Sri ha Dasaru Jun '08

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Let me commence my write up on this sacred Dasaru, with a Pranam to my Guru Rayaru Sri RaghavendraTheertharu.

Guru Raghavendra Rayaru had a big role in Jagannatha Dasarus life, steering him, guiding him andblessing him at key turning points.

Amongst the major Haridasas, Jagannatha Dasaru has composed the maximum number of songs onRayaru.

We will be seeing in the later slides that when he was suffering from a stomach ailment for slighting SriVijaya Dasaru, it was Rayaru who guided him on what he needed to do and thus saved his life. After

composing Harikathamruthasara he went to Mantralaya to submit this to Rayaru. Rayaru is supposed tohave come out from the brindAvana to bless him. He has captured this very eloquently in a song (yeddubarutAre noDe ..).


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Sri Jagannatha Dasaru

(1728AD 1809AD)Born in a pious Brahmin family, he was given the name of

Srinivasa. Even at a young age his brilliance was very evident andhe was commended by Sri Vageesha Theertharu, the then Pontiff atMantralaya. He grew up to be a very great scholar, very well versedin all the great Dvaita works. He was called Srinivasa Acharya dueto his erudition and knowledge.

Unfortunately, he also grew very proud and developed an intensedislike for Haridasas

Sri Vijaya Dasaru was the foremost Haridasa of those times. AndSrinivasa Acharya even mocked at Sri Vijaya Dasaru with Kannadapada heluva aa kusi maganenu dasanaguttane, meaning "How canthat son of kusi(name of Sri Vijaya Dasa's Mother), who singskannada songs be a scholar?".


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Manvi

The birth town of Sri Jagannatha Dasaru


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(1728AD 1809AD)Once Sri Vijaya Dasaru happens to visit his village. The people of

the village accord Sri Vijaya Dasaru all respects and make allarrangements for his puja, bhajan, pravachana etc. But SrinivasaAcharya remains indifferent to Dasaru.

Sri Vijaya Dasaru even personally invites him to the puja butSrinivasa Acharya cold shoulders it. Later Sri Vijaya Dasaru sendshis disciples to invite Srinivasa Acharya to partake in the bhojanaprasada. But Srinivasa Acharya responds haughtily that he will

have stomach pains if he eats late and so has already had his food.Sri Vijaya Dasaru says let it be and continues with his rituals. Butfrom then on Srinivasa Acharya gets afflicted with serious stomachailment.


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(1728AD 1809AD)All medical help that Srinivasa Acharya seeks to cure his ailment does notyield any result. He turns to Lord Srinivasa in Tirupathi but Lord Srinivasa

too does not show any mercy to him. He then goes to Mantralaya and praysRaghavendra Guru. Even Guru Rayaru remains silent.

By this time he becomes extremely weak and sapped of energy. Indesperation Srinivasa Acharya contemplates committing suicide. And thenthe merciful Guru Raghavendra appears in his dream and advises him that

the Bhagavatha apachara that he committed has resulted in this illness.Further he tells him that it will not be cured by Lord Hari, Vayu & himself(Rayaru) and that it will be cured only by Vijaya Dasaru (whom he hadoffended). Rayaru instructs him to go to Sri Vijaya Dasaru forthwith andseek his mercy. Rayaru also tells him that he is destined to do great seva toLord Hari and he will be known throughout the world for his contribution tosociety.

When Srinivasa Acharya woke up from the dream he was stunned to seemanthrakshatha prasada in his hands.


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(1728AD 1809AD)Srinivasa Acharya felt extremely joyful that he has beenblessed by Gururajaru. He realises he has turned a new

leaf in his life. In his heart he seeks the pardon of SriVijaya Dasaru. Spends some more time in Mantralayadoing seva to Raghavendra Guru, picks up some strengthand goes to the town where Sri Vijaya Dasaru was. When

Srinivasa Acharya saw Vijaya Dasaru he simply fell at hisfeet. He prayed to Dasaru saying Gubbi melebrahmasthrave (why use a Brahmasthra on a smallsparrow?)

Vijaya Dasaru blesses him and sends him to his discipleGopala Dasaru. He mentions to Srinivasa Acharya thatGopala Dasaru will be his Guru ...... through him his

illness will be cured ........ he will receive Gnana and fameas a Haridasa.

Vijaya Dasaru


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Srinivasa Acharya went by foot to the village of

Uththanur, located Gopala Dasaru and took refuge withhim, seeking his forgiveness and acceptance.

Gopala Dasaru cured him of his ailment by giving himspecially blessed prasada. From that day SrinivasaAcharyas stomach pain ceased.

Srinivasa Acharya went to Tirupathi along with GopalaDasaru and his retinue. There a miracle took place.

Gopala Dasaru


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(1728AD 1809AD)In Tirupathi one day the weakness in his bodyand the strain of travel to Tirupathi took their tollon Srinivasa Acharya and his life came to a halt.

His breathing had stopped.

Gopala Dasaru who was singing in theVenkatesas brahmotsava at that very momentfelt something amiss and immediately rushed

over to the place where Srinivasa Acharya andthe entourage were staying. He saw what hadhappened and felt very sad. It was then that SriVijaya Dasaru appeared before him in his

sukshma sarira and advised him to sacrifice 40years of his life to Srinivasa Acharya. Withoutany hesitation Gopala Dasaru recites appropriatemanthras and undertakes necessary rituals todonate 40 years of his life to Srinivasa acharya.And Srinivasa acharya woke up as if from deepsleep. This miracle happened in the year 1691.


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(1728AD 1809AD)Srinivasa Acharya requests his Guru Gopala Dasaru tobless him to become a Haridasa. Gopala Dasaru

instructs him to go to Pandaripura and tells him that hewill receive his ankitha there in the Chandrabaghariver.

