Guest guest Report post Posted September 1, 2004 I am new to this group and would have missed a lot in the past. Can somebody guide me to get the meaning of "Mantra Raja Pada Stotra" of Lord Nrsimha. With regards and Pranams _______________________________ Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. http://promotions./goldrush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 4, 2004 Sriman Naaraayanaya Namaha: Srimathe Ramaanujaya Namaha: Srimathe Vedaantha Desikaaya Namaha: The avatar Sri Narasimha has been worshipped as a ugra swarupe. He IS Sriman Narayana, since he came to protect Prahlada, a vishNu baktha. He was also ugram since He did not come as a santha swarUpe for hiranyAksha vadam. The mantra rAjA in the vedam thus aptly describes him as a combination of Hari and Hara. The manthram and its power are described in the Atarva vedam in Nrisimha pUrvatApini upanishat. In Srivaishnava sampradayam we worship Sri Narasimha as LakshmiNarasimha without emphasizing much of the ugra narasimha aspects. However here is the mathra rAjA and a short description. 'ugram vIram mahAvishNum jwalantam sarvatomugam nrusimham bIshaNam bhadram mruthyummruthym namAmyaham' the meaning of this manthram is explained further in this upanishat as follows: yasmAt svamahimna sarvAn lokAn sarvAn deVan sarvAnAtmAna: sarvANe bhutani utgruhNAti ajasrAm srujathi visrujati vivAsayati utgrAhyate| stutihi shrutham gartasatam yuvAnam mruganna bIma mupahatnu mugram| mrudA jaritre simha: stavAno anyante asmin nivapantu senA: tasmAthtuchyata ugramithi|| An english tranlations is this: He is called ugram because of his lofty actions he absorbs all worlds, all devas, all jivas, all bhuthas, he creates, grows, destroyus, and elevates to a higher status. Nrusimha! even as you are praised by me now, please grant me endless joy even as I live in this life. Let us ganAs be with me and destroy my enemies. It would be better if this mathram, upanishat and related stothras are learned from a guru. One should learn the Sri Nrushimha pancAmruta stothram also. The Srivaishnava Sri Nrusimha stothrams would be available at the Ahobila matam. Just two verses from the Sri Nrusimha pancAmruta stothram to vet our interests: govinda keSava janardana vAsudeva viSveSa viSwa madhusudana viSwarupa SrI padmanAba purushotama pushkarAksha nArAyanAcyuta nrusimha namo namaste| .... brahma Sivastvam purushotamasca nArAyano(a)sau marutAm patiSca| candrArkka vAivagni marudganASca tvameva tam tvam satatam nato(a)smi| Adiyen, Ramanuja dasan, R.T.V. Varadarajan , Ramachandran Vishwanathan <ramachandran_vish> wrote: > I am new to this group and would have missed a lot in > the past. > > Can somebody guide me to get the meaning of "Mantra > Raja Pada Stotra" of Lord Nrsimha. > > With regards and Pranams > > > > > _______________________________ > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. > http://promotions./goldrush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 8, 2004 Some more comments are needed in connection with the previous messages in this thread. The manthra raja pada stothram is from the Ahirbudthniya Samhita a Vaishnava agama text. It starts with the 'manthra raja' quoted earlier. The Nrusimha pUrva tApini and uttara tApini upanishats seem to be the Vedic counterparts. Sri Nrisimha and Sri Sudarsana are related and entwined, as portrayed by the agama texts and vivid archa murthys in this combination found in some temples. I would request the learned bhagavatas to tell us more from the Ahirbudniya samhita about the manthra raja pada stothram. Thank you Adiyen R.T.V. Varadarajan , "rtvrajan" <rtvrajan> wrote: > Sriman Naaraayanaya Namaha: > Srimathe Ramaanujaya Namaha: > Srimathe Vedaantha Desikaaya Namaha: > > The avatar Sri Narasimha has been worshipped as a ugra swarupe. He IS > Sriman Narayana, since he came to protect Prahlada, a vishNu baktha. > He was also ugram since He did not come as a santha swarUpe for > hiranyAksha vadam. The mantra rAjA in the vedam thus aptly > describes him as a combination of Hari and Hara. The manthram and > its power are described in the Atarva vedam in Nrisimha pUrvatApini > upanishat. > > In Srivaishnava sampradayam we worship Sri Narasimha as > LakshmiNarasimha without emphasizing much of the ugra narasimha > aspects. > > However here is the mathra rAjA and a short description. > > 'ugram vIram mahAvishNum jwalantam sarvatomugam > nrusimham bIshaNam bhadram mruthyummruthym namAmyaham' > > the meaning of this manthram is explained further in this > upanishat as follows: > > yasmAt svamahimna sarvAn lokAn sarvAn deVan sarvAnAtmAna: sarvANe > bhutani utgruhNAti ajasrAm srujathi visrujati vivAsayati utgrAhyate| > stutihi shrutham gartasatam yuvAnam mruganna bIma mupahatnu mugram| > mrudA jaritre simha: stavAno anyante asmin nivapantu senA: > tasmAthtuchyata ugramithi|| > > An english tranlations is this: > > He is called ugram because of his lofty actions he absorbs > all worlds, all devas, all jivas, all bhuthas, he creates, grows, > destroyus, and elevates to a higher status. > > Nrusimha! even as you are praised by me now, please grant me endless > joy even as I live in this life. Let us ganAs be with me and > destroy my enemies. > > It would be better if this mathram, upanishat and related stothras > are learned from a guru. > > One should learn the Sri Nrushimha pancAmruta stothram also. The > Srivaishnava Sri Nrusimha stothrams would be available > at the Ahobila matam. > > Just two verses from the Sri Nrusimha pancAmruta stothram to vet our > interests: > > govinda keSava janardana vAsudeva > viSveSa viSwa madhusudana viSwarupa > SrI padmanAba purushotama pushkarAksha > nArAyanAcyuta nrusimha namo namaste| > > ... > brahma Sivastvam purushotamasca > nArAyano(a)sau marutAm patiSca| > candrArkka vAivagni marudganASca > tvameva tam tvam satatam nato(a)smi| > > Adiyen, > Ramanuja dasan, > R.T.V. Varadarajan > > > , Ramachandran Vishwanathan > <ramachandran_vish> wrote: > > I am new to this group and would have missed a lot in > > the past. > > > > Can somebody guide me to get the meaning of "Mantra > > Raja Pada Stotra" of Lord Nrsimha. > > > > With regards and Pranams > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. > > http://promotions./goldrush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
