sri AnjanEya ashtottara shatanAmAvaLi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Oct 2008, 06:23

Karthik
Before you get started it may be appropriate to have the invocations sung by our Queen of Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ifQJv22G90

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 10 Oct 2008, 19:42

cml,

That was an excellent choice. What could be more appropriate?

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 10 Oct 2008, 19:43

To start with, let us discuss a few dhyAna shlOkas -

sarvAriShTa nivArakam SuBhakaram pingAkSam aGhApaham
sItAnvESaNa tatparam kapivaram kOtIndusUryapraBham
lankAdvIpaBhayankaram sakaladam sugrIva sammAnitam
dEvEndrAdi samastadEva vinutam kAkutsadUtam bhajE

Let us meditate on that messenger of rAma - the remover of all misfortune, the bestower of auspiciousness, the One that has reddish brown eyes and frees from sins, the One who went in search of sItA, the best among monkeys, effulgent like a million Suns and moons, terror to the lankA island, the One who bestows everything, the One greatly respected by sugrIva and in whom indra and all the other dEvas take delight.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 10 Oct 2008, 19:43

atulita baladhAmam hEmaSailABhadEham
danujavanakRshAnam jnAninAm agragaNyam
sakalaguNa nidhAnam vAnarANAm adhIsham
raGhupativaradUtam vAtajAtam namAmi

To the abode of uncomparable power with a body glittering like a mountain of gold, to the One who incinerated the forest of the demons and the foremost among the learned, to the refuge of all virtues and the Lord of the vAnaras, to the able messenger of the Lord of the raGhus, to the One born to the wind god, I pay my prostrations.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 10 Oct 2008, 19:58

Thanks Karthik. These slokas I'm reading for the first time.

manOjavam mArutha thulya vEgam |

jitEndriyam buDhi mathAm varishtam|

vAthathmajam vAnara ..... ? mukhyam |

sri rAma dUtham shirasA namAmi||

anjanAnadanam vIram | jAnaki shOka nAshanam ||
kaPisha makhsha hAnthAram vande lanka bhayankaram ||

These two slokas are very common.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 10 Oct 2008, 20:37

vAnara yUtha;
kapIsham akshahantAram

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Oct 2008, 23:51

Good start Karthik!
You meant Suns and not sons

(I havee corrected!)

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 13 Oct 2008, 06:30

AnjanEya raghurAma. rAgA: sAvEri. Adi tALA. Swathi Tirunal

P: AnjanEya raghurAma dUta mahitAnubhava pAhi
A: kunjara varENyAyuta satva suranjitAmara munIshvara santatam
C1: dinakara bhIkara shaishava lIla dIpti vinirjita kAncana shaila
ghanala dasha kandara sOdara shUla khaNDana shubha lIla
janaka sutAdhi vimOcana lOla jambu mAli khala nishicara kAla
vanadhi taraNa caNa nijalAnkUla vahnidagdha lankA nagara
2: parama bhayAnaka sangara tIra prabhalavajayuta samIra kumAra
karatala khAta hatAkSa kumAra kapivara kula shUra
sura nara kinnaranuta guNavAra sUryagruHita padAgamasAra
sarasa kadaLI vipina vihAra caNDasimhikA daLanAnuvAram
3: vimala mahauSadi shailAnayana vishrta vIrya su-pATala nayana
damita vIrayupAkSa-samhananadaLitAshOka vana
vimata kambana kAnana dahana vikaTamuSTi mUrccita dasha vadana
kamalanAbha shubha carita nishamana kalitamOdabhara sAdaram anudinam

Lyrics have been provided by Lakshmanji.
Request for meaning please.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 13 Oct 2008, 19:34

Oh Lord ANJANEYA! The emissary of Lord RAMA, one who is in the proximity of the noble, protect me.
In your prowess, you are greater than the KUNJARAVARENYA-foremost among the elephants. You always please the celestials and eminent sages.
As a child, you frightened the sun; the effulgence of your form surpasses the mount MERU. You destroyed KUMBHAKARNA- the formidable brother of RAVANA. You have the glory of alleviating the immense sorrow of SITA. You vanquished a host of demons like JAMBUMALI. You crossed the ocean skillfully, and set fire on LANKA, with your tail.
You are the great warrior who fought fierce battles. Oh the son of the wind-god!, you are endowed with unsurpassable strength and speed. You destroyed AKSHAKUMARA-the son of RAVANA, by hitting him with the palm of your powerful hand. You are the bravest among the monkeys. Your great virtues are sung by the celestials, men and demi-gods. You learnt all the scriptures from the sun-god himself. You dwell in the KADALI forest. You escaped from the clutches of the giantess SIMHIKA.
Oh one who brought the herbal mountain the Mount SANJIVINI; you are the mighty warrior, having graceful pale red eyes. You destroyed the demon warrior YUPAKSHA. You destroyed ASOKA forest and made your enemy shiver by burning down the forests. You knocked RAVANA unconscious with a blow from your fist. With great ecstasy and esteem you extol KAMALANABHA. Please favour me and protect.
(as posted at the Svathi Thirunal site)

