Thursday 10 January 2013

The Madhwanama

What Sri Hari Vayu Stuti is in Sanskrit, the Madhwanama is in Kannada. If the former was written by Trivikrama Panditacharya, one of the disciples of Madhwacharya, the second is by Sridapadaraja Theertha.
Both the stutis sing the praises of  Madhwacharya and his earlier two avatars-Hanuma and Bhaama. If Trivikrama Panditacharya managed to see the avatars of Madhwacharya only in the Kali Yuga, the venerable Sripada had seen them thousands of years ago when he was Dhruva.
Thus both the works are inspired by God.
I  had dealt with the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti in an earlier post and, hence,  this will be on Madhwanama.
The Madhwanama is one of the many compositions of Sripadaraja in Kannada and perhaps also the most evocative. It extols the virtues of Vayu and his three incarnations-Hanuman, Bheema and Madhwa.
The idea of composing Madhwanama took root when Sripadaraja realised that many Kannada speaking people were not able to appreciate the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti and the nuances of Madhwa philosophy as they did not know Sanskrit.
Sripadaraja then decided to teach his students in Kannada. He also preached, gave discourses and even conducted poojas in Mulabagal in Kannada. He composed many songs which were sung for the evening poojes at Mulabagal, Incidentally, they are till sung today too.
Sripadaraja decided to make the people of Karnataka aware of the greatness of Vayu by writing on his three incarnations. Since Sri Hari Vayu Stuti was in Sanskrit, he decided to write on the same subject in Kannada. Thus was born the Madhwanama.
The Sri Hari Vayu Stuti and Madhwanama are sung in all the Madhwa households even today and they best represent in a concise manner the greatness of Hari.
The Madhwanama follows the structure of Sri Hari Vayu Stuti. The difference between both is that in Madhwanama, Sripadaraja has cleverly written several but little known ideas and incidents from the two epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata.
As Dhruva, he perhaps had the best credentials to wrote about God whom he had meditated upon, seen and even been blessed.
Several centuries after Madhwanama, Jagannatha Dasa, the author of Harikathamrutasara,  wrote the phala stuti for this beautiful composition of Sripadaraja Theertha.
This is the Enlgish translation of the Madhwanama. However, the beauty of the composition can be captured only if you read and sing it in Kannada.

sri guru sripadaraja virachita madwanama
jaya jaya jagatrana, jagadolage sutrana
akhila guna sadhdhAma madhwanama
ava kachchhapa roopa dinda landodakava
ovi dharisida sheshamurutiyanu
avavana balvididu hariya suraraiduvaro
avayu namma kula gururayanu

Avavanu dehadolagiralu hari ta nelasihanu
avavanu tolage hari ta tolaguva
avavanu dehadolahorage niyamakanu
avayu namma kulaguru rayanu

Karanabhimani suraru dehava bidalu
kuruda kivuda mukanendenisuva
parama mukhyaprana tolagala dehavanu
aritu penanendu pelvaru budhajana

Surarolage nararolage sarvabhutagalolage
parataranenisi nemadi nelasiha
hariyanallade bageyanannyaranu lokadolu
gurukulatilaka mukhya pavamananu

Hanumanta avatara

Trteyali raghupatiya seve maduvenendu
vatasuta hanumantanendenisida
potabhavadi taranibimbake langhisida
itagene yaru murlokadolage

Taranigabhimukhavagi shabdashastrava pathisi
uravanisi hindumundagi nadeda
parama pavamana udayasta shailagala
bharadi aidida etagupameyunte

Akhilavedagala sarava pathhisidanu munnalli
nikhila vyakaranagala iva pelida
mukhadalli kinchidapashabda ivagillendu
mukhyapranananu ramananukarisida

Taranisutananu kayda sharadhiyanu neredati
dharanisuteyala kandu danujarodane
bharadi ranavanemadi gelidu divyastragala
uruhi lankeya banda hanumantanu

Harige chudamaniyanittu harigala kudi
sharadhiyanu katti bahu rakkasaranu
orisi ranadali dashashirana hudiguttita
mereda hanumanta balavanta dhira

Uragabandhake siluki kapivararu mai mareye
Taranikulatilakana gnayane tali
girisahita sanjivanava kittu tandittha
harivarage sariyunte hanumantage

Vijaya raghupati mechchi dharanisuteyaligiye
bhajisi mouktikada haravanu padeda
ajapadaviyanu rama koduvenene hanumanta
nijabhakutiyane bhedi varava padeda

