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