Manobodha - 1

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namaskaara,

 

iishvara uvaacha:

shrii raama raameti raameti rame raame manorame .

sahsranaama tattulyaM raama naama varaanane ..

 

Let us all follow the parama bhaagavata bhagvaana shankara and submerge

ourselves in the rememberance of the Divine Raama naama, with these daily

reminders from manobodha - manaache shloka by swaamii raamadaasa.

 

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gaNesho.asti yaH shhaDguNaishvaryayuktaH

tathaa shaaradaa yaa chaturvaaksvaruupaa |

praNamyaa.atha tau sR^ishhTinirmaaNamuulaM

ananta.n hita.n raamamaargaM pravakshye || 1||

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gaNaadhiisha jo iisha sarvaa guNaa.nchaa .

muLaaraMbha aaraMbha to nirguNaachaa ..

namuu.n shaaradaa muuLa chatvaara vaachaa .

gamuu pa.ntha aana.nta yaa raaghavaachaa .. 1..

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%meaning

##gaNaadhiisha ## = Ganesha(Chieftain of Shiva's attendants);

##jo ## = who;

##iisha ## = Lord;

##sarvaa ## = all;

##guNaa.ncha ## = virtues/qualities.

##muLaaraMbha ## = root beginninning;

##aaraMbha ## = start;

##to ## = he;

##nirguNaacha ## = attributeless Reality.

##namuu.n ## = bow in reverence;

##shaaradaa ## = Sarasvati;

##muuLa ## = basis;

##chatvaara ## = fourfold;

##vaachaa ## = speech (para,pashyanti,madhyama,vaikhari; from Silence to Vocal

in Yogic terminology).

##gamuu ## = follow;

##pa.ntha ## = way;

##aana.nta ## = endless;

##yaa ## = this;

##raaghavaachaa ## = Rama's(Raghu's descendant).

 

%versemeanings

Ganesha, the Lord of all virtues,

In whom takes origin the transcendant Truth,

And Sharada, mother of Speech, to them we bow in reverence,

To begin the endless way of Rama.(i.e. to remember Him unceasingly).. 1..

 

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I have used ## to toggle between devanaagarii & english so that those who

have ITRANS / Itranslator & want to see it in devanaagarii can do so.

 

For ITRANS sanskrit transliteration map & pronunciation key please see

http://members.tripod.com/~sarasvati/alphabet.html

 

Regards,

Shree

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