Sri Maangalya Sthavam : Part IX /SlOkams 44 to 50

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs Of Sri Hari NaarAyaNan :

 

The Phala Sruthi ( the benefits and MangaLams ) slOkams reveal

the MangaLams arising from the recitation of this Sthavam

(SlOkams 44 to 50) eulogizing Nara Hari BhagavAn .

 

Phala Sruthi SlOkams ( 44- 50 ) : SlOkam 44

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yEthath paDan DhAlabhya samastha-pApai:

vimuchyathE VishNuparO Manushya:

siddhyanthy kAryANi taTAasya sarvAn

arTAn avApnOthy yaTEcchathE thAnn

 

(Meaning): Oh Sage DhAlabhya ! The enlightened one , who knows

VishNu is ParadEvathai to perform SaraNAgathy recites this Sthavam

and is freed from all sins . All his activities bear auspicious results .

He gains all the wealth that he desires .

 

SlOkam 45

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dussvapna: praSamam upayithi paDyamAnE

sthOthrEasmin SravaNavidhou sadhOdhyatasya

prArambhO dhruthamupayAthy siddhimEsa:

pApAni kshapayathy chAsya DevadEva:

 

(Meaning): For the one , who has vowed to hear the recitation of

this SthOIthram of (Nara) Hari , the inauspicious dreams will become

powerless. Whatever activities he starts will yield quickly auspicious

fruits . DevadEvan Nara Hari banishes all the sins that he accumulated .

 

SlOkam 46 :

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Maangalyam Paramapadham sadhArTasiddhim

nirvignAmadhikaphalAm Sriyam dadhAthy

kim lOkE tadhiha parathra chApi pumsAm

yath VishNu-pravaNa-dhiyAm na DhAlabhya! sAdhyam

 

(Meaning) : Oh Sage DhAlabhya ! There is nothing that is beyond

the reach for the servants of the Lord both in this and the other

world . BhagavAn Nara Hari will bless His devotees with great wealth

and auspiciousness in this world and grant them permanant

residence at His Supreme abode at the end of their earthly life .

 

SlOkam 47 :

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dEvEndhras-thribhuvanamEkapinga:

samsiddhim thribhuvanagAm cha Kaarthaveerya:

VaidEha: Paramapadham prasAdhya VishNum

samprApthA: sakalaphalapradhO hi VishNu:

 

(Meaning) : KaarthaveeryArjunan gained the dharma sakthi that enabled

him to prevent adharmam rising in the three worlds through worshipping

Hari . KubhEran became the Lord of Iswaryam the same way . Indhran

got the boon of enjoying the pleasures present in the three words by

followig the same route of AarAdhanam of Hari . The VidEha king attained

Parama Padham through such dedicated worship of Hari . They were all

blessed as such because Hari alone can grant His devotees all the Phalans

that they seek including Moksham .

 

SlOkam 48 :

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sarvArambhEshu DhAlabhyaitadh dhussvapnEshu cha PaNDitha:

japadhEkamanA VishNou taTA-amangalyadarsanE

 

(Meaning): Oh Sage DhAlabhya! The knowledgable human being should

recite MaangaLya Sthavam , whenever he commences any activity ; he should

recite it whenever he experiences bad dreams ; at the times in which he meets

with inauspiciousness , he should recite this Sthavam about (Nara) Hari .

He should recite this Sthavam with unaltered Bhakthi to Hari .

 

SlOkam 49:

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Samam prayAnthy dhushtAni grahapeeDAsccha dhAruNA:

karmArambhAsccha sidhdyanthy puNyam aapnOthy chOtthamam

 

Oh DhAlabhya ! When an intelligent man recites Maangalya Sthavam with

Bhakthi and ViswAsam in Hari as the Supreme Being , his inauspiciousness

vanishes . The ill effects of fearsome grahams do not touch him anymore .

