OM TAT SAT

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Sri Shani Chalisa

Doha
Jai Ganesh Girija Suwan Mangal karan kripaal
Deenan ke Dhuk dhoor kari Kheejai Naath Nihaal
JaiJai SriShanidev Prabhu Sunahu Vinay Maharaaj
Karahu Kruia hey Ravitanay Rakhahu Jan ki Laaj

Jayathi jayathi shani dayaala,

karath sadha bhakthan prathipaala

Chaari bhuja, thanu shyam viraajay,

maathey ratan mukut chavi chaajay

Param vishaal manohar bhaala,

tedi dhrishti bhrukuti vikraala

Kundal shravan chamaacham chamke,

hiye maal mukthan mani dhamkay

Kar me gadha thrishul kutaara,

pal bich karai arihi samhaara

Pinghal, krishno, chaaya, nandhan,

yum, konasth, raudra, dhuk bhamjan

Sauri, mandh shani, dhasha naama,

bhanu puthra poojhin sab kaama

Jaapar prabu prasan havain jhaahin,

rakhhun raav karai shan maahin

Parvathhu thrun hoi nihaarath,

thrunhu ko parvath kari daarath

Raaj milath ban raamhin dheenhyo,

kaikeyihu ki mathi hari linhiyo

Banhu mae mrag kapat dhikaayi,

maathu Janki gayi chooraayi

Lakanhin shakthi vikal kari daara,

machiga dhal mae haahaakaar

Raavan ki ghathi-mathi bauraayi,

Ramchandra so bair badaayi

Dheeyo keet kari kanchan Lanka,

baji bajarang beer ki danka

Nrip vikram par thuhin pagu dhaara,

chitra mayur nigli gai haara

Haar naulakka laagyo chori,

haath pair darvaayo thori

Bhaari dhasha nikrusht dhikaayo,

telhin ghar kholhu chalvaayo

Vinay raag dheepak mah khinho,

tab prasann prabhu hvai sukh dheenho

Harishchandra nrip naari bhikani,

aaphun bharen dome gar paani

Tasse nal par dasha sirani,

bhunji-meen koodh gayi paani

Sri Shankarhin gahyo jab jaayi,

Paarvathi ko sathi karaayi

Thanik vilokath hi kari reesa,

nabh udi gayo gaurisuth seesa

Paandav par bhay dasha thumhaari,

bachi draupadhi hothi udhaari

Kaurav ke bi gathi mathi maaryo,

yudh mahabharath kari daryo

Ravi kah mukh mahn dhari thathkala,

lekar koodhi paryo paathaala

Saish dhev-lakhi vinthi laayi,

Ravi ko mukh thay dhiyo chudaayi

Vaahan prabhu kay saah sujana,

jag dhigaj gadharbh mragh swaana

Jambuk singh aadhi nakh dhari,

so phal jyothish kahath pukari

Gaj vahan lakshmi gruha aavai,

hay thay sukh sampathi upjaavay

Gadharbh haani karai bahu kaaja,

singh sidh kar raaj samaja

Jhambuk budhi nasht kar darai,

mrag dhe kasht praan sangharay

Jab aavahi prabu swaan savaari,

chori aadi hoy dar bhaari

Thaishi chaari charan yeh naama,

swarn laoh chaandhi aru taama

Lauh charan par jab prabu aavain,

daan jan sampathi nashta karavain

Samatha thaamra rajath shubhkari,

swarn sarva sukh mangal bhaari

Jo yeh shani charithra nith gavai,

kabahu na dasha nikrushta sathavai

Adhbuth nath dhikavain leela,

karaen shaatru kay nashi bhali dheela

Jo pundith suyogya bulvaayi vidhyvath

Shani graha shanti karayi

Peepal jal shani diwas chadavath,

deep dhaan dai bahu sukh pawath

Kahath Ram Sundhar prabu dasa,

Shani sumirath sukh hoth prakasha

Doha
Paath Shanichar Dev ko, ko hoon Vimal Taiyaar
Karat Paath Chalis Din, ho Bhav Sagar Paar
Suryaputhro Deerghadeho Vishaalaakshah Shivapriyah |
Mandachaarah Prasannathmaa peedam harathu me Shanih ||

