Vyasarajaru

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Sri Vyasarajaru in Simhasana
Krishnadevaraya Sri Vyasarajaru was the raja guru for Krishnadevaraya and the seer
protected not only the King but also the entire kingdom with his advice. Kuhu yoga parihara
Once Krishnadevaraya had Kuhu yoga. Sri Vyasarajaru, noticing that the kingdom is in trouble,
asked the king to donate to Vyasarajaru, who ruled the state before the kuhuyoga period and
during the period. When the Kuhuyoga came in the form of Krishna sarpa, he kept his kaavi on
the simhasana which was burnt into ashes. Then after the Kuhuyoga period was over, the very
next day itself, he asked the king to take back his kingdom. King Krishnadevaraya was reluctant
to take back the kingdom, as he himself had donated the same to Sri Vyasarajaru, which would
amount to Dattapahara dosha. But Sri Vyasarajaru insisted and ordered him to take back, so he
took it.

Yantroddaraka pranadevaru
Once Sri Vyasarajaru was after taking snaana, was doing japa near Chakratirtha. Vayudevaru
came in the disguise of monkey and told him to do the pratistapane of mukyaprana. Once a
monkey jumped out of the big rock near Chakratirtha. It happened several times, each time it
was disappearing. Then Sri Vyasarajaru wrote Pranadevaru off Angara on the rock.
Immediately a monkey jumped out of the rock where Vyasarajaru did the drawing of Hanuma .
Again it jumped.
He did it 12 times, each time, the monkey jumped out of the rock. Then he wrote Shatkona and
one circle in that area covering the angara hanuma and he did 3 crore bheejakshara mantra japa
and gave special sannidhana for the Vigraha. As such, it is famous as Yantroddaraka Hanuma.

Different avataraas of Shankunarna

1. Prahladaraja as son of Hiranyakashipu gave the tatva of Navavidha
bhakthi through Shravana, Keerthana, Vandana, etc and gave us the special
avatara of Narasimhadevaru, who came off a pillar, to prove that Srihari is
not having any parents and killed Hiranyakashipu, a Ahambrahmasmi
pratipadaka.
2. Baahlika Raja Born as son of Prateeparaja in Kuruvamsha, and as elder
brother of Shantanu. But he was given to Bahlika kingdom to his maatamaha
as per putrikaputranyaya. During Kurukshetra war, he joined Kauravaas and
had to fight with Pandavaas and finally he was killed by Bheemasena devaru.

3. Vyasarajaru Born as yathi to give us many granthaas for Madhwa

Philosophy. It is because of Vyasarajaru through his Nyayamrutha,
Tarkatandava, etc., even today none of the Advaitha vidwans are able to
attack Madhwa Philosophy.
4. Rayaru Again born as Yathi and through his miracles and granthas did the
anugraha to thousands of devotees.

Birth of Sri Vyasarajaru His parents didnt had any issues. They were blessed with the
anugraha of Sri Brahmanya Tirtharu at a very old age. The child was born without bhoo sparsha
in the golden plate sent by Sri Brahmanya Tirtharu.
Education Earlier education was held at Abboor by Sri Brahmanya Tirtharu. Then after some
time, Sri Brahmanya Tirtharu suggested him to go to Sri Sripadarajaru for higher education.
Baala sanyasa Sri Vyasarajaru was given ashrama in Brahmacharya itself.
Defeated Advaitha pundits at Kanchi In his very age itself he defeated many pundits in
Kanchi. During his early period Kanchi was a famous university for Vedanta Studies, many
scholars were there. When Vyasarajaru entered there, many had seen his scholarly works and
they asked him to define Madhwa Siddantha.
LIFE HISTORY OF VYASARAJARU :

1. Vyasarajara Jeevanacharitra click

1. Vyasarajara Jeevanacharitra click

2. Vyasarajaru & Mukhyaprana click
3. Vyasarajara Devaranamagalu-1 click
4. Devaranamagalu 2 click

5. Vyasarajara Granthagalu click

6. Stotras by Vyasarajaru :
a. Srinivasa Stotra click
b. Grantha Malika Stotra click
c. Ugabogha click
d. Sripadaraja pancharathnamalika click
e. Yantroddaraka Stotra (in many languages) click
f. Brahmanya Theertha Stotra click
g. Vyasaraja Granthamalika Stotra- click

Defeated Advaitha pundits at Kanchi In his very age itself he defeated many pundits in
Kanchi. During his early period Kanchi was a famous university for Vedanta Studies, many
scholars were there. When Vyasarajaru entered there, many had seen his scholarly works and
they asked him to define Madhwa Siddantha. Sri Vyasarajaru defined the same as follows :
Hari: paratara: Srihari is sarvottama. There is no one superior to him. There are so many
references which proves that Srihari is the only Sarvottama. Some of the shlokaas are :
Satyam jagat This world is Satya true. Veda vaakya says

