PRAHLADA STOTRAM - 6

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PRAHLADA STOTRAM - 6

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Dear Bhagavatas:

In this penultimate posting, the synopsis of SlOkas 44 to 50 is given .This

covers the "StOtram" proper. SlOkas 51 to 55 which will be featured in the

final installment, are in the nature of concluding statements.

Hope you enjoyed the series. I will be much obliged to have your feedback.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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Translations by Sri P.N. Krishnaswamy Iyengar

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prAyENa dEva munayas sva vimukthi kAmA:

mounam charanthi vijanE na parArtha nishtA:/

na yEthAn vihAya kripaNAn vimumuksha EkO

na anyam tvad anya saraNam bhramthO anupasyE// 44

Meaning

" Oh! Deva! Generally Rishis are always selfish. They are only engaged for

their own salvation. They don't care for the advancement of others. Hence,

they always prefer solitude and go to forest to do penance; Not so am I. I do

not want liberation from this samsAra for myself alone. I do not like to

leave behind these souls who are beside me and who out of ignorance, are

caught in the whirlpool of samsAra. I do not find any other liberator for

them except you. Oh! Lord! Have mercy on them too!"

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yath maithunAdi gruhamEdhi sukham hi tuchcham

kaNTooyanEna karayOriva duhka duhkam/

trupthyanthi na iha kripaNA bahu duhka bhAja:

kaNToothivath manasijam vishahEtha dheera:// 45

Meaning

" The apparent enjoyment of a Grihasta i.e. the householder is sexual

pleasure. But, it is no pleasure at all. It is a trifle. Really, such sexual

pleasure is nothing but the cause of misery. It is like scratching the body

with the fingernails to ease itches. But, this leads to further itching and

"growing pains". Further, the more one gets addicted to worldly pleasures,

the more discontented one becomes. But, very rarely we come across a few bold

men who resist such sensual and sexual enjoyment"

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mouna vratha srutha thapO adhyayana sva dharma-

vyAkhyA rahO japa samAdhaya AapavarghyA:/

prAya: param purusha thE thu ajithEndriyANAm

vArthA bhavanthyuth utha na vA atra thu dAmbikAnAm// 46

Meaning

"Oh! The Supreme Lord! Meditation, observance of all the Sastric commands,

reading of Vedas, performance of penance, observing all the varNa AchAras,

expounding vEdas to others, chanting holy mantras in solitude and other

meditation and concentration - are surely the means of attaining Moksham.

But, NOT FOR ALL. They are so only for those who have conquered their senses.

For those who have not so conquered, these modes of life become means of

eking out their livelihood. For those who do all these things for pomp and

show, they will lose that character of eking out livelihood also. Such being

the case, how can they become means of attaining salvation? They will be the

means of salvation only for those who have subdued their senses."

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roopE imE sadasathee thava vEda drishTE

bheejAnkura iva na cha anyath aroopakasya/

yukthA:samaksham ubhayatra vichakshathE tvAm

yOgEna vahnim iva dArushu na anyatha: syAth// 47

Meaning

" All the objects, animate and inanimate are as proclaimed by Vedas, Oh!

Lord! your forms. Not only that they form respectively the seed and the

sprout, they are also exhibited by you. Great Rishis by their yOga abhyAsa

found out your art amidst those objects just as fire (is found out) by

rubbing wood"

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tvam vAyu: agni: avani: viyad ambu mAtrA:

prAna indriyANi hridayam chid anugrahas cha/

sarvam tvamEva saguNO viguNas cha Bhooman!

na anyath tvad asthi api manO vachasA niruktham// 48

Meaning

" Oh! The Great Lord! You are everything- VAyu, Agni, Earth, Ether and Water,

the senses and their GuNas, all the five PrANa Vayus, Mind, Buddhi, AhamkAra.

All these are yourself. You possess all good qualities and you are rid of all

bad qualities. All that are within the reach of the mind and speech are

nothing but yourself"

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na yEthE guNA na guNinO mahA dAdaya: yE

sarve mana: prabruthaya: saha dEva marthyA:/

aadhyantha vantha urugAya! Vidanthi hi tvAm

yEvam vimrusya sudhiyO viramanthi sabdAth// 49

Meaning

" Oh! Lord! You are the only one deserving of all praises. All the guNas, and

those that are the effect of these guNas i.e. Mahath, Manas, Devas and

Manushyas etc. have beginning and end. They do not know you. Great ones have

by their austerities found you out among all those things and have refrained

themselves from worldly desires and attained VairAghya and as a consequence

thereof realized you and are keeping absolutely motionless"

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thath thE Mahththama ! namah sthuthi karma poojA

karma smrithi charaNayO: sravaNam kathAyAm/

samsEvayA tvayi vinOthi shadangayA thu

bhakthim jana: parama hamsa gathou labhEtha// 50

Meaning

" Oh! Lord, the Supreme! There are six ways to attain that Bhakti towards you

viz., (1) Prostration (2) Praising you (3) Offering Poojas to you (4) Doing

Dharmas (5) Meditation of your holy feet (6) Hearing stories about you. These

are the ways of real devotees, bhaktas and SannyAsis. Except by such sEva, it

is not possible to reach the path of such SannyAsis or to become a Bhakta of

yours."

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PRAHLADA STOTRAM - CONCLUSION will follow.

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