyE sammathavAdhudhAgali, mUrthipUjeyilla.
kailaasadhimdha vaikumTakke horata munigaLige alliyU kamdadhdhu shreehari shayanagRuhadhoLage lakShmiya jothe ramisuththidhdhaane. avarallidhdha thamOguNavellaa oththattige sEri kOpadha pravaahavE hariyithu. thakShaNa shreehariyannu edheya mEle paadhadhimdha odhdharu. idharimdha echcheththavanamthe natisi, galibiligomda paramaathma shESha pallamgadhimdha iLidhu bamdhu muniya pAdhasEve mAdi, eShtu nOmdhithO viprOththamara pAdha emdhu halubi, upachAra mAdidha. ahaMkAradha kimchithth sparshavU illadha, sakala kalyANagaLimdha kUdidha IthanE sarvOththama emba nirDhArakke bamdha BRugugaLu RuShigaLa yajJasThaLakke vApasAgi SrI hariyE sarvoththama, yajJadha PalArpaNe avanige salluvudhu yOgya embudhannu thiLisuththAre. jothege dhEvathA thArathaMyavannu jJApisuththAre.
iththa vaikumTadharamaneyalli lakShmI thAnu hariya hRUdhayavallaBeyAdhdharimdha, muniyu A sThaLakke odhdhadhdhu thanagAdha avamAna emdhu kOpisikomdu karavIpurakke horaduththALe. paramAthma samkalpadha geredhAtidhdha, avanamtheyE sathyasamkalpaLAdha jaganmAthe allige horatadhdhu mahaththaravAdha kAraNadhimdhalE, lakShmIvirahadhimdha nomdhavanamthe Akeyannu ellelliyU hudukuththA kAdumEdu aleyuththA SrIhari SESAchalakke bamdhu nilluththAne.
ee giriya mahimeyU kadimeyEnalla. kRuthayugadhalli vRuShabhaasuranu narasimha dhEvanannu aaraaDhisi, avanodane yudhDha maadabEkemdhE bayasi illi thapassu maadi, kadege hOraadi Dhanyanaadha. idharimdha vRuShabhaadhri enisiththu.
thrEthaayugadhalli vaayuputhranaadha parama bhaagavatha hanumamthadhEvana janmabhoomiyidhu. ee puNyagirige amjanaadhri emdhu hesaraayithu.
dhvAparadhalli SESha – VAyudhEvara vivAdhadhimdha, balaparIkShegoLagAdha ee parvathakke SEShAdhri emdhAyithu.
iMthaha SEShAdhriyalli vEmkatESa neleyannu huduki bamdhu vAsisalu nirDharisidhaaga idhu vEmkatAdhriyAyithu. ee bettadha mElina timthriNi (huNise) vRukShadha budadhallidhdha huththavomdhannu thanna AlayavannAgi mAdikomdu alli bachchittukomdu iruvanO embamthe swAmi nelesidha.
aShtu hoththige ippaththemtaneya kaliyuga kAlittithu. chOLa vamshadha dhoreyobba ALuththidhdha kAlavadhu. Aga mumdhe AgabEkAdha ghatanegaLa sUthraDhAranAdha paramAthma hIge mAdisidha. braHmanannu hasuvinamtheyU, shivanannu karuvinamtheyU mAdi, thanna pathiyannu hudukalu bamdha lakshmIdhEvi adhannu chOLadhorege mAruththALe.
rAjaputhranigAgiyE mIsalAdha ee hasuvina hAlu dhinA kadimeyAdhdhadhannu gamanisidha rANi, ee hasuvina pAlakarannu karedhu, chennAgi dhamdisuththALe. Adhare ee hasu mAduththidhdhAdharU Enu ? bRaHma thanna thamdhege bhakthiya hAlu uNisi baruthidhdha. imthaha aMRutha rAjaputhranige siguvudhAdharU hEge ?