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 13 Oct 2008, 20:21

CML- Thank You Very Much.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 14 Oct 2008, 07:58

cmlover wrote:Good start Karthik!
You meant Suns and not sons (I havee corrected!)

Yes

. Sorry.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 14 Oct 2008, 22:42

Another dhyAna shlOka -

KhyAta: SrIrAmadUta: pavanatanuBhava: pingaLAkSa: shiKhAvAn
sItA shOkApahArI dashamuKhavijayI lakSmaNaprANadAtA
AnIta BhEShajAdrE: lavaNajalanidhE: langaNE dikshitO ya:
vIraSrImAn hanUmAna mama mAnasi vAsAn kAryasiddhimatim tanOtu

The celebrated messenger of rAma, the One born of the wind god, the yellow-eyed One who wears a tuft, the remover of sItA's misery, conquerer of rAvaNa, the One who brought lakSmaNa to life by fetching the mountain of herbs, the One who showed us that He could cross the vast salty ocean, let this brave glorious hanUmAna reside in my mind and lead my actions to success.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 14 Oct 2008, 22:52

manOjavam mAruta tulya vEgam jitEndriyam buddhimatAm variShTam
vAtAtmajam vAnarayUtha muKhyam SrirAma dUtam shirasA namAmi

I surrender to the messenger of SrirAma who can travel fast as the mind with the speed of wind, the One who has conquered His senses, the best among the intelligent ones, the son of the wind god and the foremost among the vAnaras.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 03:45

yatra yatra raGhunAtha kIrtanam tatra tatra kRta masatakAnjalim
bAshpavAri paripUrNa lOchanam mArutim namata rAkSasAntakam

I bow down to the son of the wind god - the annihilator of rAkSasas, who is present with eyes full of tears and head bowed-down (in veneration) wherever SrirAma's praise is sung.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 03:53

udyadAditya sankAsham udAra Bhuja vikramam
kandarpa kOti lAvaNyam sarva vidyA viShAradam

Comparable to the rising run, the magnanimous One with powerful arms, lovely as a crore kAmadEvas is an expert is all types of knowledge.

Although this shlOka is enlisted with AnjanEya shlOkas is several places, this seems to apply well to skanda also.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 04:03

ullanGhya sindhO salilam salIlam ya: shOkavaHnim janakAtmajAya:
AdhAya tEnaiva dadAha lankAm namAmi tam prAnjalir AnjanEyam

I salute, with folded hands, that son of anjanA who crossed the ocean as if playfully, took away sItA's fire-like sorrow and burnt lankA to ashes with it.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 04:04

asAdhya sAdhaka svAmin asAdhyam tava kim vada
rAmadUta kRpA sindhO matkAryam sAdhaya praBhO

Oh Lord - accomplisher of the impossible, tell me what it is that is in-accomplishable by you. Oh emissary of rAma, Oh ocean of mercy, help me succeed in my actions.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 04:10

AnjanEyam atipATalAnanam kAnchanAdri kamanIya vigraham
pArijAtataru mUla vAsinam bhAvayAmi pavamAna nandanam

I bow to the son of the wind god - born to anjanA whose face resembles the intense pATalA flower, body charming as a golden mountain, who lives at the foot of the pArijAta tree.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 15 Oct 2008, 04:25

there is the sloka clled 'Hanumad Pancharatnam'-strarting
'vItAkhila vishayEccam'.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 15 Oct 2008, 05:42

karthik76 wrote:AnjanEyam atipATalAnanam "kAnchanAdri kamanIya" vigraham
pArijAtataru mUla vAsinam bhAvayAmi pavamAna nandanam

"kAnchanAdri kamanIya" sundaram has been used in the Durbar song- AnjanEyam namAmyaham which was discussed earlier.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Oct 2008, 06:21

The two following lines are:
yatra yatra raghunAtha kIrtanaM tatra tatra k^Rita mastakA~njaliM
bhAShpavAri paripUrNa lOcanaM mArutim namata rAkShasAntakaM ||

These four lines are usually chanted during katha kaalakShepams!