Om Sham Shanaishcharaye Namaha

Shanaishchara Sahasranamavali

Om Sham Shanishchraya Namaha

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Pushpanjali to Shani

Om yadnyen yadnyamayajant devastaani
dharmani pradhamanyasan |
Te ha nakam mahimanaha sachant yatra purve
sadhyaha santi devaha ||
Om rajadhirajaya prashyasahine namo
vayam vaishranaaya kurmehe |
Sa me kamanam kamkamaya mahyam
kamemavaro vaishrano dadaatu |
Kuberaaya vaishrano maharajaya namaha |
Om swasti samrajyam bhoujyam swarajyam
vairajyam parameshthyam
Rajyam maharajyamaadhiptyamayam
samantparyaayee syaatsarvabhoumaha |
Sarvayush aantadaparardhatpruthivyai
samudraparyantaya ekraliti
Aavikshitsya kamprervimve devaha sabhasad itee |

Om Sham Shanaishcharaye Namaha

Friday, May 15, 2015

Agajaanana Padmaarkam

agajānana padmārkam gajānanam aharniśam
anēka dam tam bhaktānām ēkadantam upāsmahē
Seeing the elephant-faced Ganesha all the time, Goddess Parvati's face lighted up, just like how a lotus opens up seeing the sun and I meditate upon the Lord with single tusk, the giver of many boons to the devotees.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Where is the Need of Words?

Where is the need of words,

when love has made drunken the heart?

I have wrapped the diamond in my cloak;

why open it again and again?

When its load was light, the pan of the balance went up:

Now it is full, where is the need for weighing?

The swan has taken its flight to the lake beyond the mountains;

Why should it search for the pools and ditches any more?

Your Lord dwells within you:

Why need your outward eyes be opened?

Kabir says:

"Listen, my brother!

my Lord,

Who ravishes my eyes,

has united Himself with me.'"

---By Kabir

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

Friday, May 8, 2015

Experience Chan

By Master Xu Yun (1840 -1959), a Chinese-born Chan (zen) Buddhist master.

1.Experience Chan! It's not mysterious.
As I see it, it boils down to cause and effect.
Outside the mind there is no Dharma
So how can anybody speak of a heaven beyond?

2. Experience Chan! It's not a field of learning.
Learning adds things that can be researched and discussed.
The feel of impressions can't be communicated.
Enlightenment is the only medium of transmission.

3. Experience Chan! It's not a lot of questions.
Too many questions is the Chan disease.
The best way is just to observe the noise of the world.
The answer to your questions?
Ask your own heart.

4. Experience Chan! It's not the teachings of disciples.
Such speakers are guests from outside the gate.
The Chan which you are hankering to speak about
Only talks about turtles turning into fish.

5. Experience Chan! It can't be described.
When you describe it you miss the point.
When you discover that your proofs are without substance
You'll realize that words are nothing but dust.

6. Experience Chan! It's experiencing your own nature!
Going with the flow everywhere and always.
When you don't fake it and waste time trying
to rub and polish it,
Your Original Self will always shine through brighter than bright.

7. Experience Chan! It's like harvesting treasures.
But donate them to others.
You won't need them.
Suddenly everything will appear before you,
Altogether complete and altogether done.

8. Experience Chan! Become a follower who when accepted
Learns how to give up his life and his death.
Grasping this carefully he comes to see clearly.
And then he laughs till he topples the Cold Mountain ascetics.

9. Experience Chan! It'll require great skepticism;
But great skepticism blocks those detours on the road.
Jump off the lofty peaks of mystery.
Turn your heaven and earth inside out.

10. Experience Chan! Ignore that superstitious nonsense
That makes some claim that they've attained Chan.
Foolish beliefs are those of the not-yet-awakened.
And they're the ones who most need the experience of Chan!

11. Experience Chan! There's neither distance nor intimacy.
Observation is like a family treasure.
Whether with eyes, ears, body, nose, or tongue -
It's hard to say which is the most amazing to use.