raaNiya bedharikeyimdha koodale ee hasuvannu himbaalisidha gOpaala adhu huththadhoLage thanna kechchalina poorthi Dhaareya haalannu surisuththidhdhudhannu kamdu balu kOpadhimdha kaiyallidhdha gamdugodaliyannE eththi hodeyalu horata. thanna bhaktharannu kolluvudhannu sahisadha paramaathma aa pettige thanna thalekotta. shreehariya thalegaadha pettinimdha eththaradha rakthaDhaare chimmithu. idhannu kamdE bedharidha gOpaala edheyodedhu allE mRithanaadha.
chaaranimdha ee viShaya thiLidha chOLa dhore aa sThaLakke bamdha. shreenivaasa avanige kaaNisikomdu pishaachanaagu emba shaapakotta. prajegaLu maadidha thappina paalu raajanigidhe emba javaabdhaariyannu avanige tOrisidha. thannannu kShamisemdhu viDhaviDhavaagi bEdidha dorege shaapakke parihaaravannoo tiLisida. muMde taanu bhakthanaadha aakaasharaajana magaLaadha padhmaavathiyannu madhuve aaguvaaga raaja thanage kireetavannu needuththaane. adhannu shukravaaradha dhina naanu Dharisidha aarugaLige ninage pishaachajanmanivaaraNe embudhE ee parihaara. paramaathmana prathiyomdhu nadavaLikeya himdheyoo hiridhaadha udhdhEshaviruththadhe.
thalegaadha pettina nOvige parihaara hudukalu dhEva vaidhya bRuhaspathyaachaaryarige thiLisalu avaru ekkehaththiyannu aththiya haaloLage nenesi gaayadha jaagakke meththidhare guNavaaguththadhe emba salahe needuththaare.
shreenivaasa thanna thalenOvige auShaDhi hudukalu horataaga alli vRuShabhaakhya dhaithyanannu komdha varaaharoopiyannu kamda. neenu illige bamdhadhdhEke emdhu varaahadhEva kELidha. emthaha vidambaneyidhu! “maayaa maathramidham dhvaitham adhvaitham paramaarThathah” paramaathmana roopagaLige paraspara bhEdhavilla emba upaniShadhvaakyakke udhaaharaNe idhu.thanage vaasisalu ee parvathadhalli nelebEku emba shreenivaasana praarThanege varaahadhEva oppige needidha. atha needidha nooru hejje nelakke badhalaagi shreenivaasa kotta bele – modhala naivEdhya, kSheeraabhiShEka ninagE embudhu. neladha jothe thanna dhaasi bakuLaadhEviyannu sEvegaagi needidha. ee bakuLe himdhe dhEvakiyaagi paramaathmana kalyaaNa vaibhavavannu nOdalu bayasidhavaLu. thaayiyaagi magana madhuveyannu kRuShNaavathaaradhalli kaaNalaaradhe eega haathoredhu bamdhavaLu.
innomdhu kade shreenivaasanige thanna avathaaradha mukhya kaaraNavaadha padhmaavathee vivaahakke bEkaadhudhannu sidhDha maadabEkaagiththu. jagannaatakadha soothraDhaaranaadha paramaathma idhannu himdhinimdhaloo chennaagiyE vyavasThe maadidhdha. himdhe maaDhava emba braaHmaNa heNNina vyaamOhadhimdha thanna nithyakarmagaLannu marethidhdha. akaasmaaththaagi thirupathi kShEthraviruva sThaLakke bamdhaaga allina puShkariNiyalli anEkaru pithRugaLige pimdapradhaana maaduththidhdhudhannu kamdu thaanoo maNNinimdha pimda maadidha. avana mEle paramaathma karuNe idhdhudharimdha pithRudhEvathegaLu preetharaadharu. vEmkataadhriya nela thaakidhodaneyE avana paapavellaa hogeyamthe ella kade haradithu. paapagaLimdha mukthanaadha maaDhavanige thanna dhivya dharushana needidha shreehari mumdhe thaanu avana aLiyanaagi baruththEnemba vara needidha. idhE reethi ramgadhaasa embuvanigoo bamDhuvaagi baruva vara needidhdha.
