Navagraha Veda Mantrams
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This Rudran is also May Rudran,thePratyadhidevataifor M yaj~niyam bhAgameturAyasposhAyajamAnasyasantu|| yeshAmIeSe paSupati: paSUnAmcatushpa in:³Itae=y< yi}y<Éagmetu raySpae;a yjmanSysNtu. ye;amIze pzupit> pzUna -Rudranknown (rudran)! His ad Our salutationstosUryanwith pratyadide adhidevatA (praNavam) ( meditation! pray totheonewhorope. holdsthe We mediateonthatsUryanwiththehors M pracodayAt|| tanno sUrya: vidm (praNavam) aSva-dhvajAya ( sUrya GaayatrI: blessings ofwealthtoth santu yajamAnasya rAyasposha: us byHim. naivEdhyams (offerings)ofours,whichar bhAgametu paSupati)nishkrItaayamyaj~niyam (sa rudra à[vm! à[vm! EANING ) ) Aixdevta àTyiddevtasihtayAaidTyaynm> AñXvjay ivÒhepaz hStayxImih tÚaesUyR> àcaedyat!. : e YajamAnan berealized! ahe pASa-hastAyadhImahi -Maythe enhanced statusarisingfromthe vatA sahitAyaAdityAyanama: 13 May thatsUryanpromptusfor hidevata (agni)andPratyadhidevatA e notearned byusbut bequeathed to e symbolinHisflagandforthatwe -MayHeacceptas sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi ofangArakan-thirualli 14 keNi SrIpArthasArathy perumal perumal SrIpArthasArathy keNi human beings andtheother ja May Thougrantusnobl sahA! sarvam all sorro Oh BhUdEviwhowipesaway M | bhavAnrksharAniveSanI |yacchAna:SarmasaprathA: syonA prthivi Syaena p&iwiv Éva=n&]rainveznI,yCDanZzmRsàwa>, forangAkarakan: Mantram fortheadhidevatai(BhUmi) which theysustainthemselves. jinvati apAm retAgumsi pati: prthivyA:ayam-Heisindeed theLordofearth. the majestichump(timil)ofabull. mUrddhA diva:kakut (sa:) agni: Word byMeaning: bull. HeistheLordofth islikeAgni.Heconfersonde angArakan M jinvati || prthivyAayam|apAgumretAgumsi (praNavam) agnir-mUrddhAdiva:kakutpati: ( V à[vm! EDA EANING EANING M ) Ai¶mURÏaR idv>kk…Tpit> p&iwVya : : -angArakanislikeagni inmanyways. ANTRAM FOR - For the upper world of deva lokam, he stands out like - He protects all living beings them with the waters by -Heprotectsalllivingbeingsthemwiththewatersby e earth.He protects allli ANG ntUs andprovidethem ahome. A RAKAN 15 Aym!, Apag! ving entities withwater. ) sadagopan.org sadagopan.org vayam Word byMeaning: world! nourish ourcattleandappearbeforeusto blessuswithuttamasukhaminthis KshetrapAlakar, whoislikeafriend We will becomevictorious inour Mantram forKshetrapAlakarasthe delights toenjoy! Sarma yaccha na: sahA. sarvam possess inabundancetheguNamofKshA saprathA: living entitiesandgivethemahometoreside bhavA nrksharAa niveSanI syonA prthivi Word byMeaning: M || mrDAtIdrSe patinAvayagumhitenevaja kshetrasya ]eÇSy pitna vyg! pratyadhidevatA (kshetrapAlar)! pratyadhidevatA (kshetrapAlar)! Our salutationsto angArakanwithHisadhidevata (bhUmi) and M nama: pratyadhidevatA sahitAyaangArakAya adhidevatA (praNvam) ( meditation! protector oftheearth.MaythatangArkan( We mediateonthatangArakanandfo M tanno kuja:pracodayAt (praNvam) angArakAyavidmah ( angAraka GaayatrI: finally ParamaPurushArtham). mrDAtI sa na:drSe horses)! gAmaSvam poshayitnvA jayAmasi patinA kshetrasya hiteneva -withthehelpofcaringfriend-like à[vm! à[vm! EANING EANING ) ) - and confer on us the uttama sukham(ofAyurArOgyam,progenyand Aixdevta àTyixdevtasihtayA¼arkaynm> A¼arkay ivÒhe ÉUimpalay xImihtÚaek…j> àcaedyat! -willbecome