12. Experience Chan! There's no class distinction.
The one who bows and the one who is bowed
to are a Buddha unit.
The yoke and its lash are tied to each other.
Isn't this our first principle... the one we should most observe?

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Sansar Mohanam Ganesh Kavacham

From the Brahmavaivarta Purana, Ganesha Khanda.

vishur uvaacha

sansaara mohanasyaasya kavachasya prajaapatihi
rushishchandashcha bruhatii devo lambodaraha svayam
dharmaartharkaamamoksheshu viniyogaha prakirtitaha
sarveshaam kavachaanaam cha saarabhootamidam mune ||1||

om gam hum shriigaNeshaaya svaahaa me paatu mastakam
dvaatrinshadaksharo mantro lalaatam me sadaavatu
om hriim kliim shriim gamiti cha santatam paatu lochanam
taalukam paatu vigneshaha santatam dharaNiitale ||2||

om hriim shriim kliimiti cha santatam paatu naasikaam |
om goum gam shoorpakarNaaya svaahaa paatvadharam mama |
dantaani taalukaam jivhaam paatu me shodashaaksharaha ||3||

om lam shriim lambodaraayeti svaahaa gaNdam sadaavatu
om kliim hriim vignanaashaaya svaahaa karNam sadaavatu
om shriim gam gajaananaayeti svaahaa skandham sadaavatu
om hriim vinaayakaayeti savaahaa prushtam sadaavatu ||4||

om kliim hriimiti kankaalam paatu vakshahasthalam cha gam
karou paadou sadaa paatu sarvaagam vignanignakrut
praachyaam lambodaraha paatu aagneyyaam vignanaayakaha
dakshiNe paatu vignesho nairutyaam tu gajaananaha||5||

paschime paarvatiiputro vaayavyaam shankaraatmajaha
krushNsyaamshashchittare cha paripoortamasya cha
aeshaanyaamekadantashcha herambaha paatu chordhvataha
adho gaNaadhipaha paatu sarvapoojyashcha sarvata
svapne jaagaraNe chaiva paatu maam yoginaam guruhu||6||

iti te kathitam vatsa sarvamantroughavigraham
sansaar mohanam naama kavacham paramaadbhootam
shrikrishNena puraa dattam goloke raasamaNdale
vrundaavane viniitaaya mahyam dinakaraatmajaha||7 ||

mayaa dattam cha tubhyam cha yasmai kasmai na daasyasi
param varam sarva poojyam sarva samkaTtaaraNam
gurum abhyarchya vidhivat kavacham dhaarayettu yaha
kaNthe vaa dakshiNe baahou soapi vishNurna sanshayaha||8||

ashvamedha sahastraaNi vaajapeyashataani cha
grahendra kavachasyaasya kalaam naarhanti Shodashiim
idam kavachamadnyaatvaa yo bhajet shankaraatmaham
shatalaksha prajptoapi na mantraha sidhidaayakaha||9||

iti shriibramhavaivarte shanaishcharam prati vishNunopadishTam sansaara mohanam gaNesha kavacham sampoorNam

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Bhringi's Fault

You know this entertaining and very instructive mythological story. Sage Bhringi was so loyal to Shiva that in his state of devotion he did not offer his worship to any one including Parvathi. Then, Shiva merged Himself with Parvathi such that Bhringi would have to circumambulate both of them. When obstinate Bhringi has seen Shiva in his Ardhanarishwara form, he tried to bore through the middle of the body in the form of a bee to complete his obeisance to only the Shiva side of the form. Infuriated by his behaviour, Parvathi cursed Bhringi to lose all the flesh and turn like a skeleton. Losing all the flesh and blood, Bhringi was unable to stand. Shiva, moved by Bhringi's plight, gave a 3rd leg for support.
Thus Bhringi was made to realize his mistake and change his behavior.
The story of this helpless skeleton is very expressive of the idea that Shakti is an integral part of Him. Simultaneously it can be understood so nothing can be excluded as something that will not be complete without accepting the human angle to the divine. And physical aspect of our mind is inseparably linked with great spiritual comprehension. In this physical body with this flesh and this blood. And that both are tied and it is so silly to avoid one for the sake of another, without understanding that it is tied to the other.