. That is
why Acharya Madhwa says : | There is
not even a single sentence which says that Jagat is mithya.
Tattvata: bhEda: svabhaavata: there is a difference between Chetana and achetana, bedha in
jeevaas, jadaas, time, place, moola prakruti, every where there is bedha. Dwaitha and
Bedha are two paryaya words. Only if we agree Bedha, then only there will be prominence for

Harisarvottamatva, Jagatsatyatva, Taratamya, etc. JeevagaNaa: harEranucharaa: Even though

Chetanas are different from Jadaas, they are not svatantra. Without Sriharis ashraya no one can
survive. All are like the shadows of Srihari only. Whatever we do i.e., walking, seeing,
listening, all we are doing with the asvatantra, i.e., adheenathwa of Srihari only.
Neechochcha bhaavangataa : Right from the truna jeeva to Chaturmukha brahma, all have
different gunaas. There is taratamya in svaroopa, svabhaava, some are eligible for Vaikunta
padavi, some for nitya naraka, some have sukha + dukha mishrana.
mukthi: naija suKaanubhUti: Whatever we are having as sukha through our daihika
sambandha is not real. Svaroopa bootanandanubhava is the mukthi for saathvikas. amalaa
bhakthishcha tatsaadanam

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:|| MBTN|| Bhakthi is superior to all. It should be mahatma

gjnana poorvaka, sudhruda. Depending on their yogyata learning the mahime of Srihari, pure
bhakthi is the only sadhana for mukthi. As per Vadiraja Tirthas Rukminisha vijaya

. Dwesha is not a sadhana for Mukthi.

Navavidha Dweshaas
1. Thinking of abedha between Jeeva Paramathma
2. Nirgunopasana
3. Counting Gunaas in Bhagavan
4. Thinking of saamya with other devataas
5. Thinking of superiority of other devataas above Bhagavantha
6. Seeing Bedha in paramathmas gunakriya, avayava
7. Seeing difference between Bhagavans avataraa roopa, thinking of birthdeath on Bhagavan.
8. Dwesha of Bhagavad Bhaktaas
9. Nindana of satpramana which tells about Bhagavantha.

If we does not have any of the above mentioned dwesha, it can be considered as Bhakthi.
Different types of Bhaktaas as per Bhagavadgeeta
1. Arta bhakta One who prays Bhagavan only in time of need.
2. Jignasu bhakta One who gets yatartha jnaana of Srihari with jignasa.

3. Arthaarthi Bhakta One who wants aihika bhoga and who thinks that
Ishavasyamidam sarvam, and asks for bhakthi.
4. Jnaani bhakta One who sees the jnaanaanandamaya idol of srihari, having
known of his mahime, who does the nirvyaja bhakthi.

Out of the four, Jnaani bhakta is shresta. akshyaadi tritayam pramaaNam pratyaksha,
pramaaNa and aagama are the only three pramaanas. aKilaamnaayaika vEdyO hari: all
vedaas say about Srihari only. All vedaas mukyataha doing pratipaadane of Srihari. Because
he will be the antaryaami and does every thing sitting in them. In this way, Srivyasarajaru,
explained what is there in Madhwamatha in a single shloka. He got the anugraha of Padmanabha
Tirtharu, who came in the disguise of a snake. 732 mukya prana pratiste by Vyasarajaru
Once when he was in Mulbagilu, he got a dream, wherein he saw Mukyapranadevaru, who was
shown as 732 Mukyaprana idols. So, he thought of doing pratiste of 732 mukyaprana idols all
over the country. Some of the mukyaprana idols which he has done the pratistapane are :
In penagonda itself, he did the pratiste of 365 mukyaprana devaru on all the days of the year. In
Adavani district, we can see 109 idols, Mulbagilu, Alasuru, Kolara, Kengal Hanumantha, Erode,
Bhavani, Salem, Yelahanka, Kakolu, Rajanakunte, Santebidanuru, Channapatna,
Brahmanyapura, Maddur, Mandya, Bannur, T Narasipura, Nanjanagud, Mysore, Satyamangala,
etc.
Purandaradasaru He gave daasa deekshe to Purandaradasaru, who was famous as navakoti
narayana. He honoured his devaranamas by keeping them next to Sarvamoola granthas by
calling them as Purandaropanishat. This made Sri Purandaradasaru to compose lakhs of
devaranamas which are Harisarvottamatva and Vayujeevottamatva pradhipaadaka.
KANAKADASARU Even though Kanakadasaru was born in a lower caste, he was offering
Theertha, as he knows his jeeva yogyate, he respected his devaranamaas.
Tirupati pooje for 12 years When Tirupathi Venkatesha temple archakas started using the
property, jewels of Venkatesha for themselves, the King Salva Bhoopala killed all the archakas
and there was no one for the pooje at Tirupathi. As such, Srivyasarajaru did the pooja of
Tirupathi Timmappa for 12 years, till one of the Archakas wife deliver a child and after getting
the child brahmopanayana, he handed over the pooja adhikara to the child once again. It is the
Sri Vyasarajas unselfishness only that he handed over the pooja power to that family once
again. Otherwise, that pooja power would have been with Madhwas only.
Sri Vyasarajas Granthas
1. Tatparya Chandrike