victoriousinournobleactivities. : : - May He provide/bless us his darsana saubhAgyam -MayHeprovide/blessushisdarsanasaubhAgyam - KshetrapAlar -MayHeprotectandgrowourcattle (cows and e bhUmi-pAlAyadhImahi 17 r thatweprayto kuja ) promptusfor that Onewho isthe sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi ofSukran-Thiruve 18 lliyankuDi SrIkolavilrAmar SukrAya agniye bhAnave vidma nAjigAti janUgumshi antarviSvAni-thoseinbetweenthetwo mAnushA daivyAni ya: Word byMeaning: his j~nAna Sakti. lustre oftheSun andcomprehendsall Sukran aswellyourmindsrooted between the abovetwokulamspresentYo May YoualljIvansbelongingto devakulamormanushyathein M supUtam |yodaivyAnimAnushAjanUgumshyantar-viSvAnividmanAjigAti (praNavam) prava:SukrAyabhAnave ( V yae dEVyainmanu;a jnUg!<:yNtivRñain ivÒnaijgait, à[vm! EDA EANING -TheOne -theOne who hasthepower to M ) -TheOnehavingthelustre oftheSun - to that Sukra BhagavAn -tothatSukraBhagavAn àvZzu³ay ÉanveÉrXvg! FOR S UKRAN 19 ( bharadhvagum havyam matim cAgnaye bharadhvagum havyammatim DEVATAI the jIvans and their svarUpams through theirsvarUpamsthrough the jIvansand grant nobleboonslikeagni in dhyAnamaboutSukran. Hehasthe ur consecrated and pure Havis to ur consecratedandpureHavisto ): sadagopan.org sadagopan.org does notdieofoldage isalsoknowntome. jarasAnahimarate asyA: pati: ahamSravam -(hasbeen)heardbymefrom others. indrANIm asaMahAPativratai supatnIm - Asu nArishu Word byMeaning: does notdieofoldage. the womenofworld.Anotherthing I haveheard formothersaboutIndrAN M marate pati:| indrANi mAsunArishusupatnImahamaSrav #NÔai[masu nair;u supÆImhmïvm!, nýSyaAprÃn jrsamrte pit>, Sukran: for Mantram fortheadhidevatai(indrANi) -bepresentedprabharatvam especially. matim ca havyam supUtam va: EANING -(May)Your -mindrootedindhyAnam : - IndrANIis -amongallthewomenofworld - pure havis(and) -pure - Thehusband ofthisMa 20 I heard is that Her husband Indran I heardisthatHerhusbandIndran i, the greatest of pativratais among i, thegreatestofpativrataisamong am |nahiasyAaparanjanajarasA hA Pativratai, Indran for thatmeditation! we meditateontheOne wi We mediateuponthat Sukranwiththe symbol ofhorseinHis flag.Forthat, M tanno Sukra:pracodayAt|| vidmahe danur-hastAya dhImahi (praNavam) aSva-dhvajAya ( Sukra GaayatrI: all! kevala:astu asmAkam indram va:havAmahe viSvata: parijanebhya:-OfHim,whoissuperiortoallotherjIvans Word byMeaning: universe onYourbehalf.Mayhegran forIndran,whois We performArAdhanam M indram voviSvatasparihavAmahe #NÔ< vaeivñtSpir hvamhejne_y>,ASmakmStukevl>. Mantram forIndranasthePratyadhidevataiSukran: aparanjana à[vm! EANING EANING ) Añ-Xvjay ivÒhednuhRStayxImihtÚaezu³> àcaedyat! : : -Thatisanotherth -thatIndran,weworship onYour behalf - May He stay as the One granting matchless blisstous Onegrantingmatchless -MayHestayasthe th the bowinHishand.Maythat Sukranpromptus ing Ihaveheardabout. janebhya: | asmAkamastu kevala:|| janebhya: |asmAkamastu 21 t usmatchlessblissfulanbhavams! superiortoallcetanamsofthis sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (indran)! Our salutationstoSukranwithHisadhidevata(indrANi)andpratyadhidevatA M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadhid ( à[vm! EANING ) Aixdevta àTyixdevtasihtayzu³aynm>. : evatA sahitAya SukrAya nama:|| evatA sahitAyaSukrAya 