He is the Highest Truth. She is Reality and the source of stimuli, the destination of responses, the fountainhead of experiences, desires, and learning. Shiva's purity and dispassionateness is balanced with Shakti's involvement and passion. Both - balances the whole world. They make two sides of One reality.
So let's not repeat the Bhringi's fault!
Love.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Sri Narasimha Mantra Raja Pada Stotram

From the Ahirbudhnya Samhita, a Pancharatra text.

SrI ISwara uvAca:
vRttOtphulla viSAlAxam vipaxa xayadIxitam
ninAdatrasta viSvAnDam viShNumugram namAmyaham ||1|
He who is having big and round eyes, He who has taken a vow to kill the enemies, He who by His fierce roars is shaking the entire world, to such a ferocious Lord, I offer my salutations.
sarvairavadyatAm prAptam sabalauGam ditEh sutam
naKAgraih SakalI cakrE yastam vIram namAmyaham ||2|
He who with His sharp nails tore to pieces the asura, the son of Diti who could not be killed by anyone along with His large armies. To such a valorous person, I offer my salutations.
padAvaShTabdha pAtAlam mUrdhAviShTa triviShTapam
bhujapraviShTAShTa diSam mahAviShNum namAmyaham ||3||
I offer my salutations to Maha Vishnu, whose feet touch the nether lands, whose forehead touches the heaven and whose hands spread in all directions.
jyOtIShyarkEndu naxatra jvalanAdI nyanukramAt
jvalanti tEjasA yasya tam jvalantam namAmyaham ||4||
He after whose luster the luminary bodies, the Sun, the Moon, the stars and fire are effulgent and are shining, to that resplendent One I offer my salutations.
sarvEndriyairapi vinA sarvam sarvatra sarvadA
yO jAnAti namA myAdyam tamaham sarvatOmukham ||5||
He who knows everything, all the time, and at all places, without the help of the senses, to such primal person who has faces in all directions, I offer my salutations.
naravat simhavaccaiva yasya rUpam mahAtmanah
mahAsaTam mahA damShTram tam nRsimham namAmyaham ||
To that Form of the Lord, which is half man and half lion, complete with the mane, the canine teeth, to such a divine Lord Narasimha, I offer my salutations.
yannAma smaraNAt BItA~h BUtavEtAla rAxasAh
rOgAdyASca praNaSyanti BIShaNam tam namAmyaham ||7||
By the mere thought of whose name, devils, demons, asuras get frightened, acute diseases get cured, to such a frightening One, I offer my salutations.
sarvOpi yam samASritya sakalam BadramaSnutE
SriyA ca BadrayA juShTam yastam Badram namAmyaham ||8||
I offer my salutations to the Lord, the repository of good things, worshipping whom all the people are able to obtain auspicious things.
sAxAt svakAlE samprAptam mRtyum SatRugaNAnvitam
BaktAnAm nASayEd yastu mRtyu mRtyum namAmyaham ||9||
He who is "Death to Death" and He who destroys death and hosts of enemies of the devotees by arriving at the right moment, to Him I offer my salutations.
namaskArAtmaakam yasmai vidyAtma nivEdanam
tyakta du:KOkilAn kAmAn aSnantam tam namAmyaham ||10||
I bow down to the One by offering obeisance to whom in the form of One's own self, people get rid of all miseries and obtain their desired objects.
dAsaBUtAh svatah sarvE hyAtmanah paramAtmanah
atOhamapi tE dAsah iti matvA namAmyaham |11||
All the living beings are, by nature, servants of the Supreme Being, I am prostrating to You, with the awareness that I am also for the same reason, Your servant.

SankarENAdarAt prOktam padAnAm tattvanirNayam
trisandhyam yah paThEt tasya SrIrvidyA AyuSca vardhatE ||
The meaning of the words had been explained by Lord Shiva out of affection. Whosoever reads this hymn with faith, thrice a day would have a great increase in prosperity, knowledge and longevity.

Ithi Shree Mantra Raja Patha stotram sampoornam.

Om Narasimhaya Namaha