Showing posts with label madhwacharya. Show all posts
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Thursday 18 August 2022

Tatvavada - Tenets of Dvaita philosophy

By Sri Chiraan 2009/10/04

ShrIman.h madhva-mate In Sriman Madhva’s doctrine 

1> hariH parataraH - Hari (Vishnu) is Supreme
2> satyaM jagat.h - The world is true (real)
3> tattvataH bhedaH  - The differences between soul God and non sentient are real
4> jIvagaNAH hareH anucharAH - The sets of souls are dependent on Hari
5> nIchochcha bhAvaN^gatAH - And differ in the status even in the Mukti
6> muktiH naija-sukha-anubhUtiH - Mukti (liberation) is the experience of the joy of one’s
own nature
7> amalA-bhaktiH-cha tat.h sAdhanaM - That is achieved by flawless devotion and Yathartha Gyana correct understanding]
8> axAditritayaM hi pramANaM  - [Perception ] anumana [Logic] and agama [Scriptures] etc.,are indeed the sources of knowledge
9> akhila-AmnAya-eka-vedyo hariH - Hari alone is conveyed in all the Veda

A tatva is a real entity. A entity [object] when perceived as it exists [a thing in itself] it is said to be real.
For example a rope is perceived as rope [only] then the object rope is a real entity. But if it is perceived as snake, then the object snake is superimposed perception and not real.
All the entities which convey themselves in real are known as tatvas.
Tatvas are of two types, Svatantra and asvatantra [paratantra].
Independent and dependent.
Supreme God Vishnu alone is svatantra independent.
And all others are dependent on HIM.
The paratantra is again divided into BHAVA and ABHAVA.
Bhava is of two types Chetan and ACHETANA.
Chetana is of two types:
One afflicted by sorrow and one untouched by sorrow.
Goddess Laxmi devi is Nitya mukta and untouched by sorrow.
She is the consort of Vishnu.
The other type those afflicted by sorrow are of two types:
Muktayogya and Muktiayogya.
Muktiyogya are those liberated and unliberated.
Rest are of two types, Neech madhyama [Tamoyogya and nityasamsari].

Muktiyogya are Devata rishi Pitru Raja narottama
Tamoyogya are classified as
daitya rakshas pishacha and naradhama four types.
Muktiyogya reach Vaikuntha and tamoyogya reach andhatamisra.
Both worlds have no return.
Mukti is achieved by Nirmal Bhakti towards the Supreme
And unmixed hate guarantees the andhatamisra.
It is the intrinsic nature of the soul to be under a class.
Achetan is classified as Nitya Anitya And nityaanitya,
Veda akshara and Avyakrut akasha are all nitya.
Purana, kala and prakruti are all nityanitya.

Krishnarpanamastu 

Tuesday 26 April 2022

RajYoga - The story of Narahari teertha

By Sri Chiraan 2009/06/24

|| sasItAmUlarAmArchA koshe gajapateH sthitA |
||yenAnItA namastasmai shrImannR^iharibhixave||

Narahari teertha - 3rd Pontiff in the Shree Madhacharya - Raghavendra Mutt (1324-1333-Hampi-Thungabhadra).

PooRvashram name SHyam shaastri.

When Jupiter is in Lagna and Sun in the tenth house at the time of travel one will acquire a Kingdom in his travel.

Shyam Shastri was the minister of Kalinga State. His father was Narasimha Bhatta. who was also an officer in that state. They were powerful in many respects. Many temples were erected during their time. The inscriptions at Srikurmam says he had donated a village to Bramhins for the welfare of King Bhanudev II. He was expert swordsman and able statesman. He was a scholar. Lead a life like rajaRshi, working as an minister in the court of King Gajapathi of Orissa(Kalinga) State.

Sriman Madhwacharya camped at Orissa after returning from Badarikashram. A Vidwat sabha was arranged. The father and the son took part in the debate. Both father and son duo were traditionally ADVAITI Bramhins, thus they were debating against the Dvaita philosophy of Sriman Madhvacharya. They could not succeed. They accepted the defeat.

Impressed by the discourses of Sri Madhvacharya, Shyama Shastri accepted the Vaishnava-dvaitha Math and became his disciple. He was ordained the name NARHARI Teertha.

