AakAsa Nagareesan's mangaLam : part I

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Sri BhUmi dEvi SamEtha SrinivAsa

ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

Sri AlarmEl MangA SamEtha SrinivAsa

ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNA :

 

Today , I will cover six of the twelve MangaLa

SlOkams on Sri Oppiliappan . The tradition

is to have a triad of SuprabhAtham , Prapatthi

and MangaLa slOkams on ArchA murthys . Both

ThiruviNNagarAn of AakAsa Nagara kshEthram

and Saptha Gireesan of Thiruppathi have

such a complete set of slOkams . Yesterday ,

I covered the AakAsa Nagareesa prapatthi .

In this and the next posting , I will include

the two sets of MangaLa slOkams on Sri Oppiliappan

and Sri Thiruppathi VenkatEsan respectively

and seek their blessings to complete this

kaimkaryam .The translations for Thiruppatthi

SrinivAsan ManagaLa slOkams are excerpted from

the official translations by the Sri VenkatEswarA temple ,

Pittsburgh . I thank the authorities there in advance .

 

 

First slOkams GruhasthA status of the Lord )

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Srimadh VyOmapureesAya BhUdEvyA gruhamEdhinE I

puthra PouthrAdhi pUrNAya BrahmAdhyairasthu mangaLam II

 

Mangalam to ThiruviNNagarAn , who practises

gruhasthAsramam with BhUmi dEvi and who has

the blessed progeny of BrahmA and RudrA as

son , grandson from that aasramam .

 

 

Sriya: kaanthAya kalyANa nidhayE nidhayEarthinAm I

Sri Venkata nivAsAya SrinivAsAya mangaLam II

 

" May Auspiciousness be to SrinivAsA , Who is

the Lord of LakshmI ( who is ) an abode of

auspiciousness (who is ) a treasure-trove

of supplicants and (who ) dwells on

the VenkatAchalA ! "

 

SlOkams 2 ( Auspicious Eyes of the Lord )

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MarkaNdEyArshi mAnyAya khandhithAmara sathravE I

PundareekadalAkshAya MaheenAthAya mangaLam II

 

Mangalams to the lotus-eyed Lord of BhUmi Devi ,

who is eulogized by Sage MarkandEYA and who is

the destroyer of AsurAs .

 

Lakshmee vibramAlOka subhrUvibraham chakshushE I

chakshushE SarvalOkAnAm VenkatEsAya mangaLam II

 

" May Auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , whose eyes ,

charming with beautiful eye-brows , gaze at LakshmI

with flurry and who is the eye of all the Worlds."

 

SlOkams 3 Salutations to the Holy Feet of the Lord )

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Satavairi Kalidhvamsi SarO VethALa suribhi: I

nithyasthutha padhAbhjAya DharaNeesAya managaLam II

 

ManagaLams to the Lord of BhUmi Devi , whose sacred

feet are forever saluted by NammAzhwAr , Thirumangai ,

Poygai and pEy AzhwArs .

 

Sri VenkatAdhri srungAgra mangaLaabharaNaangrayE I

MangaLAnAm nivAsAya SrinivAsAya MangaLam II

 

" May auspiciousness be to Sri SrinivAsA , whose feet

are an auspicious ornament to the crest of VenkatAchalA

and who is an abode of auspiciousness " .

 

SlOkams 4 :

 

VedAnthadesika mukhai: AachAryAirArchithAngrayE I

AakAsanagareesAya VasudEsAya MangaLam II

 

Mangalams to the Lord of VasudhA , whose sacred

feet have been worshipped by Sri VedAntha DesikA and

other AchAryAs .

 

sarvAvaya soundharya SampadhA sarva chEthasAm I

sadhA sammOhanAyAsthu VenkatEsAya mangaLam II

 

" May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , whose wealth

of bodily charm causes stupor to all living beings ".

 

SlOkams 5 :

 

Hema mukthA maNi vyOmapureesA mathpathisthathA I

ithi PanchAvathArAya nisthulEsAya mangaLam II

 

MangaLams to the matchless Lord , who has

revealed Himself to NammAzhwAr in the five forms

of Ponnappan , maNiyappan , Mutthappan , Yennappan

and ThiruviNNagarappan .

 

nithyAya niravadhyAya sathyAnandha chidhAthmanE I

sarvAntharAthmanE Srimadh VenkatEsAya mangaLam II

 

" May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA ,

who is eternal , blemishless , of the form of

Sath (Existence ) , Chidh (Consciousness)

and AnandhA ( bliss) and is the inner soul of All."

 

SlOkam 6 :

 

ghatayithrE dhurgatAnAm samAharthrE cha sampadhAm I

vinihanthrE cha vipadhAm MaheebharthrEsthu mangaLam II

 

Mangalams to BhUminAthan , who unites the difficult-to-

reconcile concepts , who blesses one with immeasurable

wealth and protects us from dangers .

 

svasthas-sarvavidhE sarvasakthayE sarva sEshiNE I

sulabhAya suseelAya VenkatEsAya mangaLam II

 

" May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , who is

self-omniscient , Omnipotent , prinicpal of all ,

easily attainable and of good nature(character) ."

 

Svasthirasthu ! Sarva mangaLAni Santhu !

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan