Nakha stuti
ShrI madhvAchArya has composed an extraordinary shlOka called nakhastuti. This work is unique because there are two different chchaMdas (meters) in one shlOka. This kind of composition cannot be seen in entire Sanskrit literature!
The 1st two lines of the stanza are in shArdUlavikrIDitA cchandas of 23 letters and the second set of lines are in sragdhara cchandas of 21 letters.
These two meters denote the story of narasimhAvatAra.
The Lord tears open the entrails of hiraNyakaShipu like how the lion kills its pray (shArdUlavikrIDitA) and then He wears those entrails like a garland round His neck (srak- dhara)!
Being a musician AchArya ended the nakhastuti in sragdhara since vAyustuti was in the same meter.
There is yet another interesting reason behind this stuti. There is a vEda maMtra:
simhaM nasaMta madhvO ayAsaM
harimarushaM divO asya patiM ||
This maMtra says that madhva prayed to Lord narasimha. The nakhastuti is like an explanation to this vEdic verse which also has 21 letters!
(AchArya in his bhImAvatAra prayed to narasimha rUpa through manyusUkta. )
Madhvacharya never deviates from the vEdas!
Source: Discourse on vAyu stuti by Shri. Bannanje Govindacharya
This discourse is available at
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Discourses/home/VaayuStuthi.php
The 1st two lines of the stanza are in shArdUlavikrIDitA cchandas of 23 letters and the second set of lines are in sragdhara cchandas of 21 letters.
These two meters denote the story of narasimhAvatAra.
The Lord tears open the entrails of hiraNyakaShipu like how the lion kills its pray (shArdUlavikrIDitA) and then He wears those entrails like a garland round His neck (srak- dhara)!
Being a musician AchArya ended the nakhastuti in sragdhara since vAyustuti was in the same meter.
There is yet another interesting reason behind this stuti. There is a vEda maMtra:
simhaM nasaMta madhvO ayAsaM
harimarushaM divO asya patiM ||
This maMtra says that madhva prayed to Lord narasimha. The nakhastuti is like an explanation to this vEdic verse which also has 21 letters!
(AchArya in his bhImAvatAra prayed to narasimha rUpa through manyusUkta. )
Madhvacharya never deviates from the vEdas!
Source: Discourse on vAyu stuti by Shri. Bannanje Govindacharya
This discourse is available at
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Disco
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