Stayed for some time with his guru. Sriman Madhwacharya asked him to go to Kalinga State and spread the Dvaitha Philosophy.

At that time the king died leaving a infant heir to the throne. A caretaker was necessary till the infant prince grew Young and capable. The subjects were in dilemma. They decided and made arrangements for the Royal elephant to go round the State with a garland at its trunk, and to put to the neck of a person to whom it chooses as the best. That person would rule the kingdom. The Royal elephant saw a Sanyasi coming out of Lord Jagannatha temple, after performing pooja. It garlanded the Sanyasi and prostrated before him. The subjects felt that Lord Jagannatha had come in the form of Swamiji, and entrusted the State to the control of the Swamiji. He was none other than Sri Narahari Theertha. The subjects were more than happy to see erstwhile minister now back to look after them.

Sri Narahari theertha also thought that it was the will of God to protect the kingdom till the prospective ruler would grow, and was able to take charge of the kingdom. Thus he looked after the Kingdom for 12 years.

The history of Orissa well records this fact in the following extract

http://www.orissadiary.com/orissa_profile/orissahistory.asp

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Narasimhadeva I was successful in his campaigns against the Muslims, and humbled the pride of his enemy. Like his father he was a devotee of Lord Purushottama. He is remembered in history as the builder of the world famous temple at Konarka.

In 1264 A.D. Narasimhadeva I was succeeded by his son Bhanudeva I born of queen Sitadevi. During his time Narahari Tirtha the disciple of Ananda Tirtha (Madhvacharya) had great influence in Orissa. He was even appointed as a Governor of Kalinga. During the rule of Bhanudeva, Chandrikadevi, the daughter of Anangabhimadeva I, constructed the Ananta Basudev temple at Bhubaneswar in 1278 A.D. That year Bhanudeva died and his son Narasimhadeva II was an infant. Narahari Tirtha worked as regent for long twelve years. Narasimhadeva II is known to have fought against the Muslims of Bengal the results of which were decisive. His long reign from 1278 to 1306 was peaceful.
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During his rule, he remained a sanyasi and converted many adjacent princes and kings to Vaishnav Dvaita fold and renamed them. The Matsya rulers of Oddavadi became independent of the Gangas, and were converted to Vaisnavism by Narahari Tiirtha. Arjuna became Narasimha Vardhana, Annamaraja Gopalavardhana and Munjaditya Srirangavardhana. Sri Narahari Tiirtha was also responsible for the conversion of many princely and aristocratic families of Kalinga, and Andhra regions to Madhva fold. The descendants of these families still flourish in the coastal Andhra and adjoining states.

When the successor had attained maturity to take charge of the kingdom, he handed over the State and left for the UDUPI. The Young Raja wanted to give presents to the outgoing Sanyasi. But Sri Narahari theertha did not accept anything. When the young Rajakumar persisted him to have something as a memento, he took the MoolaRama idols from the Raja Bhanadara and arrived at the Udipi Kshetra on Kartheeka shudhdha Dwadashi evening. He submitted these idols to SriMan Madhwacharya. The morning Pooja were over due to Dwadashi. Yet Sriman Madhwacharya again went to Sri Madhwa sarovara and took bath and completed the Ahneeka. Taking these Bramha KaraaRchitha [one adorned and prayed by Bramha] idols and kept by the side of Lord Kadagol Krishna and performed the Pooja.

Sri Narahari theertha was performing Sanchara in all the directions like Sri PadmanaBha theertha spreading the Dwaitha doctrine. He came to a village called GollarahaLLI. That early morning, Lord Sriman Narayana appeared in his dream informing the saint that he was in the form of an idol in the nearby tank. Accordingly, the saint with his parivara went to the spot indicated by the lord and brought a beautiful idol of Sri Lakshminarayana, and installed in a temple specially constructed for it. The Tank was improved. It started yielding good crops for the nearby fields. People called the tank as Narayana Kere. Tipu sulthan on horse back, on his way to a war, happened to see this Lakshminarayana idol and went on to conquer KoppaLa, on his return, Tippu saw the idol again. He was pleased. As a mark of his victory he made arrangements for a diamond studded crown for this idol.