22 medicine forallsufferings. Thewater isthecuring auspiciousness isinside theJalam(antargatam). (healing essences). Agni,who grants the Soma hassaidthatwater(jalam/Apa:) M ApaSca viSvabheshajI: || bheshajA|agnimcaviSvaSambhuvam abravIdantar-viSvAni apsu mesomo APsu mesaemaeAävIdNtivRñainÉe;ja,Ai¶Âivñz<Éuvmapí ivñÉe;jI>. forsoman: Mantram fortheadhidevatai(Jalam) vAjasya sangathebhavA -MayYourvirilityspreadtoeverycorner! te vrshNiyamsametu strength duringthislife! ApyAyasva Word byMeaning: us tohaveannasamrddhi(fullne perform kaimkaryams).MayYo Oh CandraBhagavAn!Pleaseextendmy M bhavA vAjasyasangathe|| | sametuteviSvata:somavrshNiyam ApyAyasva (praNavam) ( V à[vm! EDA EANING EANING M ) AaPyaySv smetu teivñtSsae : : ANTRAM - (Oh soma) Please growfurther -(Ohsoma)Please FOR -Pleaseblessuswiththeboonofsumptousfood! S OMAN ur vIryam (virility) extend allover.Pleasebless ur vIryam(virility)extend ss of food and provisions). ss offoodandprovisions). m v&i:[ym!,ÉvavajSys¼we. 23 ( DEVATAI longevity andenhance mystrength(to world anditsbeings with allkindsof contains initall kinds ofmedicine ) my life on this earth and my sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi of sOman - SrIrangam SrIranganAthar 24 one thousandletters (aksharams). (pAdam), twolines,foureightli inthe form with ParamAkASaBrahman sway alltheanimalsthatcameoutofth Gauri Devimeasurestheuniverseand M || vyoman parame ashTApadI navapadIbabhUvushIsahasrAksharA gaurI mimAyasalilAnitakshatek AòapdI nvpdIbÉUvu;Ishöa]raprme Vyaemn!. gaErI immay sillaint]TyekpdIiÖpdI sactu:pdI, Mantram forGauriasthepratyadhidevataisoman: Apa: caviSvabheshajI the universe isalsohousedinsidetheJalam. viSva sambhuvamagnimca-Agni, which confersall (iti) soma:abravIt-ThussaidCandran. viSvAn bheshajAanta: apsu me Word byMeaning: EANING -forme -theWaters : -Thiswateristhecureforall sorrows. -containinsideitallthehealing potions(medicine). apadI dvipadIsAcatushpadI| 25 nes, ninepAdamsandthosewhichcontain makes itorderly. e cosmic waters.She of the Veda mantrams withone line of theVedamantrams kinds of auspiciousness on kinds ofauspiciousnesson She holdsunderHer is theOne,who is sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ( to theOne ofgoldenhue.Maythat We mediateonthatOnewiththelotusfl ( soma gaayatrIi: letters. form ofmantramswitheightpAdams, babhUvushI ashTApadI navapadIsahasrAkshara embodiment ofmantramswithoneline,twolinesandfourlines. becomes babhUvushI-and(GaurI) the catushpadI ekapadI dvipatI parame vyoman(tishThati) sA water. salilAni takshati mimAya gauri Word byMeaning: M tanno soma:pracodayAt|| (praNavam) padmadhvajAyavi à[vm! à[vm! EANING -She -ThisGauriDevi ) ) -Shemeasures thisworldandcreatesorder. pÒXvjay ivÒhehemêpayxImihtÚaesaem àcaedyat!. Aixdevta àTyiddevtasihtay saemaynm> : -ShebringsunderHercontro -resideswithBrahmanintheParamAkASam dmahe hema rUpAyadhImahi 26 soman promptusforthatmeditation! nine pAdamsandonewiththousand ower onHisflagandforthatwepray l all the beings born out of l allthebeingsbornout of -(Shealso)becomesthe (GaurI)! andPratyadhidevatA Our salutationstoCandranwithHisadhidevata(Jalam) M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadi EANING : devatA sahitAyasomAyanama: 27 sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi