stotraratna contd. 17 thro' 20.

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Respected members,

 

The Slokhas 17 thro' 20 of yaamunaacharyas stotraratna is as follows

:-

 

slokha 17 :-

 

Yad andam andaantara-gocaram ca yad-

das'ottaraany'aavaranaani yaani ca ;

gunaah pradhaanam purusah param padam

paraat -param brahma ca te vibhutayah.

 

The cosmic sphere,all that is within it, its enclosures which are

more than ten, the three gunas, the prakriti, the individual self,

the supreme abode and the brahman(Divya mangala vigraha in the

present context) who is higher than the individual self - all these

are manifestations of your splendour.

 

slokha 18 :-

 

Vasi vadaanyo gunavaan rjuh sucih

mrdur dayaalur madhurah sthirah samah;

krti krtajnah tvam asi svabhaavatah

samasta kalyaana gun'aamrt'odadhih.

 

You are, by your own nature, submissive to the will of those that take

refuge in you, bountiful, graciously accommodating to the inferiors,

guileless and reliable,pure,tender,merciful,blissful,firm,free from all

self-regarding duties, ever mindful of the services of the devotees and

a nectar-ocean of all auspicious attributes.

 

slokha 19 :-

 

Upary upary abja-bhuv'opi purusaan

prakalpya te ye satam ity anukramaat;

giras tvad ekaika-gun'aavadh'ipsayaa

sadaa stithaa no'dyamato'atiserate

 

The eternal Vedic texts which are ever eager to find out the limit of

each of your attributes(beginning with Ananda) by describing in

ascending order the bliss of beings higher than the lotus-born brahma

himself with the words, 'one hundred such units of bliss' etc., do not,

in

spite of their incessant endeavour, go beyond the first attribute Ananda

 

itself, it being infinite and above all enumeration.

 

slokha 20 :-

 

Tvad aasritaanaam jagad-udbhava-sthiti

pranaasa-samsaara-vimocan'aadayah;

bhavanti lilaa vidhayas ca vaidikaah

tvadiya gambhira mano'anusaarinah.

 

The creation, sustentation and dissolution of the universe as also

release from transmigratory existence ,all of which constitute your

play, and the vedic injunctions, which are in accord with your

profound will - all these are for the benifit of those that take shelter

 

in you.

 

 

Sri krishnaarpanamasthu

 

Regards

B.N.Suresh.