The saint came to a village called Chikkera haLLi near MoLakalmanoor. The saint dreamt that Anjaneya was inside a big anthill in that village. The mud was extracted and the saint found Anjaneya Vigraha Pratishtapana was done as per the wishes of Anjaneya and people believe that it belonged to Janamejayaraya’s period. A separate temple was constructed.

Sri Narahari teertha was Acharya’s pet student. He wrote commentary for Geetha Bhashya. He also wrote commentaries for Yamaka Bharatha. Also wrote Keerthana’s in Kannada language. He lived for 80 years in Kalinga, Andhra, and Karanataka States He gave ashram to Sri Maadhawa Theertha. Behind the Vijaya vitala temple of Hampi near Chakratheertha, he entered Brindavana.

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What was the necessity for Madhvacharya to send Narhari teerth to Kalinga?

The story ends with Narhari teertha bringing the MOOLRAMA vigraha. This gold idol still in Mantralayam and has interesting background which warrants a narration.

God Narayana is omnipotent. Lord has all his roopa intact and imperishable. So Lord MoolRama was / is present even before Lord Ram actually appeared as son of Dasharath.

Bramha was praying this idol Moolrama in Satyaloka. He had appointed a deity by name “ShankhaKarna” to bring everyday Tulasi and flowers without fail, and punctually at the time of pooja of Bramha .

Shankhakarna was prompt in his duty for yugas. However one day, as he gazed the idol, a desire to do the pooja himself to the idol of MoolRama and hold it in the his hands , crisscrossed the mind of the deity. Engrossed in his desires and such thoughts and dreams, he forgot to hand over the Tulasi and flowers to Bramha in time.

Bramha in anger cursed him to be born on earth as rakshas. When prayed ardently by the ShanhaKarna, Bramha smiled and said this was not a curse but a anugraha shapa [a boon in disguise]. He had grasped his desire and in his one of the births he would pray the idol with his own hands. And all his births he will be specially devoted to VISHNU.

ShankhaKarna was born as Prahlad. [Chief inspiration behind the advent of lord as NARSIMHA]. Then he was born as BALHIKA [elder brother of SHANTANU and uncle of BHEESHMA fought war and died in the hands of BHEEMA, he was the elder most [elder to Bheeshma] warriors in Mahabharata war]. Then he took birth as Shri RAGHAVENDRA Swamy.

Bramha gave the idol to Ikshvaku of Solar dynasty. From there it came to Dasharath and the Lord RAM gave it to Lakshman, subsequently to Hanuman.

Hanuman gave this to Bheemasen. Bheemasen after the war handed it over Kalinga King. In this Kalinga lineage, this remained in Orrissa, but the pooja had long ago stopped, and hence it was kept in the Royal storage.

It was through Narahari teertha it came back to Bheemsen [Madhvacharya] and in the mutt was continuously prayed daily by the Mutt POntiffs. Thus in this tradition Shri Raghavendra was appointed Pontiff by Sudhindra teerth. and Shri Raghavendra [ShankhaKarna] fulfilled his long cherished dream of praying MOOLRAMCHANDRA

||Sriman moolramo Vijayate|| ||Sri Gururajo Vijayate||

Krishnarpanamastu


Saturday 23 April 2022

Vada Vadi Partivadi - Refutation of Charvak

By Sri Chiraan 2009/06/11

• The person who puts forth the first statement, or concept, or accusation is known as Vadi.
• One who defends himself from accusation or protects his own logic is Prativadi

• There are actually four types of discussions:

Samvaada

• Vaada

• Jalpa 

• Vitanda

Samvaada is the discussion between the teacher and the taught as is Shree Krishna-Arujuna samvaada. The student does not question the teacher, but questions his understanding for clarification. This type of discussion can occur only when the student surrenders himself completely at the feet of the teacher.

Vaada is the discussion between two equals for mutual enhancement of knowledge – the purpose is to settle what the truth is. Both come to the table for discussion with an open mind, and the discussion is based on some accepted pramaana of the authority.

Jalpa is where each debater comes to the table with preconceived notion that he is right and the other fellow is wrong. The other fellow also comes with the same notion. The purpose of the discussion is only to convert the other fellow to his camp. There is no knowledge that takes place in these discussions. Even if one is loosing his arguments, he only goes and comes back with more ammunition to defend himself. Only lot of noise. But those who are bystander can learn the defect in each of their arguments, and they can learn out of these discussions.