ofbudhan-thirukka 28 nnapuram SrIsowrirAjaperumal SrIsowrirAjaperumal nnapuram pun> k«{vg! %Ó‚XySva¶e àitjag&ýenimòapUteR sg! FOR nmNvatag! ll so hecanengagein sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Mantram forVishNuasthePratyadhidevatai forBudhan: dust fromHissacredfeet. samUDham asya pAgumsure nidadhe padam tredhA vicakrame idam vishNu:-ThisVishNu Word byMeaning: ways. TheentireUniverse isunder feet. thedustfromHisauspicious earthasTrivikrama VishNu measuredthis iv:[ve Tva, iv:[ae rraqmis iv:[ae> p&ómis iv:[ae>}PÇe M idam vishNurvicakrametredhAnidadh #d< iv:[uivRc³me Çexa indxe pdm!, smUFmSypag! - performing more and more auspicious deeds andmoreauspicious -performingmore - OhYajamAna! MayYoubeyo -(forthat purpose),Hepl - The whole world is held under the speckofa underthe worldisheld whole -The - and May Budhan grow further Your -andMayBudhangrowfurtherYour 30 e padam | samUDhamasya pAgumsure | pAgumsure e padam|samUDhamasya Swae iv:[aeSSyUrisiv n. HeplacedHissacredfeetinthree aced Hisfeetinthreeways. uthful and bethe Father :[aeØuRvmis vE:[vmis vishNave tvA vaishNavamasi You arelikethegrantisofVishNu. vishNo: dhruvamasi like theesoteric nADisofVishNu. vishNo: syUrasi universe). legs You areliketheLords'sstrong vishNo: jn~aptrestha: are liketherearofLord VishNu. vishNo: prshThamasi likethe MaNTapam): Youare vishNo: rarATamasi Word byMeaning: prostrates before You astherepresenta ofVishNu.Youshineas (granthis) Meditate onthebindingknotsformed entrance posts areseen.Consider thebindingropesasnADisofVishNu. of that MaNTapam. salu VishNu's forehead(lalATam).Please VishNu. PleaseeulogizeBudhanatthe Please thehomage This mantramisabout view Him as the legs of VishNu, when the two M vishNavetvA| vaishNavamasi vishNordhruvamasi prshThamas vishNo: vishNo rarATamasi EANING : - aDiyEn salutes Youastherepresentative -aDiyEn ofVishNu. -Youshinethe entirebody ofVishNu (VishNumayam). -(Theprayerfortheropes binding theauxillaries): Youare - (The prayer on seeing the knots made from the ropes): -(ThisisaprayertobemadeatthestepsofYaaga - (The prayer at the backside of this MaNTapam): You backsideofthisMaNTapam): -(Theprayeratthe -(Theprayeratthepilla broad foreheadofVishNu. 31 theembodiment ofVishNu.aDiyEn (that measured effortlessly the entire (that measuredeffortlesslytheentire to the Pratyadhi devatai for Budhan, to thePratyadhidevataiforBudhan, i vishNo: j~naptrestho vishNossyUrasi j~naptresthovishNossyUrasi i vishNo: entrance ofHisYaagaMaNTapamas tive (Pratinidhi)ofVishNuBhagavAn. bytheropesasfirmgrantis te him asVishNu'srearattheback rs holding the MaNTapam): rs holdingtheMaNTapam): sadagopan.org sadagopan.org pratyadhidevatA (VishNu)! Our salutationstobudhanwithHisadhidevata(trivikrama)and ( Budhan promptusforthatmeditation! purpose we mediateontheOne with Sukha mudraionHishand.May that We meditateuponthatBudh M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadh M tanno budha:pracOdayAt|| vidm (praNavam) gaja-dhvajAya ( budha GaayatrI: à[vm! à[vm! EANING EANING ) ) gjXvjay ivÒhezuohStayxImihtÚaebux>àcaedyat!. Aixdevta àTyixdevtasihtaybuxaynm> : : an withthe elephant symb ahe SukhahastAyadhImahi idevatA sahitAya budhAya nama: idevatA sahitAyabudhAya 32 ol inHisflag.Forthat tat citramdraviNamasmAsudhehi rtaprajAta -MayThou