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NO 108 -IMPORTANCE

  

Have you ever wondered why a typical beaded neclace from the East, called a mala, is always strung with 108 beads? You'll find this to be the case not only in Hindu traditions but also Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and virtually any tradition that has it's roots in India. If you've ever been initiated into the use of a mantra you've probably been told to chant your mantra at least 108 times a day, not fifteen minutes a day. Why? In Japan the Zen temple bells ring 108 times to bring in the New Year. Obviously this number is significant. But why not a more rounded number like 100?

The early Vedic sages were renowned mathematicians and in fact invented our number system. 108 was definitely the number of choice for this simple reason: 108 represents the whole of existence. Here's some interesting reasons why:

1. The number 9 represents wholeness and 108 when added together equals 9. 1+0+8 = 9. Interestingly, if you multiply 9 times ANY number, the answer is always 9 when you add the numbers together. Try it! 1x9=9. 2x9=18. 1+8=9. 285x9=2565 2+5+6+5=18 1+8=9. 8543x9=76887 7+6+8+8+7=36 3+6=9 The logic behind this is that 9 represents wholeness or God and God times anything is always God since God is all there is!

2. The 9 planets travelling through the 12 signs constitutes the whole of existence. 9 x 12 = 108

3. The 27 nakshatras or lunar constellations each have 4 padas or parts. The 27 nakshatras are also spread over the 4 elements - fire, earth, air, water. This also constitutes the whole of existence. 27 x 4 = 108

4. Consider the powers of 1, 2, and 3 in math: 1 to 1st power = 1; 2 to 2nd power = 4 (2x2); 3 to 3rd power = 27 (3x3x3). 1x4x27 = 108. The logic behind this is that 1 represents 1 dimensional reality, 2 represents 2 dimensional reality, 3 represents 3 dimensional reality. When you mulitply their powers together then you encompass the whole of existence.

5. The universe is made up of 108 elements according to ancient texts. The current periodic table claims a few more than 108.

6. The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth (give or take a few miles).

7. The average distance from the earth to the Sun is equivalent to 108 Sun's in a row (give or take a few miles).

8. The average distance from the earth to the Moon is equivalent to 108 Moon's in a row (give or take a few miles).

MADHAVA NAMA BY SRI SRIPADHA RAJARU ಮಧ್ವ ನಾಮ  --- ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದ ರಾಯರ

shrI madhvanAma

jaya jaya jagatrANa 

jagadoLage sutrANa
akhiLa guNa saddhAma

 madhvanAma

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Ava kachchapa rUpadiMda laMDOdakava
Ovi dharisida shEShamUrutiyanu

avatana baLiviDidu hariya surareyduvaru
A vAyu namma kulagururAyanu---೧

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avatana dehadoLagiralu hari nelasihanu
avatana tolage hari tA tolaguva

avatana dEhada oLa horage niyAmakanu
A vAyu namma kulagururAyanu---೨

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karuNAbhimAni suraru dEhava biDalu
kuruDa kivuDa mUkaneMdenisuva

parama mukhyaprANa tolagalA dEhavanu
aritu peNaveMdu pELuvaru budhajanava--೩

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suraroLage nararoLage sarva bhUtagaLoLage
parataranenisi niyAmisi nelasiha

hariyanallade bageya anyaranu lOkadoLu
guru kulatilaka mukhya pavamAnanu--೪

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trEteyali raghupatiya sEve mADuveneMdu
vAtasuta hanumaMtaneMdenisida

pOta bhAvadi taraNi biMbakke laMghisida
ItageNeyAru mUlO.rkadoLage              ----೫

taraNigabhimukhanAgi shabda shAstrava rachisi
uravaNisi hiMdu muMdAgi naDeda

parama pavamAnasuta udayAsta shailagaLa
bharadiyaididagItagupame uMTE            -೬

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akhiLa vEdagaLa sAraparisidanu munnalli
nikhiLa vyAkaraNagaLa iva parisida

mukhadalli kiMchidapashabda ivagilleMdu
mukhyaprANananu rAmananukarisida   -೭

taraNi sutananu kAydu sharadhiyanu neredATi
dharaNi suteyaLa kaMDu danujaroDane

bharadi raNavane mADi gelidu divyAstragaLa
uruhi laMkeya baMda hanumaMtanu--------೮

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harige chUDAmaNiyanittu harigaLa kUDi
sharadhiyanu kaTTi balu rakkasaranu

orasi raNadali dashashirana huDiguTTida
mereda hanumaMta balavaMta dhIra---------೯

uraga baMdhake saluki kapivararu maimareye
taraNi kulatilakanAjneya tALida

girisahita saMjIvanava kittu taMditta
harivarage sariyuMTe hanumaMtage      ----೧೦

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vijaya raghupati mechchi dharaNisuteyaLigIye
bhajisi yauktikada hAravanu paDeda

ajapadaviyanu rAma koDuvenene hanumaMta
nija bhakutiyane bEDi varava paDeda---     ೧೧

A mArutane bhImanenisi dvAparadalli

sOmakuladali janisi pArtharoDane

bhIma vikrama rakkasara muridoTTida
A mahimanamma kulaguru rAyanu       ----೧೨

karadiMda shishubhAvanAda bhImana biDalu
girivaDedushatashriMgaveMdenisitu

harigaLa harigaLiM karigaLa karigaLiM
areva vIranige sura nararu sariyE-------೧೩

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kurupa garaLavanikke nere uMDu tEgi
hasiduragagaLa myAle biDaladanorasida

araginaramaneyalli uriyanikkalu vIra
dharisi jAhnavigoyda tannanujara--------೧೪

allida baka hiDiMbakareMba rakkasara
nilladorasida lOkakaMTakaranu

ballidasurara gelidu draupadiya karaviDidu
ella sujanarige haruShava tOrida-------೧೫