Srinivasa Acharya immediately set off for Pandaripura

and his mind was so fixed on reaching the holydestination that he had lost all sense of his bodilyneeds. From the village just before his destination hestarted doing hejje namaskara till he reachedPandaripura. When he took a dip in the Chandrabhaga

river he found a flat stone reaching his hands andwhen brought it up he saw the words JagannathaVittala written on it. He realised that this was to be hisankitha (signature) given to him by PandarinathasGrace through his Gurus blessings. That is when he

became Jagannatha Dasaru and all his devarunamasand Gurubhakthi sahityas carry this ankitha.


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(1728AD 1809AD)Jagannatha Dasaru started singing his devarunamasright there in Pandaripura, inspired by the vision he

had of Panduranga, as already predicted by his GuruGopala Dasaru. His famous compositions KandePandari Rayana was out of the bliss he felt receivingthe grace of Lord Panduranga. While in Pandaripura hehad the unique blessing of being invited to bhojana by

Lord Panduranga incognito and personally served byhim. And the Lord also gave him thulasimala andprasada in a bundle.

Thus Jagannatha Dasaru had the extraordinaryblessing of being fed in person by Lord Srinivasa whilein Tirupathi and by Lord Panduranga in Pandaripura. Isit any surprise that it was he who composed thefamous magnum opus Hari Kathamruthasara!


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(1728AD 1809AD)On his way back from Pandaripura, Jagannatha Dasaruhad the darshan of Sri Jayatheertharu at Malked andSri Raghavendra Guru Rayaru at Mantralaya before

reaching the place of Gopala Dasaru.

Gopala Dasaru advised him to begin his service tosociety by upholding bhagavatha dharma through his

compositions and works. He blessed him that theGrace of Sri Vijaya Dasaru will be fully behind him inhis endeavours and his own blessings. Per his adviceJagannatha Dasaru goes to call upon Sri Vijaya Dasaruand when he sees him he starts worshipping him

singing Rathina dhorakithalla enage rathinadhorakithalla meaning he found a very rare and divinegem called Vijaya Dasaru. After receiving VijayaDasarus blessings to commence his life as a HaridasaJagannatha Dasaru reached Manvi. The people of

Manvi were verily surprised at the transformation intheir Srinivasa Acharya who had become JagannathaDasaru.


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Ack: www.vijayadasaru.net


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(1728AD 1809AD)Harikathamruthasara

Harikathamruthasara is probably the greatestcontribution of Jagannatha Dasaru to the societyat large. It is considered the quintessence ofdvaita philosophy. The fact that JagannathaDasaru could write this phenominal work at theripe age of 80 with all the frailties of his health is agreat commentary on his intense devotion toGod. As a grand old man, Jagannatha Dasaru forhours together sat with a pillar as the support to

his back while writing this divine work. This pillaris even today being worshipped by devotees.

It is said that the eyelids of this 80 year oldDasaru used to droop while writing this epic and

his disciples used to physically hold up theeyelids.


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This magnum Opus has been written in the formof a beautiful poetry in the Bhamini Shatpadhimeter. 32 cantos composed by Jagannatha

Dasaru and one canto (the Phala Stuthi) is by hisdisciple Karjigi Dasaru (ankitha Sridha Vittala).

It is a mine of information on Madhva theology andis honored as a great authority and standard workof reference, by adherents of Dasa Koota.

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When Jagannatha Dasaru went toMantralayam and presented thisgreat work at the feet of the RayarusBrindavana, it is said that Rayaruphysically appeared before Dasaruand blessed him and his epic work.

It is said that Jagannatha Dasaru isan avathara of Sahlada, the youngerbrother of the great Haribhaktha

Prahlada (whose avathara is GuruRaghavendra Theertharu)

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On the same Bhadrapada Shukla Navami, exactly 40 yearsafter his rebirth at Tirupathi, Sri Jagannatha Dasaru

reached the Lord's lotus feet.

In Manvi, the house where he used to live has become aplace of worship.

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Sri Pranesha Dasaru & Sri Karjigi Dasaru were two of hisprime disciples

Sri Karjigi Dasaru has written the canto Phalastuthi inthe Harikathamruthasara

Sri Pranesha Dasaru in his dasapadha Rayara nodiredasarayara nodire maayaramanapriya ivara manadholage sulitha

Srirangavolidhalists the five avatharas of Sahlada the fifthone being Jagannatha Dasaru.

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As always, I thank my wife for her great partnership in this journey and for hersteadfast & cheerful support to everyone of my endeavours, at times even

doing proof reading sleepy eyed at two O clock in the night.

My wife & self want to dedicate this piece of work to our good friends

Ravi/Parimala & Raghav, but for whose satsangh we might not have had themotivation and trigger to search and study sources of info on these Dasarus

life histories, their works and their teachings etc.

Our Guru Rayaru keeps sending us his catalysts, to nudge us on our

sanmarga, as evidenced by the number of Bhagavathas and Satsangh friendswe have had the privilege of coming across over the past ten years or more.

S i J th D


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(1728AD 1809AD)Acknowledgements:

www.Dvaita.Org

www.vijayadasaru.net

www.GuruRaghavendra1.org

Sri Haridasa Vijaya original in Kannada by Sri Belur Kesava Dasar andcompiled in Tamil by Smt.Padma Srinivasan

www.aarshavani.org

Srimad Harikathamruthasara of Amman Publications, Chennai
http://www.dvaita.org/http://www.vijayadasaru.net/http://www.gururaghavendra1.org/http://www.aarshavani.org/http://www.aarshavani.org/http://www.gururaghavendra1.org/http://www.vijayadasaru.net/http://www.dvaita.org/


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