Sakala doortha hari Bhoomi Bharapa HAri
Dasha Mukha kula hAri Daitya Darpa hari
sulalitha kruta chAri Parijatha pahari
Tribhuvana bayahari PreeyatAm shri murarih
Ranga stotram punyam prahtah kale paten nareh.
koti janmArjitha pApam smaranena Vinishayati
I bow to Rudra devaru, who’s face is so pleasant similar to a moon holding upon a gentle smile. I pray to Lord Shiva’s feet who is giver of auspiciousness.
Vishada _ koti _ thatith prabayA yutam
shiva jayA shivayA shivayA yutam || 1 ||
Vishada – very clearly visible
Koti – crore
thatith – lighting
prabayA – shine
yutam – together
shiva jayA – Shiva’s wife
shivayA – filled with auspiciousness
shivayA – giver of auspiciousness
yutam – together
Shiva, shines like a crore very clearly visible lighting.
The latter lines speak about Shiva’s wife Parvati devi. Parvati together with Shiva who is filled with auspicious quality also gives their devotees all the favors they pray. I bow to Parvati Devi with her husband Shiva.
Natana _ nAtya _ natam natagAyakam
Janamudam jalaJAyata lOchanam |
Bhujaga _ BhUshana _ BhUshita _ vigraham
Pranama he janatE janavallabam |
Natana – expression
nAtya – movements
natam – dancer
nata – dance
gAyakam – sing
Jana - people mudam – happy
JalaJA – lotus
Jala – water
Ja – born
ayata – wide
lOchanam – eyes.
Shiva who dances and sings with expressions and movements. Makes people happy. Lord Shiva’s eyes are wide similar to lotus.
Bhujaga _ BhUshana _ BhUshita _ vigraham
Pranama he janatE janavallabam |
Bhujaga – snake
BhUshana – ornaments
BhUshita -wears
vigraham - body
Pranamahe – pray
janatE – people
jana - people
vallabam - favourite
Lord Shiva, wears snake on his boday just like an ornament. He is loved by/favourite to all people who pray him.
Shrutishata _ prabayA prabayA yutam
Hari _ pAdAbja _ bavAm shirasA drutam || 2 ||
Shruti – veda
Shata – hundreds of
prabayA – radiance
yutam - together
Hari – Lord Vishnu
pAda – feet
abja - lotus
bavA – have kept
shirasA - head
drutam – respect
Lord Shiva has radiance equivalent to hundreds of Veda mantras. He always keeps his head Shri Hari’s honored Lotus feet and does seva for them.
Shiva shiveti shiveti shiveti vai
Bhava bhaveti bhaveti bhaveti vaa |
Shiveti - auspicious
Shiveti – give auspiciousness
shiveti – wealth
vai - certain
Bhava – creator of body
bhaveti – creator of senses
bhaveti - knowledge
vaa – certain / definitly
He definitely offers great ability, fortune to his devotees. He is creator of our body, of our thoughts, who gives strength to our senses (indriya’s) and knowledge or awareness of who am “ i “ .
Here same words are repeated thrice, since each meaning varies.
The main job of Shiva is samhara, why Shri Vadirajaru here refers to Shiva doing Shrishti. Bramha, is responsible to Shriti and not Shiva might be the question in many of our mind. The answer to it is Lord Brahma and Shiva can do both construction destruction. There are moments where Shiva can do shrishti, example – Shiva destroys Manmatha and later creates him. In another instant he burns Yama in Markandeya puran, and gives body (sharira) to Yama again.
Mruda mrudeti mrudeti mrudeti vai
Bhajati yaha satatam pranatA miyAth || 3 ||
Mruda – protect
mrudeti - show mercy
mrudeti - love/affection
mrudeti - protect devatas
vai - certain
Bhajati - pray
yaha – whoever
satatam - always
pranatAm - pray
yAth - like this
He protects, shows mercy (Daya maya) to his devotees. He showers love (Koda Shankara) to his devotees. He also safeguards Devatas position (padavi).* As we all know Devatas are lower to Rudra devaru in taratamya.