GuruBhagavAn oflimitlessVaibhavam of theadhikAri -Justasthatjyotishines due totheheroism(sAdhanA) yat chavasAdIdayat the (foreheadsof)puNyasAlis, dyumatvibhAti kratumajjaneshu than thecitizens, claims therightsforenjoymentof brhaspate! arya:yatatiarhAt Word byMeaning: firmly withusfromYouranugraham! andjustlikethewealthwon puNyasAlis wealth ofhisland,justliketheg Oh Brhaspatiofeternal glory!Justlikethekinghaving morerightsaboutthe stay withusalways! M prajAtatada yaddIdayacchavasarta arhA (praNavam) brhaspateatiyadaryo ( V yÎIdyCDvstRàjat tdSmasu Ôiv[Nxeih icÇm!. à[vm! EDA EANING M ) b&hSpte AitydyaeR AhaRd!*uumiÖÉait ³tum¾ne;u, : ANTRAM FOR G URU - Oh Guru BhagavAn! Just as a reigning monarch OhGuruBhagavAn!Justasareigning - - Just as the illustrious jyoti thatshineson astheillustriousjyoti - Just /B 33 smAsu draviNamdhehicitram|| smAsu - bless uswithwealth RHASPATI ood deedsshiningsplendidlywiththe t dyumatvibhAtikratumajjaneshu| by valour,Mayallkindsofwealthstay wealth oftheland ( DEVATAI of allkindsthatwill ) at a level higher higher alevel at sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi of bruhaspati - Kanc antaryAmi ofbruhaspati- 34 hi SrI VaradarAja perumAl hi SrI enjoying their liveswelldueto Youranugraham. suyaj~nA: tavaSarmanavivAsanti obtained Yourpermissionand SUra! tavapraNItIkavaya: our Yaj~nam. iha somampAhi of Soma(somarasam)attheYaj~ yathAapiba: SAryAte: sutasya indra marutva: Word byMeaning: Yaj~nams andenjoygoodlives. heroic One! With Your graceandperm drink in theYaagamofSaaryAti,please Oh IndrawithYourassemb M SUraSarma tava praNItI | thA SAryAteapibassutasya ihapAhisomamya indra marutva tv à[ItIzUrzmRÚaivvasiNtkvySsuy}a>. #NÔméTv #hpaih saem sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ( brhaspati GaayatrI: KaaraNa andKaaryalokams sataSca asataScayonimviva: (dvAdaSa AdityAs),thepilla sa: budhniyA:upamAasyavishThA: shines ineveryboundary isfilledwithlustre,pervadesand sUryan visImata: suruca:venaAva:-(This) arose fromtheBrahman purastAt brahmajaj~nAnam prathamam Word byMeaning: at alltheboundariesofthisuniv , whoarosefirstfromBrahmanshines ofillustriousluminescence sUrya devan (praNavam) vrshabha-dhvajAya vi M viva:|| yonimasataSca vishThAssataSca sa budhniyAupamAasya venaAva:| suruco visImata: purastAt brahmajaj~nAnam prathamam sbui×ya %pmaASyivóaSstíyaeinmstíivv>. äüj}an< àwm< purStaiÖsImtSsuécae venAav>, Mantram forbudhniyA:asthepratyadhidevataiBrhaspati: à[vm! EANING ) v&;ÉXvjay ivÒheg&i[hStayxImihtÚaegué> àcaedyat!. : of thisuniversethrough His nourishingrays. rs forthisuniverseand - created furtherthesourceplace (yoni)forthe -created erse and spreads His rays. erse andspreadsHis dmahe grNi hastAya dhImahi hastAya dmahe grNi 36 - This sUryan created sUryans like Him -ThissUryancreatedsUryanslike -Attheverybeginning,He(sUryan) (budhniyA)! Our salutationstobrhaspatiwithHis ( prompt usforthatmeditation! that purposewemediateontheauspicio We meditate upon that Brhaspati with the symbol of the bull in His flag. For M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadhidev M || tanno guru:pracodayAt à[vm! EANING EANING ) Aixdevta àTyixdevtasihtayb&hSptye nm>. : : 37 atA sahitAya brhaspataye nama:|| atA sahitAyabrhaspataye adhidevata (indra) andpratyadhidevatA adhidevata (indra) us