Shastras, shlokas and devotional music

[Dev]

Hi Spidey:

That was good that you posted the sloka in english for many to follow but I felt it would be nice to also give sanskrit version beneath that so that those who can read sanskrit can read that directly since pronunciation then would become perfect. I even told Suniti but she was telling she did not know how to copy that here.
I also dont know. You are the best for that job I think .

Dev

[Saindhavi]

Gita Govinda by 12th century poet from Orissa Jayadev - free audio files MP3 download - http://abmp3.com/mp3/album/sri-gita-govinda.html

An early English translation by C. John Holcombe (PDF) - http://www.ocasopress.com/pdf/GitaGovin ... ersion.pdf

Dashavatara Stora from Gita Govinda (Audio file MP3) -

http://www.4shared.com/get/ekuHd1nh/Git ... atara.html

You tube video link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UODbUSd ... ideo_title

[Dev]

Saindhavi:

That is very good, you have joined appropriate links from different resources. I was unable to download but then I need to read the meaning part of this version.

Dev

[Saindhavi]

Devji,

Thanks. The PDF is an on-screen version and hence, doesn't download - you have to read on screen or take a print out of the pages you want. You can get a downloadable version from Scribd.com, where you can register free before downloading the PDF.

But the audio MP3 files download - I have downloaded them.

[Dev]

Thanks Saindhavi. I will do that at home.

[suniti]

Pranaams All

i wanted to post here the Devi Kshama Prarthana Stotra. Today is a very special day for me as after many many days i am able to take up some sadhana and before i start i want to say sorry to Her first for of all of my mistakes and sorry to all the people in my life that i have made mistakes with over the past few months.

In the famous Devi Aparadha-Ksamapana Stotra the famous line comes "kuputro jayate kvachid, api kumaata na bhavati" there can be a son who is bad but never a bad mother,
i hold this the same for Guru as well. The student may be bad but never the Master and so for my Guru is say "kushishyah jayate kvachid, api kuguruh NA bhavati.

Kshama Prarthana
Prayer for Forgiveness

Aparadha sahasraani kriyante'harnisham mayaa
daaso'yam iti maam matvaa kshamasva parameshvari

I continuosly commit thousands of mistakes oh Oh Goddess but understanding that
i'm only trying to serve you, please forgive them all

aavaahanam na jaanaami, na jaanaami visarjanam
pujaam caiva na jaanami kshamyataam parameshvari

I don't know how to welcome you in worship, nor do i even know how to worship
neither do i know do i know how to end also my worship. Hey Parameshvari please forgive me

mantrahinam kriyahinam bhaktinam sureshvari
yatpujitam mayaa devi paripurnam tadastu me

Oh Goddess i don't know mantras, i don't know how to do anything properly/ I don't have any devotion, but still please satisfied by my worship and may it be complete.

aparadhashatam krtvaa jagadambeti chochcharet
yaam gatim samavaapnoti na taam brahmadayah suraah

One who makes more than one hundred errors but calls for the Mother
neither Brahma or the other Gods can reach the upliftment he receives.

saaparadho'smi sharanam praaptastvaam jagadambike
idanimanukampyo'ham yathecchhasi tathaa kuru

Oh Devi, im guilty of error and You are my refuge, please have compassion on me and do as you will.

ajnaanadvismrter bhraanya uannyunamadhikam krtam
tat sarvam kshamyataam devi prasida parameshvari

Hey Parameshvari whatever error i have done through ignorance, forgetfulness or confusion
please be so gracious and forgive me.

kaameshvari jaganmaatah sacchidanandavigrahe
grhaanarchamimaam pritya prasida parameshvari

Hey Kaameshvari, Mothe or the World, the very form of sacchidananda. please accept this offering with love, and be pleased.


guhyatiguhyagoptri tvam grhaanasmatkrtam japam
siddhir bhavatu me devi tvat prasadaat sureshvari

Oh Sureshvari you are the protector of the most secret of mystical secrets.
Please accept the recitation i have offered and grant me the attainment of perfection.

om tat sat

[Talib]

[suniti]

Pranaams To all

Happy Gita Jayanti.

