SHRI DURGA STOTRA - PART 2

Krishnacha visamaa krishnaa sankarshana samanana
Vibhrathi vipulou baahu saakra dwaja samuchrayou. || 10 ||

krishnaa - black

samanana - like
Kundalabhyaamm – ear ring

suprnaabhyaamm - pretty

karnaabhyam - ear

vibhooshithaa - decorated
Bibhrathi –have

vipulou – long

baahu - arms

saakra - strong

dwaja – flag

samuchrayou – rise/grow 

Though black like Krishna, you have a pretty face like Sankarshana. 

Your two very long arms look like couple of flag poles of Indra.

Pathri cha pankaji ghnti sthree vishuddhacha yaa bhuvi, 
Pasam dhanr maha chakram vividha anya aayudhani cha. || 11 ||

Pathri –vessel

cha – and

pankaji - lotus

ghnti – bell

sthree- woman

vishuddhacha – pure

yaa  bhuvi – this earth 
Pasam – cord or noose

dhanr – bow

maha chakram – wheel

vividha – several

anya – others

aayudhani - weapons 

In the other arms you bear vessel, lotus, bell, noose, bow, 
Wheel and other weapons and you are the purest woman in this earth, And you wear ear rings which increases your prettiness considerably. 

Kundalabhyaamm suprnaabhyaamm karnaabhyam cha vibhooshithaa,
Chandra vispardheena devi mukhena tvam virajase. || 12 ||

Kundalabhyaamm – ear lobes

suprnaabhyaamm -  beautiful

karnaabhyam - ear

cha - and

 vibhooshithaa - wear
Chandra – moon

vispardheena – contest for superiority

mukhena - face

tvam - your

virajase - shining

And you wear ear globes which increases your prettiness considerably.

Oh Goddess your face competes for prettiness with the moon.

Mukutena vichithrena kesa bhandhena shobhinaa, 
Bhujanga bhoga vaasena sreni suthrena raajathaa.  || 13 ||

Mukutena – crown

vichithrena - peculiar

kesa bhandhena – braid

shobhinaa –beautiful
Bhujanga - snake

vaasena – abode of woman

sroni - waist

suthrena – thread/belt

raajathaa – shine

With a crown and with peculiarly made up braid you look like a snake and shine, And you with your very pretty waist belt.

 
Vibhrajase chabaddhenabhogenevehamandhara. 
Dwajena shiki picchana muchruthena virajase.  || 14 ||

Vibhrajase - shining

baddhena - tie

bhogeneveh - snake

mandhara - mountain

Dwajena - flag

shiki - peacock

picchana – wing

muchruthena – be free

 virajase – shine

You shine like the mountain mandhara tied by a snake.

The flag with the symbol of peacock shines on the sky.

Mahishasura nasini

Kaumaram vruthamasthaya tridivam pavitham thwaya,

Thena thwam sthooyase devi tridasai poojyase api cha. || 15 ||

Kaumaram - maiden

vrutha - penance

tridivam – 3 worlds

pavitham – sacred

thwaya – you

Thena – now/toay

thwam - you

sthooyase – sung/praised

tridasai - trinity

poojyase - worshipped

api – even
 
You who have adopted the penance of maiden hood, 
Have made all the three worlds as sanctified. You were sung about and worshipped by the trinity even today.

Tri lokya rakshanartham Mahishasura nasini,
Prasanna may sura sreshte dayaam kuru shivaa bhava. || 16 ||

Tri lokya – three worlds

rakshanartham - protecting

Mahishasura – demon mahisha

Nasini - destroy
Prasanna - joyful

 may – for me

sura - devas

sreshte – greatest 

dayaam - kindness

guru – wife of

shivaa bhava – deity shiva

For protecting all the three worlds by filling Mahishasura, 
You who are joyful and the greatest among devas, 
Please show kindness to me as you are the consort of Shiva. 

Jayaa thwam vijayaa chaiva sangrame cha jayapradha, 
Mamaapi vijayam dehi varada thwam cha sampratham. . || 17 ||

Jayaa – win

thwam - you

vijayaa - victory

chaiva – as well

sangrame - war

jaya – victory

pradha - grant 
Mamaapi- me also

vijayam – victory

dehi – give

varada – bless

thwam –you

cha - and

sampratham - immediately 

Because you always win over wars , you are Jaya as well as Vijaya, 
Please grant me victory immediately Oh goddess who blesses. 