handofhis. May thatBrhaspati sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi of sanaischaran - thirumalai SrI Malayappa swAmy 38 Mantram for the adhidevatai (PrajApati) for SanaiScaran: for Mantram fortheadhidevatai(PrajApati) sides bywardingofftheillsoftodayand tomorrows! Samyo: na:abhisravantu- May they confer on us peace(Saanti)fromallfour nitya karmAs! pItaye bhavantu na: SamabhishTaye devI: Apa: Word byMeaning: time andinthefuture. onallfoursideswhen and tranquility wishes andbefitfor ourdrinking!May May thedivinewatersources(nIrnilaikaL prajApate natvadetAnyanyo viSvAjAtAniparitAbabhUva| yTkamaSte juhumStÚae AStu àjapte nTvdetaNyNyaeivñajatainpirtabÉUv, M na:|| Samyorabhisravantu (praNavam) SannodevIrabhishTayaApobhavantupItayE| ( V à[vm! EDA EANING M ) zÚae devIriÉòy Aapae ÉvNtupItye, z FOR vyg! I SVARAN ( DEVATAI ) sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Mantram forasthePratyadhi every kind! syAma: pataya: vayam rayINAm our kAmapUrti! of ourdesiresthatpropelustoperf vayam yatkAmA:tejuhuma:tatna:astu na paribabhUva jAtAni tAetAniviSvA tvat-anya: prajApate Word byMeaning: forms! You. May we blessed by Youreceive theboons thatwedesirethroughtheperformanceofthishomamfor to become the Masters thatwhichhas to protectordestroy of abundant wealth inOh PrajApate! OtherthanYou, thereisnone,whowould havethepower all imam yamaprastaramAhi sIdAng AaTva mNÇa>kivzSta vhNT #m< ymàStrmaihsIda=i¼raeiÉ>ipt&iÉSs th the realization th therealization For that purpose, wemeditateonthe For thatpurpose, We meditateuponthat SanaiScaranwith ( Sanaiscchara GaayatrI: make theofferer(YajamAn -ena havishAmAdayasva May Thou graciously accept the YoutothisYajn~asaalai! drshtAs welcome offered havis mantrA:tvAAvahantu kaviSastA: and imam prastaram AsIta -pleasearriveatthisspecial Yajn~asite. angirobhi pitrbhi:samvidAna: yama Word byMeaning: accept theofferedHavisandmake welcome Youtoourauspicioushomam!Oh May Pitr devataissuchasangirasar. Oh YamadharmaRaajan!WeinviteYou M AtvA mantrA:kaviSastAvahantve M tannO manda:pracodayAt|| (praNavam) kAkadhvajAyavi à[vm! EANING EANING - Oh Yama Dharma RaajA! - OhYamaDharma ) kak XvjayivÒheof!khStay : : an) happyandfulfilled! - along with the pitr devatais like angIrasar -alongwiththepitrdevatais like dmahe khaDkahastAyadhImahi nA rAjanhavishAmAdayasva| - May the mantrams sung by the mantra bythemantra -Maythemantramssung thisYajamAnanbecomehappy! 41 the mantramsrecitedbygreatpoets xImih tÚaemNd>àcaedyat!. hand holdingthesword.May thatSani to this lofty karmA accompanied bythe to thisloftykarmAaccompanied thesymbolof Yamadeva!MayThou be pleased to crow inHisflag. sadagopan.org sadagopan.org dharman)! devatA (Yama withHis (PrajApati)andpratyadhi Our salutationstoSanIsvaran adhidevatai M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadhidevat ( bhagavAn promptusforthatmeditation! à[vm! EANING ) Aixdevta àTyixdevta sihtayznEíraynm>. : 42 A sahitAya SanaiScarAya nama:|| A sahitAyaSanaiScarAya Mantram fortheadhidevatai(durgai) Raahu: na: UtIAbhuvat-bepleasedtoprotectus. kayA SacishThayA citra: sakhA sadAvrdha: Word byMeaning: like afriendtous,whoismysterious May Raahuwhoblesses ustoreachhigher M kayA SacishThayAvrtA|| (praNavam) kayAnaScitraAb ( V prSni Word byMeaning: puna:|pitaramcaprayantsuva:|| Ayam