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rAjakula vajranenisida mAgadhana sILi
rAjasUya yAgavanu mADisidanu

AjeyoLu kauravara balava savaruveneMdu
mUjagavariye kaMkaNa kaTTida--------೧೬

mAnanidhi draupadiya manadiMgitavanaritu
dAnavara savarabEkeMdu byAga

kAnanava pokku kimmIrAdigaLa taridu
mAninige saugaMdhikavane taMda-------೧೭

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duruLa kIchakanu tAM draupadiya chaluvikege
maruLAgi karekareya mADalavanA

garaDi maneyalli varisi avananvayada
kurupanaTTida mallakulava sadeda--------೧೮

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kauravara bala savari vairigaLa neggotti
OraMte kauravana muridu mereda

vairi dushshAsanna raNadalli edegeDahi
vIra narahariya leeleya tOrida-----------------೧೯

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gurusutanu saMgaradi nArAyaNAstravanu
uravaNisi biDalu shastrava bisuTaru

harikripeya paDedirda bhIma huMkAradali
hariya divyAstravanu nere aTTida-------೨೦
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chaMDa vikrimanu gadegoMDu raNadi bhU
maMDaladoLidirAMta khaLaranellA

hiMDi bisuTiha vrikOdarana pratApavanu
kaMDunilluvarAru tribhuvanadoLu  ------೨೧
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naarirodhana keli gurusutana harhiDidu
shiroratna kitti tegedA

nirolagaDagidda duryodhanana horagedahi
uruyuga tanna gedeyinda muridA--------೨೨
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dAnavaru kaliyugadoLavatarisi vibudharoLu
vEnana matavanaruhaladanaritu

jnAni tA pavamAna bhUtaLadoLavatarisi
mAnanidi madhvAkhyaneMdenisida-----೨೩
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arbhakatanadoLaidi badariyali madhvamuni
nirbhayadi sakaLa shAstrava paThisida

urviyoLu mAye bIralu tatvamArgavanu
Orva madhvamuni tOrida sujanarige-----೨೪
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sarvesha hari vishva ella tA pusiyeMba
durvAdigaLa matava nere khaMDisi

save.rsha hari vishva satyaveMdaruhidA
sharvAdi gIrvANa saMtatiyali    -----------೨೫
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badarikAshramake punarapiyaidi vyAsamuni
padakeragi akhiLa vEdAtha.rgaLanu

padumanAbhana mukhadi tiLidu brahmatva
yyedida madhvamunirAyagabhivaMdipe---೨೭
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jayajayatu duvA.rdimatatimira mAtA.rMDa
jayajayatu vAdigaja paMchAnana

jayajayatu chArvAkagarvaparvata kulisha
jaya jaya jagannAtha madhvanAtha       -೨೮
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tuMgakula guruvarana hR^itkamaladali nilisi
bhaMgavillade sukhada sujanakella

hiMgade koDuva namma madhvAMtarAtmaka
raMgaviThalaneMdu nere sArirai       -೨೯
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madhvanAma kriitige shrI jagannAthadAsara
 phalashruti
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sOma sUryOparAgadi gOsahasragaLa

bhUmidEvarige suranadiya tIradi
shrImukuMdArpaNavenuta koTTa phalamakku

I madhvanAma baradOdidavarige  -----೩೦
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putrarilladavaru satputra aiduvaru

sarvatradali digvijayavahudu sakala
satrugaLu keDuvarapamrityu baralaMjavudu

sUtranAmakana saMstuti mAtradi  ----೩೧
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shrIpAdarAya pELida madhvanAma saM

tApakaLedakhiLa saukhyavanIvudu
shrIpati jagannAthaviThalana tOri bhava

kUpAradiMda kaDe hAyisuvudu

madhanama -BY _ SRIPADA RAJARU

Sri Madhvanama by Sri Padarajaru !!

Sripadarajaru

ShrIpAdarAjaru is revered by all mAdhvAs. It is believed that he was an amsha of dhruva. His contributions to dvaita, haridAsa sAhitya, and the then existing social and political circumstances were considerable.

ShrIpAdarAjaru was one of the pillars of the haridAsa movement. He popularised the practice of composing kannada devaranAmAs, steeped in bhakti. Some of his famous devaranAmAs are: “nI ittahange iruvEnO hariyE …”, “KangaLidyatako kAvEri rangana nODada..”, “bhUshanake bhUshana …”. His ankitha is “Ranga ViThThala”.

The saint has his brindAvana at a place called narasimha tIrtha, about 1.5 km
from Mulabagilu, on NH4 (old Bangalore-Madras highway). It is said, when he was at his old age, he wanted to have Ganga-snana and could not go so far. Then Ganga appeared before him and said that she would come to narasimha tIrtha and stay there for ever. Sripadaraja’s devotees were extremely happy to have gangasnAna without much effort. From that time onwards, taking a bath in narasimha tIrtha is equivalent to having a bath in the ganga.

Among his famous works,Madhvanama is considered to be one of the powerful stotras. Its much similar as Sri HARI VAYU Sthuthi which was composed by Sri Trivkrima Pandicharya. Those who could not understand Sanskrit or those who should not chant Sri HARI VAYU Sthuthi can chant Sri “MADHVANAMA”,which was written in kannada and can be understood easily.