ee maaDhava braaHmaNanE aakaasharaajanaagi huttidha. ramgadhaasa avana thamma thOmdamaana raajanaadha. paamdavara samthathiyalli bamdha ee sahOdhararu suveerana maga suDharmana makkaLu. heege shreekRuShNanaagi paamdavarannu salahidha bhavabamDhu aa vamshavannu maththomme shreenivaasanaagi udhDharisidha. (paramaathmanigiruva bhakthiya seLetha amthahudhu.)
aakaasharaaja makkaLilladhe dhuhkhithanaagidhdha. gurugaLa soochaneyamthe yajJnya maadidha. raaja nelavannu bhoo shudhDhigaagi bamgaaradha nEgilinimdha uLuththidhdhaaga kamaladha maDhyadhalli mOhakavaadha heNNu maguvomdhannu kamda. avaLige hiriyara aadhEshadhamthe padhmaavathi emdhu naamakaraNa maadidha. padmaavatI doretha prabhaavadhimdha dhorege gamdu maguvoo aayithu. avanige vasudhaana emba hesarittaru. padmaavatI beLeyuththidhdhamthe raajanige avaLa madhuveya yOchane modalaayitu.
geLathiyarodane hoovugaLannu koyyuvudhakke bamdha padhmaavathiyannu braaHmaNa roopadhalli bamdha naaradharu kamdu aakeya kainOduva nepadhalli jaganmaathe mahaalakShmiya roopavannu bhakthiyimdha baNNisuththaare. shreenivaasanobbanE ee kai hidiyalu arha ennuththaare. RiShigaLu amtharDhaanaraadha svalpa hoththinalliyE madhisidha aaneyomdhannu attisikomdu bEtegaaranamthe shreenivaasa allige baruththaane.
geLathiyarodane hoogaLannu aarisuththidhdha padmaavatI aparichitha puruShanobba bamdhudhannu nOdi gaabariyimdha aathanaaremdhu thiLiyalu geLathiyarige hELuththaaLe. aaga shreenivaasa thanna kulagOthragaLannu thiLisi padmaavathiya bagge kELuththaane. avaLa vamshadha bagge uththara baruththadhe. imthaha apoorva suMdariyannu varisadhe hEge bidali, neenu nanna jothe baa emba svaamiya maathige kOpadhimdha kempaadha padmaavatI geLathiyara jothe avana mEle kallu thooruththaaLe, EtugaLimdha kudhure saththa mEle shreenivaasanu gaayagomdavanaagi himthiruguththaane. thanna nivaasakke bamdhu malagidhavanamthe natisuththaane. gaabarigomda bakuLe aathana nOvige kaaraNavEnemdhu kELuththaaLe. vanadalli nadedha vRuththaamtha haagoo aa hudugiyE thanage yOgyaLu, anuroopaLu aadha pathniyemdhu, avaLodane thanna madhuve maadisidhare thumbaa upakaaravaaguththadhemdhoo aakeyannu saamaanyanamthe shreenivaasanu praarThisuththaane.
padhmaavathiya poorva vRuththaamtha:
illi namage padhmaavathi yaaru embudhannu paramaathmanE thiLisuththaane. thAnu SrIrAmachamdhranAgi avatarisiddAga dhuShta rAvaNanannu kolluva omdhu sannivESavannu sRuShtisi, vanadhallidhdha obbamtigaLAdha sItheyannu rAvaNa apaharisikomdu hOgi avaLannu hudukuva nepadhalli lamkeyannu thalupi avanannu samharisuththAne. Aga sIthe thanna nithyAviyOginiyAdha Akeyannu yArU kadhiyalu sAdhyavillavaadhdharimdha, agnilOkadhallidhdha vEdhavathiyannu imdhrAviShtaLannAgi mAdi, I mAyA sItheyannu rAvaNa kadhiyuvamthe mAduththAne. rAmapatni sIthe kailAsadhalli SivapUjithaLAgiruththALe. sItheya badhalu rAvaNana nagaradhalli kaShtapatta Ikege sItheya prArThaneyamthe thAnu SrInivAsanAdhAga pathniYAgi svIkarisuththEne emba ASvAsane nIduththAne. AkeyE padhmAvathiyAgi illi janisidhdhALe.