The ill effects are transformed into beneficial effects . All activiites bear

auspicious fruits . The bad dreams have no lasting effects ; they become

powerless . Such an adhikAri reaps the fruits of auspiciousness .

 

SlOkma 50 :

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Harir-dadhAthy bhadhrANi Mangalyasthuthi samsthutha:

karOthyakhilaroopaisthu rakshamakshatha sakthibhruth

 

(Meaning): Hari eulogized with MaangaLya Sthavam becomes

immensely pleased and grants all MangaLams sought .The omnipotent

Hari taking all types of forms during His many avathArams protects

His devotee with great care (SurakshAm dhadhAthi) .

 

(Comments ) : Sage Pulasthya reminds Sage DhAlabhya that Hari

pleased with the devotee's salutations through Maangalya Sthavam

grants them three boons (1) Bhadhram , (2)MangaLam and (3) SurakshaNam .

 

These three boons granted by the Lord reveal once again the Lord eulogized

in Maangalya Sthavam is none other than Narasimha BhagavAn( Nara Hari ) .

Let us look at each of these boons :

 

(1) Bhadhram: The 8th slOkam of the powerful ManthrarAja Padha SthOthram

points out that Lord ( Mangala ) Narasimhan grants " Bhadhram " ( wealth of

every kind as well as all KshEma Laabhams) :

 

sarvOapi Yamm smASrithya sakala, bhadhram aSnuthE

SriyA cha BhadhrayA JushtE: yass-tamm BHADHRAM NAMAAMYAHAM

 

BhagavAn Narasimhan is SarvathO Bhadhran . That is why Veda Manthram

prays as one of the Saanthi Paatams :

 

Bhadhram KarNEbhi: SruNuyAma dEvA bhadhram pasyEma akshibhir-yajathrA

sTirairangais-tushtuvAmsas-tanUbhir-vyaSEma dEvahitham yadhAyu:

 

(2) MangaLam : The tenth slOkam of Sri Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram of

Ahirbudhnyan spells out what these MangaLams are for those who surrender

at the sacred feet of Lord ( MangaLagiri )Narasimhan :

 

NamaskArAthmakam yasmai vidhAya Aathma nivEdhanam

thyaktha dhukkhOkhilAn kaamAn aSnantham Tamm namAmyaham

 

Such a Prapannan is freed from all inauspiciousness and sufferings

caused by them . He gets all his prayers fulfilled . He gains all MangaLams

from the SarvathO MangaLa Moorthy .

 

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha MangaLa Navarathna Maalika slOkams bring further

the Mangalam aspects of the Lord saluted in Maangalya Sthavam :

 

MangaLam sthambha DimbhAya ManhaLam MruthyumruthyavE

MangaLam roudhraroopAya NarasimhAya MangaLam

 

SarvabheejAya SathyAya SarvAdhishtAna MoorthayE

SarvEswarAya Sarvasmai SatthvasimhAya MangaLam

 

(3) SurakshaNam : The most celebrated aspect of Lord Narasimhan is

instantaneous rush to protect Bhaktha PrahlAdhan . He has extended

His strong and protective hands to dhi SankarA twice . On one occasion ,

Lord Narasimhan , the SurakshaNa Moorthy responded to the Lakshmi Nrusimha

KarAvalampana SthOthram of Aadhi Sankara :

 

SamsAra sAgara numanjana muhyamAnam

dheenam vilOkaya VibhO KaruNA nidhE Maamm

PrahlAdha khEdha parihAra parAvathAra

Lakshminrusimha Mama dEhi karAvalampam

 

adiyEn concludes this series of nine postings on MangaLya

Sthavam with a Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr describing

ParAnkusa Naayaki's anubhavam of Nara Hari :

 

Aadi Aadi aham karainthu, isai

paadi paadi kaNNeer malhi , yengum

naadi naadi NARASINGHAA yenRu

vaadi vaadum ivvANuthalE ---ThiruvAimozhi: 2.4.1

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan