Sunday, March 23, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति
Saturday, March 1, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (11)
सीतया सह ते राम तस्य ह्र्त्सुखमन्दिरम ॥
dharmaadharmaanparityajya tvaameva bhajatonisham
seetayaa saha te raama tasya hritsukhamandiram
अध्यात्मरामायण, अयोध्याकाण्ड (6/55)
dharma: established order, righteousness
adharma: opposite of dharma
parityajya: leaving fully
tvaameva: to you only
bhajatonisham: worshipping incessantly
seetayaa saha: with seeta
hritsukhamandiram: the pleasing temple of heart
Commentary:
The Lord Raama, along with Seeta, occupies the pleasing temple in the form of the heart of His devotee, who, leaving aside all concerns for right or wrong, worships Him with unbroken dedication.
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (10)
नमः कारुणिकानन्त रामचन्द्र नामोस्तु ते ।।
namostu jagataama naatha namaste bhakti bhaavan
namah kaarunikaananta raamachandra namostu te
अध्यात्मरामायण, बालकाण्ड (7/44)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
namostu: salutations and praise
jagataama: of the world
naatha: Lord
namaste: salutations
bhakti: devotion
bhaavan: the objective of
namah: salutations
karuneekaananta: full of compassion and with no limits
Commentary:
Salutatations and praise be to the Lord of the world. Salutations be to the very objective or goal of devotion. Salutations and praise be to Raama, the Lord Who shines like moon in the dark skies and Who is full of compassion for His devotees and His is an endless existence in time and space.
Monday, January 21, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (9)
नीलोत्पलश्यामलकोमलाय ।
किरीटहाराङ्गदभूषणाय
सिंहासनस्थाय महाप्रभाय ॥
namostu raamaaya sashaktikaaya
neelotpalashyaamalakomalaaya
kireetahaaraangadabhooshanaaya
singhaasanasthaaya mahaaprabhaaya
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (15/51)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
nama: salutation
stu: be praised
sashaktikaaya: with the creative energy
neela: blue
utpala: lotus
shyaamala: dark cloud colour
komala: soft
kireeta: diadem
haara: garland
angad: bracelet on the upper arm
Bhooshana: adorning
singhaanastha: sitting on the throne
mahaa: great
prabhaa: light
Commentary:
Monday, January 14, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (8)
समासीनमङके समाधाय सीताम ।
स्फुरद्धेमवर्णां तडित्पुञ्जभासं
भजे रामचंद्रं निवृत्तार्तितंद्र्म ॥
lasachandrakotiprakaashaadipeethe
samaaseenamanke samaadhaaya seetaam
sphuraddhemavarnaam taditpunjabhaasam
bhaje raamachandram nivrittartitandram
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (13/32)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
lasa: shine
chandra: moon
koti: crore, many (figurative)
prakaasha: light
aaadi: point of beginning
peetha: place of sitting, throne
samaaseena: sitting at the same level
anka: side of the body, near the heart
samaadhaaya: settled near
sphura: shine forth
hema: gold
varna: complexion
tadita: lightening
punja: in multitude but grouped together
bhaasa: to appear as or like
bhaja: to revere
nivritta: to disengage
aarta: in sorrow
tandra: sleepiness, forgetfulness
Commentary:
The Lord Rama is sitting on the throne that is shining like a multitude of moons, and, which is, as if the beginning point of this creation, and the Lord is having His Creative Energy Seeta sitting closely beside Him. Sitting beside the Lord, Seeta, because of her golden complexion, looks as if a number of lightening streaks have got together, and, I offer my reverence to that Lord Rama Who by such a wonderful display of His glorious vision as described above dispels sorrow and eliminates sufferings of the people who have forgotten their true nature.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (7)
मानातीतं मोहविनाशम मुनिवन्द्यम ।
योगिध्येयं योगविधानं परिपूर्णं
वन्दे रामं रञ्जितलोकं रमणीयं ॥
maayaateetam maadhavmaadyam jagdaadim
maanaateetam mohvinaasham munivandyam
yogeedhyeyam yogavidhaanam parimoornam
vande raamam ranjitlokam ramneeyam
