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Famous Carnatic Composers - VVD


VijayaviTThaladaasa - (1682-1755) Also known as Vijaya Dasa, Vijaya Vittala Dasa is one of the most renowed scholars and philosophers in Dwaita philosophy as well Dasa Sahitya, revered as the spiritual heir of Purandara Dasa. He was born to Srinivasappa and Kusamma who were very poor Brahmins in Chekalaparvi of Manwi Taluk in Raichur District. For his studies, he went to Kashi (Varanasi) for four years for studies and later returned. At 16, he married Aralamma, but they had a troubled domestic life because of their poverty. When his parents died, he returned to Kashi and became a renowned Sanskrit scholar. Once he had a dream in which Purandara Dasa appeared, initiated him into the order of Dasas and gave him the ankita or mudra of 'Vijay Vittala'. From then on, he was known as Vijaya Dasa.

He spent the rest of his life popularizing Dwaita concepts, the works of Srimadacharya and Hari Bhakti malas. He has written about 25,000 Padya Sulyadi or UGAHA BHOGHA's. His works are called kalasha's creations or Urasu's creations. In Kannada sahitya his literary works are regarded as second only to those of Sri Purandara Dasa. He is affectionately called Dasa Shresta, for his personality, knowledge and the brilliant disciples he left behind.

He also spent his life with purpose, doing good for others. Vijaya Dasa prevented a woman from killing herself and her son. He looked after them as part of his family. Later that boy became his disciple and a very famous Haridasa called Mohana Dasa. It is said that Mohana Dasa had another close brush with death and it was again Sri VijayadAsa who saved him. Among other miracles attributed to him, it is said that he gave rebirth to his own son (4 years from his own life, and 7 years from those of another). Another story relates that during one of his visits to Kashi, when the Holy Ganges was in spate, he took a dip in the river and sat in the lotus pose over the flowing river, all without getting his clothes and body wet. It is also said that he demonstrated his amazing mystical powers by making a dimwitted man recite and explain JayatIrtha's Sriman NyAya Sudha in simple words, a task which even very learned scholars find difficult to do.

Vijaya means victory and he is regarded as the one who knows how to win the heart of Krishna and devotees of Krishna through his compositions. He is regarded as the reincarnation of Bruga Muni. It is believed that in the Krtha Yuga or era, he incarnated as a disciple of Sage Narada, in TrEta Yuga as a monkey called Suraleela, in Dwaapara Yuga as a Yaadava called Nikampana and in Kali yuga (the current era) as a calf and later as a brahmin. Bruga muni is also known as the tAratamya saint since he proclaimed that Krishna or Vishnu is the most powerful among the gods. Vijaya Dasa composed many songs and Suladis. His style is very scholarly and full of words from Sanskrit. His thorough grasp of the Sastras is very evident in his works. His compositions are simple and lucid, replete with telling phrases and similies, like those of his master Purandara Dasa. He was an ardent Vaisnava, which is evident in his compositions that praise Vishnu as the greatest of all gods.

Vijaya Dasa's disciples include Jagannatha Dasa, composer of 'Harikathamrutha Sara', Gopala Dasa, and Kallur Subramanya Charya. Gopala Dasa, his chief disciple, constructed a temple for Anjaneya in front of the 'Katte'. There is a pond close by called 'Vijaya Thirtha'. It is believed that during his third visit to Kashi, Vijaya Dasa brought the Ganges and installed it in that pond, for the benefit of his disciples.

Every year, during Karthika Shudda Navami, Dashmi and UtwanDwadashi his 'Aradhana' is celebrated in Chippgiri, which is about 3 miles from Guntakal. The location where the aradhana is celebrated is called 'Sri Vijaya Dasara Katte' (Vrundavana). Thousands of Madhwas attend and get his blessings. The old house where Sri Vijay dasaru lived Chippgiri has been preserved by his devotees, as also the Mahadeva and Srinivasa Temples that he used to visit. There is cave close by where the Sun god is supposed to have conducted penance. It is believed that even to-day Sri Vijay Dasaru visits the spot in an astral form, takes bath in the Vijay Thirtha and cleans the Mukya Prana temple. One of the temple servants is supposed to have witnessed this miracle. He lived till the age of 79.

