न चोरहार्यं न च राजहार्यं न भ्रातृभाज्यनम् न च भारकारि ।
व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यम् विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानं ॥
na chorahaaryaM na cha raajahaaryaMna bhraatR^ibhaajyaMna cha bhaarakaari |
vyaye kR^ute vardhata eva nityam vidyaadhanaM sarvadhanapradhaanaM ||
[This Mangala stotra is addressed to Narasimha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. These songs are recited after reciting prayers to the Lord or after performing worship. Wishing Mangalam means, wishing all that is good.] Mangalam sthamba dimbhaya, Mangalam mruthyu mruthyuve, Mangalam Roudhra roopaya, Narasimhaya Mangalam. 1
Mangalam to the one who was born from a pillar, Mangalam to the lord of death to the lord of death, Mangalam to him who is fierce looking, Mangalam to the Lord who is lion man.
Mangalam to the seed of universe, Who killed the Asura called Hiranya Kasipu, Who was the lord of Rakshasas and killer of devas, And the Lord who was interested in saving of the world.
Mangalam to the giver of boons, Who was happy with the prayer of Prahlada, Who was really a God with pleasant mien, And who shows protection and boons by his hands.
Mangalam to the one carried by Garuda, Whose hands are as hard to touch like a diamond, Who puts down the enemies of men, And who has very sharp protruding teeth.
Mangalam to the lover of Lakshmi, Who belongs to three ages, Who has three type of back, Who has three characteristics, Who is the three Gods, And who has a man lion form
Hiranyakashipu angered at Prahlad's reply that God is omnipresent, struck the pillar hard and the Lord appeared with a big roar that the entire universe trembled and even Brahma was shaken off his throne.
From the pillar, emerged, Lord in a form, which looked partly a beast, partly a human being, expanding in to a shining body, white in colour, with stiff hair all over the body, eyes shining like gold, wide opened mouth like a cave, sword like tongue rolling out, with Man-lion form, fierce looking jaws, pointed claws in hands and roaring loud.
Hiranyakashipu realised it to be lord who has come to kill him, rushed towards the him to kill it with his mighty mace. Lord held Hiranyakashipu's hands tightly by his stout arms, he slipped himself from the grip and came back rushing towards Lord with the sword and armour with valour to kill all the three worlds.
Lord in form of Narasimha, half man and half lion, held him by his hand, supported him on his thighs at the doorway, on twilight and tore his chest with his claws and drank the blood oozing out of his body, fiercely roaring strong enough to shatter the universe.
Pushing away the dead body, Lord Narasimha sprang up with body smeared in blood, wearing the intestine of Hirnyakashipu as garland, started to eat the other asuras, roaring loudly that caused mountains tremble, oceans turbulent, stars and other celestial objects scatter, causing an utter chaos in the universe.
Sitting on the thrown amidst the assembly, Lord roared again and again, casting fear to Brahma, Shiva and other Gods, Godesses and devas. No one dared to go near and kept singing hymns in praise to pacify the Lord.
Brahma instructed Prahlada to go near and prostrate before the Lord. On seeing his devotee, his anger reduced, and now becoming soft and kind, touched and blessed the boy with deep compassion. With Lord's touch, Prahlada started to sing hymns in praise of Lord and received boon in favour of the world.
Bhattathiri praised the lord who enacted this fierce drama to slay an asura and protect his prime devotee and requests him to cure him of his ailments.
PS: At the end of Narasimha Avatharam, when Bhattathiri sang Prahlada Priya he! Marutpurapathe!, Lord Guruvayoorappan who approves and acknowledges every dasakam, did not approve or nod his head. While Bhattathiri was wondering, what the reason could be, there came a divine voice from the sanctum of Lord Guruvayoorappan. Lord said that each and every devotee is dear to him, not only Prahlad. Hearing it, Bhattathiri was overwhelmed by Lord's mercy. - From the explanatory notes of Sengalipuram Brahmasri Anantharama Dikshithar.
Indradyumna, King of Paandya region, once engrossed in his devotion to Lord, missed to welcome Sage Agastya on his arrival. Sage Agasthya cursed the king to become an elephant. Indradyumna got the form of an elephant immediately but was fortunate to remember his devotion to Lord.
Indradyumna became the leader of elephants, now known as Gajendra, sported with female elephants on the trikuta mountains and was living happily. One day Gajendra while roaming in the mountains, felt thirsty due to heat and went to a lake nearby, to drink water along with his female elephants.
In that lake, there was a gandarva named Huhu, who had turned in to a crocodile, cursed by sage Devala. He caught the leg of Gajendra. Indeed Lord gives difficulties to his devotees, only to bless later.
Gajendra fought with all his might for more than thousand years but still crocodile did not leave him. The time Gajendra became tired, he started singing hymns in praise of Parathman or Brahmam which he had learnt in his past life. He plucked the white lotus in the lake and offered it to the Lord.
On hearing the hymns, Brahma and Shiva did not venture to help as the sloka was addressed to Lord Hari, the nirguna Brahman . Lord immediately in his unlimited mercy, mounted on Garuda and appeared before Gajendra.
Lord held Gajendra with his lotus hands and released him from the clutches of the crocodile by severing it with the discus. The crocodile got released from the sage Devala's curse and turned back to the beautiful Gandarva form. Gajendra got the divine form similar to the Lord himself by his divine grace.
Whoever sings this Gajendra moksham or listens to this story, or thinks of Gajendran or the Parabrahmam with focused mind, especially in the dawn, will be blessed with prosperity. Whoever remembers this story at the time of death, Lord declared that he will give them pure mind.
Lord departed to Vaikunta along with Gajendra after giving the benefits of reading or singing or hearing the Gajendra moksham. Bhattathiri requests Lord who saved Gajendra from jaws of death and blessed him, to protect all devotees including him in the same way.
PS: Only in this Gajendra Moksham, Lord himself has given the Phalasruthi, the benefits of reciting, singing or listening to this charithram. - from the explanatory notes of Sengalipuram Brahmasri Anantharama Deekshithar
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Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Sengalipuram Anatharama Diskshidar 230917 ...
(Bhagavatha is the last Purana composed by sage Vyasa. Though the major content of the Purama is the story of Lord Krishna (the tenth Skanda consisting of 3936 slokas) , it is a very detailed narration of all the Avatharas of Lord Vishnu , up to the beginning of Kali yuga.
t has 12 Skandas(books) containing 335 chapters and is supposed to contain 18000 Slokas. Though it was composed by sage Vyasa ,, the book that we have is the narration of Sage Shukha to king Parikshith in 7 days. Almost through out India and specially in south People consider it great to read or hear BHagawatha being read in 7 days (sapthaham).
Due to its huge size some efforts were done to abridge it in to a smaller size. Narayaneeyam by Mepathur BHattathiri is the most popular shortened version .
A few days ago , I came across a collection of 25 slokas from the original Bhagavatha , which was meant for Nithya Parayana (daily reading) and was supposed to give equal effect of reading the entire BHagavatha daily. (From a book by Sengalipuram Anantharama Deekshithar)
I have given it in Sanskrit,Tamil, english with translation . I have also given the exact location of each Sloka in Bhagavatham .I know I am giving you a rare treasure which is going to help you to read the great BHagavatham Daily.May God bless all of you)