Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study)
by Sajitha. A | 2018 | 50,171 words
This page relates ‘Dhatukavya of Melputtur Narayanabhatta� of the study on the Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva from the 11th century A.D. The Vasudevavijayam is an educational poem belonging to the Shastra-Kavya category of technical Sanskrit literature. The Vasudevavijayam depicts in 657 verses the story of Lord Krishna while also elucidates the grammatical rules of the Ashtadhyayi of Panini (teaching the science of grammar). The subject-content of the poem was taken from the tenth Skandha of the Bhagavatapurana.
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ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ of Melputtūr ⲹṇaṭṭ
[Full title: Kerala Contribition to Śٰ屹ⲹ Tradition (3): ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ of Melputtūr ⲹṇaṭṭ]
ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ is a Śٰ屹ⲹ written by Melputtūr ⲹṇaṭṭ and it holds three cantos. The poem is a continuation of ܻ𱹲vijaya of ܻ𱹲 which is mentioned in the text and also in its commentary viz. ṛṣṇār貹ṇa. It also points out the fact that the composers of the branch of the ٳܲ in Sanskrit have followed different methods.
The historians have not come to the conclusion that the addition of meanings along with the root is done by ṇiԾ.
ܻṛt� pāṇinisūtramaṇḍala� prāgvāsudevena tadūrdhvato'貹� |
udāharatyadya vṛkodaroditān dhātūn krameṇaiva hi mādhavāśrayāt ||[1]
The statement in the ṛṣṇār貹ṇa commentary is as follows:
vāsudevakaviracitasya vāsudevavijayābhidhasya kāvyaratnasya śeṣaparipūraṇāya īṣiٲ� pratijānīte |[2]
In ܻ𱹲vijaya, the story up to the killing of the demon ś is narrated. In order to complete the story, Melpūttūr composed ٳٳܰⲹ. ܻ𱹲 illustrated almost all rules of ṣṭī in ܻ𱹲vijaya Thus in ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ author illustrates the ٳٳܲ in the order in which they are given in the ṇiīⲹٳܱṻ as followed in the īⲹٳܱṛtپ. The author has mentioned that the ٳٳܱṻ is composed by ṛkǻ岹 i.e. īԲ, who is believed to have standardized the ṇiīⲹٳܱṻ by incoporating the meanings of each roots which were prevalent in his time.
The 岵ٲ story from ū’s journey to Gokula with the message of ṃs up to the death of ṃs is the theme of the poem. ū’s journey and his meeting to Nanda is narrated in the first canto. In the Second canto, ṛṣṇa’s departure of to Mathura, the killing of Rajaka, meeting with Kubja and the breaking of the bow are explained. The encounter with the wrestlers and the elephant and ṃsvadha are included in the third canto. The course of events is spread over three days.
The first portion of 徱 from ū to arhais dealt with in the first canto. From the rest of the 徱gaṇa to the end of ճܻ徱 are illustrated in the second. The remaining ṇa are explained in the third canto.
The verse,
sa gāndinīūratha gokulaidhita� spardhāludhīgādhitakāryabādhinam |
ṣy � nādhitalokanāthaka� dedhe mudāskunditamantarindriyam ||[3]
Illustrates the roots like ū sattāyām, edha vṛddhau, spardha saṃgharṣe, gādh� pratiṣṭhālipsayorgranthe ca, bādh� loḍane, nādh� nāth� yājñopapatāpaiśvaryāśīḥṣu, dadha dhāraṇe, skudi āpravaṇe etc. accordingly.
ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ is a poem of literary merit in addition to its status being a treatise illustrating the ٳܲ.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ٳٳܰ屹ⲹ of ⲹṇaṭṭ, S. Venkatasubramonia Aiyer,v.I.1
[2]:
ibid.p.1
[3]:
ibid,v. I.2