For this auspicious day i would like to put here the Bhagavad Gita Dhyaana Shlokas, composed by Madhusudana Saraswati. some of them are very popular like मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लंघयते गिरिम्...and all of them are very beautiful.
I have put together many different translations here and please forgive any mistakes.

om paarthaaya pratibodhitaam bhagavataa naaraayanena svayam
vyaasena grathitaam puraanamuninaa madhye mahaabhaaratam.
advaitaamritavarshinim bhagavatim ashtaadashaadhyaayinim
ambaa tvaamanusandadhaami bhagavadgiite bhavedveshinim

Om. Oh Mother Bhagavad Gita from which Partha was enlightened by Lord
Narayana Himself, which was placed in the middle of the
Mahabharata by the Sage Vyasa. which showers the nectar
of knowledge, which is glorious, which contains eighteen chapters, and which
is an antidote to samsara, I constantly meditate upon Thee.

namo'stu te vyaasa vishaalabuddhe phullaaravindaayatapatranetra .
yena tvayaa bhaaratatailapurnah prajvaalito jnaanamayah pradipah

Salutation unto thee, Oh Vyasa, whose intellect is vast, with beautiful
eyes like petals of a full-blown lotus, who with the essence of the mahabharata
lit the lamp of Wisdom.

prapannapaarijaataayatotravetraikapaanaye .
jnaanamudraaya krshnaaya gitaamritaduhe namah

Salutation to Krishna, who holds a cane in one hand and the other in jnanamudra ,
who has milked the nectar Gita.
who is the Parijat to all those who surrender unto Him,

sarvopaniṣado gāvo dogdhā gopālanandanaḥ
pārtho vatsaḥ sudhirbhoktā dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat

The Upanishads are the cows milked by Gopāla, the son of Nanda, and Arjuna is the calf.
Wise and pure men drink the milk, the supreme, immortal nectar of the Gita

vasudevasutam devam kamsachaanuuramardanam.
devakiparamaanandam krshnam vande jagadgurum

I salute to Lord Krishna, the divine son of Vasudeva, the destroyer of Kamsa
and Chanura, the supreme bliss of Devaki, the Teacher of the Universe.

bhishmadronatataa jayadrathajalaa gaandhaaranilotpalaa
shalyagraahavati kripena vahani karnena velaakulaa .
ashvatthaamavikarnaghoramakaraa duryodhanaavartini
sottirnaa khalu paandavai rananadi kaivartakah keshavah

The battle-river-with Bhisma and Drona as its banks, with Jayadratha as its
water, with the King of Gandhara as the blue water-lily, with Salya as the
shark, Kripa as its current, Karna as its high waves, with Asvathama and
Vikarna as terrible crocodiles, Duryodhana as its whirlpool-was indeed crossed
over by the Pandavas with Lord Keshava as the boatman.

paaraasharyavachah sarojamamalam gitaarthagandhotkatam
naanaakhyaanakakesaram harikathaasambodhanaabodhitam
loke sajjanashhatpadairaharahaH pepiyamaanam mudaa
bhuuyaadbhaaratapankajam kalimalapradhvamsi nah shreyase

May the spotless lotus of Mahabharata-which is born in the lake of the words
of Parasara's son, which is rich with the fragrance og thr meaning of
Gita which has many stories, which teaches in details the
story of Lord Hari, which is joyously drunk day after day by bees who are the good
people , which is the destroyer of the imperfections of Kali-Age-- bring
about supreme good to us

mukaṁ karoti vācālaṁ panguṁ liṅghayate girim
yatkṛpā tamahaṁ vande paramnandamādhavam

I bow down to Sri Krishna, the source of all joy, whose compassion
brings speech from the lips of the dumb and carries the lame over mountains

yam brahmaa varunendrarudramarutah stunvanti divyaih stavaih
vedaih saangapadakramopanishhadaih gaayanti yam saamagaah .
dhyaanaavasthitatadgatena manasaa pashyanti yam yoginah
yasyaantam na viduh suraasuraganaa devaaya tasmai namah

Salutation to That God whom Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra and Maruta praise with
divine hymns, whom the singers of Sama Veda invoke by the Vedas along with the
related branches of knowledge and the Upanishads, whom the Yogis see with
their minds focused on Him in meditation, whose limit the Devas and Asuras do
not know.

Shri Gurubhyo Namah

[123]

sakala graha bala nInE sarasijAkshA |p|
nikhila rakshaka nIne vishwavyApakanE |a|


Meaning : O Lord with eyes resembling lotus, you are the one who has powers of all grahAs (planets), and protects the entire universe. (which means there is no meaning if we pray shani/rAhu/kEtu etc without praying shri hari).



ravi candra budha nInE rAhu kEtuvu nIne
kavi guru shaniyu mangaLanu nInE
divarAthriyu nIne nava vidhAnavu nIne
bhavarOgahara nIne bEshajanu nInE |1|


Meaning :

You are sun, moon, mercury, rahu, ketu, jupiter, shani, mars ( purandara swami ji missed out on venus ). You are day or night, you are the nine vidhAnAs (6 vedAngAs, mImAmsa, nyAya, vyAkaraNa), you are the physician who can cure 'bhava' disease (which makes us take birth in this world).


