Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study)
by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai | 2012 | 54,976 words
This page relates 鈥業ncorporation of Mahabharata and Puranas in the Dvisahasri鈥� of the study of the Dvisahasri by Tembesvami:鈥攁 Sanskrit epic poem (mahakavya) narrating the legend and activities of Lord Dattatreya, including details on his divine sports and incarnations. Also known as Datta, he is considered one of the Holy Masters in the Natha cult imparting spiritual knowledge and adequate practice to the aspirant.
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Incorporation of 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 and Pur膩峁嘺s in the Dvis膩hasr墨
After discussing the profound scholarship of H. H. 峁琫mbesv膩m墨 it would be appropriate to put here his scholarship in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补.
Under 11/23 he incorporates the famous 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 verse[1] as:
鈥淭he husband replies -Keep silence no one is the giver of happiness or misery. The people weave the threads of their own action and they resort to their ego in vain.鈥�[2]
Under 12/60 & 16/36 he refers to the meeting of the human beings in this world like the two woods of (the ship-wreck) meeting in the ocean[3] with the words,
鈥淭he imagination of the self embodied from the Time (deranger of the Qualities), the Action (the case of rebirth) the material and others causes is unreal in case of one鈥檚 own son etc. just as the temporary union of the pieces of wood in the river.鈥�[4]
The famous episode of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 presenting the food-abounding plate (补办峁测补辫腻迟谤补) is incorporated in the event of Nrsimhasarasvat墨 covering the bowl and distributing the food to many devotees and the village people.[5]
While comparing the Holy Master compare with 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 whose different types of devotion bestows rewards as per their approach in his auto-commentary on 09/66[6] as
鈥淭he cowherdesses got their mind stable due to their love, the king Cedi (i.e. 艢颈艣耻辫腻濒补) got his mind stable due to his hatred towards the Lord and ka 峁僺a got his mind stable due to his fear from Him.鈥�
Under 17/12 the famous story of the Vai艣yavarya Incarnation testing the chastity of the harlot (keeping a monkey and a cock) which is elaborately narrated in the 艢颈惫补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (艢补迟补谤耻诲谤补 26). Vai艣yavarya (Lord 艢颈惫补) takes an incarnation of a merchant. The story has become so popular among the common people even the famous germen poet Goethe has written poem on this topic titled 鈥�Der Gott und die Bajadere 鈥� (the god and the harlot) from the Marathi version of the narration.
Under 23/34-64 the incident of the prince Bhadr膩yu峁� and his mother blessed by sege R蹋峁bha is given from the 艢颈惫补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (艢补迟补谤耻诲谤补 04), though H. H. 峁琫mbesv膩m墨 does not incorporate the famous 艢颈惫补-kavaca (told to prince Bhadr膩yu峁�) of the Skandamah膩pur膩n蹋a [Skandapur膩n蹋a] (Brahmottara Section)
Under 03/34[7] he seems to remind the readers his acquaintance with the 艢r墨madbh膩gavatamah膩pur膩峁嘺m (12/09) about the famous incident of sage M膩rka峁嘾eya who was granted the vision of doomsday (pralaya).
It runs as under:
鈥淚 recollect in my mind child Mukunda (i.e. Lord 痴颈峁ａ箛耻) who is keeping his lotus-like toe with his lotus-like hand in his lotus-like mouth and resting on the leaf of a banyan tree.鈥�
kar膩ravindena pad膩ravinda峁� mukh膩ravindena vinive艣ayantam|
va峁璦syapatrasya pu峁璭艣ay膩na峁� b膩la峁� mukunda峁� manas膩 smar膩mi||
While discussing the benefits of the company of the righteous, he quotes from the 骋补谤耻岣峚辫耻谤腻峁嘺[8] in his auto-commentary under 01/22.[9] The 08/36 runs thus:
鈥淚n the Kali Era the life-span of a man is hundred years. It decreases half in the sleep and the rest (i.e. 50 years) passes in the childhood, the youth and the old age with total dependence (on others).[10]
It has similarity of the 骋补谤耻岣峚辫耻谤腻峁嘺.[11]
Under 15/27 while enumerating the different types of sins and their sufferings, H. H. 峁琫mbesv膩m墨 quotes 础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺[12] in his auto-commentary the list of 08 types of sensual dalliance (rati).
