shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_03-13

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VYAPTHI SANDHI

 

pAdapagaLaDigereye salilavu

 

tOdu koMbegaLubbi puShpa

 

swAdu phalavIvaMdadali saRvEshvaranu janarA

 

rAdhaneya kaikoMDu Brahma bha

 

vAdigaLa nAmadali phalavi

 

ttAdarisuvanu tanna mahimeya tOragoDa jagake……..HKAS_03-13

 

 

 

pAdapagaLa = trees (trees absorb water through their roots – hence pAdapagaLa)

 

aDige = to the roots

 

salilavu = water

 

ereye = if we pour

 

tOdu = the roots gets wet and absorbs the water

 

koMbegaLubbi = branches and sub-branches grow out

 

puShpa = (give) flowers

 

swAdu phalava = delicious fruits

 

IvaMdadali = just as they give

 

saRvEshvaranu = ParamAtma

 

janarA = devotees

 

arAdhaneya = pUja and services

 

kaikoMDu = accepts

 

Brahma = chaturamukha Brahma

 

bhavAdigaLa = R^idra & other dEvata-s

 

nAmadali = by those names

 

phalavittu = provides j~nAna, bhakti, & vairAgya

 

Adarisuvanu = respects them

 

jagake = to the people of this world

 

tanna mahimeya = His excellence

 

tOragoDa = will not exhibit

 

 

 

People pray to various dEvata-s according to their liking. ParamAtma

exists in those dEvata-s by their respective names and accepts their

worship and rewards their devotion. JagannAtha dAsa explains this with

an example.

 

 

The roots support a tree. Since the tree takes up water through it’s

roots they are referred as “pAdapagaLa…” Trees are not nourished by

giving water to the leaves but by feeding the roots with water. The

roots get soaked in water and the water is absorbed by the plant or

tree through the pores of the roots. The water reaches the branches

and sub-branches and then the leaves, flowers and fruits are obtained.

Thus the roots are the reason for the growth of the tree.

 

 

This Universe is like a big tree. ParamAtma is the root of this big

Tree. He is the reason for all the events in this Universe. hiraNya

kashipu, rAvaNa and other daitya-s obtained boons from Brahma and

R^idra after performing stringent penance. ParamAtma in the form of

Brahma and R^idra gave those boons Himself.

 

 

Comparing the entities in the example we can say:-

 

The Universe is the tree

ParamAtma is the roots

The various dEvata-s are like the branches, sub-branches, leaves

 

The boons are like the fruits

 

It should be understood that our worship reaches ParamAtma

irrespective of whichever dEvata is adored.

 

 

Although ParamAtma directs all such complex tasks, He never exhibits

His excellence to anyone any time. Such is His greatness.

 

 

shrI kR^iShNArpanamastu