srilakshminarayanahrdhayam

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Sri LakshmiNarayanahrdhayam

 

[Translated into English by Dr. Saroja Ramanujam from the Tamil

translation and commentary by Sri ArasANippAlai Gopala Desikan]

 

DhyAnaslokam

 

UdhyadhAdhithya sankAsam peethavAsam chathurbujam

shankachakragadhA pANim DHyAyEth lakshmeepathim harim

 

One should meditate on Hari, the Lord of Lakshmi,who is lustrous like

the rising sun,wearing yellow silk garmant,having four arms,holding

the conch, the disc and the mace in his hands.

 

thrilOkyADHArachakram thadhupari kamaTam

thathra chAnandhabOghee

thanmaDHyE bhoomipadhmAnkusasikaradhaLam

karNikAbhoothamErum

thathTHam shAnthamurthim manimayamakutam

kundalOdhbhAsithAngam

lakshmeenArAyaNAkhyam sarasijanayanam

santhatham chinthayAmah

 

Let us meditate on lakshmeenArAyaNa, whose eyes are like lotuses,

whose form is peaceful, shining with jewelled crown and ear ornaments

on His body, who is inside the chakra which is the support of the

threeworlds,the primeaval tortoise on it,the body of sesha in it, in

the middle of which is the earth and lotus ankusa, Meru on the top

at athe centre of the lotus.

 

 

 

1.nArAyaNah paramjyothirAthmA nArayaNah parah

nArAyaNah parambrahma nArAyaNanamOsthuthE

 

Narayana is the supreme light; Narayana is the supreme self (while

the jiva is the lowerself);Narayana is the supreme brahman. My

salutations to You, Narayana.

 

2. nArAyaNah parO dhEvO DHAthA nArAyaNah parah

nArAyaNah parO DHAthA nArAyaNa namOsthu thE

 

Narayana is the supreme deity;Narayana is the supreme

creator;Narayana is the supreme support; My salutations to You

Narayana.

 

3.nArayanah param DHAma DhyAnam narAyanah parah

nArAyanah parO dharmO nArayana namOsthuthe

 

Narayana is the supreme abode ; Narayana is the object of

meditation;Narayana is the supreme dharma; my salutations to Narayana.

 

4.nArAyana paro dhEvO vidhyA nArAyanah parah

visvam nArAyaNassAkshAth narAyaNa namosthu thE

 

Narayana is the highest deity; Narayana is the highest

learning;Narayana is the Universe in reality; My salutations to

Narayana.

 

5.nArAyaNAth viDhirjAthO jAthO nArAyaNAth bhavah

jAthO nArAyanAdhindhrO nArAyaNa namOsthu thE

 

The creator, Brahma, originated from Narayana; from Narayana Siva

came and from Narayana came Indhra; My salutations to Narayana.

 

6.RavirnArAyaNasthEjah chandhrO nArAyaNo mahah

vahnirnArAyaNassAkshAthnArAyaNa namOsthu thE

 

The brilliance of Narayana is the sun and the moon is the light of

Narayana; The fire is Narayana Himself; My salutations to Narayana.

 

7.nArAyaNa upAsyassyAth gururnArAyaNah parah

nArAyanah parO bhoDHo nArAyaNanamOsthuthE

 

Narayana is to be meditated; Narayana is the supreme guru;Narayana is

the highest knowledge; My salutations to Narayana.

 

8.nArAyaNah phalam mukhyam siddhirnArAyanassukham

harirnArAyaNassuddhih nArAyaNa namOsthuthe

 

Narayana is the main goal (fruit )to be acieved.Narayna gives joy.He

is the success. Narayana ,the Lord Hari, is purity (His

namasankirthana will remove sins and make one pure) Saltutions to

Narayana.

9.nigamAvEdhithAnantha kalyANAguNavAriDHE

nArAyananamasthEsthu narakArNava thAraka.

 

Salutations to you, Oh Narayana,The ocean of the innumerable

auspicious qualities declared by the vedas, and the deliverer from

the sea called hell.

 

10.janmamrthyujarAvyAdhipArathanthryAdhibhissadhA

dhOshairasprshtaroopAya nArAyaNa namOsthu thE

 

Salutations to you who is never touched by the defects such as birth,

death,old age, disease etc. rising out of bondage.(Except the Lord,

all other beings from Brahma till a blade of grass are affected by

these.)

 

11.vEdhasAshtrArThavijnAna sADhyabhakthyEkagOchara

nArAyaNa namasthEsthu mAmudDHara bhavArNavAth

 

I bow to you, who is comprehended only by devotion arising out of the

knowledge of the purport of vedas and sasthras.Rescue me from the sea

of samsara.

 

12.nithyAnandha mahOdhAra parathpara jagathpathE

nArAyaNa namOsthEsthu mOksha sAmrAjyAdhAyinE

 

Salutations to you , Narayana, who is everlasting bliss, supremely

benevolent, higher than the highest,the Lord of the universe and the

one who gives mOksha.

 

13.Abrahmasthambaparyantham akhilAthma mahAsraya

sarvabhoothAthmabhoothAthman nArAyaNanamOsthu the

 

Salutations to you,Narayana, who is the self of all from Brahma till

a blade of grass and the abode of all, and the inner self of the all

the individual selves of all beings.

 

14.pAlithAsEshalOkAya puNyasravaNakirthana

nArAyaNa namasthesthu praayOdhakasAyinE

 

Salutations to you,Narayana, the protector of all the worlds, to hear

or say whose nama is meritorious,who is sleeping in the milky-ocean

at the time of deluge.

 

15. nirastha sarvadhOshAya bhakthyAdhiguNa dhAyinE

nArAyaNanamasthEsthu thvAm vinA na hi mE gathih

 

Salutations to you, Narayana, who removes all defects and bestows

qualities like devotion. I do not have any other refuge than you.

 

16.dharmArTha kama mOkshAkhyapurushArThapradhAyinE

nArAyaNanamasthEsthu punasthEsthu namO namah

 

salutation again and again, to you, Narayana, who is the provider of

the purushArTHas, dharma, arTha . kAma and mOksha.

 

The above verses are for the purpose of surrendering to the Lord

through bhakthi and prapatthi in order to get rid of the worldly ties

that give birth and attain Moksha. The next ten are in the form of

prayer.