In the auto-commentary under 02/22 while discussing the greatness of the Holy Master he gives the calculation of the 04 Eras that the 碍峁泃补 Era consists of 17,28,000 years,[13] the 罢谤别迟腻 Era of 12,96,000 years,[14] the 顿惫腻辫补谤补 Era of 8,64,000 years[15] and the Kali Era of 4,32,000 years.[16]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
sukhasya du岣hasya na ko'pi 诲腻迟腻 parodad膩t墨ti kubuddhire峁Ｄ亅
aha峁� karom墨ti v峁泃h膩'bhim膩na svakarma s奴tra grathito hi loka岣| 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 ||
[2]:
t膩峁� bhartoce maunamehi na ko'pi sukhadu岣hada岣
lok膩岣� svakarmas奴trot膩 v峁泃h膩ha峁卥膩rasa峁兣況it膩岣| 11/23||
[3]:
测补迟丑腻 办腻峁ａ弓丑补峁� ca 办腻峁ａ弓丑补峁� ca samey膩t膩峁� mahodadhau|
sametya ca vyapey膩t膩峁� yadvad bh奴tasam膩gama岣| 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补. 12/28/36||
[4]:
k膩lakarmagu峁嚹乨yuttha-dehina岣� svatvakalpan膩|
putr膩dir奴p膩 mithyai峁Ｄ� nady膩峁� k膩峁ａ弓haughavaccal膩|| 12/60||
[5]:
pr膩kp膩rthasa峁卥a峁璭'ra峁噛e ni艣墨the'd膩stvam膩yay膩|
峁涐梗ibhyo'nna峁� haririti 艣ruta峁� d峁涐梗峁璦峁� tvado'tra tu|| 19/28||
[6]:
spar艣ek峁Ｄ乲墨rtan膩d墨n膩峁� sadgurormahim膩 tviy膩n|
sneh膩ddve峁Ｄ乨bhay膩dv膩pi dhatte yatra mano'calam|| 9/66||
[7]:
惫颈艣惫补蝉补谤驳补蝉迟丑颈迟颈辫谤腻苍迟补 苍颈诲腻苍补峁� 惫颈艣惫补蝉腻办峁峁嘺尘触
vi峁ａ箛u峁� vi艣vam补测补峁� vande vi艣v膩dya峁� vi艣vasa峁僩raham||3/34||
[8]:
satsa峁単a艣ca viveka艣ca 苍颈谤尘补濒补峁� locanadvayam|
yasya n膩'sti nara岣� so'ndha岣� katha峁� na sy膩dam膩rgaga岣|
[11]:
pit峁沵膩t峁沵ayo b膩lye yauvane vanit膩maya岣
putrapautramayo v膩ddharye m奴岣峢o n膩tmamaya岣� kvacit ||
[12]:
蝉尘补谤补峁嘺峁� 办墨谤迟补苍补峁� 办别濒颈岣� 辫谤别办峁峁嘺峁� 驳耻丑测补产丑腻峁峁嘺尘触
uts膩ho'dhyavas膩ya艣ca kriy膩niv峁泃tireva ca|| 膩0pu0372/09-10||
[13]:
k峁泃asy膩峁ａ弓膩vi峁兣沘tisahasr膩dhikasaptada艣alak峁var峁Ｄ乼maka岣� 办腻濒补岣
[14]:
迟谤别迟腻测腻艣肠补迟耻岣补丑补蝉谤补产诲辞苍补迟谤补测辞诲补艣补濒补办峁Ｄ乼尘补办补岣� (办腻濒补岣�)|
[15]:
dv膩parasya catu岣メ梗a峁ａ弓isahasr膩dhik膩峁ａ弓alak峁Ｄ乥d膩tmaka岣� 办腻濒补岣
[16]:
办补濒别谤诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沘迟蝉补丑补蝉谤腻诲丑颈办补肠补迟耻谤濒补办峁Ｄ乥诲腻迟尘补办补岣� (办腻濒补岣�)|