Guru Gunasthavana:4-6 slokas explained

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Guru Gunasthavana
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Namaskara to all Haribhaktaas.
Please read Sri Guru Gunasthavana slokas 1-3 from here :
http://dvaitavedanta.com/2009/08/08/guru-gunasthavana-first-three-slokas-explained/
We can now see the 4-6 slokas with explanation.

4th shloka
Udvela vyaasata tantra vyasavsitanikhilaabhijnahradyaanavidya
nantatrayyantabhaava prakanaghatanaa sarvatantre svatantre/
samvarnye mantravarnairanitaravishayasparshibhih paavamaane
roopelokaikadeepe prasaratuhyadayam maamakam madhvanaamni//
The saint is not contended with bowing to mukhyapraana in the previous shloka continues to pray the foremost preceptor of madhva tradition sri madhvacharya with great reverence in this shloka.

Let my mind and heart reach and hover around the third avataara of Sri Mukhya praanaa who had grasped all the prameyaas flawlessly and also the upanishad vaakyaas and works of Sri Vedavyasa with special reference to the Brahma Sutras, who always stressed upon the greatness of Sri Vedavyaasa alone,whom the vedas (Balittha suktha etc) glory and one who increases the gnaana in the intellect of the saativika souls. (In the shloka, paavamaane means one who purifies ). The verse is again in the sraghdara metre and the poet uses vrittaanupraasa alankaara while using the words sarvatantre,svatantre,samvarnye,etc.(alliteration).

5th shloka
vijyaanodarkatarka gratipadamdhurodaarasandarbhagarbha
proudaanekaprabandha prakatitha bhagavathpaadabhaashaadi bhaava/
mithyaavaadaapavaada prakupitavimatadhvaantasantaapabhaanu
jeeyaadanyairajayyah tribhuvanaviditaascharyacharyo jayaaryah//
In this shloka teekachaaryaru is propitiated by the poet. May Shri Teekaachaaryaru who is honoured for Nyaya Sudha and other wonderful works which are of excellent verses and captivate the minds of the scholars and bereft of unwanted jargon is replete with logic which contains the essence of the Sutra Bhaashyaa of Srimadaachaaryaru and the sarva moola and personification of jnaanaa and bhakthi ,who is like bhaanu(resplendent sun) which removes the rows of darkness in the form of mithyajnaanaa and the like and the saint who is unconquerable and famous in all the three worlds, stand none to excel.

Sri Vyasaraaja tirtha has composed a song on Sri Jayatirtha on similar lines as follows:
Amita divjaavali kumudangalarisi vimatara mukha kamangala vaadisi………
Aarthi mandaara vedantha vichaaraa, samastha Sri Krishna Padaambuja lola.
The words vimata dvaanta santaapa bhaanu is a example of roopakaalankaaraa. Vaadopavvada,ascharyacharyo are examples of vritti anupraasa alankaaraa.

Shloka 6
Srimatpoornaprabodhaprakatithapadaveedhavibhedhaavidheemat
Senaabaaseeraseemaa samudithaviditaabaadayodhaadi netha |
maayaasiddhaanta deekshaavighatanaghatana sarvatantra svatantrah
sriraamavyaasadaaso vilasati vibhudeendraabhidah samyameendrah ||
The poet next eulogises the 11th pontiff of matha, Sri Vibhudendra tirtha. Let Sri Vibhudendratirtha, the ardent disciple of the brilliant srimadaachaaryaru and the foremost of the unbeatable warriors of the batallion of the gods and pandits, who can establish the dvaita vedanta without help from anyone and defeat the maayaavaadins and who continuously worships Sri Veda Vyaasaru and Sri MoolaRaamachandramurthi, shine effulgently.
In this poem it is highlighted that Sri Madhvacharya and Vibhudendra tirtha both have in common the svabhava or nature of silencing others and hence is a classic example of Svabhavokti Arthaalankaaraa. By using the word vighatanaghatana the poet has used the chekaanupraasaa alankaara. Sarvatantra svatantre is vritti anupraasa alankaaraa.

–to be continued

Dr. B. Basker
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