Wonderful Explanation of Pancha Muga Hanumanth Prabhavam

excellent. mind provoking and offers peace to mind and soul

Really it is highly powerful sthotram.

my like slokas

beautiful

beautiful

Ramraksha Stotram (Rama Raksha stotra or Ram Raksha Mantra) is the Sanskrit Hindu devotional prayer addressed to Lord Rama (Ramachander). Ram Raksha Stotra was composed by Saint Budha Koushika. By chanting the Ramaraksha Stotra we are requesting Lord Ram (Ramachandra) to protect us from all troubles and bless us with health, wealth, prosperity and success. It is also believed that by chanting this great stotra will help to get rid of all the problem caused by Navagraha (Nine Planets)

Inspiring and very nice.

.....Divine.....

Thanks humma for this slokam from a scholor

very clear...thanks for explanation of what purpose we have to say these slokas...good

Read the verses and commentaries here......http://desikastotras.blogspot.com/

"Vedanta Desikar, the great Vaishnavite scholar composed his Kamasikashtakam on Lord Narasimha enshrined at the temple of Velirukkai in Kanchi. This is a divya desam as it was sanctified by Azhwars and the Lord here is referred to as Kamasika Narasimhan as he is said to have settled (Asika) here to meditate of his own free will (Kama). The deity is in yogic posture and has three eyes, a feature that is also seen in the Narasimha at the Singaperumal Koil near Madras."

For the beautiful verses, along with an English translation-commentary, see here.....http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/gopala_vimsati/index.html

"Swami Sri Vedanta Desikan composed 20 verses in praise of Gopala and prayed that he should be blessed with thoughts exclusively about HIM during his final moments (Anthima Smrithi) on this earth. Swami composed these twenty verses, when he was overcome by the beauty of the Archa Murthy of Sri Rajagopalan in the Divya Desam at Thiruvahindrapuram. The Sanskrit name for twenty is Vimsathi and hence these twenty verses in praise of Sri Gopala are celebrated as Sri Gopala Vimsathi. For more than 700 years, these verses have been sung prior to Sri Vaishnava TadhiyAraadhanams (Group partaking of food presented to the Lord earlier) to seek the Lord's blessings and during the occasion of marriages to confer the blessings of the Lord on the bride and the bridegroom.

Swami Sri Vedanta Desikan paints a word picture of the incomparable beauty of Sri Gopalan, describes the structure of His mantram and affectionately recalls the many mischievous deeds performed by Bala Gopalan in Gokulam and BrindhAvanam to the utter delight of the humans and the celestial beings.

Sri Gopala Vimsathi must have been very dear to Swami Desikan as indicated by his inclusion of the twelfth verse of this stotram in his esoteric master piece known as Sankalpa Suryodhayam. There, he depicts Narada descending from heaven singing joyously the above verse during his journey to meet Purushan and initiate him into the Maha Mantram of the Lord...."

Recited on Janmashtami, in celebration of the birth of the Lord.

"he Valmiki Ramayana contains 24,000 verses. Sage Valmiki has hidden the 24 Beejaaksharas (seed letters) of the sacred Gayatri Mantra in these 24000 verses (one Beejaakshara per thousand verses). The above collection of 24 verses which carry the 24 Beejaaksharas is called as Gayatri Ramayana. It is said that by chanting this everyday, one will acquire the same merit as one acquires by chanting the entire Ramayana."

Follow these verses here.....
http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/hinduism/452533-gayatri-ramayana.html

Very auspicious and inspiring to listen to this great piece from the Balakanda section of Valmiki Ramyanam narrating the most honorable wedding on earth of Sri Rama with Sri Sita. We do not need any invitation to this grand wedding that symbolizes the ideals of a Hindu vivaha and the norms of the union.............listen and read the verses alongside with translations as you savor this vivid section..........http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga73/bala_73_frame.htm

The following site is very helpful in following the talks in this section on the birth of Lord Rama and the reason for his presence in this world.....includes slokas in Sanskrit with English translations.......http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga18/bala_18_frame.htm

ll OM ANJANEYA NAMAH ll

I'm listening this first time.. very beautiful..

forceful and touching

forceful and touching

Sriman VenkataNadharya kavi tharkika kesari,
Vedantacharya varyo may sannidatham sada hrudhi

(I keep in my ,mind always and dedicate myself,
Sri Venkata natha , who is the lion among poets
And who is a great teacher of philosophy.)


Nama pannaga nadhaya Vaikunta vasa varthine,
Sruthi Sindhu sudothpada mandharaya guruthmathe.

Salutations to the Lord of Serpents,
Who resides in control of Vaikunta,
Who like the mandara mountain,
Churned the ocean of Vedas,
And has the nectar of it on his legs

Garudamakhila veda needadhiroodam dwishath peedanoth kanditha kunta Vaikunta peetikrutha skandameede swaneedagathi preetha Rudra sukeerthi sathanaa bhoga gaado upagooda sphuratha kantaka vratha veda vyadha vepamana dwi jihwa aadhipakalpa vishpharyamana sphatavatika rathna rochichchata raji neerajithm kanthi kallolini rajitham. 1

The God Garuda who uses the Vedas as his nest as well as the seat,
who leaves Vaikunta and accompanies his Lord Narayana , who rides on his shoulders in his endeavors to kill and destroy the enemies of his devotees,
who on his return is deeply hugged by his wives Rudrai and Sukeerthi, who miss his absence,
which makes his hairs stand erect like thorns and hurts the conquered serpents that he uses as his ornaments ,
which makes the two tounged serpents overcome with fear and make them open their hoods , leading the gems in their hoods to emit strong red light
Which in turn gives out an appearance of showing of camphor light. which makes him shine in the wave of light.

Jaya Garuda suparna dharveekaraahara devaadhipahara haarin divoukaspathi kshiptha dhamboli dharaa kina kalpa , kalpantha vaathoola kalpodhayan aalpa veerayithodhya
Chamathkara dhaithyari jathra dwajaroha nirdharithothkarsha sankrashanathman garuthman maruth panchakadeesa sathyadhi moorthe na kaschid samasthe namasthe punasthe nama. 2

Victory to Garuda with very pretty wings, who uses huge serpents as his food,
who stole the nectar from the devas,
which made the king of devas angry with Garuda and made Indra throw his Vajrayudha on him ,
which in turn caused many wounds on his body , which healed wounds today shine like his ornaments,
Who shines in the waving flag of Lord Vishnu during his war leading to the extermination of the Rakshasas and his being recognized as the soul of the war,
Who is the personification of truth and assumed the form of five winds Prana, upana , Samana, udana and Vyana

There is none like you, I salute you first then again salute you and again salute you.

Nama idham jahath saparyaya paryaya niryatha paksha anila sphala nodhwela padhodhi veechi chapeta hadha agadha patala bhankara samkrudha nagendra peeda sruni bhava baswan nakha srenaya chanda thundaya nruthya adbhuhda janga bruve vajrine dhamshtraya thubhyam adhyathma vidhya vidheya vidheya bhavaddhaasya- maabhadhaydhaa dhayedhascha may. 3

Saluted by very many great learned men, when you fly, your wings generate such a storm that it creates waves in the ocean,
which reach Patala (the nether world) and a great sound resembling “Bham”, disturb the elephants who are in guard there , who in turn try to attack you ,
and your form with your sharp nails similar to the goad used to control elephants repulses them ,
and you look fearful to your enemies ,
with your big beak which raises terror,
your squinted eye brows resembling a look of a cobra,
and your canine teeth which resembles the Vajrayudha (weapon of Indra),
please make the knowledge of God as mine and take mercy on me and protect this , your slave ,

Manuranugatha pakshi vakthra spurath tharaka sthavaka schithra bhanu Priya shekhara sthrayatham nas thrivargapa varga prassothi para vyoma dhaman vala dweshi dharpa jwala dwalakhilya prathigna vatheerna sthiraam Thathwa budhim paraam bhakthi dhenum jagan moola kandhe mukunde mahananda dhogdhim dhadhidhaa
Mudhaa kama heenaam aahee nama heenanthaka. 4

Oh Bird who resides in the abode of Vishnu,
with the five syllable manthra starting with Om and ending with the name of the wife of the fire God(Swaha) ,
you who were born to fulfill the curse of sages called Valakhilya on the Lord Indra, fulfilled their curse,
you who are the lord of death to the base serpents that challenged you,
you whose lord is Mukunda who is the root cause of the universe and the great milk man constantly giving great happiness,
be pleased to bless me with discriminative knowledge ,
be pleased to bless me to be a cow constantly giving the milk of devotion
and be pleased to blessed with joy which is bereft of ordinary passion,


Shad trimsath gana charano nara pari paati naveena gumbha gana,
Vishnuradha dandakoyam vighatayathu vipaksha vaahinee vyooham.