Vindhye chaiva naga sreshte thava sthanam hi saswatham, 
Kali Kali Maha kali Gadga gadwanga dharini.  || 18 ||

Vindhye – vindhya

Chaiva – and also

 naga - mountain

sreshte - greatest

thava - you

sthanam  - house

hi - for

saswatham – permanently
Kali – black

 Kali – time

 Maha kali – great kali

 khaDga -  sword

gadwanga  - sickle

dharini – armed  

You permanently live in Vindhya which is the greatest mountain. You are black, personification of time and the great Kali, Who is armed with a sword and a sickle. 

SADAACHARA SMRUTI - PART 1 (First job)

Shri Guruhyo nam: Shri Parama gurbhyo nam:

Shrimad ananda bhagath pada charbyo nam:

Shri Vedavyasah nam:

Shri Bharatyayah nam: Shri Saraswatyayah nam:

Shri Vayuve nam: Sri Brahmane nam:

Sri Lakshmyay nam: Sri  Narayanayah am:

Sri Krishnaya nam: Sri Vasudevaya nam:

Rome wasn’t built in a day. It’s not possible to learn whole sadaachara in a single day. So we planned to give it by day by day order. Hope it would be convenient. These rules go well for ladies too (the contents has also been taken from Sthri Dharma).

The first and foremost act to do

In the first place, say krishnarpanam for each and every karma(work) done, whether it’s good or bad.

That’s the first step to reduce our ahamkara (arrogance) and mamakara(ego). Think everything I do is done by god, good and bad. So say krishnarpanam to each and every act that’s done every second, every minute, every year, every ugadhi and also everytime we go to temple.

yasmin sarvAn karmAni sanyasvAtmachEtasA

nirASIrnirmamO yAti paraM jayati sOchyutaH

yasmin – in this (god)

sarvAn karmAni sanyas – all the karmas (good and bad)

AtmachEtasA – anusandhana of  Shri Hari (inside)

nirASIrnirmamO yAti – keep heart in god saying this is happened by you

paraM jayati sOchyutaH - to achyuta

Without expecting ANYTHING from God do samarpana of all our deeds to achyuta who is inside us, (who is ready to accept all the samparanas). This in turn will lead us to humbleness and modesty which will finally lead us to moksha.

·       Good karma samarpana :  This punya karma is done by you sitting inside me. The phala (fruit) of this punya karma will go to devathas in moksha. Krishnarpana.

·       Samarpana for Bad karma

Bad karma like saying lies, scolding others face to face or within our conscious, cheating etc is done by our past deeds (bad karmas that we did in previous janma continues and tempts us to do bad now). Samarpana.

[ # God has given independence to think which is bad and good, hence it’s in our hands to control ourselves and not do the bad karma again again even after knowing its bad. ]

Shri Hari you stay within me. Through mukyaprana and through daityas you have done Ashubha karma (inauspicious). It should not have happened but because of the wrong in my past deeds it has happened. O, Shri Hari please help me avoid the bad karmas. These bad karmas cause sadness to daityas.

For better understaning in kannada please hear to sadaachara smruthi 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMODY3R3Xs.

DAY 1

STEP 1

Wake up time :

Brahmi muhurta  

4.24- 5.12 am

(wake up on your right side and sleep on your left)

STEP 2

     Thank Him

 Let us start our day with a good thought. While we are in bed, after we wake up thank Him

Hagal poorthi ninna agyana karmagala madi sustu agithe nange rathri poorti olle nidre kotu visranti kotu pragyna namage paraatma ninage anantha namaskaragalu.

STEP 3  

chant

Bharati ramana mukhya prananthargatha SHRI NARAYANAYA NAM:

This has to be said 108 times, or at least a minimum of 24 times.

STEP 4

chant

Hare Rama

Hare Rama

Rama Rama

Hare Hare

Hare Krisna

Hare Krisna

Krishna  Krisna

Hare Hare

This has to be said 16 times or at least 8 times.

STEP 5

chant

Kapila Kapila

Say kapila kapila for 7 times seeing both the palms.