The one always who thinks upon Rudra as Shiva, Bhava, Mruda, all his good deeds and becomes respectable in the society.
Remember
to say Bharathiramana MukyaPranathargatha bhagavath roopa and married
ladies(sumangalis) Pathiyanthargatha Bharathiramana MukyaPranathargatha
bhagavath roopa
The
people who read Narayana varma will definitely know for every kala we should
worship different form of Vishnu. The sloka means during pratah kala we should
pray to Keshava. In sangava kala Govinda and madyana Vishnu. During aparana
kala pray Madhu, sayankala Narasimha and pradhosha kala to Hrishikesha.
One
day consists of Day and Night. The day is further divided into five parts from
sun rise to sun set. These five parts are called divAmana. The divAmana is
equally divided into a time interval of 2:30 hours (exactly 2 hrs 24 mins). So
for the day there are pratah kala, sangava kala, madyan kala, aparana kala,
sayankala. Let us say the sun rises at 6 am. So 6 am plus 2 hours 30 minutes; 6
am to 8:30 am is Pratah kaala. In this kala we will be very enthusiastic. Should
do nityakarma in this kala.This kala is where we should think of Keshava. That
is we should pray Bharathi Ramana Mukya Pranathargatha Keshavaya nam:. For
married ladies it is pathiyanthargatha Bharathi
Ramana Mukya Pranathargatha Keshavaya nam: (ladies please add pathiyanthargatha
before every nama). Next kala is from 8:30 am to 11:00 am, is called sangava
kaala. We can see sun rays everywhere. The people who are reading new lessons
or slokas can do in pratah and sangava kala. In this sangava kala we should
pray Lord Govinda. In the madyana kala we should pray Vishnu. This is the time
where bramhacharis will finish their veda reading (adhyayana) and go for
bhiksha. Grahasthas, brahmanas will do sacrifices (yaajana) and pitru karya
will be done in this kaala. A person has to do madyanikka mrtika snana and
madyanikka sandyavandhana in this period. Hence Vishnu has to pray in this time. He who
gives heat from within the sun is Vishnu. Aparana is the fourth part of the
day, it’s when sun moves from east to west. Usually everybody finishes lunch
and eat beetle leaf (tambula). In
ancient times people used to sit together as a family and will speak about God.
People can lie down but should not sleep during this time. We should pray
Madhusudhana in this kala. The last part of the day is sayankala. This is
usually called rakshasha kala. Shraddha should not be done. This period is
eligible only to do sayam sandhya, and light deepa and do some prayers. No
other work (kriyas) has to be done in this period. Usually in ancient times
people used to bring samithagalu from forest and bring the cows (govu) to home
after grazing. That’s why this kala is also called godhooli kala. In this
period Narasimma came to kill the rakshaha, hence should think of Shri
Narasimma.
In
this sandhya kaala or sayankala strictly
No
food
No
drinks (tea/coffee/water)
No
mating
Should
not sleep
No
reading new lessons
If
one eats food/drinks he/she will get disease. One mates with spouse bad child
will be born. As we all know since Diti and Kashayapa mated during sandhya kala
they got Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu (asura santati). If we read (do adyayana) our knowledge will
decrease. There will be misunderstanding of the concept in whatever we read. If
we sleep in this kaala we will lose our longevity of life (our ayushya will
decrease). Hence its better to do mouna/japa. Or sing songs/say mantra on Shri
Hari.
The
first part of the evening is called prodhosha kaala. We also call this as
dusk/nightfall. We should do smarane of Hrishikesha. As we all know Hrishikesha
is the Lord of senses. Hence in this period we should control our senses.