This poem comprises of 4 lines , with each line having 36 groups,
With each group consisting of three syllables and follows the rules of the poem,
And if recited is capable of driving away enemy formations completely.

Vichithra siddhidhada soyam Venkatesa vipasschitha,
Garuda dwaja thoshaya geetho Garuda Dandaka.

This Dandaka in praise of Garuda , was composed,
In honour of The Lord who has Garuda in his flag,
By a scholar called Venkatesa and fulfill the wishes,
And grant many fold blessings to the reciter.

Yes very true .. In Xth chapter of Bhagawadgita .. when lord describes his few vibhutis..he says ..among the birds I'm garuda the king of all Birds.. .. this is rendition of Sri vedanta desika ..

Vedanta Desika is possibly one of the greatest poets of Srivaishnavism and lived between 1269 and 1370. He was born in Thoopul, near Kanchipuram. He was named as Venkata Natha and was trained in the philosophy of Saint Ramanuja. This great prayer extols Garuda, one of the foremost devotees of Lord Vishnu, who also is his steed. This poem is written in the Dandaka meter.( Dandakam is that poetry where some of the lines have more than 26 syllables. It very much resembles prose)

A Beautifully condensed Valmiki Ramayanam in just 100 slokas . Sri Anantha Padmanabhachariar has rendered it with excellent diction

The most powerful stanza and telling one is..............Na jathu peethamrutha moorchithanaam, Naakaukasam nanda vana vaathikaasu, Rangeswara thwat pura maasrithaanam, Rathya suna manya thamo bhaveyam. 6.................. I do not want to drink the nectar and sleep, On the pretty gardens of even the abode of devas, But would prefer to be a dog in the street, Which serves your city, Oh Lord of Ranga.

Translated by P. R. Ramachander ...............(1).....I salute that Lord of Ranga, Who sleeps in the yogic pose, On the bed of Adhisesha, Below the tall dome**, Which resembles a lotus bud, And is surrounded by seven ramparts, And which is in between two Kaveri rivers, With his right hand near his crown, And his lotus like merciful left hand, Pointing towards his feet which take care of us all............(2)......When will I be able to see and salute that Lord Ranganatha, Wearing long pundarika* of musk, having mischievous eyes extending to the ears, Wearing a pretty smile, having beautiful lips, wearing gem studded crown, And having a lotus like face which bewitches all those who see him?.......(3)......When will I be able to spend my days in the city of Ranga, On the shores of Kaveri meditating on my Lord, Who is sleeping on the king of serpents, And who has a very pretty form of the colour of Indra’s sapphire, And muttering his names, Oh slayer of Madhu, Oh Narayana, Oh Hari and Oh Govinda.......(4).....When will I able to take bath in the clear waters of Kaveri? When will I able to live in the dense gardens which are there, In the shores of that river which are panacea for tiredness? And when I will be able to sit on the sands in the shore of Kaveri, Which leads to all that is good and chant the names like, Oh Lord of Ranga, Oh Lotus eyed one, Oh Lord who sleeps on sesha.......(5).....When I will be able to see again that holy and pretty city of Srirangam, Which has waters which are as deep as half the arecanut tree, Which has happy, perplexed birds who chatter the words of Vedas, And which has wayfarers requesting for salvation everywhere?.......(6).....I do not want to drink the nectar and sleep, On the pretty gardens of even the abode of devas, But would prefer to be a dog in the street, Which serve your city, Oh Lord of Ranga..........(7)......You get done worships to pacify the ills, Of your temple being touched by a lowly dog, Which is a charge, which is patently false, And Oh Lord of Ranga, what are you going to do, When I, a much lowlier being, enter your temple.......(8).......The saint Ramanuja gets pleased due to his devotion to, Sri Ranga, Vishnu Kanchi, Thiruppathi, Tharkshyagiri, Simhachala, Sri Koorma, Jagannatha, Bhadrinath, Naimisarnya, Dwaraka, Prayaga, Mathura, Ayodhya, Gaya, Pushkara, And mountain Salagrama which are all the divine temples.

Composer is Sri Parasara Bhattar who was the son of Koorathazhvar and was the chief priest of the great Sri Rangam temple. This great stotra is said to have been composed, when Bhattar had to leave the city of Srirangam, when he angered the Chola king and stayed at Thirukkhoshtiyur. The great love he had for Sri Ranganatha and the anguish he had because he was forced to stay away from the great god are amply reflected here.

Truly a inspiring compilation!

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