Vitanda is some what peculiar. In these discussions one is ready to take up the other fellows arguments, which he himself does not believe in, but argues against the other fellow just to prove that he is wrong. This is also accepted arguments and is used very effectively to prove there is no credibility for the opponent. You are wrong, not because the statement by itself is wrong but it is wrong because you made that statement.

  • When Benefics are in eleventh like Jupiter, Venus, or Mercury or if Sun is in 11th then Prativadi wins the debate. Or the one who opens the debate looses.
  • When these planets are in 10th then Vadi wins.
  • When one opens the debate in an ascendant, the 4th from which happens to be fiery sign, the opponent runs away.
  • If Sun tenants lagna or 10th house or benefics occupy them there will be increase of knowledge. Jupiter increases knowledge, Venus poetic skills, and Mercury communication skills.
  • In 10th a benefic will spread knowledge.

Madhvacharya has written an exclusive grantha "Katha Laxan" explaining the various forms of debates and methods to tackle them, and types of proof to present to uphold VEDAS.

Here is sample debate of Acharya with a Charvak.

A Charvak is an atheist. [Charu- sweet Vak- speech] [I would term it as Kshar vak].

A Charvak was a Brahmin who believed only in perception. Acquiring of knowledge through sense perception alone. He refutes inference and Vedas or textual scriptures as not reliable in matters of knowledge.

A Charvak is modern theory of materialism: Yesterday has gone by, tomorrow is not yet seen, so live in the present and enjoy. Enjoy and celebrate your senses, even if you have to borrow money, without adhering to any dharma or bindings.

Out of the aphorisms of Brihaspati came a whole school of Hindu materialists, named after one of them, Charvakas. They laughed at the notion that the Vedas were divinely revealed truth. Truth, they argued can never be known, except through the senses. Even reason is not to be trusted, for every inference depends for its validity not only upon accurate observation and correct reasoning, but also upon the assumption that the future will behave like the past.

One may ask why there are so many philosophies in the world, why the debates, and why cant only one dharma prevail. Why?
The answer is
1) Dourlabhyaat shuddha-buddheenaam [due to lack of pure intellect]
2) Baahulyaat alpavedinaam [due to lot of ignorant people]
3) Duraagraha-gRuheetatvaat [due to prejudices]
4) Vartante samayaaH sadaa [all faiths remain for ever]

The discussion goes thus:

Charvak: I believe in only sense perception.

Madhvacharya: How did you come to know about your belief!

Charvak: No answer! [Belief is not perceived by any senses].

Charvak proclaim only eyes etc senses [jnanendriya] are true. This statement is self contradictory. Here if one relies purely on the senses for knowledge, then one is denying the self and its existence as the one who is actually gaining the knowledge.
This self is not visible or heard.
We say "this is my hand", "this is my body", the word "my" is indicative, and is inferred by someone inside as neither hand, nor the body that is seen or heard is "me".
The self contradictory [vyahatha bhasha] is imperative in Charvak’s words. What is vyahatha?

It is akin to saying "My mother is a barren woman".
The sentence itself shows it is wrong and contradictory.
If the mother was barren how did she become a mother!!!!!

If a Charvak is teaching his student his philosophy, how can he deduct that student has learnt his philosophy, by facial expression? He will have to somewhere infer it.
So inference has to be accepted by Charvakas.

Third is the textual proof. Charvak says it cannot be believed.
What people say what Vedas say, what religion says need not be true.

Let us ask a Charvak what day is today?

Charvak says it is Thursday! How did he come to know that?

Either he will have to refer a calendar for that and accept the text written “Today is Thursday”, so Charvak is accepting Textual proof as well.

Let us also give him sentences "Text is not acceptable".
Charvak if he says he does not accept.
Then he is accepting that text is acceptable.
If he says yes text is not acceptable, then he is accepting the given sentence as proof !

Thus beyond doubt Charvak becomes a vyahatha Bhashi.