STEP 6

Karadarshana

One begins the day with this prayer. “Kara” means the palm of the hand and it stands for the karmendriyas*, or the organs of action. While looking at the palm, one invokes the Lord in the form of various deities, thus purifying all the actions that will be done during the day. The deity responsible for hands is INDIRA . Indira is promoter of Dharma. By acknowledging the Lord as the giver of the ability to perform actions and as the giver of the fruits of our actions, one sanctifies the actions. Thus, one prays in the morning to reinforce the attitude that all actions are performed as a service to the Lord.

·       The karmendriyas are kara (hand), pada(feet)

 payu (rectum), upastha (gentails), vak (for speech)

since abhimani devata for hands is Indira , it is more important. As Indira (Devendra) is best.

·       The karmendriyas and their abhimani devatha (gives shakthi to that particular organ)

ear- Chandra

sparsha (touch) – Kubera

eyes – Surya

tounge – Varuna

Nose – Aswini devathas

The karmendriyas and their abhimani devatha (gives shakthi to that

Mouth – agni

Hands – Indra

Feet – Jayantha (son of  Indra)

Payu – Yama

Upastha – Dakshaprajapahi

 Karagre  vasade Lakshmi

kara Madhye saraswati

 kara mole stitha Gowri 

prabhatee kara darsanam

Karagre – finger tip

Prabhatee – early morning

Pray this stotra looking at your palm 

Meaning :

 At the Top of the fingers is Goddess Lakshmi, on the palm is Goddess Saraswati, and in the wrist is Goddess Gowri .

Therefore one should Look at one's Hands in the Early Morning and think on them to give us wealth, the appropriate knowledge to use that wealth, and the strength to sustain us respectively.

Why Lakshmi, Saraswati and Gowri ?

Lakshmi – She gives us wealth.

Lakshmi is considered on the finger tips, because it is said money has to be used to contribute (help) for others. It’s not going to be permanent (shashvatha) with us.

Saraswathi – she represents Vidhya

Saraswathi is considered in the middle of the palm, which says our Vidhya has to be carefully preserved. It has to be shashvatha.

Gowri – gowri gives us strength

Gowri is also annapurni. Annapurni gives food (anna) for us, which we inturn should contribute to others.

Sometimes the words kara moola sada gowri is replaced by tu Govindah.

Sashtra says, with the sthri’s one has to think of their spouse to while praying:

Narayana Samedha Lakshmi

 Brahma Samedha Saraswati

Rudra Samedha Gowri

STEP 7

Bhoomi prathana

Chant this when you first step out of bed in the morning

Samudra vasane devi parvat sthana mandithe

 Vishnu patni namastubhyam pada sparsham kshamaswa me

Samudra- O ocean

vasane - robed

devi - goddess!  

Parvatha- mountain ranges

Sthana –  breast/bosom

mandithe – decorated

Vishnu-patni - O wife of ViShnu,

namastubhyam – Salutations

Paadasparsham – stepping upon

Kshamasva mE – Forgive

(Oh Mother Earth) The Devi Who is having Ocean as Her Garments and Mountains as Her Bosom, Who is the Consort of Sri Vishnu, I Bow to You; Please Forgive Us for Touching You with Our Feet.

The forgiveness asked to her should be out of love. O Mother, as a mother forgives her baby peeing (passing urine) on her, you too forgive my mistakes. I use many chemicals that hurt you, I spit on you, I pee on you, I kick you hard, I stamp on you, please forgive me.  

[Must hold the mattress before going to bath, Kali is present in matterss.Expalined by Bheeshmachrya in anushashana parvadha]

Ladies please avoid the word OM instead say shri.

  

On the crisp:

Step 1:

Wake up

Time : 4.24 – 5.12 am

Step 2:

Thank him

Hagal poorthi ninna agyana karmagala madi sustu agithe nange rathri poorti olle nidre kotu visranti kotu pragyna namage paraatma ninage anantha namaskaragalu.

Step 3:

Chant Narayana

Bharathi Ramana Mukyapranthargatha Shri Narayanaya nam: = 108 or 24

Step 4

Hare Rama Hare Krishna = 16 or 8

Step 5

Kapila Kapila = 7

Step 6

Kara darshana

Karagre  vasade (Narayana samedha) Lakshmi

kara Madhye (Brahmha samedha) saraswati

 kara mole stitha (Rudra samedha) Gowri  prabhatee kara darsanam

Step 7

Bhoomi prathana

Samudra vasane devi parvat sthana mandithe

Vishnu patni namastubhyam pada sparsham kshamaswa me