Sri Sushameendra Seva Pratishtana Sri Narahari Teertharu
- Poorvashrama Name : Sri Shyama Shastri
- Period : 1324 – 1333 AD
- Gurugalu : Sri Madhwacharya
- Shishyaru : Sri Madhava Teertharu
- Aradhana Tithi : Pushya Bahula Sapthamee (Jan)
- Vrindavana Situated at : Hampi (Chakrateertha)
- River : Tungabhadra
ಶ್ರೀನರಹರಿತೀರ್ಥರು
| ಪೂರ್ವಾಶ್ರಮನಾಮ | ಶ್ರೀಶ್ಯಾಮಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ |
| ಸನ್ಯಾಸ ಸ್ವೀಕಾರ | 1324 ನೇ ರಕ್ತಾಕ್ಷಿನಾಮ ಸಂವತ್ಸರ |
| ಗುರುಗಳು | ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಧ್ವಾಚಾರ್ಯರು |
| ಪೀಠ ಆಳಿದ ಅವಧಿ | 9 ವರ್ಷಗಳು |
| ಬೃಂದಾವನ ಪ್ರವೇಶ | 1333ನೇ ಶ್ರೀಮುಖನಾಮ ಸಂವತ್ಸರ ಪುಷ್ಯ ಬಹುಳ ಸಪ್ತಮಿ |
| ಬೃಂದಾವ ಸ್ಥಳ | ಚಕ್ರತೀರ್ಥ ( ಹಂಪಿ) |
| ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ | ಶ್ರೀಮಾಧವತೀರ್ಥರು |
| ನದಿ | ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ |
| ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ | ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ |
| ರಾಜ್ಯ | ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ |
ಸಸೀತಾ ಮೂಲರಾಮಾರ್ಚಾ ಕೋಶೇ ಗಜಪತೇಃ ಸ್ಥಿತಾ |
ಯೇನಾನೀತ ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಮೈ ಶ್ರೀಮನೃಹರಿಭಿಕ್ಷವೇ ||
Sanskrit :
ससीता मूलरामार्चा कोशे गजपतेः स्थिता |
येनानीत नमस्तस्मै श्रीमनृहरिभिक्षवे ||
Telugu :
ససీతా మూలరామార్చా కోశే గజపతేః స్థితా |
యేనానీత నమస్తస్మై శ్రీమనృహరిభిక్షవే ||
Tamil:
ஸஸீதா மூலராமார்சா கோஶே கஜபதேஃ ஸ்திதா |
யேநாநீத நமஸ்தஸ்மை ஶ்ரீமந்ருஹரிபிக்ஷவே ||
sasItA mUlarAmArcA kOSE gajapatEH sthitA |
yEnAnIta namastasmai SrImanRuhariBikShavE ||
Histosy :
Returning from his first Badari pilgrimage, Acharya reached Kalinga (now Orissa). Shobhanabhatta (Padmanabhatheertha) and a great scholar Shamashastri together had a debate with Acharya there. Shamashastri was a legend. Descendent of great family of politicians, scholar among scholars, litterateur. He was in a high position both in administrative and literary world in Kalinga. Greatly influenced by Acharya’s philosophy, he came to Udupi in A.D.1262 with Acharya as his disciple. Blessed by Acharya with sanyasa at Udupi, he became popular as Naraharitheertha. He served Acharya their for sometime, and was ordained by him to bring the idols of Chaturyugamurthi Sri Moolaseetharama from Kalinga. Obeying Acharya’s instructions, Naraharitheertha left for his native Kalinga. He held the reins of administration their for forty years since A.D.1263 and patronised Brahmins defending Kalinga against the attack of Shabaras, the enemies of that state. His ablest administration paved way for peace to settle in the state. His paradigmatic dispensation finds mention in four stone inscriptions of the period from A.D.1263 to A.D.1293. Those stone inscriptions made in connection with the establishment of Yogananda Narasimha temple can be found at SriKoormagrama and also at Simhachala of Vishakapatna.
Thus being in charge of the state’s administration and having protected the ancient Dharma, he came to Udupi with the idols of Sri Moolaseetharama in a box collected from treasury with all regal dignity and handed over them to Acharya on 23rd October 1317; that is month Ashweeja of Pingala Samvatsara. Acharya worshipped them for eighty days and handed them over to Padmanabhatheertha before leaving for Badari.
Naraharitheertha taking over the reins of Vedantha Samrajya from Padmanabhatheertha on the fourteenth day of Karthika Bahula in Rakthakshi Samvatsara stayed in the peetha for nine years and attained the Lotus feet of Narayana on the seventh day of Pushya Bahula in Srimukha Samvatsara. His Brindavan is on a rock in the middle of the river near Chakratheertha at Hampi.
As Naraharitheertha handed over Mahasamsthana to Madhavatheertha without establishing a separate tradition like Padmanabhatheertha, even now it is believed that he is the harbinger of the main tradition of Acharya.
When Naraharitheertha came to Narayanadevarakere near Hospet in the course of his tour, he got the idol of Lakshminarayana taken out from a tank, installed it and built a temple as ordained by God in his dream. Because of this only it came to be called as Narayanadevarakere.
Naraharitheertha has written commentaries on Acharya’s books, ‘YamakaBharatha’, ‘Sootra Bhashya’, ‘Geetha Bhashya’ and others. But none of them is available now.
It can be inferred that the personality of Naraharitheertha was a treasure of ingenuity. He was a learned scholar, statesman, man of letters, ascetic, luminary. He was in the vanguard of both spiritual and corporal paths. To top it all, he was a great mystic. Both his body and soul resonated with, and was gaily steeped in, the praise of Lord Rama. Just as how he shown as the emperor of Vedantha Samrajya, he has set a standard for ‘Dasa Sahitya’ as well. He has carved a niche in the world of Kannada Haridasa literature through his compositions of Devaranamas. Only a few of them are available now.
ससीता मूलरामार्चा कोशे गजपतेः स्थिता |
येनानीत नमस्तस्मै श्रीमनृहरिभिक्षवे ||
The following Devaranama is one of the popular compositions of Naraharitheertha
ಎಂತು ಮರುಳಾದೆ ನಾ ನೆಂತು ಮರುಳಾದೆ || ಪ ||
ಎಂತು ಮರುಳಾದೆ ಭವದೊಳು ಬಳಲಿದೆ ಸಂತತ ಪೊರೆ ರಘುಕುಲತಿಲಕ || ಅ. ಪ ||
ಮಾತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿದಾಸತನ | ನೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಭುದಾಸತನ |
ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಧನಾದಿ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ | ನಿರ್ಭೀತಿ ದೈವಗುರುದ್ರೋಹದಲಿ | ||1||
ಏಕಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಧನದಗೋಷ್ಠಿ | ಲೋಕಾಂತರದಿ ವೈರಾಗ್ಯಗೋಷ್ಠಿ |
ಶ್ರೀಕಾಂತನ ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಅನುಮಾನ | ಭೂಕಾಂತನಸೇವೆಗೆ ಸುಮ್ಮಾನ | ||2||
ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದು ಕಾಸು ಸಾವಿರಹೊನ್ನು | ಅಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಕೋಟಿಹೊನ್ನು
ಒಂದೇ ಕಾಸು | ಧರ್ಮಮಾಡಲು ಬೇಸರಿಕೆ | ಅಧರ್ಮ ಮಾಡಲು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ||3||
ಡೊಂಬನಂತೆ ಬಯಲಿಗೆ ಹರಹಿ | ಡಂಭತನಕೆ ಕರ್ಮವ ಮಾಡಿ |
ಅಂಬುಜನಾಭಗೆ ದೂರಾಗಿ | ಕುಂಭೀಪಾಕಕೆ ಗುರಿಯಾದೆ | ||4||
ಸತಿಯರ ಬೈದರೆ ನಾ ಬೈಯ್ವೇ | ಶ್ರೀಪತಿಯ ಬೈದರೆ ಕೇಳುತ ನಗುವೆ |
ಮತಿಗೆಟ್ಟು ವಿಷಯಲಂಪಟನಾಗಿ ||5||
ಯಾರಿಗಾಗಿ ಧಾವತಿಪಡುವೆ |ಇನ್ನಾರಿಗೆ ವಡವೆ ಬಚ್ಚಿಡುವೆ |
ನಾರಿಪುತ್ರಾದಿಗಳು ಯಾರು ಬಾರರೋ ಸಂಗಡದಿ | ||6||
ಭಜಿಸು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿವಂದಿತಹರಿಯ | ತ್ಯಜಿಸು ಕಾಮಾದಿ ದುರ್ವಿಷಯ |
ಸುಜನವಂದಿತನಾದ ನರಹರಿಯ ಭಜಿಸು ಶ್ರೀಶ ಶ್ರೀ ರಘುಪತಿಯ ||7||
Source : Gurucharithe