Vedvyasa in Brahma sutra refutes Charvak matha by following aphorism

|| Om abyugamepi arthaabavaath Om ||

• Philosophy is meant to increase happiness.
• Happiness more than what we presently have.
• Philosophy is meant to reduce miseries in present birth and freedom from misery forever.
• If philosophy does not say what to do and what not to do, then it is of no use.
• The perception and relying solely on it is form of self denial and existence.
• It is akin to ignoring self.
• So such philosophy should be discarded.

Krishnarpanamastu

Friday 22 April 2022

Why was Mahabharta tampered?

 By Sri Chiraan 2009/06/09

  • When mercury is afflicted by malefic in earthy signs, a discussion on pollution of literary works definitely occur.
  • When such a combination is in Kendra, falsifying great works and tenets and illusive arguments take place.
  • When such combinations occur in second house, invariably persons lie.
  • When Jupiter is in Kendra to such combination, such allegations are usually cooked up.
  • The extent of pollution depends upon the number of shad Vargas in which Mercury is aspected/associated by malefic. 

MAHABHARATHA has been tampered thoroughly. WHY?

After 1000 years of PANDAV rule dharma started eroding on the earth. I.e. that was 4000 years ago .i.e. Yudhishthir ruled 5100 years ago, and his dynasty ruled for 1000 years. With Kshemak as the last king.
Duryodhan had done only one good deed in his lifetime that is washing the feet of DURVASA muni. [This also he did to ask a boon to trouble Pandavs]. For this he achieved swarga for 4300 years.
This was the period i.e. 13th century when KALI expanded full throttle.


1. In previous eras there ensued direct fight between Rakshasa and Devatas. Rakshasa headed by Kali were always vanquished by Devatas, with the help of Vishnu.

2. In Dwapar, Kali decided that If Vishnu does not interfere, if we take birth in the same family as that of Devatas then these Devatas will out of affection will not kill us.{This explains why Duryodhan did not come out of womb for two years till Yudhisthir took birth}.

a. Krishna gives Geetopadesha to remove the illusion of relationship wrt Rakshasas and go for WAR. Krishna always vanquishes Kali with VAYU as chief instrument.

b. In Ramayana RAM [Vishnu] vanquished Kali [in RAVAN] with chief instrument Hanuman [Vayu].

c. In Mahabharata, Krishna [Vishnu] vanquished Kali [Duryodhan] with chief Bheema [Vayu].

3. When beaten severely, all the Rakshasas were afraid to incarnate due to the fear of Bheema.

4. Kali assured them as it is Kaliyuga, it is his Yuga and Lord has given him boon to freely rein in this era.

5. But other demons were not convinced and showed fear of Bheema reincarnating.

6. Then Kali suggested they should all take birth as Brahmins, so that they will not be killed.

7. But how will they be able to spread violence and unhappiness.

8. Kali, said people follow what Brahmins say, Brahmins have extreme faith in Vedas and Itihas Puranas. These lead to pleasing of Vishnu.

9. If these are distorted then automatically people will get into delusion. This will prevent them from getting Grace of Vishnu, and fallen as they will be, we shall enter them, and these will resort to violence, greed and sins.

10. As this can be achieved by preaching wrong notions, we shall all take birth as Bramhins and sanyasis, masses will follow us. Born as Brahmins we are, Bheema cannot kill us as it is taboo.

11. Just as 1000 years were completed, Lord enacted Baudhdha avatar to preach Non Vedic religion, taking a cue, Kali took the birth of Shakya muni and several others took births as Mishra, Kumar Bhat, Bhasas, Arya, Harsha, Govind, Charvak, Bhaskar, Prabhakar, Kapali, Ghoramitra, Vachaspati, Satyasimha, Vidyaranya, Vetal, Vatsyayan, Jeevpada etc.

12. All the above mentioned Bramhins have especially distorted a branch of learning, giving rise to new philosophy.

13. All resorted to Bhairav sidhhi to enchant the rulers and killed many Vedic pandits by deceit and demonic spells. Illusion prevailed all over as Non Vedic religions started spreading everywhere and grocery shops, and Kingly courts became favourite preaching premises of Non Vedic culture.

14. Next few centuries saw onslaught of such culture with non kshatriya Kings easily succumbing to indrajala of shakyas and pashand mata, as this gave them a freedom from Bramhin stronghold in the administration.

