stotraratna contd.9 to 12

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Respected members,

 

Slokhas 9 to 12 of yaamunaacharyas stotraratna is as follows :-

 

slokha 9 :-

Kim c'aisa sakty atisayena na te'anukampyah

stota'aapi tu stuti krtena parisramena;

tatra sramas tu sulabho mama manda-buddheh

ity udyamo'ayam ucito mama c'aabja-netra!

 

Moreover, this psalmist deserves to be pitied by you, not

for an excellence of poetical gifts, but for his great exertion

in praising you. And exertion for the purpose is quite natural

to me, who am dull-witted. O lotus-eyed one! this toil of mine

is none the less meaningful, for, i can rest on your gracious

compassion which will surely be excited by this task which is beyond

my capacity.

 

slokha 10 :-

N'aaveksase yadi tato bhuvanaany amuuni

n'aalam prabho! bhavitum eva kutah pravrttih ;

evam nisarga-suhrdi tvayi sarva-jantoh

svaamin na citram idam aasrita-vatsalatvam.

 

O Lord, if you do not cast your glance at these worlds, they cannot

have even the power to exist; much less can they have any further

development. It is not therefore strange that you, O Lord! who is

the natural friend of all creatures, cherishes those who have sought

shelter in you.

 

slokha 11 :-

svaabhaavikaanavadhik'aatisay'esitrtvam

naarayana! tvayi na mrsyati vaidikah kah;

brahmaa sivas satamakhah parama-svaraaditi

ete'api yasya mahim'aarnava-viprusas te.

 

O Naarayana! who is there among the learned adherents of the vedas

that do not acknowledge your intrinsic Godhood, endowed as you are

with unsurpassable excellences? For Brahma,siva,indra and the supreme

muktas are but drops in the ocean of your glory.

 

slokha 12 :-

Kas srih sriyah parama-satva-samaasrayah kah

kah pundarika-nayanah purusottamah kah;

kasyaayutaa-sat'aika-kalaamsak'aamse

visvam vicitra-cid-acit pra-vibhaaga vrttam.

 

Who else but you are the sole resting place of even

Lakshmi, the goddess of all prosperity and loveliness?

who but you can be the asylum of parama-sattva?.

who else is the lotus-eyed par excellence? who but you

are the supreme among the purushas? Who else is there

except you, in a subdivision of whose billionth part the

wonderfully differentiated universe is complete with its

two-fold division of jiva and prakriti.

 

with regards

B.N.Suresh