In
ancient times our ancestors after sayam sandya used to say purana, in the first
part of nightfall. If we don’t know puranas let us at least call the vidvaans
and make them say puranas, and do bhajanas. We can have pur dinner at this
time. We can say sukthas, Krishna stotras, venkatesha stotras, Narasimha
stotra, Rama stotra. We can say Narasimha stotra
Matha Narasimhascha
Pitha Narasimho
Bratah Narasimhacha
Saka Narasimhah
Vidyaa Narasimho
Dravinam Narasimhah
Swamim Narasimha
Sakkalam Narasimha
Itho Narasimha
Paratho Narasimho
Yatho yatho yahihi thatho Narasimha
Narasimha devaath paro na kaschit
Tasmaan Narasimam sharanam prapadey
Marjanam tava veejanam
Sarjanam sarva sampatham
Trasanam yama dhudanam
Harehe nama garjanam
Meaning
Matha
– mother ; pitha – father ; bratah – brother ; Saka – friend;
Vidya
– knowledge; dravinam – wealth; swamim –
My Lord
Sakkalam
– everything; ithah – here, in this world; Paratho – beyond this world. Yatho
yahih thatho – everyever I go
Mother is Narasimha.Father is Narasimha. Brother is Narasimha;
Friend is Narasimha. Knowledge is Narasimha; Wealth is Narasimha
My Lord is Narasimha; Everything is Narasimha. Narasimha is in this world,
Narasimha is everywhere (Omnipresent). Wherever I go, there is Narasimha. Narasimha
is the Supreme Lord, there is none other than HIM. So, I humbly seek refuge in
you, Shri Narasimha. Narasimha! He is
present everywhere. He is there with us always. There is no one superior to
him. He gets rid of all troubles, fear of yama dhudats. This sloka acts as a
protective shield for us all the time.
Should
have dinner after 48 minutes of sunset.
In
the mutts, usually morning 8:30 porridge (ganji) just three somutu. So that we
won’t feel lazy due to stomach full or will not feel weak due to empty stomach.
We should not eat rice in the night on dhashami and dwadashi, on the day we
give tharpana. No mosaru anna during nigth, can eat majige. If we eat mosaru in
the night our life span(ayusha) will decrease. Usually after dinner it’s good
to have a walk of 100 steps so that we won’t go to bed with our tummy full. It
would be good if we think of Shri Hari while walking.
Should
sleep after one yaama of the night. That is we should sleep after 9 pm within
9.30 pm. So that we can easily wake up at brahmi muhurtta. While lying down
think of Janardhana. While we wake up inbetween also we should think of his
avatars. Before going to bed we sould wash our hands and legs do namaskara to
God and pray him, swami from the morning to this minute all the works that has
been done is done by you through mukyaprana devaru. I might have done some bad
activities too, you have stood within me and made the tattva abhimani daityas
through mukya prana devaru to do them. [Swami, belege indha ratri tanakka yella
kelasagalu madisiddhi adhu yella nine nan olege ninthu mukyaprana devara dwara
madisiddhi. Yella kelasavu ninna maha pooje. Nannidha telidho teliyadhayo keta
kelasagalu agidhe. Aa keta kelasagalu kuda nine olage ninthu tattva abhimani
devatagalu daityara moolaka mukya prana devara moolaka madisiddhi. Edhana
parishkara madu swami. Nanna karma lepava doora madu.]
We
should also pray:
kaayena
vacha manase indriya vaa
Buddhy
Aatmanaa vaa prakriti svabhaavat
Karoti
yad yat sakalam parasmai
Narayana
yati samarpayami
Kaayena
– body
Vacha
– speech
Manase
– mind
Indriya
– senses
Buddhya
– intellect
Aatmana
– feelings of heart/ unconsciously
Prakrit
- natural
Svabhaavat
- character
Karoti
yad yat – whatever I do
Sakalam
– all
Parasmai
– for others
Narayana
– lord Narayana
samarpaye
– surrender
asmi
– me
I
surrender all the actions done by me in the form of speech, body, mind senses,
intellect.
We
all get night mares. In order to avoid night mares or bad dreams should pray
bhagavath bhakthas along with God
If
we sleep in south our Dharma and ayushya increases.
If
we sleep in west our tension or unwanted thoughts increases.
If
we sleep in north we are nearing death or destruction.
As
we wake up in the morning we should think of Shristi karya of Shri Hari, in the
afternoon should think of Sthiti, and while we sleep Laya of Shri Hari.