pakshmAsavu nIne parva kAlavu nIne
nakshatra yOga tithi karaNa nIne
akshayavAgi draupatiya mAnakAyda
pakshivAhana nIne rakshakanu nInE |2|


Meaning :

You are the pakshamAsa (the month which is suitable to give tarpaNa to our forfothers), you are the parva kAla (eclipse), you are good times or inauspicious times, you, the one who protected draupadi by giving infinite saree, are the one who has garuDa as your vehicle and protects everyone.



rutu vatsaravu nIne pruthivigAdiyu nInE
kratu hOma yagna sadgatiyu nInE
jitavAgiyennoDeya purandara viTalane
shrutige silukada apratima mahima nInE |3|


Meaning :

You are rutu vatsara, ugAdi (year begining), all kinds of hOmas, and yagnas, you are the one to be reached (mOksha), O my Lord, purandara viTala, you are the one who is beyond even the vEdAs (the one who cannot be known just by vEdAs either).

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear 123,

Purandara dasa did not miss out on venus.In that shloka the word KAVI, means venus.

regards
ramanan

[Dev]

And Muthuswami Dikshitar composed songs on each of the 9 navagrahas in different ragas and talas.
Of course, Purandaradasa actually composed on Sarasikalsha or Krishna saying he is controller of the navagrahas or he Himself is the Navagrahas, but Dikshitar kritis are exclusively devoted to the nine navagrahas, describing their looks, characteristics etc.

Dev

[123]

Thank you Ramanan sir for the clarification and thank you Dev sir for the info.

[suniti]

Pranaam all
here is a bhajan composed by Goswami Tulsidasji
its part of Vinaya Patrika and on Ganga Devi

Jai-jai bhagirathnandini, muni-chay-chakor-chandini,
nar-naag-bibudh-bandini jai jahnu baalikaa |
bisnu-pad-sarojjaasi, ees-seespar bibhaasi,
tripathgaasi, punyaraasi, paap-chhaalikaa
bimal bipul bahsi baari, seetal trayataap-haari,
bhanvar bar bibhangtar tarang-maalikaa |
purjan poojophaar, sobhit sasi dhavaldhaar,
bhanjan bhav-bhaar, bhakti-kalpthaalikaa
nij tattbaasee bihang, jal-thar-char pasu patang,
keet, jatil taapas sab saris paalikaa |
tulsi tav teer teer sumirat raghubans-beer,
bichrat mati dehi moh-mahish-kaalikaa

Oh Bhaagirathi! Glory, all glory to you. You are like the moonbeams for the chakoras of numerous sages. Humans, serpents and gods pray to you.
Victory to Daughter of Jahnu! You have emerged from Lord Vishnus' lotus feet .are resplendent on Lord Shiva's head and you flow as three gushing streams through the three paths of heaven eart and patala. You are like a treasury of punya or virtuous deeds and remover of sins
You are carrying immensely pure water. That water is cool and gets rid of the threefold suffering of mankind. You are wearing a garland of beautiful eddies and frolicking waves. Your white stream which is like the moon, is being beautified with gifts which the town-dwellers have given as offerings to you. That gushing current is the destroyer of this world's burdensome cycle of birth and death and is like a trench for protecting the kalpavrikasha of bhakti.
With equal care you look after the birds, aquatic beings, terrestrial beings, animals, winged beings, insects and ascetics having matted hair, who live on your banks. O Goddess Ganga, you assume the form of Kalika for killing the Mahishasur of delusion!
Give such wisdom to me that is Tulsidas, so that he can roam on your shores while meditating upon Lord Raghunath.

[Sudarshang]

Nice thread!

[Dev]

पुस्तकस्था तु या विद्या परहस्तगतं धनम् ।
कार्यकाले समुत्पन्ने न सा विद्या न तद्धनम् ॥

Knowledge locked up in a book and money lent to others are both useless because they can not be summoned when the need arises.

[suniti]

From Shiva Maanas Puja

आत्मा त्वं गिरिजा मतिः सहचराः प्राणाः शरीरं गृहं
पूजा ते विषयोपभोगरचना निद्रा समाधिस्थितिः
सञ्चारः पदयोः प्रदक्षिणविधिः स्तोत्राणि सर्वा गिरो
यद्यत्कर्म करोमि तत्तदखिलं शम्भो तवाराधनम्

Oh Lord Shiva you are my atma, Girija is my mind, Your guards are my Pranas, My body is your temple, My worship is all that I do and experience by my organs, My sleep is Samadhi, My walking and traveling is your pradakshina. Anything i speak is all your stotras. Everything I do is only your worship.

