1. A few people have asked the reason behind many pictures of Sri Vadiraja Tirtha depicted along with the horse. Here is a thread on the reason behind this.

2. The upasana roopa of Sri Vadiraja Tirtha was Hayagriva. After worshipping the samsthana (matha) murthys at the Sode Matha (Sirsi, Uttara Kannada dist, Karnataka), Sri Vadiraja Tirtha would every day go to the banks of the Shalmali river (1-2kms from matha).
3. At the banks of the river, he would sit down and meditate on Lord Hayagriva. At the same time, he would hold a plate full of a sweet dish made from bengal gram, jaggery and other items. The dish is now very famously known as 'Hayagriva Maddi'.
4. Every day, when Sri Vadiraja Tirtha started his meditation with the plate full of maddi on his head, a horse (Lord Hayagriva) would appear there and put its two feet on his shoulders and eat the sweet offering. The horse would leave behind a small quantity in the plate.
5. This ucchishta (left-over) of the Lord was maha-prasada of course and Sri Vadiraja Tirtha would then partake it as prasada. This was a routine for Sri Vadirajaru.
6. Just like today's times, there were enemies of Dharma back then in the 16th century as well. Therefore, believe it or not, there were people who carried intense hatred for Sri Vadiraja Tirtha and Sanatana Dharma. One day, they mixed poison to the 'maddi' prepared.
7. Sri Vadiraja Tirtha carried the poisoned maddi to the Shalmali river bank and sat down in meditation just as every other day. The horse appeared as usual and started consuming the offering. However unlike other days it finished the whole dish and wiped it clean with its tongue
8. When he got up from his meditation of the Lord, Sri Vadiraja Tirtha noticed the anomaly. He meditated again and realized what had happened. The Lord expressed his anger at the attempt to destroy his bhakta. The Hayagriva idol being worshipped in the matha turned green!!!
9. In order to remove the color, Sri Vadiraja Tirtha was instructed (by Sri Hayagriva) to offer 'mattu gulla' - a special brinjal grown in the mattu village near Udupi. Over a period of time, the green tinge vanished from the idol except for a small region around the neck.
10. It was the Lord's wish that the tinge of green would remain in order to remind devotees and haters alike about the incident.
11. This incident is the reason most pictures of Sri Vadiraja Tirtha is shown with the horse (Hayagriva) standing behind him and consuming naivedya from a plate.
12. The location on the banks of river Shalmali where he would meditate and offer this dish and still preserved to this day and can be seen by anyone who visits Sode. It is a most picturesque spot and a great place for meditation.

Sri Krishnarpanamastu

More from All

MASTER THREAD on Short Strangles.

Curated the best tweets from the best traders who are exceptional at managing strangles.

• Positional Strangles
• Intraday Strangles
• Position Sizing
• How to do Adjustments
• Plenty of Examples
• When to avoid
• Exit Criteria

How to sell Strangles in weekly expiry as explained by boss himself. @Mitesh_Engr

• When to sell
• How to do Adjustments
• Exit


Beautiful explanation on positional option selling by @Mitesh_Engr
Sir on how to sell low premium strangles yourself without paying anyone. This is a free mini course in


1st Live example of managing a strangle by Mitesh Sir. @Mitesh_Engr

• Sold Strangles 20% cap used
• Added 20% cap more when in profit
• Booked profitable leg and rolled up
• Kept rolling up profitable leg
• Booked loss in calls
• Sold only


2nd example by @Mitesh_Engr Sir on converting a directional trade into strangles. Option Sellers can use this for consistent profit.

• Identified a reversal and sold puts

• Puts decayed a lot

• When achieved 2% profit through puts then sold

You May Also Like

Rig Ved 1.36.7

To do a Namaskaar or bow before someone means that you are humble or without pride and ego. This means that we politely bow before you since you are better than me. Pranipaat(प्राणीपात) also means the same that we respect you without any vanity.

1/9


Surrendering False pride is Namaskaar. Even in devotion or bhakti we say the same thing. We want to convey to Ishwar that we have nothing to offer but we leave all our pride and offer you ourselves without any pride in our body. You destroy all our evil karma.

2/9

We bow before you so that you assimilate us and make us that capable. Destruction of our evils and surrender is Namaskaar. Therefore we pray same thing before and after any big rituals.

3/9

तं घे॑मि॒त्था न॑म॒स्विन॒ उप॑ स्व॒राज॑मासते ।
होत्रा॑भिर॒ग्निं मनु॑षः॒ समिं॑धते तिति॒र्वांसो॒ अति॒ स्रिधः॑॥

Translation :

नमस्विनः - To bow.

स्वराजम् - Self illuminating.

तम् - His.

घ ईम् - Yours.

इत्था - This way.

उप - Upaasana.

आसते - To do.

स्त्रिधः - For enemies.

4/9

अति तितिर्वांसः - To defeat fast.

मनुषः - Yajman.

होत्राभिः - In seven numbers.

अग्निम् - Agnidev.

समिन्धते - Illuminated on all sides.

Explanation : Yajmans bow(do Namaskaar) before self illuminating Agnidev by making the offerings of Havi.

5/9