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (13/12)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
maayaateetam: beyond maayaa
maadhava: consort of laxmi
aadyam: chief, first, anscient
jagat: world
aadi: beginning
maayaa: the power that makes world appear as real
maanaateetam: beyond the means of proof
moha: delusion of mind making one believe the world to be real, attachment
vinaash: destruction
muni: sage
vandya: venerable
dhyeyam: objective
vidhaana: precept
paripoornam: complete in all respects
vande: pay respect to (you)
ranjit: delighted
lokam: world
ramaneeya: charming
Commentary:
I salute to the charming Lord Raama Whose presence makes the world filled with delight, and, the One Who is beyond the play of Maayaa, Who is the consort of Laxmi, Who is the first among all, in Whom the world has its beginning, the One Who is beyond the measures of proof, the One Who destroys one's delusion or attachement to the world, the One who is venerated by the sages, the One Who is the object of the penances performed by the ascetics, the One Who is the preceptor of the Yoga and the One Who is complete in all respects.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (6)
यं जानन्ति मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तस्मै रामाय ते नमः ॥
prakritim purushham kaalam vyaktaavyaktswaroopinam
yam jaananti munishreshhthaastasmai raamaaya te namah
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (8/39)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
prakriti: natutre, fundamental form
purushh: brahaman, supreme spirit, universal soul
kaalah: time
vyakta: manifest
avyakta: unmanifest
swaroop: one's own self/form
yam: to whom
jananti: know
munih: sage
shreshhtha: most excellent, highest, superior
namah: pay obeisance to
Commentary:
To Him Who is recognized or known as One and the Same as the Nature (or the Fundamental Form or The Inanimate) and the Universal Soul, and also, the Time with the Manifest and Unmanifest Universe, Whom the highest of the sages only know as being such, let there be obeisances to That Raama, the very embodiment of the Brahman.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (5)
उपसंह्रियते सर्वं त्वया चक्षुर्निमीलनात ॥
unmeelayan srijasyetannetre raama jagattrayam
upsanghriyate sarvam tvayaa chakshurnimeelanaat
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (8/37)
Help on Sanskrit Words
unmeelanam: opening of eyes
srijasye: gets created
tannetre: your eyes
jagat: world
trayam: three
upsanghriyate: gets destroyed, dissolved
sarvam: all that is
tvaya: three
chakshu: eye
nimeelanaat: closing of
Commentary:
O Raama, the three Worlds get created by the very act of opening of Your eyes. And then the entire creation gets dissolved into nonexistence when You close Your eyes.
(This is very deep in thought and import. Raama, here, is being described as being the very epitome of Supreme Brahman, the One Whose awareness of the Self, when as if being outwardly, the visible world comes into existence, and when as if being inwardly, the same world dissolves...! Oh Lord how interesting is this expression of Yours. The world is neither real nor unreal...! Such is its nature!)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
श्री राम स्तुति - Salutations to Lord Raama / (4)
त्वत्पादकमले सक्ता भक्तिरेव सदास्तु मे ॥
na yaache raama raajendra sukham vishhayasambhavam
tvatpaadakamale saktaa bhaktireva sadaastu mei
अध्यात्मरामायण, युद्धकाण्ड (3/37)
Help on Sanskrit Words:
na: Not
yaache: Ask for
raajendra: The king of the kings
sukham: pleasure, well being
vishhaya: senses
sambhavam: happening (through/by), possible
tvat: yours
paada: feet
kamala: lotus flower
saktaa: attached to
bhaktireva: devotion like that
sadaa: forever
astu: let it be
mei: for me
Commentary:
O Raama, the Lord of the lords, I do not ask You to grant me any worldly pleasures that are enjoyed through the senses. I rather ask You to grant me everlasting devotion in You such that I always keep Your lotus feet deep in my heart.