Shlokas for various forms of Srimannarayana

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavatottamas,

 

This weekend we are opening Radha Krishna Temple in Boise, Idaho. For this

occassion, I need one or two slokas (with English translations) for the

following forms of Srimannarayana. We will greatly appreciate it, if our

Bhakti group members email me the slokas. (rmudumbi and

cmudumbi).

 

1. Sri Madhava

2. Sri Trivikrama

3. Sri Damodara

4. Sri Purushottama

5. Sri Narayana

6. Sri Hari

 

adiyen

 

Ramanuja Dasan

 

Ramagopal

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Mudumbi:

 

Hearty congratulations to yourself

and your friends at Boise ,Idaho

on the opening of the RaadhA-KrishNa temple .

 

It is commendable that you wish to

celebrate the different forms of

Sriman NaarAyaNa there .

 

The focus on the six forms that you

have chosen sounds interesting .

 

Some of the Sanskrit slOkAs pertinent

to them will be tough to pronounce and will

not permit the fellow bhakthAs

to recite together .Hence , you may consider

Sri VishNU sahasra Naama recitation

to cover all forms of Sriman NaarAyaNA .

 

Let me comment on each of the six forms of

the Lord that you have chosen and

suggest some slOkAs as an alternative:

 

1.ThrivikramA

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For instance , if you wish to celebrate

the ThrivikramA form of the Lord ,

then you will have to choose from

the DasAvathAra SthOthram of Swami Desikan

or the DehaLIsa Sthuthi by him .

 

I have written about the DehaLIsa sthuthi

in Bhakthi list and they are archived

in September-November 1997 time frame .

 

Those will be tough slOkAs to recite .

 

There is a song on ThrivikramA

in Simple sanskrit with meaning that I posted

on August 23 , 1997 . You can use it also .

Some one , who is musically proficient

can sing it also .

 

2. Hari

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On Hari, You can use the two slOkams

of Sri VishNu Bhujangam :

 

krupAlO HarE! Kesava sEsha hEthO!

JagannAtha! NaarAyaNAnandha VishNO!

namas thubhyam ithyAlaapayantham mudhA maam

Kuru SrIpathE tvath PaadhAmbhOja Bhaktham

 

(meaning ): O Merciful God ! sustainer , KesavA , the prime

cause , Lord of the World, NaarAyaNA ! happiness absolute! fast

strider! I salute You , and as one who praise You thus,

it makes me happy . Oh Lord of Lakshmi ! I am Your

humble servant .

 

MukhE MandhahAsam nakhE chandhra bhAsam

KarE chAru chakram SurEsAdhi Vandhyam

BhujangE sayAnam bhajE padhmanAbham

HarEranya dhaivam na manyE na manyE

 

(meaning): The One with the smiling face ,

nails shining like the Moon , hand adorned

with the radiant disc, worshipped by the Lord

of DevAs , recliner on the serpent bed ,and lotus-naveled

Lord , Sree hari , I worship You alone .

I do not consider any other God at all .

 

3. PurushOtthamA

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Sri Bhagavdh GitA : PurushOtthama Yogam(Chapter 17.18)

 

yasmAth ksharamathIthOham aksharAdhapi chOtthama:

athOsmi lOkE VedhE cha Prathitha: PURUSHOTTHAMA:

 

(Meaning ): As I transcend the Perishable and am

above even the imperishable , therefore am I in the World

(SMRUTHI) And in the VedhAs celebrated as the PurushOtthaman

( the Highest PurushA ).

 

The perishable here is the tree of samsArA called

the AsvatthA tree.The imperishable is the seed of

the tree of samsArA .

 

Sri Bhagavad GitA : Chapter 15.17( pursushOtthama Yogam )

 

Utthama: Purushasthvanya: ParamAthmEthydhAhrudha:

yaam Lokathrayam aavisya Bhibarthyavaya Isvara:

 

(meaning): There is the PurushOtthaman (Supreme

PurushA ) other than the perishable and the imperishable .

He is named by the VedhAs as the paramAthmA.It is He ,

who as the immutable One and the Lord of all , enters

the threfold world (Earth , midregion and the Heaven /sky)

and sustains it.

 

If anyone can recite Purusha Sooktham and

NaarAyaNa sooktham , that will be the right kind of

salutation to PurushOtthaman , NaaraayaNan and Hari.

 

4. 5 and 6: Maadhavan, NaarAyaNan and DhAmOdharan

 

NaarAyaNAya SuddhAya VisvEsAYa svarAsaya

AchyuthAnantha Govindha PadmanAbhAya SouhrudhE

 

HrushikEsAya KoormAya MadhavAchyuthA cha

DhAmOdharAya DevAya AnanthAya MahAthmanE

vajRayutha Nakha sparsa Dhivya Simha NamOsthuthE

 

These slOka passages are from Srimath ApAmArjana sthOthram

and cover the names of MaadhavA , NaarAyaNaa , DamOdharA

and many other forms of the VishNu .The meanings

are easy to comprehend .

 

In summary , the first section of Githa Govindham

of Jaya DevA dealing with DasaavathAram of

Sriman NaarAyaNA or the Sri DasAvathAra slOkams

of Swami Desikan will provide excellent tribute

that would be fit for this auspicious occasion .

You might ask the Archakar to recite and repeat

the passages after him .

 

Best Wishes ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 02:48 PM 8/18/99 -0600, you wrote:

>Dear Bhagavatottamas,

>

>This weekend we are opening Radha Krishna Temple in Boise, Idaho. For this

>occassion, I need one or two slokas (with English translations) for the

>following forms of Srimannarayana. We will greatly appreciate it, if our

>Bhakti group members email me the slokas. (rmudumbi and

>cmudumbi).

>

>1. Sri Madhava

>2. Sri Trivikrama

>3. Sri Damodara

>4. Sri Purushottama

>5. Sri Narayana

>6. Sri Hari

>

>adiyen

>

>Ramanuja Dasan

>

>Ramagopal

>

>

>