anamthara bakuLege aakaasha raajana nagariyaadha naaraayaNapurakke hOguva maargavannu thiLisi, aakaasharaajana pathniyannu kamdu baruvamthe thiLisuththaane. aShtaralliyE, obbara kadeyimdha maadidha prayathna prayathnavE alla emba loukika neethiyamthe thaanE koravamjiyamthe roopu maarpadisikomdu naarayaNapuradha kade horaduththaane. lOkavilakShaNanaadha svaami aivaththu varShadha jOlu mOreya mudhukiyaagi, braHmanannu rOgiShTa maganannaagi komkuLErisikomdu bhaviShya hELuve emdhu saaruththaa a ooru thalupuththaane.
shreenivaasana dharushana haagu thakShaNa virahadhimdha baLalidha padhmaavathi jvara peedithaLaagiruvudhannu kamda DharaNi, thanna magaLa ee avasThege kaaraNavannu hudukuththaaLe. aa hoththige purasthreeyaru koravamji(puLimdha, DharmadhEvee) yannu aramanege aaHvaanisuththaaLe. raaNiya praarThaneyamthe allige bamdha avaLu shreenivaasanE ivaLige niyathapathi, avanige vivaaha maadikoduththEve emba samkalpa maadidhare eekeya kaayile guNavaaguththadhe emba bhaviShya nudiyuththaaLe. padhmaavathiyu thaanu shreenivaasanannE varisuvaake emdhu hELidha mEle DharaNidhEvi adhE theermaanakke baruththaaLe.
bakuLe idhaadhamEle naaraayaNapurakke padhmaavathiya geLathiyara jothe thalupuththaaLe. shreenivaasana manadhichCheyannu DharaNidhEvige thiLisuththaaLe. idharimdha pulakithaLaadha raaNi, magaLa manadhallina bayakeyoo idhE emdhu thiLidhu samthOShapaduththaaLe. idhu saaladhembamthe shreenivaasanige vyaasaputhraraadha shukaachaaryarannu karesi lagnapathrikeyannu baresi kaLisuththaane. bakuLe haagu shukamunigaLu shreenivaasana bettadhamaneyannu thalupi vivaahadha kaaryasidhDhiyannu thiLisuththaare.
idhannu kELi thumbaa samthOShachiththanaadha svaami marukShaNadhalliyE chimthegeedaadhavanamthe baLaluththaane. madhve emdha mEle bamDhu-baLagaviraLebEku, illadhidhdhare kaLekattuvudhilla. raajanigaadhare saakaShtu parivaaravidhe, thanagyaaremdhu yOchisuvaaga paramaathmana vishvakutumbadha bagge munigaLu jJnyaapisuththaare. aaga shreeniDhi garudashESharannu smarisalu avaru allige baruththaare.
braHmalOkakke lagnapathrikeyannu kaLuhisi, ella dhEvathegaLigoo aaHvaanahOguththadhe. paramaathma aakaasharaajanimdha lagnapathrike thalupidha koodalE thaanu vaishaakha shudhDhadhashamee shukravaara padhmaavathiya paaNigrahaNa maaduththEne emdhu thiLisi thanna pathrikeyannu raajanige shukaachaaryara moolakavE kaLuhisuththaane.
braHma, vaayu, rudhra modhalaadha dhEvathegaLu obbobbarE shEShaachaladha kade baruththaare. aloukikavaadha paramaathmana ee vivaahadha sambhrama ellarigoo paramaanamdhavannE tharuththadhe. dhEvathegaLellara aagamanavaadharoo thanna hRudhayavallaBe lakshmidhEvi baradhe idhdhare samAdhAnavE thanagilla emdhu thiLisidha SrInivAsa sUryadhEvanannu karaVIpuradha kadege dhUthanAgi kaLuhisi koduththAne. mahAlakshmidhEvi thanna pathiya madhuvege sadagaradhimdha AgamisuththALe. vishwakarmanimdha dhEvathegaLigAgi alliyE saBA nirmANa mAdisuththAne.