[Sudarshang]

Here is a great shloka from Paaduka Shasram of Swami Desikan that is supposed to be parihara for evil influences of all 9 planets:

749. kanakaruchirA kAvyAKhyAthA shanaIscharaNOchithA
shrithagurubuDhA BhAsvadhrUpa dhvijADhipasEvithA
vihithaviBhavA nithyam viShNO: padhE maNipAdhukE!
thvamasi mahathI vishvEShAm na: shuBhA grahamaNdalI

Oh Manipaaduka! You have a gold-lustre of red hue. You have a vital
place in Ramayana etc. You move about only slowly. Gurus and learned
ones cling to You. You shine like the sun. You are worshipped by
eminent Brahmins. You stay put to the Lord's Feet permanently. (The
planets, namely, the red Angaraka, Sukra alias Kavya, Sani who is
slow moving, Guru and Budha, Soorya and Chandra-these encircle in
their paths in the celestial sphere. They will prove auspicious in
specific periods, being otherwise at other times.) But You are always
auspicious as a peculiar planetary combination, unusual this way,
conferring benefits on us permanently.

[Dev]

पिबन्ति नद्यः स्वयम् एव न अम्भः स्वयं न खादन्ति फलानि वृक्षाः।
न अदन्ति स्वयम् खलु वारिवाहा परोपकाराय सतां विभूतयः ॥

River never drinks its own water. A tree does not eat its own fruits. Clouds do not consume the crops on which they shower. Good people always use their power to help others.

[Dev]

Hi Sudarshan:

The sloka given by you was the one suggested last year for all to be chanted during the grahana period to win over the effects of planets, since there were many grahanas and there were some not very good planetary combinations. That was being suggested by seers in the TV.

[swamykool]

For Advait :

Om Sarvamangala mangalye shive sarvartha sadhike
Sharanye trayambake gauri narayani namostute
Sristi sthiti vinashanam shakti bhute sanatani
Gunashraye gunamaye narayani namostute.
Sharanagata dinarta paritrana parayane
Sarvasyrti hare devi narayani namostute.

[Adhvait]

Thanks a lot ,Sir!!!
I'm surely gonna be blessed by Providence.

[Saindhavi]

Here is a link for hymns in text form in Roman, Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Bangla -

http://www.vignanam.org/

[Sudarshang]

Two more websites that provide a lot of shlokas in several languages:

http://www.prapatti.com

http://www.acharya.org

[123]

And Muthuswami Dikshitar composed songs on each of the 9 navagrahas in different ragas and talas.
Of course, Purandaradasa actually composed on Sarasikalsha or Krishna saying he is controller of the navagrahas or he Himself is the Navagrahas, but Dikshitar kritis are exclusively devoted to the nine navagrahas, describing their looks, characteristics etc.

Dev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuie1lTnhM
(on Mars)
There is a version by MS Subbulakshmi as well on youtube, but the quality of the sound is not very good.....

[YogiYugesh]

Dear Swamykool,

Here is the Asta dig balaka stotra which I told you yesterday. People who have vaasthu problems in their house can chant this and get relief.

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Indra (East)
Iraavatha gajaaroodam swarna Varnam kireetinam
Sahasra nayanam chakram vajra paanim vibaavayeth||

Agni (South East)
Sapthaarsisham cha pipraanam akshamaalaam kamandulum
Jwaalaa maalaa kulam raktham sakti hastham sakaasanam ||

Yama (South)
Kruthaantham mahishaaroodam dhanda hastham bayaanakam
kaala paasa tharam krishnam dhyaayeth dakshina dikpathim ||

Nirruthi (South West)
Raktha netram savaaroodam neelodhbala thala prabham
Kripana paani maasrowkam pipantham raakshaseswaram ||

Varuna (West)
Naaga paasa daram hrushtam rakthou gathyudhi vigraham
Sasaanga davalam dyaayeth varunam makaraasanam ||

Vaayu (North West)
Aapeetham haridhach chaayam vilolathwaja dhaarinam
Praana boothamcha boothaanaam harinastham sameeranam ||

Kubera (North)
Kuberam manujaaseenam sagarvam garva vigraham
Swarna chaayam gadhaa hastham uttharaadipathim smareth ||

Isaanam (North East)
Isaanam vrushabaaroodam thrisoolam vyaala dhaarinam
Sarachandra samaakaram trinethram neela kantakam ||

Regards,
Ramanan

Dear Ramanan Sir, is this strotra available in audio form on youtube? Thank you so much! This is my Favorite part of this site.
Kind Regards