stotra ratna contd.

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Respected members,

Slokhas 55 through 58 of Yaamunaacharya's stotraratna are

as follows :-

 

slokha 55 :-

 

Tava daasya-sukh'aika sanginaam

bhavanesu astu api kiita-janma me;

itaraa'vasathesu maa sma bhuud

api me janma caturmukh'aatmanaa.

 

May I be born even as a worm in the homes of those who are solely devoted to

the joy of serving you; but let me not be born even as the four-faced Brahma

in the abodes of those who are otherwise disposed.

 

slokha 56 :-

 

Sakrt tvad'aakara vilokan'aasayaa

trniikrtaan uttama-bhukti-muktibhih;

mahaatmabhir maam avalokyataam naya

ksane'api te yad viraho'ati duhsahah.

 

Make me an object worthy of the benign look of great souls, who with the

hope of having even a single glance at your form are ready to reject as

worthless as a blade of grass,even the highest enjoyments and liberation,

and whose seperation even for a moment is very unendurable to you.

 

slokha 57 :-

 

Na deham na praanaan na ca sukham ases'aabhilasitam

na c'aatmaanam n'aanyat kim api tava sesatva vibhavaat;

bahir-bhuutam naatha! ksanam api sahe yaatu satadhaa

vinaasam tat satvam madhu-mathana! vijnnaapanam idam.

 

O Lord, neither the body, nor the pranas, nor the happiness coveted by all,

nor even the self, nor anything else that is outside the requirements for

your service, can I, even for a moment put up with.

Let them perish in a hundred ways. This in all truth is my entreaty to you,

O slayer of Madhu!.

 

slokha 58 :-

 

Durantasy'aanaader apariharaniiyasya mahato

nihiin'aacaaro'aham nrpasurasubhasy'aaspadam api;

dayaa-sindho! bandho! niravadhika vaatsalya jaladhe

tava smaaram smaaram guna-ganam it'iichaami gatabhih.

 

Though I, a beast of a man without any standard of conduct, being the seat

of all vices and cruelty, am fated for an eternal and calamitous

destiny,still I am free from all fear, remembering you again and again, You

an ocean of mercy and parental love, and innumerable virtues of a similar

nature.

 

Sri krishnaarpanamasthu

 

Regards

B.N.Suresh

 

 

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