Maha MantrAs of the 5th KhAndam of Srimadh Bhagavatham : Posting 1 1

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Dear Members of the Bhakthi group :

 

As I was doing some archival search for some thing else,

I came across a series of articles that I had put together

few years back on Srimadh Bhagavatham. Before they

get untracably mixed up with the deluge of paper that

surrounds me , I thought I will save these articles on the net

for the enjoyment of the rasikaas of Srimadh Bhagavatham .

 

Maha MantrAs of the fifth skandham

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The fifth skandham deals with the seven dweepAs (continents

surrounded by the oceans ) . One of the dweepAs is Jambhu dweepham,

a continent surrounded by salt waters. This dweepam has

according to this PurANam nine parts . One of them is our

Bharatha KanTam . Suka Deva describes to king Parikshith

the various forms of Sriman NarayaNa presiding over these

nine kanTams and the manthrAs used by the devotees to pay

homage to them. The ManthrA is always followed or preceded by

a Dhyana slokam .

 

The nine kanTams are : (1) ILAvrutham (2) BhadrAchalam

(3) Hari varsham (4) KethumAlam (5) Ramyakam (6) HiraNmayam

(7) Uttaragur (8) Kimpurudham and (9) our own Bharatham .

It will be difficult for us to connect these kanTams with present day

geography.

 

The God associated with ILAvrutham is BhagavAn Hayagreeva.

The God presiding over Harivarsham is Bhagavaan NarasimhA .

The deity of KethumAlam is Kaamarupi worshipped by MahA Lakshmi.

Matsya Murthy is the Lord of Ramyakam . Koorma Murthy is the God

assoicated with HiraNmayam . Yajna VarAha Murthy is worshipped at

Uttaraguru . Sri Ramachandra is worshipped at Kimpurusham .

Sri Nara NarayaNa murthy is the resplendent Lord of BhAratham .

 

I will list the locations of the manthras and slokams for four of the

nine Murthys and let you discover the rest by searching thru the

different sections of the fifth Skandham .

 

1 . Sri Hayagreeva manthram V. 18.2 ; sthothram : V. 18.3

2 . Sri Narasimha Mantram V .18. 8 ; prahalaadhA's

sthothram/Prayer found in V.18.9 has noble sentiments .

The meaning of this slokam is as follows:

 

O NarasimhA! May Your DayA bless this universe so that it

becomes filled with Svasthi (auspiciousness) !

May the defects (khala: ) of the human beings be banished !

Let all the human beings think of the welfare of each other !

May the restless mind become tranquil ! May our minds be

engaged in thoughts over You , the Athokshaja ( one whose

fame does not get diminished with the passage of time)

without any other distractions ! May Our intellect be fiiled

with a sense of dispassionate attachment to You !

 

3 . Yajna Varaha Murthy 's manthram : V. 18.35; Sthothram by

Bhumi Devi : V.18.39 . Bhumi Devi's thankfulness is expressed

this way : " I salute my Lord Yajna Varaha Murthy , who is the cause of

this Universe , who took the form of the wild Boar, who lifted me

on the top of His huge tusk from under water and killed the enemy,

looking like a rouge elephant , as if it was a play for Him .

 

4 . Nara NarayaNa manthram : V . 18 .1 ; Sthothram: V. 19.12

I will conclude this posting with the meaning of the sthothram

associated with Nara NaraayaNA of BadrikAsramam :

 

My salutations to Nara NarayaNA , who does not think of Himself

as a creator , even if It is He , who is the cause of this Universe . He is

not affected by the bodily afflictions such as hunger and thirst ,

even if He has a body (of an ascetic). He is not affected by what

He sees and enjoys solitude and is the witness to ALL the deeds of

human beings( Tasmai NamOasaktha viviktha SaakshiNE ) .

 

The manthrOpadesam can be received from a qualified Acharya,

or the Srimadh Bhagavatha PaarAyaNakar sititng at the upper right hand

mantapm at GuruvAyur Kshetram, where Sri NarayaNa Bhattadhiri sat and

composed Srimadh naarayaNeeyam and dialoged with the Lord.

This site in my opinion is the best place to receive such Upadesam

in front of Sri KrishNA .

 

Sri VaishNava Daasan ,

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan