Harivāyustuti with English Translation /58

39
 
यः
 
...........˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙अयं
 
-- From the
 
Balitthā sūkta we
understand that Śrī Väyu incarnated as
 
āyu incarnated as Hanūmān, Bhīma
and Madhva. But the first two have emanated
 
directly
from the मूलरूप. Balittha suhīma did not merge into his मूलरूप after his
mission was over. He desired to subdue the asuras of the
Kali age by means of debates. He tookta his next avatār as
Madhva. Therefore Śrī Madhva exhibited his intellectual
strength as we
 
Hanuman, Bhima
 
directly
 
from the
 
. Bhima did not merge into his
 
after his
 
mission ll as physical prowas over.
He desired to subdue the asuras of the
Kali age by means of debates. He took his next avatar as
Madhva. Therefore Sri Madhva exhibited his intellectual
strength as well as physical prowess from time to time. In

Madhva Vijaya (X-49) Nārāyana Pandḍita, the biographer of

the ācārya and son of Trivikrama Pandḍita mentions how

the ācārya dug the earth and showed the mace used by him

as Bhīma to his disciples in Kurukṣetra. Nārāyana Pandita
ḍita
mentions the point also in his Aņumadhva Vijaya (Verse 21).

He also gives an account of the superhuman powers of the

ācārya in M.V. (XVI).
 
ga—
 
वायुदेव- The Bhaāgavata (VI-18) describes how Diti's child

was cut into 49 pieces by Indra. They did not die as she

had observed
पुंसवन व्रत for a year. They came to be called

Maruts. Śrī Vayu also is known as H मारुत as he, like Diti's

children, cannot be killed. cf.
art मारुतस्यावतारं (Verse 4)
 

 
अङ्गद - armlet. केयूरमङ्गद तुल्ये (Amarakosṣa)
 
S
प्रकाण्ड-upper part of the arm.
 
facfeat upper part of the arm.
यतिवरमहितो- 1) worshipped by the best of ascetics such as

a) शुक, सनक b) विष्णुतीर्थ, पद्मनाभतीर्थ 2) worshipped as the
 

best by the ascetics.
 

 
VERSE 6
 

 
In this verse the poet compares Śrī Madhva to the

milky ocean as he dispels the three kinds of suffering and

prays for the destruction of all evil to him.
 

 
संसारोत्ताप -the (three kinds of) heat of wordly life is

referred to here. The three kinds of suffering are
 
आध्यात्मिक