Guru Jagannatha Vittala dasaru was born in 1836 . He was born in the village of Kessigi, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. Gopala Dasaru blessed him with the amkitha in a dream. Mantralaya Guru Raghavendran swami was his antaranga guru. It is also beleived that he is the avatar of Appanacharya. He was a great scholar in Sanskrit as well as Kannada and has written over 40 stotras in sanskrit. He has authored many books on philosophy and has written commentaries on the Harikathamrutha saara in Sanskrit as well as English.

Yesterday was the aradhana of this great Haridasaru.

namo namo veMkaTesha shrIsha sarvotamane shrIsha
Salutations Salutations ! O Lord Venkatesha, who is the emodiment of ultimate bliss,who is the Supreme personality, who is the source of bliss to Sri devi.
ramAvarane sad.h vimAkarArkamukha
sumAnasAnata samIranagadhIsha

vimA-insure, pure
arka- sun , healthy
raka-full moon, beautiful,happiness, taste,pleasure etc

sumAnasa= those with pure heart and mind

Anata- to one who surrenders whole heartedly
sameeranaghadIsha = sameera+anagha+da+Isha -
 O Lord venkatesha,You are the chosen groom of ramA devi. You are completely pure and Your face is shining with brilliance and beauty. The life sustainer called Vayu, mukyaprAna is sustained by You, hence You  are sameera . You exist in each one with the same name as that diety and ensure that the design of creation continues as it should and till it should.You are also called sameera because You are the constant beautiful companion of all. You are completely free from defects and You are the  Lord of all those free from defects too. muktAnAm paramAm gatiH- You provide sustenance and existence to those who  are free from defects.

The point to note is that such of those who reached this state of perfection within thier limits attained it because of the Lord's immense grace.

During samudra mathana described wonderfully by Sri Vadirajaru in the"Lakshmi Shobane" it is said that Sri Rama devi compared all the devatas present to the flawless Lord in order to show to devotees the Superiority of the Lord. She choses Him as He is completely free from defects and is full of auspiciousness. Dasaru very cleverly described this in the anupallavi. He says -vimA arka, raka mukha - completely free from defects with a healthy, brilliant and beautiful face. It is clear that He is the most superior in brilliance being flawless and is most auspicious.

He is the original source of shelter for all, He never fails His devotees. He is is worshipped by all those with the pure minds namely devatas. He is known as sameera-the life giver, who is the Supreme among all those free from all afflictions and who is the cause of the freedom from affliction for the deserving.

varavaikuMTadiMdA I darAtalake baMdA
charaNa kamalakke sharaNu mAl.hpara
karuNisi bava araNadhATipa
He came to this earth from His abode  'vaikunta' . He is ever ready to bestow His grace on those who seek His shelter by surrendering at His lotus feet and thereby He tides them over this samsaara which is likened to a fearful forest full of dangers.

In Venkaesha Mahatmya this is vividly described.The Lord left Vaikunta, because Mahalakshmi went off to Kolhapur, being offended by the action of Brigu rishi. Brigu rishi who was entrusted with the task of finding out the Supreme entity. He went in search of such an entity who would be the only one eligible to receive the oblations of all yagynas. Brigu rishi was snubbed by Shiva and Brahma and being in a disturbed state of mind and hurt ego, he kicks the chest of Paramatma. Even so, Paramatma is not offended and tends to Sage Brigu's feet. How is this possible or correct? Why should the Lord tolerate this action? It is because Brigu rishi was a pious sage and had set out with the intention to find out the Sarvothamatva concept.

Sage Brighu was instantly brought to his senses by the Lord's humble approach. He fell at the feet of the Lord seeking His pardon and proclaiming His supremacy!

But after this incident Lakshmi goes to Kolhapur and the Lord enacts the leela of feeling left out and goes to Seshachala and lives in an ant hill for ten thousand years.

Dasaru says ," Being now present in Tirumal as Lord Venkatesha, He is the Lord who bestows grace on those who seek shelter at His feet understanding the greatness of the Lord and His omniscience ,omnipotence and omnipresence."

dharesha tonDanrupage nI darArii ittavage
darAsureshana jarAtharidu bahu
tvaradi youvana kareya nIDidi
In this charanam Dasaru gives examples of Lord Venkatesha's karuna.