A story is told of the relationship of Vijaya Dasa and Purandara Dasa: Sri Purandara daasa had a son called Madhwapathi. Purandara Dasa would visit the Sri Yanthrodaara Praana Devaru temple (Hanumantha) in Hampi and offer naivedya (divine offering) to the deity. Once, due to paucity of time, Sri Purandara Daasa asked Madhwapathi to do the naivedya. Madhwa pathi, who was a small boy, honestly believed that Hanumantha would literally eat the food offered to him. When this did not happen, the little boy became very upset and started punishing himself. To prevent this, Hanumantha appeared before him and actually ate the food, leaving behind a small portion as prasad. When Madhwa pathi returned home and related this incident to his parents, nobody believed him. To test the veracity of his story, Purandara dasa accompanied him the next day, and saw the miracle with his own eyes. He became ecstatic and told Madhwa pathi that he was very lucky to have obtained the grace of Hanumantha. Sri Purandara dasa composed a total of 4,75,000 literary pieces (devaranamas, suladis, ugabhogas) in his lifetime. When Madhwapathi pointed out to his father he was 25,000 short of 500,000, Sri Purandara daasa told him that by the grace of Vijaya Vittala, he (Madhwapathi) would be reborn as a hari daasa in his next birth and make up the balance 25,000. Accordingly, Madhwapathi, the son of Sri Purandara daasa was reborn as Sri Vijaya daasa in his next birth and composed 25000 songs with the ankita(signature) of Sri Vijaya Vittala.

Mudra: VijayaviTThala

Compositions:

  1. aDigaLandipe purandara - bhairavi/bhUp
  2. AnandA AnandA matte - shankarAbharaNa/bhairavi
  3. antarangada kadavu - bEgaDa/jOnpuri
  4. arcaneya bage kELi lOka - kAmbhOji/bilAval
  5. ArEnu mADuvaru avaniyoLage - kAmbhOji/jOgiyA
  6. ArIga nI enna kaNNu muccideyO - mukhAri/yaman
  7. bA bA bhakutara - ?
  8. bandu nillO dayAnidhE - Anandabhairavi/sAranga
  9. bandu nillO kaNNAmunde - madhumAlati
  10. bArO manege bArO - shankarAbharaNa/mAND
  11. beLagujAvadi bArO - bilahari/tODi
  12. bhakuti sukhavO rangA - pUrvikalyANi/bhUp
  13. bhAratI bhavahAriye - tODi/bhairavi
  14. bhU ramaNane kAyO - sAvEri/bhUp
  15. biDu biDu mAyavanu - shankarAbharaNa/kApi
  16. caraNava tOrO - punnAgavarALi
  17. Dangura hoyisida - kAmavardhani/pIlu
  18. dAsa dAsa dAsara - dvijAvanti/yamankalyAN/hindOLa
  19. daya mADu daya mADu - pADi/bhImpalAs
  20. DIDI AdyAne ranga - pADi/dEs
  21. dUra nODuvarE rangayya - kalyANi/mAlkauns
  22. elemana murAriyane - Adi/tIn
  23. ellaDagidanO hari - tODi/bhairavi
  24. elliddarEnu shrI hari - kAmbhOji/mAlkauns
  25. Elu beLagAyittu - udaya/bhairavi
  26. endigAhudO ninna darushana - tODi/bilAval
  27. entu varNipenammamma - kApi
  28. gajavadana pAlisO - bEgaDa/hamsadhvani
  29. gOpi dEvi entu pALave - shrI/bhUp
  30. guru purandaradAsarE - hamIrkalyANi/dharmavati
  31. guru vamshaka namO embe - pADi/pahADi
  32. hadinAlku lOkava - sAvEr/darbArikAnaDA
  33. harE viTThala pANDuranga - dhanyAsi
  34. haridAsanAdare hyAgirali - kAmbhOji/kApi
  35. hariya maredudakinta - kAmbhOji/bAgEshrI
  36. hariya nenesida divasa - kAmbhOji/bhairavi
  37. higgadiru higgadiru - kAmbhOji/durgA
  38. I sobagu innAva - kalyANi/yaman
  39. idE samaya hariyE - Arabhi/durgA
  40. inthA prabhuva kANEnO - mOhana
  41. irabAradO baDava - shankarAbharaNa/bhairavi
  42. IshA kailAsavAsA - mOhanakalyANi/mAlkauns
  43. ItanIga bharatIshanu - varALi/dEs
  44. jaya jaya mUSaka - nATa/bhairavi
  45. jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - bhairavi
  46. kAdana vatsava hari - ?
  47. kailAsavAsa gaurIsha - kAmbhOj
  48. kalle nedale sarva phala bahudu - ?
  49. karuNisO krSNA karuNisO - shankarAbharaNa/bhairavi
  50. kAshiya hAyadali - ?
  51. kathA shravaNa mADO - rItigauLa
  52. koDuvavanu nInu - kAmbhOji/bhImpalAs
  53. krsnArpitavendu koDalu - pADi/bhUp
  54. kruSNanna balu utkrSnana - ?
  55. kUgidaru dhvani - udaya/yaman
  56. madhva matava ondeyana - saurASTra/dEs
  57. madhvarAyara karuNa - kAmbhOji/bhUp
  58. mAna ninnadu - bhairavi/bhImpalAs
  59. mAnasa pUjeyanu mADu - bhairavi
  60. manasu nilisuvadu - kEdAragauLa/bhUp
  61. manave mAdhavanoLu - shankarAbharaNa/tODi
  62. manavE nI drdhavAdare - sAvEri/sAranga
  63. mantrAlaya nivAsa - kAmbhOji/bhImpalAs
  64. mAtanADai mannAri krSNa - tODi/mAlakus
  65. mosaru tandinO ranga - shankarAbharaNa/yanam
  66. nADa deivagaLa pUjayenu - kEdAragauLa/bhIpalAs
  67. naDi naDi namma manege - hindOLa
  68. nambide ninna -
  69. nambide ninna nIraja pAda - bhairavi/bhUp
  70. neccabEDi patita nAriya - kAmavardhani/sAranga
  71. ninna cittake - kAmbhOji/mAlkauns
  72. ninna darushanake - kAmbhOji/sAranga
  73. ninna maredenO ranga - tODi/bharavi
  74. ninnanagali pOgalArevo - dEs
  75. nODu nODu garuDagamanane - kAmbhOji/bhairavi
  76. ODi ODi bandu haNege - ?
  77. olidavaLa biDuvadu dharmavalla - kAmbhOji/mAlkauns
  78. pAlise padumAlayE - madhyamAvati
  79. pampApurAdhIsha shrI - sAvEri/bhUp
  80. paradEshi nInu svadEshi nAnu - kAmbhOji/bAgEshrI
  81. parama mangaLa mUruti - saurATra/bhairavi
  82. parama yOgiya nODirO - kalyAN/mAlkauns
  83. patita pAvana nAma - sAvEri/bhairavi
  84. patitanna pAvana - sAvEri/darbArikAnaDA
  85. pavamAna pavamAna - bhImpalAs
  86. prathama daivavE - varALi
  87. rAma jAnakIramaNa (uruTani hADu) - shankarAbharaNa
  88. rAma nAma sudhArasa - darbAri
  89. rAmA raghukulAbdhi sOma - ghaNTArava/mAlkauns
  90. rAma rAma emberaDakSara - dhanyAsi/mAND
  91. rangana nODirO - bhairava/bhairavi
  92. sadA pAlisenna - ?
  93. sadaa enna hrdayadalli - kaanaDaa
  94. sakala kAladi mADida - pADi/bAgEshrI
  95. salladO salladO sarvaru kELi - kAmbhOji/mAlkauns
  96. sAri bhajisirO - Arabhi/bhairavi
  97. sEride ninna - kEdAragauLa/pUriAdhanAshrI
  98. shankaranArAyaNa salahO - mukhAri/kApi
  99. shAradE karuNA vAridhiyE - tODi
  100. sharaNU gajamukha - hamsadhvani
  101. sharaNu sharaNu - tilang
  102. shivana nODirO - varALi/bhairavi
  103. shObhAne hADu - shrI/bilAval
  104. shrI mahAlakumi - shrI
  105. shuNTanige uNTE - kEdAragauLa/dEs
  106. siddhidAyaka (kapila shuLAdi) - ?
  107. sIteya bhUmijAteya - sAvEri/bhUp
  108. smarisi badukiro divya - rAgamAlikA
  109. tAyE karuNAmbudhiye - tODi/bhairavi
  110. TikAcAryara pAda - sAvEri/bhUp
  111. uddharisuvadenna vudadhishayanA - nATa/bhUp
  112. umA kArtAyani gaurI - tODi/bhaiavi
  113. Utavanu mADu bA - pADi/mAlkauns
  114. varagaLanu koDuvadu - kAmbhOji/darbArikAnaDA
  115. vAsudEvana nenedu nI - udaya/tODi
  116. venkaTAcala nilayA enna - jOgiyA/bhUpALi
  117. vIra simhane (suLAdi) - kalyANi
  118. viThalA ninna nambide - sAranga
  119. vyApAra udyOgavanu - varALi/bhImpalAs
  120. yaccattu iru kaNdya - sAvERi/dEs
  121. yAke bandi jIvA - mAravi/tilakkAmOd
  122. yAkE jIvanavE - dvijAvanti/bhUp
  123. yAke puTTisidi - kEdAragauLa/jOgiyA


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