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 20:32

SrIrAma hRdayAnandam Bhaktakalpa mahIruham
aBhayam varadam dOrBhyAm kalayE mArutAtmajam

Let the son of the wind god, the joy of SrirAma's heart, the wish-fulfilling tree of the devotees with hands bestowing fearlessness (aBhaya hastham) and boons (varada hastham) purify me.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Oct 2008, 20:52

aBhayam varadam dOrBhyAm kalayE
dOrBhyAm = by both (two) arms
which are
aBhayam varadam (as you have described)
kalayE = I be influenced (taken posession of)
In most of the temples Anjaneya displays the 'a~njali' mudra (devotion).
There is a special temple where he displays abhaya cum varada mudra (I forget which one!)

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 15 Oct 2008, 21:13

Budhir bhalam yashOdairyam. NirbayathvamarOgathA
ajAdyam vAkpatuthvamcha... Hanumath smaranAt bhavEt.
One more sloka on Hanuman which says what all one gets by remembering HanumAn:
Intelligence, strength, fame, courage, fearlessness, freedom from diseases, sharp intellect and eloquency in speech-one gets all these by remembering Hanuman.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 21:16

Thanks cml for the correction.

Punarvasu - thanks for the shlOkam - I was saving it for a phalaSruti - but evidently AnjanEya gives us phalaSruti even before the aShtOttara.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 15 Oct 2008, 21:18

pingAksham pingakEsham shasharudira nikaSasyadhOpAda padmam
prOdhyanmArtANDakOti pramita tanugaLadrashmiBhir durnirIkshyam
rAkAchandrAmshu jala prashyamara nakha damShTrAmshu sandohanasya
udvAndhasachakravAlam kapivaramanisham vAyuputram namAmi

I pay my prostrations to the son of vAyu, the best among monkeys - the One with yellow eyes and hair whose arms, legs and face are the color of rabbit's blood, the lustre from whose body shines brilliantly as a crore suns, blinding by its glare (making it difficult to see), who with His nails and teeth, radiant like the full moon, removes all darkness from the horizon.

There may be some corrections needed to this shlOka. I need help - especially with the portions jala prashyamara, sandohanasya and udvAndhasa (udvA andha sa - I cannot understand the 'sa' here).

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 15 Oct 2008, 21:38

The very smarana of AnjanEya give us all this; you have already thought about him when you started this thread.
It is said that one get moksha if one is born in Tiruvarur
or if one dies in KAsi; but the very thought of arunachala-TiruvaNNAmalai -gives one moksha. It is the same here.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Oct 2008, 23:17

Check the verses again
It may be
rAkA candrAmshu jalaprashyAmaka nakha = nails which darken (prashyAmaka) and dull (jala) the brilliance of full moon (rAkAcandraAmshu)
damShTrAmshu sandOhanasya udvAndhasa cakravALaM = the brilliance of teeth (damShTrAmshu) milking (sandOhanasya) extracted food/essence (udvAndhasa) of the
encircling horizon (cakravALa)

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 16 Oct 2008, 06:59

Some of the famous Hanuman temples- Nanganallur Near Chennai;Suchindram near Kanyakumari; Pancha Loha AnjanEya with Five Faces Temple ( near Kumbakonam);In Bangalore, we have very old big Hanuman( 60') temple in Basavangudi(Attributed to the founder of Bangalore- Kempe Gowda);In Mahalaksmipuram , a Huge AnjanEya Temple just opposite to the famous ISKON temple; Almost in every village of Karnataka, a Hanuman Temple is supposed to exist;Ganapathi Sachhidananda Swamiji has installed a huge Hanuman Temple in Trinidad, West Indies.
rasikas are requested to augument this list with other famous Hanuman temples.

karthik76 · Post by **karthik76** » 16 Oct 2008, 21:30

We seem to have lost a few posts. Did anyone else notice?

(edited)
Ok. I see the posts now. Are we going through aesthetic changes to rasikas.org or is it just me?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Oct 2008, 21:32

I did notice! It looks OK now..

bilva · Post by **bilva** » 03 Nov 2008, 20:24

many thanks for this discussion...i am yet reading parts of it. but do tell me, have you now a corrected version of the ashtottara namavali? i mean after the changes to the syntax and grammar that you have all been suggesting?