Sampradaya Paddatih

To Propogate this to the world Madhava, who took birth in Brgu

Kula as Parashurama has created four holy ponds here.

(Work of Sri Hrshikesha Teertha Swamiji,

Direct Disciple of Acharya Sri Madhwa.)

Dz S Sx U S hqz Uqhmr
r m S U p r ii meM z p q || 1 ||
Where Shri Vayu, Priya (beloved) to Sri Ramana (Vishnu), Superior
to Shiva, Indra and other Celestial Beings incarnated, such sacred
kshetra (place) is PAjaka.

eQxr a a pkxr M us ij x r q s Wquakm |

qix Z rij x r eQ i Uxr u q s mu iSiu meMq ||

mUSlrr k l rj mmWUh u |
ij l c ij i r u o k r i rpk Cq || 4 ||

Himalaya is greater, giving rise to river Ganges, which is Life less

(Jada, Non-Living thing).
Pajaka is much more greater than that, sicne it is birth place of Sri
Soukhya TIrtha (Sri Madhwacharya) who is Non-Jada. (Not just he
has life, he is life of all)

How Parashu and other weapons (of Sri Parashurama) removes the
sins. Similarly, The holy ponds present here removes and thus their
names (Parashu tirtha, Gada tirtha, Dhanus tirtha and Bana tirtha)

rxr ij w lqi xi kq i p Uh xW ki |
Ci m o k r cMU qkuiuU ij l p a M s u||
To the honest and virtual, who takes a dip in the holy ponds present
here, Dharma flourishes in him with all four legs. (In Krta Yuga,
Dharma was standing on all four legs, In Treta Yuga on three legs, In
Dwapara yuga on two legs and now in Kali Yuga it is beleived that
dharma has only one leg).
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explains it.

qlqkra W Zrum a W e uxSupk

m h m mr uO iuqiqelluc rS uUi |
xllj iuq i xWrqk l l rW ii i rx
iiMs uril S a W iMai xuZrr i xixU || 5 ||
Sri Mukhyaprana incarnated in house of a brahmin by name Madhya
Geha. He got christened as Vasudeva. He got done Upanayana.

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Once son (Vasudeva) told his father (Madhyageha), I will establish

Srimad Vaishnava Matha (Dwaita Philosophy).
(Hearing his words) Father replied, In this world filled with religious knaves, your wish can come true only when the dry stick in
your hand sprouts. Immediately vasudeva, the life of entire Jagath
(Universe), planted that stick in his backyard and made it sprout.

xiuU uk q l x u mamh |
S qhqi U w z z w qsi || 8 ||
(He used to visit all the four ponds in Pajaka for a dip everyday).
Once his mother asked him not to go to Holy ponds alone for bath.
(She was afraid he would be attacked by wild beasts in the forest).
At that instance, he formed a pond near his house (Striking a bam-

Within no time, that plant grew into a tree. Fury demon Manimantha,
took form of a venomous snake and injected his venom into the
tree. But nothing effected the tree, so was capability of Vasudeva
(Incarnation of Vayu) who planted it.

boo stick on the ground).

ciuU ijl ukr meM m o kilq ci rmSq |

Uq h l x S qirx qi ij cMU i qqupxi | |
Creating those four holy ponds in Pajaka, Parashurama has teached
the world that they provide Moksha of four types. (to those who
takes a dip in it).
I feel Mukhyprana created one more holy pond to teach the world
that (to those who takes a dip in it) also provides Moksha of fifth

rS uqlZraUxji le SS U o qaqlqWqi
uO xiS uiq l maM iS S z iimSqx eb x r ||
Once Vasudeva went to Vimanagiri (a hillock in Pajaka, now called as
Kunjaru Giri) to have darshana of his real mother. On the way,
Manimantha, taking form of a snake bite his foot.

order called Sarshti.

qwhuqilq xqi iii m Si

um xqW rS iuSrMUa rW SSq |
xrS Zsm h M s Ci iiMs uO l U x
r lrxr q S cr Zseaim hm S euri || 7 ||
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xu a a si Q l uxS u ZrmUO |
qUrqx i xm issqm S z ri || 10 ||

mUu er ii m mr M iu xcN xx c rq |
mr M whM i ur x x jmrSi xi q S q || 14 ||

Vasudeva, the eagle slaughtered that demon sanke with beak like
thumb of his leg. The distinctive mark which appeared on the boul-

Then Vayudeva (Vasudeva) attained Sanyasa. He composed

Sacchastras. Installed the Idol of Sri Krishna in Udupi and made the
Sajjans Joyous.

der that day, can be witnessed in this place even today.

aiuj S a lep q S llq pYir qi mixiS

qie W uxM S q e x aU x iS s s b r a W iM pui | |
Reaching vimanagiri, Vasudeva (incarnation of Mukhya Prana, King
of all Maruths) bowed to Durga, his real mother with utmost devotion. She is the one who bestows real knowledge and salavation
(with orders of Sri Hari). Vasudeva heard his (bilogical) mother calling him for lunch. He leaped from top of the hill, near to his house.