2. Nyayamruta
3. Tarka Tandavam
4. Tatvaviveka Mandara manjari
5. Mayavada Kandana Mandara Manjari
6. Upadhikandana Mandara Manjari
7. Prapancha Mithyaatvaanumaanakandana Mandaramanjari
8. Tattvaviveka Mandara Manjari
9. Bedojjeevanam
10.Srikrishna mangalastakam
11.Srinivasa Stotram
12.Prameya Navamaalika
13.Yantroddaraka Stotra
14.Sripadaraja Panchamalika Stotra
15.Brahmanya Tirtha pancharatnamaalika Stotra
16.Sattarka Vilasa
17.Vaayustuti punsacharana vidhi
18.Hanumatsamprokshana vidhi
19.Vedanta sangraha Khandana
20.Shivastuti
21.Bedasanjeevini

(Source Animation drawings by Vaidya Srinivas Acharya)

(Historical data source Kaliyuga Kalpataru and Sri Prabhanjanacharyas Vyasaraja
Darshana)

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Vayu Stuti

Vayu Stuti is one of the most famous Stutis (poems) composed by Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya
in praise of Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy. Madhvas, or the
followers of Sri Madhvacharya, believe him to be an incarnation of Lord Mukhyaprana or Vayu
and the Vayu Stuti has been written recognizing this belief.
Legend has it that during daily puja done by Sri Madhvacharya in the sanctum sanctorum of
Udupi Sri Krishna temple behind closed doors, Trivikrama Panditacharya used to recite the
Dvadasha stotra outside. The end of naivedya or ceremonial offering of food to the Lord was
indicated by sounding of bells. However one day, Trivikrama Panditacharya got increasingly
curious as the sound of bells was not heard even after a long time. He peeked through the door
and to his utter amazement found Sri Madhva performing puja to Lord Shri Rama as Hanuman,
to Lord Krishna as Bhimasena and to Lord Veda Vyasa as Madhvacharya. Overcome by Bhakti,
he composed the Vayu Stuti and dedicated it to Madhvacharya.
The Vayu Stuti comprises 41 paras. It is usual practice to chant the Vayu Stuti by starting and
ending it with the Narasimha Nakha Stuti, a short two-para composition by Sri Madhva in
praise of Lord Narasimha. It is said that when Trivikrama Panditacharya presented his work, Sri
Madhva insisted that the work should not be dedicated to his praise alone and instantly
composed the Nakha Stuti and instructed that it be chanted before and after the Vayu Stuti.
The Vayu Stuti is also known as Hari Vayu Stuti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu_Stuti

Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya was one of the disciples of Sri Madhvacharya, the
great Dvaita philosopher. He composed the Vayu Stuti, one of the most famous
Stotras in the Madhva tradition.
Vyasaraja or Vyasa Thirtha (Kannada: ) (14471548), also called
Vyasaraya or Vyasaraja Swami or Chandrikacharya or Pratyarthi Gajakesari,
was acclaimed as one of the three spiritual lights or munitrayam of dvaita Vedanta,

i.e., Sri Madhvacharya, Sri Jayatirtha and Sri Vyasaraja. He was a scholar of very
high order with a judicious defence of the Dvaita Vedanta against all rival schools of
thought. He also brought the Haridasa cult, historically believed to be propagated
by Sri Narahari Tirtha, into limelight. He belonged to the Dvaita school of
Madhvacharya. He, along with Jayatirtha, helped systematize Dvaita into an
established school of Vedic thought. Vyasaraja's genius lay in his clear
understanding and exposition of all his opposing schools of thought, for which even
his opponents admired him. He was a master at debate and dialogue in logic and
philosophy. Till the publication of the Vyasayogicharita of the poet Somanatha,
the world had no idea of the part played by Vyasaraja in the history of the
Vijayanagara empire.