15. As 8th century dawned, Budhism was everywhere as it was Non Vedic culture, Most Bramhins did not take to it, Itihas and Puranas as misinterpreted by these did not appeal to the masses.

16. So Kali sent demon Manimanta [Ekalavya], who was reluctant. All the demons from patala encouraged him, and announced support by entering his opponents to get disillusioned.

17. Manimantha prayed Lord Shiva to assist him in knowing Vedas. Shiva gave a boon to utter Vedic verses, and Ekalavya was born as Bramhin.

18. Manimantha spread the new concept of illusion of world and absence of soul.

19. This however technically was not at all different from Buddhism as Buddhism too dealt with Shunya [whether you call world unreal or shunya does that make any difference] but now this new concept had the backing of Vedas.

20. This misrepresentation was acceptable to Bramhins and demonic spell ensured they all succumbed to this logic. [Gautam rishi’s curse was also responsible for this illusion].

21. But most of the Puranas and Itihas [MAHABHARATA] was still theistic in nature, and it contradicted with monotheism of the post 8th century scholarly compositions.

22. To make these texts [Mahabharata and Puranas] look like upholding monotheism and qualified monotheism, the verse where explicit dualism was present was altered. Agni Purana was fully tampered, and slowly all puranas succumbed at the hands of rulers.

23. Most ardent Vedic Scholars flew beyond mountains not bearing the torture of the lands. And thus three centuries of confusion and malpractices ensued.

24. Vedic rites were not performed as it was meant to be illusionary, no yagnyas were performed as it involved bali, sacrifice of animals and Jain rulers were against it.

25. Vedvyasa prayed by Bramha and other deities at the failing situation of dharma in Land of Gods, ordered Bheema to incarnate and spread the right knowledge.

26. A part of Bheemasen [amsha] incarnated in UDUPI [PAJAK] in the house of Madhygeha Bhat [tulu speaking Bramhin] as Vasudev.

27. Vasudev at the age of 10 renounced the world and became ordained as Anandteertha.

28. As his teacher Achyutpreksha readied him to teach first lesson in monotheistic book, Acharya Anandateertha explained a 100 mistakes in the very first verses of the book Istasidhdhi.

29. amazed at the ability of student Achyutpreksha asked Him as to what is right knowledge.

30. Acharya then propounded MADHVA philosophy.

a. That Vishnu is Supreme deity { GOD}.

b. None is either equal to him or greater than him.

c. Neither in the past or nor in future.

d. This world is real.

e. Moksha is unmixed happiness.

f. It is obtained by perfect bhakti [amlabhakti].

g. Study of shastras is what ensures such bhakti.

h. The world consists of five fold differences.

i. Lord is essentially different from Soul.

j. Acharya wrote 37 grantha to prove and propound his philosophy.

k. Nowhere Acharya said that this his philosophy.

l. He said he is merely resurrecting what had be practiced in Vedas in accordance with Vedvyasa rendering.

m. He gave only Vedic and Puranic verses as statements backing his claims.

n. He wrote Mahabharta Tatparya Nirnay to dispel the myths surrounding the epic. He collected many manuscripts, and weeded out discrepancies and anomalies to give exact verses and meaning of the Mahabharat.

o. According to Acharya, Mahabharata has 10 meanings, and it is impossible even for Indra to understand all the 10 meanings.

p. Acharya has demonstrated each word [name] in VISHNUSAHASRANAM has 100 meanings each.

q. Acharya Madhva's works are too intense for a smaller brains like mine to grasp. In order to grasp the concepts, saint Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralayam has written more than 100 works simplifying the Anadateertha philosophy for common man with notes and commentary.

r. What has been presented here all along is in accordance with these

Krishnarpanamastu

Saturday 16 April 2022

Madhvacharya

By Sri Chiraan 2009/02/04

Abhramam Bhangarahitam Ajadam Vimalam sada! Anandteerthamatulam Bhaje tapatrayapaham!!

