Harivāyustuti with English Translation /57

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of these two kinds of knowledge. अस्मिन् जने ज्ञानमार्ग - It is
only the
jivas who possess the right knowledge of
the majesty and greatness of Lord Sri Hari. But in this
Kali age they are also affected by the defects of Kali. Here
जने refers to
only the मुक्तियोग्य jivas who possess the right knowledge of
the majesty and greatness of Lord Śrī Hari. But in this
Kali age they are also affected by the defects of Kali. Here
जने refers to the मुक्तियोग्य jivas. In his Mahābhārata Taātparya

Nirnṇaya (X-37-40) the ācārya refers to the prayer of the gods

to Lord SriŚrī Hari for the welfare of the fमुक्तियोग्य a jivas.

Accordingly, Śri Vāyu was directed by the Lord to incarnate
as Madhva. Śri Väyu was directed by the Lord to incarnate
 
as Madhva.
 

 
वन्द्य······नायकाद्यैः –-- Śri Vāyu is worthy of being praised by

the gods mentioned here as he is free from all defects.
चन्द्र
seduced his preceptor's wife; सूर्य as कर्ण as of befriended the Kauravas

and hated the Paāndavas; Rudra as gafeदुर्वास and Aşśvatthaāma
ā
befriended the haters of Lord SriŚrī Vişnṣṇu;
व शेष as बलराम

quarrelled with Śrī Krsnṛṣṇa over the issue of स्यमन्तकर्माण; गरुड

and other gods sometimes emtertained the thought of their

independence. But these defects were always absent in the

three avatäārs of वायु.
 
as
 

 
मध्वाख्य मन्त्रसिद्धं -- Śrī Vāyu is well known as मध्व in the

Vedic mantras such as the Balitthā sūkta. In the Rg Veda we

come across the name of मध्व in eleven Rks while in another
fourteen y
fourteen rks the मूलरूप of Vayu and the threeāyu and the three अवतार rūpas are

described.
 

 
पारमेप्ट्यं पदं - the post of Brahma.
 

ब्रह्मत्वं —- the rulership of सत्यलोक,
 
.
Pramāņṇa : वायुर्हि ब्रह्मतामेति तस्माद् ब्रह्मैव स स्मृतः । पवमानः प्रजापतिः ।
 

 
VERSE 5.
 

 
In this verse the poet prays to SriŚrī Vaāyu for the bestowal

of good and right knowledge.