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stotraratna contd.(5 to 8).

Respected members,

 

The next 4 slokhas of yaamunaacharya's stotraratna is as follows :-

 

slokha no:- 5

 

Maataa-pitaa-yuvatayas tanayaa-vibhutih

sarve yadeva niyamena mad-anvayaanaam;

aadyasya nah kulapater bakul'aabhiraamam

srimat tadanghri-yugalam pranamami murdhnaa.

 

I reverently bow down my head to the blessed feet of

the originator and the first lord* of our spiritual community,

which are enchanting with the bakula flowers [offered in worship]

and which alone are eternally our all-in-all- our mother,father,

daughters,sons and wealth to every one of my community.

 

slokha no:- 6

 

Yan muurdhni me sruti-sirassu ca bhaati yasmin

asman manoratha-pathas sakalas sameti;

stosyaami nah kula-dhanam kula-daivatam tat

paadaaravindam aravinda-vilocanasya.

 

I shall offer my hymn of praise to the holy feet of the lotus

eyed one(i.e vishnu) - the feet which are the sole object of

my concluding philosophy of the vedas(i.e the upanishads).

All the currents of our thoughts converge on him who

forms the treasure and tutelary deity of our lineage.

 

slokha no :- 7

 

tattvena yasya mahim'aarnava-sikaraanuh

sakyo na maatum api sarva-pitaamahaadyaih;

kartum tadiya mahima-srutim udyataaya

mahyam namo'astu kavaye nirapatrapaaya.

 

Fie upon me! the impudent poet. intent as I am to sing the

praise of his ocean-like glory, a single particle of whose spray

it is not possible even for siva,brahma and the like to measure

truly.

 

slokha no :- 8

 

Yad vaa sramaavadhi yathaa-mati vaapyasaktah

staumy'evam eva khalu te'api sadaa-stuvantah;

vedaas caturmukha-mukhaascs mah'aarnavaantah

ko majjator anu-kulaacalayor visesah.

 

Yet in spite of my weakness, I am justified in praising him to the

limit of my capacity and to the best of my knowledge. For, verily,

even the vedas and the four-faced brahma, ever engaged in singing

his glory, could praise him only in a similar strain. What difference

by contrast is there between an atom and a huge mountain range when

both are submerged in the great ocean?.

 

 

With Regards

B.N.Suresh.