UDIPI
KRISHNA
Udipi, holy
town of Krishna Matha
Lies on
Arabian Sea coast of Karnataka
Sri
Madwacharya, renowned religious reformer
Krishna
bhakta, dreaming Krishna ever
Hear story
of Krishna travel from North –west Dvaraka
Krishna
shows how He pleases Bhakta
Krishna, Son
of Vasudeva
Mother
Devaki’s Paramanada
As a child
Krishna, on Devaki’s lap climbs over
Playful
tantrums of Krishna, Devaki’s pleasure
Broke the
churn of butter, Devaki used to churn
butter
Smears
butter over His body all over
Devaki pushed
to laughter
Rukmini,
Lord Krishna’s consort
Mischievous
deeds of Krishna enjoyed best
Began
worshipping Krishna deity idol regularly
Later Arjuna placed
Krishna deity idol in Rukminivana
In course of
centuries, deity covered with clay
Remained
in Dvaraka Rukminivana collecting dust and clay
Sailors of a
ship loaded the rock like clay hard
And wanted
to use it as a ballast
Sailed from
North -west Dvaraka to South on Arabian Sea
Encountered
a tempest near Udipi
Sailors
tossed about in misery
Madwachrya,
composing Dwadasanama verses
On his way
to sea bath noticed Ship in distress
Waved his
cloth towards sailors
Sea calmed
down, obeying to his appeals
Ship
stabilized and sailors out of woods
Sailors from
ship thanked Madwachrya for acts good
“Please have
any - thing you desire from the ship”
Madwacharya
pointed to the ballast as his wish
Madwacharya
carried the lump of clay ballast
It was of
course hard to walk fast
On his way
the clay ballast broke into two
At once he could see Krisna deity visible too
His joy knew
no bounds
Lord he
loved close to his chest, a miracle sounds
Madwacharya thrown
into ecstatic state
With
happiness clinging the lord to his chest
Walked four
miles to Udipi
Enshrined
lord Krishna in his Math happily
K.S.V.SESHADRI