vivAhadha samAramBadha kAryakramagaLu prAramBavAguththave. dhEvathegaLigellA obbobbarige imthahudhE kelasa emdhu niyamisi, avarimdha thanna sEve mAdisikomda paramAthmana madhuveya dhibbaNa nArayaNapuradha kadege sAguththadhe.
vilakShaNa rUpadha bIgaru, lOkavilakShaNanAdha paramAthma, dhEvaRuShigaLa gumpu, I madhuve ellA rIthiyimdhalU alaukikavAdhadhdharimdha nArayaNapuradha jana AScharyapaduththAre. mOjina bIgarauthaNadha naduve madhuve sAguththadhe. AkASarAja lakshmIsahithanAdha SrIniDhiyannu svAgathisi, gauravisuththAne. dhEvathegaLellA I sadagaradhalli thAvU pAlgoLLuththAre. bRaHMadhEvana yajamAnyadhalli I madhuve nadeyuththadhe. vishvadha thamdhe-thAygaLa madhuveyallave idhu ! !
AkASarAja purOhithara vEdhamamthragaLu uchchAravAguththiruvAga vEdhavEdhyanAdha parabraHManige thanna magaLannu kanyAdhAna mAdi koduththAne. DharaNidhEvi thAya mamatheyimdha kaNNIru hAkuththALe. mahAlakshmiyannu thanna maguvannu akkareyimdha salahuvamthe bEdikoLLuththALe. AkASarAja, DharaNi, thOmdamAna rAjarugaLimdha paramabhakthiyimdha sthOthramAdisikomda jaganniyAmakanAdha svAmi avarige paramAnugraha mAduththAne. aidhu dhinagaLa I samAramBa vaiBavadha namthara dhEvathegaLellarU thamma thamma lOkagaLige horaduththAre.
SrInivAsa padhmAvathiya jothe bettadha budadha ASramadhalli kelavudhina thamgidhdhu namthara vEmkatAdhriyalli nelesuththAne. kaliyuga vaikumtavenisidha thirumaleyalli thannannu nambidha Baktharannu yAvAgalU saluhuththa, SrI hari anEkara manedhEvarAgi, haridhAsarimdha sthOthramAdisikoLLuththA imdhU aBayahasthanAgi nimthidhdhAne.
SrInivAsa kalyANadha I sumdhara katheyannu haridhAsaru, halavAru Bagavadhbaktharu hAdihogaLidhdhAre. paramAthmana kalyANa vaiBavadha sobagu emdhemdhigU kELalu impu, nithyanUthanavAdhudhu. thanna mahimeyannu Baktharalli thAne nimthu hELisikoLLuva svAmi, thAyi thanna maguvina bAyimdha thanna hesarannu maththe maththe hELisi Anamdha paduvamthe anugrahisuththAne.
hIge BhaviShyOththara purANadhallina I SrInivAsa kalyANadha katheyannu Eri SEShAchAryaru samskRuthavariyadha bhagavaMthana sadhbaktharigAgi savigannadadalli suMdaravAgi nirUpisidhdhAre.
- SrI maDhvESArpaNamasthu ***********************************
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A few observations:
1. Sage Bhrugu muni, requested by the other sages, goes on a quest to find who the supreme being of the universe is. To whom should they offer the fruits of the yagnya to?
Considering this happened at the cusp of dvApara and kali yugas (around 5,000+ years ago), a time during which Sri VedavyAsa muni clearly laid out who the supreme being was, in all His glory, why then, the search again into the same topic? Are these rishis not highly intuitive? Did the news of Sri VedavyAsa’s works not reach them?
2. Even though it cannot be presumed in this small story, there is no praLaya around the transition time from DwApara to Kali yuga.
3. Since the marriage happened in Kaliyuga, what does the dharma say about polygamy?
4. Acc. to this story, Laxmi devi “munisikondu” goes to karavIpura. How is she pacified? No word about that in this story. Nor do we learn about how He knows that she resides in karvipura (“Akeyannu ellelliyU hudukuththA kAdumEdu aleyuththA SrIhari SESAchalakke bamdhu nilluththAne”)