JagannAtha dAsaru in HKS 22.04says 'chaMDa vikrama chakra
shaMkhava tOMDamAna nR^ipAlagittanu'.
tOMDamAna was the younger brother of AkAsha rAja. Once there was a battle
between vasudhAna (son of AkAsha rAja) and tOMDamAna. At that time
shrInivAsa ParamAtma gave His chakra and shaMkha to tOMDamAna rAja and He
Himself volunteered to be in the side of vasudhAna. Thus, He protected both
of them.
In Varaha Purana the mahima of the kumAra dhAra theertha in Venkatachala parvata has been described. Once Srinivasa was going around the mountains in the guise of a king. He noticed an old man, who was very frail and extremely tired. The old man had no one and had been forsaken by all his relatives as he was infirm. He was roaming the hills of Venkatachala and sought the shelter at the feet of Srinivasa . Srinivasa devuru bestowed his immense grace on the old man and took him to this kumAra dhAra theertha and made him take a dip. He came up like a sixteen year old young lad.
This is told by Sri Jagannatha Dasaru in one of his devaranamas as
vridhdha brAhmaNa stutisau saliladolagaddi kumAratvavanitta

ibharAja ninnA nutise abhayavitteghannA
shubha karane ninna prabhAva kelide
prabhuve enna bhavabhaya kaliyo swamI

In this charanam, Dasaru moves to incidents further away in time. He has been the karuna sAgara since eternity and instances of His kArunya are replete in the Bhagavatham and other puranas and itihAsas too. Dasaru appeals to the Lord citing these examples.

ibha- elephant

" You have the shining history of coming to the aid of Your sincere devotees. Did you not come to the aid of the elephant king when He called out to You as the his soul soccour? Your greatness has a strong and unshakable foundation which is eternal and unshakable. O Lord, who is the cause of all fortune, I have heard the greatness of Your mahima and have come to seek shelter in You. O Lord, O prabhu please anhilate this fear of samsaara which is tormenting me."

mahAnubhAva ennA manadali vahiside ninnA
gahana mahimane mahAparAdava
sahAna mADelo ahIsha giri vAsa

ahI- snake , ahIsha- the king of snakes-shesha
Now Dasaru puts forward the devotee's case to the Lord. He says ," O the greatest of the great, the reason You should uplift me from samsaara is because I have installed You in my mind. Your glory is great and I seek Your grace even though I know that I have done many many sins nay ,many many great sins. It is because You have the gahAna mahima- meaning the unfathomable depth in greatness. So I beg of You O Lord of Sheshagiri, please tide me over my sins and take me towards light and truth.

pAtakAdri kulIsha nI vidhAtAdisurakuleshA
nItagurujagannAtha viTTala nija
dutajanakati prItanAguvo dAtA

pAtaka- trials & tributlations that plague humans  +adri- mountains of them
He is the destroyer of the mountains of difficulties that confront human beings. Just as an axe is a weapon to cut so also the Lord is the only weapon that can cut away at the papas of the devotee. But if we say weapon, then one might get the impression that it has no volition of its own, but not so the Lord. He is the kulEsha(kUla+isha )Origin of the entire groups of suras meaning devathas including Brahma who is the creator of the world and creates, impelled by the antaryAmi.

nIta- guided or led

nijaduta- Hanuman - Sri Vijayadasaru echoes a similar thought in one of his devaranamas 'pavamAna jagada prAna' describes Hanumantha devuru as 'ramachandrana nijadUta'

janake- to the followers of nijaduta

ati - extremely

O Gurujagannatha vittala,You are pleased with the devotion of those who are guided or let by Your nijaduta and You bestow on them all that is required for thier upliftment from samsaara.

Dasaru is calling out to his aaradhya muruthi and expressing the truth that the leader of those seeking moksha is none other that the true sevaka of the Lord namely ' Sri Madhvacharya' . This shows his great devotion to acharyaru as well the strong statement that folowing the teaching of Srimad Acharya is the passport to the elusive land of mukthi.

Sri Purandara Dasaru has said 'Hanumana mathave hariya mathavu'

If we follow Hanumantha and seek his grace, then the Lord will be pleased.

Seeking the grace of Madhva rayaru is of utmost importance in the path leading towards Hari. Lord Venkatesha of the seven hills is please with devotion to His foremost devotee and showers His bountiful grace on such devotees of MukyaprAna.

Sri Vadirajaru hails the greatness of Sri Madhvacharya by saying

oMdu bAri smaraNe sALade

AnaMda theerthara pUrnaprajnara sarvajnarAyara madhvarAyara