DasAvatAram and NavagrahAs

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Dear BhaghavatOttamAs:

 

Shri Sadagopan gave a good account of the NavagrahAs. There is a raging

debate at the Buffalo temple whether or not to have a navagraha sannidhy.

 

His article could not have been more timely. The people of north India do

not think it necessary and the people of south India, especially the smArtAs

are pretty much for it. This lead me to do a little research on this topic

and I thought I would share it with you.

 

The following slOka clearly says that navagrahAs are pleased if we pray to

the dasAvatAram of EmperumAn. This slokA very much voices the same

sentiments as expressed in the Thyagaraja Kruti quoted by Shri Sadagopan. I

understand that there is a similar kruti by Purandara Dasa (sakala graha

pala ninnE sarasijAkshA..). The slOkA:

 

RAmAvatAra: sooryasaya, chandrasya yadunAyaka:

NrusimhO bhoomiputrasya, sowmya: sOma sutasya cha,

vAmanO vibudhEndrasya bhargavO bhargavasya cha

koormO bhaskara putrasya, saimhikEyasya sookara:

kEthOr meenAvatArascha yEkEchAnyapi gOcharA:

 

Based on this pramAnam, it is clear that praying to the dasavatAram of

BhagavAn (by reciting the dasAvatAra stotram of Vedanta Desika) one can get

rid of one's difficulties caused by dasAbhuktigal. Specifically:

 

Lord Matsya : Ketu

Lord Kurma: Sani

Lord Varaha: Rahu

Lord Narasimha: AngArakan

Lord Vamana: Guru

Lord Parasurama: Sukran

Lord Rama: Surya

Lord Balarama: kuligan

Lord Krishna: Chandran

Lord Kalki: budhan

 

In the vEnkatEsa suprabhata slokam (SooryEndu bhowma..) it says that those

who seek refuge under the lotus feet of EmperumAn are automatically freed

from the jurisdiction of navagrahAs.

 

There is also a slOkA from padukA sahasram (kanaka ruchirA kAvyAkyAtA..)

that says that pAdukA devi will shield us from the influences of

navagrahams.

 

Incidentally, the Satya Narayana Puja that is done includes a puja for the

navagrahams. To the best of my knowledge Sri VaishnavAs do not perform

Shri Satya Narayana Puja. This belongs to the category of Vara Lakshmi

Vratam etc. that are not performed by Sri VaishnavAs.

 

Now here is a clarification I seek from Dr. Parthasarathy (through Shri

Sadagopan). From one of the Lifco publications (Stotra Malai) Tirupati is

listed as the navagraha kshEtram for chandran and Srirangam for shukran.

There is also some difference in other kshEtrAs but they are all under the

category of Siva kshEtrAs. There appears to be some variation from what

Dr.Parthasarathy had written and what is in the LifcO publication.

 

S. Vijayaraghavan

Buffalo, NY

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