  • Madhvacharya is the incarnation of LORD HANUMAN.[MukhyaPrana].
  • What is the purpose of this Avatar? 
    Eternally evil and good [tamasic jeevas and satvik jeevas] are at loggerheads. Tamasic jeevas continue their dwesha sadhana, birth after births, and satvik souls progress in Bhakti sadhana birth after births.
  • Round 1:
  • Tamasic souls initially in the SATYA yuga, due to yuga prabhava, also tend to do good and accumulate lot of punya. In the tretayuga these acquire merits to get good births, but as dharma is on three legs, there is scope for some mischief and adharma within limits. So most of the tamasic souls resort to adharma in an inhibited manner. This is not liked by God. Tamasic souls as long as they are inhibited, they are not entitled to being killed. Only uninhibited sinning entitles one to killing. Thus God and [Mukhyaprana] enact a plan, they send their own man [devotee] Ravana to go berserk with uninhibited crimes. All the tamasic souls [given their nature to sin] align and group themselves under Ravana. Declare him as their King, inspired by his uninhibited prowess. Now Lord and Hanuman [this is first Avatar] came down as Vanar and finished entire rakshasa clan gathered under Ravana in one single go.
  • Round 2:
    All the Rakshasas gather and decide, why are they always defeated by Lord Vishnu and killed. Now if only Lord Vishnu does not interfere, then its purely Rakshasas and Devatas. Devatas are very emotional people, so if we are all born as their relatives then there will be no stopping for us and we can freely sin. [So think Rakshasas and take birth as brothers uncle and relatives of Devatas] all are born as Kshatriyas. Krishna did not fight, Bheemasena [ second Avatar] and Arjuna killed all the relatives [with the effect of Bhagavadgeeta by Krishna] without mamatva [me and mine].
    This strategy of Rakshasas failed. Krishna and Bheema won again in Dwaparayuga.

  • Round 3:
    Rakshasas gathered at the Meru top and discussed, why does Lord favour Devatas and good people? Because these people pray him through the teachings of Vedas and Puranas.
    What if these are misled from the path of God. [Lord will automatically stop his grace towards these good people as they faulter].
    So what is the way to faulter good people from righteousness? Just misinterpret the meaning of Vedas and Puranas. Just let it be shown that they actually mean nothing, they are all false [mithya] etc. Such misinterpretation is only possible and believable if it comes from the mouth of Sanyasi's, learned Bramhins, and other influential people. So all the Rakshasas took birth in Kaliyuga as Bramhins and religious teachers, and established many philosophies and misinterpreted Vedas, Puranas, and other shastras to suit the ways of sinning. Kaliyug as it were, the tendency of sinning is natural, as dharma is only on one single leg. Also Gautam rishi had cursed all the Bramhins and learned to lose their learnings in the beginning of the Kaliyuga. Aiding all these, many ways of reaching God concept gained popularity, and people at large got deluded from the actual path of Sanatan dharma, and many alternate ways of life emerged. This lead to fall of yagnya, dharma, karma and other Vedic ways of life.
  • Everywhere a new teacher gave sermons on a new interpretation to Vedas. The world was pushed into Chaos.
  • Slowly people lost faith in the dharma and became atheists by the onslaught of charvaak and other materialistic philosophies. Slowly absence of God [Nirishwar waada], also gained strength. When world was reeling under this situation, all the devatas requested Lord Vishnu to re-establish the real meaning of Vedas. Lord has no Avatar in Kaliyuga, thus Mukhyaprana came down as Madhvacharya [Moolaguru Jagadguru third avatar] to dispel the misinterpretation of Vedas, and establish the correct Dharma and ways of reaching GOD.
  • This is known as Tattvavada.
  • He showed the lapses and lacuna in all the 21 prevalent interpretations of Vedas and established Madhva Sidhdhanta through profound pramanas [proofs].
  • And thus even in the third round of Vaagyudhdha [war of words] Devatas emerged victorious.
    The satvik found the right path to Moksha.
  • Na Madhava samo Devo, Na Madhva samo Guru
    !! Acharya Srimadacharya Santu me Janma Janma ni!!
  • There is no God equal to or Greater than Madhav and no teacher like Madhva! Let Acharya Srimadaanandateertha be my guru in this birth and birth after birth.

Today is Madhva Navami. By the grace of Shri  SarvagnyaAcharya  I have completed 100 posts. I hope readers are benefiting from these writings. Let us all take blessings of the great Guru to achieve Grace of Lord Narayana.

Krishnarpana