Bhima avatara

amarutane bhimanenisi dvavaradi
somakuladalli janisi partharodane
bhimavikrama rakkasara muridottida
amahima namma kulagururayanu

karadinda shishubhavanada bhimana bidalu
giriyodedu shatashrungavendenesitu
harigala harigalim karigala karigalim
areda viranige sura nararu sariye

Kurupa garalavanikke nereyundu tegi
uragagala melbidalu adanorasida
aragina maneyalli uriyanikkalu dhira
dharisi jahnavigoyda tannanujara

Alle idda baka hidimbakaremba rakkasara
nilladorisida lokakantakaranu
ballidasurara gelidu droupadi karavididu
yella sujanarige harushava birida

Rajakula vajranenisida magadhana sili
rajasuyayagavanu madisidanu
Ajiyolu kouravara balava savaruvenendu
mujagavariye kankaNakattida

Danavara savarabekendu byaga
mananidhi droupadiya manadingitavanaritu
kananava pokku kimmiradigala muridu
maninige sougandhikavane tanda

Durula kichakanu droupadiya cheluvikege
marulagi karakariya madalavana
garadimaneyolu barasi orisi avananvayava
kurupanattida mallakulava savarida
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Kouravara bala savari vairigala neggotti
orante kouravana muridu mereda
vairi dushyAsanana ranadali edegedehi
viranarahariya lIleya torida

Gurusutanu sangaradi narayanastravanu
uravanisi bidalu shastrava bisutaru
harikrupeya padedirda bhima hunkaradali
hariya divyastravanu nere attida

Chandavikrama gadegondu ranadolage bhu
mandaladolidiradanta khalaranella
hindi bisutida vrukodarana pratapavanu
kandu nilluvararu tribhuvanadolu

Narirodana keli manamarugi gurusutana
harhisidu shiroratna kitti tegeda
niroladagidda duryodhanana horagedahi
uruyuga tanna gadeyinda murida

madhwa avatara

Danavaru kaliyugadolavatarisi vibhudarolu
venana matavanaruhaladanaritu
gyani ta pavamana bhutaladolavatarisi
mananidhi madhvakhyanendenisida

Arbhakatanadolaidi badariyali madhvamuni
nirbhayadi sakala shastragala pathisida
urviyolu maye biralu tatvamargavanu
orva madhvamuni torda sujanarge

Sarvesha hara, vishwa ella ta pusiyemba
durvadigala matava nere khandisi
sarvesha hari, vishwa satyavendaruhida
sharvadigirvana santatiyali

Ekavimshati kubhashyagala beranu taridu
shrikararchitanolume shastra rachisi
lokatrayadolidda suraru alisuvante
akamalanabhayati nikaragoreda

Badarikashramake punarapiyaidi vyasamuni
padakeragi akhila vedarthagalannu
padumanabhana mukhadi tilidu brahmatvavaidida
madhvamuni rayagabhivandipe

Jaya jayatu durvadimatatimira martanda
jaya jayatu vadigajapanchanana
jaya jayatu charvakagarvaparvata kulisha
jaya jayatu jagannatha madwanatha

Tungakulaguruvarana hrutkamaladolu nelesi
bhangavillada sukhava sujanakella
hingade koduva guru madhwantaratmaka
rangavithala nendu nenasasiri

Jagannatha Dasa phala stuti

Somasuryoparagadi go sahasragala
bhumidevarige suranadiya tatadi
shri mukundarpanavenuta kotta phalamakku
ei madhwanama baredodidarge

Putrarilladavaru satputraraiduvaru
sarvatradali digvijayavahudu sakala
shatrugalu keduvaru apamrutyu baralanjuvudu
sutranamakana samstuti matradi

Sripadaraja pelida madhvanama
santapa kaledakhilasoukhyavanivudu
shripati srijagannathaviththalana tori bhava
kuparadinda kadehayisuvudu

1 comment:

  1. I am a Lady and I was chanting Hari Vayu Sthuthi in Sanskrit ( I know Hindi) for the Past Six days but one Mam told me Ladies shd not Chant Hari Vayu Sthuthi in Sanskrit. Is it so?

    Then I asked Google what can be Chanted By Ladies. I got the answer Madhwanama can be chanted. I am 31 Yrs old and Unmarried, having lot of problems, dont know why, May be due to Previous Birth or Raaghu Dhasa, I dont Know Kannada, but still I am going to chant this in Kannada with the help of Hindi Script.

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