Ahu UhrU M r a qqzqlrpi iS |

mmcs S M szqirm a W iM || 12 ||
When he landed with a great force the distinctive mark of his foot
appeared on the boulder. We can find it even today near his house
(having darshana of) which is like a weapon which can slaughter

qkur r qSU Slq S W wM zl x W ijr |

xil e pr xW i Ub q ci p e MsrqS l WUq ||

mountains of our sins.

Then Joyous Sri Madhwa, Superior to Maruths, gave the idol of Sri
Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana to Sri HRshIkEsha tIrtha and

a W q m mr WU l u Si z w xlxrSSr elui |
Circ i r a h l m S z r l ASlq S xlu S c i xq | |

Chaturbhuja Kaliya Mardhana to Sri NRsimha Tirtha.

Reaching his house vasudeva had lunch with his father, which was
offered to ShEshAsana. (Lord Anantapadmanabha). Like this, showing his countless eminence, Vasudeva made the Sajjans Joyous.
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elS l m S x r al U Si M wh Wxi p e axr qS l q |

u s uqlr al m i uwh i j x r c xM UiqMq | |
He gave idols of Dwibhuja kAlIya mardhana to Sri JanArdana TIrtha,
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Sri ViTTala idols to Sri UpEndra tIrtha and Sri VAmana TIrtha and idol
of Sri BhU VarAha to Sri VishNu TIrtha.

Uqij x r l x W mh SS ijk er al m l |
us Ub u z z Z U mlp r r aq s r || 17 ||

Then he grouped all eight (vatus he had ordained into sanyasa) of

them into four groups of two each. He did Mantropadesha, trained
them to perform pooja, vrata in different ways. He did upadesha of
a different sampradAya to Sri PadmanAbha TIrtha who was on sojourn preaching around, and then Sri Madhwacharya left from the
place. (and went to Uttara Badari, unreachable to human beings).

He gave idol of Sri Narasimha to Sri RAma TIrtha, Sri ViTTala idol to
Sri AdhOkshaja TIrtha and Sri RAma to Sri PadmanAbha TIrtha.

iUWi xlqi xql uwh i j aWcsi

Aair i r iir a j l x m j rwri || 21 ||

r xSl e zqSx a h uwh i j r

r Mh O Mm u x la mlp r |
iprq w SS a xSri uwh xji rx i
qi z zsiqM xjsr a ixrl e xjmri ||

When Philosophy established by Madhwacharya starts getting diluted gradually, Sri Vishnu TIrtha comes down from the KumAra
Parvata, digs out the works concealed underground (by Sri

Sri MadhwAcharya gave VyAsa MushTIs to his brother Sri VishNu

TIrtha, one who was well known for Shama and other characters,
and to Sri PadmanAbha TIrtha who was Guru for Sajjanas of Karnataka
and other regions. Sri VishNu tIrtha kept it for pooja in two places.

ii SruUlka q xiisr
xuzxa j qMU S p a i m h z q w || 19 ||
Then Sri Madhwacharya, ocean of kindness concealed all his works
(Shastra Granthas) underground (etched on copper plates) in a village called Sethu Tila.

iw q m Szuilrqx U cSM xmSr

r a q r a q m p M i Ci W wM zij SM w
AmrUSO i uilrquk mlp ri S
S w O u cmr p ukqqiqi i la i p i ||
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Madhwacharya in Sethu Tila) and re-establishes the philosophy.

rxqi xu W Sxjx z rcr iuriz qi

xq iszimr m Szirlo S urki |
ixqi x i is i s M aSi x i j i qM
xM SS p s i uih r il x z k ri Msi || 22 ||
Knowing the confusion that may arise in the hearts of the virtual
(about shastra), Sri Madhwacharya ordered his brother to preach at
least a little equalling to that of a sesame seed. Hence that place
came to known as SEthu Tila. The works of Sri Madhwacharya
(etched on the copper plate) comes to light by Sri Vishnu Tirtha who
climbs down from the cave of Kumara Parvata and digs it out.

ij l m c M xliuM iu S a u s M lq |
Emxr cUh ur M iM ir pu U || 23 ||
Dipping in the divine holy ponds, having the darshana of Sri Durga,
Worshipping the feet of lord vayu, one attains the fulfilment.
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pixir M iu m r aSxjsr |
xiMq h Ts ri xri ii m ml i lU k u q || 24 ||
One who performs or practices the above three, attains the fruit
equal to practicing the satkarma in three places, viz prayaga and
other two (namely Kashi and Gaya).

Ci laSimhmuao k U
W S rxUx M iu x w M zq b |
pu x e lxxxrx m u u uw
q q S U q i xll aslq || 25 ||
Preaching of Sri Madhwacharya is Jaladhare (flow of water), Sri
HRshikesha TIrtha is the cloud carrying it. His heart is the pond. The
virtual and honest people of the earth is crop. This work Sampradaya
Paddathi is the rain. Sajjanas attain the path of Moksha (Salvation)
by getting Amrutha Sechana (drenched) in the Rain Ambrosia
(Amrutha).

qSl S ij r x m S rxr miq -|

i ucU i r i w pUiz pu i m r q || 26 ||
The one who, Hears this Sampradaya Paddathi and follows it,
becomes adorable to BhAratIshya (gets blessings of BhAratIshya,
Mukhyaprana).

|| M whm h qxi ||

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