Sumadhva Vijaya 7: Saptama Sarga
Shri Madvacharya reached “Uttara Badari”
in Himalaya Mountains and focused Shi Vedavyasa Ashram. The Ashrama was occupied with great Veda
scholars like Shuka, Paramahansas. Rishis looked like forest with strange tall
trees reaching to the sky with parrots and Hansas. The Ashrama was looking like Vaikunta. By seeing 32 salakshnas of Sri Madvacharya
with danda (stick) kamandala (water-pot), the Rishis of Ashrama presumed that t they are looking at Vayudevaru. At the
same time Madvacharya imagined that the tree with different branches having
wonderful colorful leaves and golden flowers visualized by him were in the form
of Sesha and Garuda. The vruksha seen by
Acharya looked like surrounded by Mahabharata, Puranas, and Aithareya Upanishad
and occupied by various branches of glorified Vedas. Then Acharya saw Rishis with jates (plaits)
looking like Devathes. Among these
Rishis Acharya was able to view Satyavathi’s son Shri Vedavyasa roopa of Shri
Hari in the middle of the Rishis.
Acharya imagined that he is looking at paripurna Shrimad Narayana only
even though he is personified as the son of Paraashara and Satyavathi. As Chandra, Parijatha vruksha, Amrutha and
others were created in Ksheera Sagara; Mahabharata, Puranas, Brahmasuthra were
created by Shri Vedavyasa devaru.
Acharya describes Vedavuyasaru as
follows:
His angalus had the reddish sign of Dvaja
(flag), Vajra Ankusha, and Padma which confirms that he is Bhagavantha. His red hand had the sign of Chakra and Shanka. The right hand indicates the destruction of
ignorance for his devotees and the left hand indicates the end of samsara bandanas
with moksha prapthi for his devotees.
Vedavyasa’s throat had three rekhas (straight lines)which symbolize
three Vedas He had big lotus eyes. He had worn tulasi dala in his ears. He had worn red tilaka (Nama) on his forehead.
He was having beautiful red plaits. His nails in the feet were very bright and
powerful.
Seeing this great sight of Bhagavantha roopa
of Shri Vedavyasa devaru, Shri Poornapragna Madvacharya prostrated to
ShriVedavyasadevaru. Shri Vedavyasa devaru
lifted Acharya with his both hands and embraced him. It was a strange combination of neela Varna
with peetha Varna. Shri Vedavuyasaru is
Hari Sarvothama and Shri Madvacharya is Jeevothama. Both avatars were for spreading the great
knowledge to wise people in the Universe.
Prepared by: J. Sudhindra Simha,
Bengaluru.
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