KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam :Part XII-- Sri VaradarAja AshtOtthara satha NaamAvaLi in the words of KurEsar and Swamy Desikan.

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Sri PerumdEvi ThAyAr SamEtha Sri VaradarAja SwaminE Nama:

 

adiyEn will list the 108 NaamAvaLis first and

then add the meanings of these Sacred Naamams

after each of these 108 NaamAs.

 

adiyEn requests the Sanskrit scholars to forgive

the grammatical errors that might have crept up in

the construction of these NaamAvaLis due to my

own Sanskrit language deficencies .

 

These NaamaavaLIs incorporate KurEsar's and

Swamy Desikan's SthOthra grantham passages:

 

Sri VaradarAja AshtOthra Satham

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1.(PraNavam) Hasthigiri-Mastha-sEkhara

PraNaTArTi-Hara SwaminE Nama:

 

( Salutations to the Lord,the remover of all

the sorrows of devotees taking refuge at His

sacred feet! Salutations to that jewel

standing on top of the Elephant hill !).

 

2. (PraNavam)arTiTArtha paridhAna dhikshItha

SwaminE Nama:

 

(Salutations to that One , who has vowed to grant

the desired boons geenrously for His devotees,

who seek them !).

 

3. (PraNavam) SarvabhUtha-Suhrudh SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to that Master , who has the well being of

all of His creations in His heart !)

 

4. (pranavam) DevarAja SwaminE NaMO Nama:

 

(Salutations to that Lord of all Gods !).

 

5. (PraNavam) KarigirIsAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord of the Elephant Hill !)

 

6. (PraNavam) Tunga MangaLa guNa-aaspadha

VaradarAjAya NamO Nama:

 

( Salutations to that King of Boon-givers ,

who is the abode of the highest and the most

auspicious guNAs!).

 

7. (PraNavam) adhbhutha aseema bhUmaka SwaminE

NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord of wonderous and limitless

glories !)

 

8. (praNavam) Hasthi-Kshithi-dhara PathayE NamO nama:

 

(Salutations to the Emperor of the Hasthi Giri !).

 

9. (PraNavam) nirABhAdha Nithya Niravadhi Nirupama

SvarUpa SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

( Salutations to the Lord with the changeless, eternal,

incomparable and all-pervasive roopam !).

 

 

10. (PraNavam) Pravara-guNa-ShaDka SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

( Salutations to the Lord with the supreme Six GuNAs:

Jn~Ana , Sakthi , Bala , Isvarya , Veerya and TEjas).

 

11. (PraNavam) agaNitha MahA-MangaLa guNa SampoorNAya

NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One filled with countless auspicious

GuNAs !).

 

12. (PraNavam) Vara-guNa-GaNa PoorNAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One embodying the anantha KalyANa

GuNams !)

 

13. (Pranavam ) PraNatha Jana BhOgya SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One , who is the delectable feast

for the devotees , who seek refuge at His lotus feet !).

 

14. ( PraNavam ) PraNatha Paratanthra SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One , who is the " servant "

to His BhakthAs! ).

 

15. (PraNavam) UdhAra Bhuja SwaminE namO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One with the most chivalrous/

generous hands that bless one with all kinds of

Isvaryams and PurushArthams !).

 

16. ( Pranavam) AayathAksha SwaminE NaMO nama:

 

( Salutations to the Lord , who has the most beautiful

eyes extend all the way to His ears ! ).

 

17. (PraNavam) Neela Megha Nibha ghAthra SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord , whose complexion reminds one

of the rainy clouds of summer Months! ).

 

18. (PraNavam) anjana-punja-shyAma KunthaLa

SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord , who has the dense bluish-black

tresses , which resemble the assembly of Colerium strips !).

 

19. (PraNavam) ambhuja nEthra PrabhavE NamO nama:

 

(Salutations to the Prabhu with the Lotus-Soft

beautiful eyes !).

 

20. (PraNavam) Urdhva-puNDraalankrutha LalADa

shObhitha SwaminE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord , who is radiant with

the Urdhva-PuNDram on His forehead !).

 

21. (praNavam) Sphuritha Moukthika Haaralankrutha

Vakshasthala Vaibhava SwaminE naMO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Great One , whose chest is adorned

by the moving beautiful pearl necklace !).

 

22. (PraNavam) KaruNA-Rasa poorNa Nayana Vaibhavaaya

NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord with the eyes filled with

the mood of karunai !).

 

23. (PraNavam)apAra KrupA nidhayE NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Great Hasthi GirIsan with

limitless krupai for His devotees !).

 

24. (PraNavam) PushkarAksha VaradharAjAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One with the beautiful eyes reminding

us of the red lotus in its beauty /soukumAryam!).

 

25. (praNavam) abhIshta-GopikA aagrAtha kapOla YugaLAya

Namo Nama:

 

(Salutations to the GopikA-Ramanan, whose cheeks were

touched by the infatuated Gopa Sthrees with their lips !).

 

26. (PraNavam)Kambhu Kaantha kaNDa laavaNyAya NamO Nama:

 

( Salutaions to the Lord with the captivating beauty of

the neck resembling that of a lovely conch !).

 

27. (PraNavam)TamAla Neela roopaya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Great One with the dark greenish-black

hue of a TamAla tree !).

 

28. (PraNavam) IndhirA AaslEsha RasikAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutation to the Indhira-Ramanan , who delights in

receiving the embraces of PerumdEvi PirAtti!).

 

29. (PraNavam) Vraja jana sadhana anghaNEshu rinkhAtha

VaibhavAya NamO nama:

 

(Salutations to the infant Lord with the red palms arising

from His crawling on the halls of the houses of the Gopis at

Gokulam !).

 

30. (PraNavam) Kuru kshEthrE Haya Naya Soothra ThOhtthrayO:

aalamBana MahAthmyAya NamO Nama:

 

( Salutations to that ParthasArathy with the Glory of

reddened hands from holding the ropes for directing the horse

and the saattai kucchhi at the KurukshEthram war as

the charioteer of Arjunan!).

 

31. (PraNavam) VarENya Vara-dhAthAya NamO Nama:

 

( Salutations to the Supreme boon-granting Lord Varadhan!).

 

32. (PraNavam) aNDa adhyushitha UdharA vaibhavAya

NamO nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord , who held the universes

inside His small stomach to protect them during the time

of MahA PraLayam !).

 

33. (Pranavam) Yaj~nEsvarAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord of all Yaj~nams!)

 

34. (PraNavam) adhirAjAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to Varadhan , who as the First Lord of

all Yaj~nams received directly the Havis in the AsvamEdha

Yaagam performed by Brahma Devan on Hasthigiri !).

 

35. (Pranavam)Janma-sTEma-praLaya vidhaya vilasitha

vaibhavAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the One with powers of creation , sustenance

and destruction from the blossoming of His Sankalpa sakthi !).

 

36. (PraNavam) Sarva lOka SaraNyAya NamO Nama:

 

(Salutations to the Lord , who is the refuge of all the worlds !).

 

(To be Continued with two more postings containing

36 more naamams each ).

 

Sri PerumdEvi SamEtha Sri VararAja SwaminE NamO Nama:

Daasan , Oppilappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan

 

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