{"id":359,"date":"2020-11-01T00:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/?p=359"},"modified":"2020-11-01T00:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:49:16","slug":"dwadasha-stotra-1-sristhuthi-verse-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/dws\/dwadasha-stotra-1-sristhuthi-verse-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwadasha Stotra 1 : SriSthuthi Verse 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aanandatheerthamunisanmukhapankajottham<br>Saakshathramaaharimanah priyamutthamaartham<br>Bhakthyaa pathathyajithamaathmani sannidhaaya<br>Yassthothramethadabhiyaathi thayorabheeshtam <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In several of his works Madhwacharya has called himself Anandateertha or Poornapragna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Anandateertha<\/strong> \u2013 Describes innate happiness of his soul, the one who gives nectar of happiness to others through his works and teachings<\/li><li><strong>Poornapragna<\/strong> \u2013 Describes complete knowledge<\/li><li><strong>Muni \u2013 Manana yukta muni<\/strong> \u2013 one who remembers God continuously \u2013 one who sees God manifesting in omakara ( mandukaupanishad) \u2013 One who does Pranavaupasane.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Madhwacharya did pranavaupasane and give its deekshe\/knowledge to Vishnuteertharu(brother of Madhwacharyaryu) (madhwavijaya) and not to any of his 9 shishyas because of jeeva yogathe of vishnuteertaru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sanmukha<\/strong> \u2013 pranadevaru(sath), having good knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This sthothra has been recited by the beautiful lotus like face\u00a0of Aananda Theertha, the good ascetic. It has excellent meanings\u00a0which will please the great couple Ramaa and Hari. A devotee who\u00a0recites this sthothra while keeping the form of Hari called\u00a0Ajitha, steadfastly in his heart will get whatever he desires\u00a0due to the blessings of both of them.\u00a0<br><br>Any body who has any familiarity with the style of Acharya\u00a0Madva&#8217;s compositions would note a few special features about\u00a0this sthothra.<br>1. The Phala shruthi (No. 9) is very significant. The sthothra\u00a0has been described by the author himself as Utthamaarthaa &#8211; with\u00a0excellent meanings. The manner of getting the grace of Lakshmi\u00a0is also indicated &#8211; the divine couple should always be prayed\u00a0together with her consort, the Supreme being being enshrined in\u00a0one&#8217;s heart. Such a prayer will certainly get the devotee all\u00a0his aspirations &#8211; including the more mundane ones like wealth\u00a0etc. <strong>The usual disadvantage of wealth is that it obscures God in\u00a0our minds and on the other hand brings in evil thoughts, deeds\u00a0and attachment leading to bondage in Samsara will also be over\u00a0come only when it is clearly understood that even Goddess Ramaa,\u00a0the giver of all worldly prosperity is entirely dependent on the\u00a0Supreme being and nothing is done without His will.<\/strong><br>2. The other important feature of this s<strong>thothra is to clearly\u00a0define the importance of Vishnu Sarvotthamathva and Tharathamya\u00a0or gradation of the gods. Thus prayers to other dieties should\u00a0never be offered without a simultaneous appreciation of their\u00a0gradation with their superior and inferior souls and the total\u00a0all encompassing dependence on Lakshmi and the Supreme Being<\/strong>. \u00a0The point is also forcefully made that all the attainments of\u00a0different gods,. ascetics like Rishis etc are entirely due to\u00a0the grace of Goddess Lakshmi and her consort.<br>3. A careful reading of the sthothra also conveys another\u00a0important point that the differences between gods themselves\u00a0are very large, though in comparison to Lakshmi or the Supreme\u00a0Being the difference may appear small. Thus, the power of Garuda\u00a0is some thing which is beyond the imagination of Indra and\u00a0lesser gods. The power of Rudra at the time he destroys the\u00a0universe in dissolution is such that lesser gods who are feared\u00a0like Indra, Surya, and even the god of death Yama are\u00a0insignificant before him. The Harikathamruthasara explains this\u00a0very well. Thus, Sri Jagannathadasaru has composed the\u00a0following Sandhis specially dealing with this subject.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i. Guna Thaarathamya<br>ii. Aarohana Thaarathamya<br>iii. Avarohana Thaarathamya<br>iv. Anukramanikaa Thaarathamya<br>v. Brihath Thaarathamya<br>vi. Anu Thaarathamya<br>vii. Daithya Thaarathamya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emphasis on the knowledge of a devotee of God in this regard\u00a0is based on the proposition that that the<strong> knowledge of Bheda or\u00a0difference is incomplete without knowing how &#8211; Bhedo Jiva ganaah\u00a0Hareh anucharaah , Neechocchabhaavam gathah &#8211; in the words\u00a0ascribed to Sri Vyasaraja<\/strong>. Acharya Madhva in his Bhashya on\u00a0Chaandogya has quoted :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Naamaadi maaruthaantheshu deveshvebhyascha bhedathah<br>Upaasithah Harih mukthim dadyaath naasthyathra samshayah&#8221; <br>&#8220;Thaarathamya parijnaanaath theshu dhyaathah vimukthidah<br>preethim na chaanyathaa yaayaath ithi shasthrasya nirnayah&#8221;<br>&#8211;  TattvaViveke.<br>&#8220;Thaarathamya parijnaanath anutthaanam thamo vrajeth&#8221; &#8211; ithi<br>Mahabharatha Thathparya nirnaye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important message that Acharya Madhva has given here&nbsp;is that whenever anyone other than Sri Hari is to be worshipped&nbsp;or prostrated to, it must always be as a subordinate diety to&nbsp;the Lord &#8211; with due consciousness of His uniqueness and infinite&nbsp;superiority. After Him, Lakshmi, though a dependent soul, has&nbsp;certain unique charactersitics which makes her completely&nbsp;different from all other souls &#8211; being non-atomic in size,&nbsp;pervading in space and time just as the Supreme Being does, never being subject to the effects of Ajnana or misery\/bondage&nbsp;etc. She is also His greatest devotee and is so close to Him&nbsp;that they can never seperated. She is thus given so much&nbsp;independence and capacity that all other souls are totally&nbsp;subservient to her. The central theme of Thaarathamya should&nbsp;always be in our minds when ever she is worshipped. It goes&nbsp;without saying that she should never be worshipped for small&nbsp;favours like wealth etc. but for such things like Jnana (she is&nbsp;the Abhimaani devathaa of shruthies), destruction of Ajnana\/&nbsp;Avidya (In her Durga form, she is the Asbhimaani devathaa of&nbsp;Thamoguna) and above all for the grace of her Lord with whom&nbsp;she should ever dwell in our hearts. This is one of the&nbsp;Utthamaarthas which Acharya Madhva has said in this shloka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AanandatheerthamunisanmukhapankajotthamSaakshathramaaharimanah priyamutthamaarthamBhakthyaa pathathyajithamaathmani sannidhaayaYassthothramethadabhiyaathi thayorabheeshtam In several of his works Madhwacharya has called himself Anandateertha or Poornapragna. Anandateertha \u2013 Describes innate happiness of his soul, the one who gives nectar of happiness to others through his works and teachings Poornapragna \u2013 Describes complete knowledge Muni \u2013 Manana yukta muni \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102],"tags":[116,40,103,108,91,107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}