शेषस्वनितम्: Sanskrit Poems

Shesavanitam' is a collection of poems composed by the author on various subjects, some of them addressed to different deities. The first poem is addressed to Lord Venkateswara, the Lord of Seven Hills at Tirupati. The second one deals with the greatness of the Sanskrit language. In poems like "Panjara suka" and 'Kaka,' the author deals with the subject of parrot and crow respectively. The moral insights of the author can be noticed in Nitishloka'. The last topic of this work is Shri Narasimha Stuti.for which the author has written a lucid Sanskrit commentary on the finer aspects of the verses. Thus, the book deals with a variety of subjects, displaying the scholarly and poetic skills of the author.

The title book 'Seshasvanitam' clearly indicates that this is the last piece of my work. Prior to this eight books of mine in different branches of literature like kavya, translation, and essays were published. Some articles were also published in different magazines and newspapers. the names of the books, published are given in a separate page.

One Pandit Shri Prabhakar Dash of village Kalinga in the Dhenkanal district of Orissa was eager to know the meaning of some verses of 'Narasimha Stuti' (A poem of eulogy to Narasimha) which contained only twenty-two verses. Those verses were intended to kill the enemies. The last lines of all the verses in the eulogy clearly indicate this purpose.

O almighty Narasimha! kill my evil-doers. But practically I am not interested in the Black image of tantra vidya by which one does harm to others or fulfills one's evil intention.

The artistic expression of the poem impressed me and induced me to explain those verses. The readers are requested to go through the verses and feel the poetic charm, lying there in.

This eulogy finds a place in the 'Narasimha Stotramala', published by the Bharati Vedanta Academy in Madhvacharya. Being impressed by his poetic talents and erudition Madhvachary advised him to write a commentary on his 'Vedanta Sutra Bhasya'.

That commentary is known as 'Tattvadipika' or 'Vayu Stuti' of this poet is recited as parayana by devotees of Madhvacharya. The time of Shripada Madhvacharya is 1197 to 1276 A.D. So this poet most probably lived in the latter half of the thirteenth century.

Along with this poem of 'Trivikramacharya', some poems of mine are also included in the book 'Shesasvanitam'.

I express my hearty gratitude to Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy, Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. A. Gurumurthy, Registar, Rashtriya San-skrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati for their kind approval of the publication of my work. It gives me immense pleasure to acknowledge the help rendred by Dr. K. Suryanaryana and Dr. Dilip Kumar Mishra in Publishing the work. I thank them from the core of my heart.

Vachaspati Bhubaneswar Kar, a well-known Sanskrit scholar of Orissa was born on 24th Aug 1925. He served at various institutes of Orissa and retired in 1985 as Reader in Sanskrit, GM College, Sambalpur. He is a prolific writer and produced various literary works in Sanskrit, and has written more than 15 works. He is a recipient of many honors including Jayadeva Samman (2007) by Odisa Sanskrit Academy, Bhubaneswar, conferred Vachaspati title (2007) by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Kavi Krushnanda Sammana (2004), by Sanskrit Bharati, Cuttack and was honored by different institutes.

Some of the importants works of the authro are- Putaprema, Dosasatakam. Jeebanandarshanam, Chayanam, Suryastakatika, Upadesadvishati, Trirangam.

'Shesasvanitam' is a collection of poems composed by the author on various subjects, some of them addressed to various deities. The first poem is addressed to Lord Venkateswara, the Lord of Seven Hills at Tirupati. The second one deals with the greatness of the Sanskrit language.

In poems like 'Panjara suka' and 'Kaka' the author deals with the subject of parrot and crow respectively. Teh moral insights of the author can be noticed in 'Nitishloka'. The last topic of this work is 'Shri Narasimha Stuti's for which the author has written a lucid Sanskrit commentary on the finer aspects of the verses.

Thus, the book deals with a variety of subjects, displaying the scholarly and poetic skills of the author.