Original: Vidwan Shrinivasa Bhat, Bommarabettu
Translation: Varun K V
Acharya Madhwa was propagating the supremacy of the one worshipped by all the Vedas, Shri Hari, throughout the world through his discourses and teachings. Hearing him, there were no limits to the joy of all the virtuous people residing all over the world.
However, the proponents of disinformation were baffled by Tattvavada. They couldn’t digest the fact that Acharya Madhwa was easily able to refute all their falsified arguments. They all conspired and sent a scholar by the name of Pundarekapuri to defend their cause against Acharya Madhwa. He too was defeated by Acharya Madhwa.
Later, another proponent of disinformation, Padmatirtha, stole Madhwacharya’s library from the latter’s student, Shankara Pandithacharya. This came to Acharya’s notice. He travelled from Udupi to the village of Pragryavata, the native of Padmatirtha. There, he debated with Padmatirtha, defeated him and retrieved his books. Then, Madhwacharya observed ‘Chaturmasya’ in that village itself.
After this, Acharya Madhwa visited the temple of Vishnumangala, near Kasaragodu. There, he engaged in delivering discourses on the Bhagavata. He had his disciple, Shri Hrishikeshatirtha, recite the hymns. Shri Hrishikeshatirtha used to melodiously recite the hymns through his sweet voice. Soon after, Acharya Madhwa used to brilliantly explain the meanings of the hymns recited. He accorded special importance to explaining the 10th canto of the Bhagavata which contained the divine glories of Shri Krishna. Both the learned and the ignorant, bowed to the discourses by Acharya Madhwa. This divine confluence of recital by the first saint of Palimaru Matha, Shri Hrishikeshatirtha, and discourse by Acharya Madhwa can be seen on the cover page of the current edition.
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