gau:prSnirakramIdasanan-mataram Aay¼aE> p&iîr³mIdsnNmatr< pun>, iptr àyNTsuv> à[vm! EDA EANING -Onewhopossesses thewhitehue - M - Onewhoislikecaringfriend ) One whoismysterious intheexecution ofHis acts kya niíÇAaÉuvËtIsdav&xSsoa,zicóyav&ta. : ANTRAM - Onewhoblesseswithgrowth - throughHis hard-to-comprehend power FOR R AAHU huvadUtI sadAvrdhassakhA | sadAvrdhassakhA huvadUtI ( 43 DEVATAI use Hisinexplicable powertoprotectus! planesinspiritualsAdhanAs,whois in higher andhigher planes ): sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi of rAhu - thiruviNNagaram SrI oppiliappan swAmy 44 te grIvAsu yat dAma avicartyam Ababandha avicartyam te grIvAsuyatdAma is theembodimentof misfortune(durbhAgyam) nirrti devItegrIvAsuyatdAmaavicartyam Ababandha Word byMeaning: freed from thispAsamandenjoythepleasures oflife. that itwillnotcausegriefduringthemi neck oftheYajamAnan.Iwillundo that Misfortune withthenameofmirrtidevi M idam tetat-vishyAmyAyushonamadh | nirrtirAbabandhadAmagrIvAsvavicartyam yatte devI #dNte tiÖ:yaMyayu;ae n mXyadwajIv> iptumiÏ àmu´>. yÄe devIinr!\itrabbNxdam¢IvaSvivcTyRm!, Mantram forasthepratyadhidevata regions . puna: pitaramsuva:prayan-Sheexpandsevenunto asanan mAtaram akramIt Ayam gau: -One whoblesses uswith EANING - This durgA devi -ThisdurgAdevi - occupieseverywhere. : -Shepervadesth thewealthofcows/cattle e Mother-likeBhUmi 45 i (nirrdhi digpAlakan) forRaahu: digpAlakan) i (nirrdhi yAdathA jIva:pitumaddhipramukta:|| ropearoundtheYajamAnan's neckso ddle ofhislife. OhjIvan! May thoube hasplacedtightlytheropeon -hastightlybound You,the theFather-likeupper -ThenirrtiDevi,who sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (nirrti digpAlakan)! Our salutationstoRaahu ( prompt usforthatmeditation! that purpose,wemeditate ontheha We meditateuponthatRaahuwiththe ( Raahu GaayatrI: troubles andenjoylife's pleasures. pitumaddhi-Youwilllivelong!befreedofthe pramukta: athA jIva: life. Ayusha: namadhyAt idam tetatvishyAmi YajamAnan's neckwith theropes (pAsam) M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadhid M || tanno rAhupracodayAt (praNavam) nAkadhvajAyavi à[vm! à[vm! EANING EANING ) ) nak Xvjay ivÒhe pÒhStay xI nak XvjayivÒhepÒhStay Aixdevta àTyixdevta sihtay rahve nm : : -ThosewonttroubleYouanymoreinthe middleofYour -Thoseropes, Iwillremovethem. with Hisadhidevata(dur dmahe padmahastAyadhImahi evatA sahitAyarAgavenama: 46 mih tÚaerahuàcaedyat!. nd holdingthelotus.MaythatRaahu symbol of the nAkam in His flag. For symbol ofthenAkaminHisflag.For gai) and Pratyadhi-devatA Pratyadhi-devatA gai) and Mantram for the adhidevatai (BrahmA) forKetu: Mantram fortheadhidevatai(BrahmA) these boons). sam ajAyathA: ushadbhi: krNvan tvam peSa: -(Yougiveus)wealth. apeSa ketum aketave amaryA: Word byMeaning: and grantrichestous,wh Oh Eternal Ketu!Youshineinaresplendent manner withyourbeamsoflight M || samushadbhi-rajAyathA: | ketumkrNvannaketavepeSomaryAapeSase (praNavam) äüa devana< pdvI kvInam&i;i pdvI äüa devana< ( V à[vm! EDA EANING -(yougrantus)kAnti - (forus)withoutwealth M ) -(forus)withoutluster(kAnti) -OhDeathlessKetu! ketu»¯{vÚketve pezae myaR Apezse, smu;iÑrjaywa>. : -withYourraysoflight ANTRAM - Youblessus -(You shinein) manysplendorou FOR vRàa[a< mih;aem&ga[am!, K o arebereftof wealth. ETU ( DEVATAI 47 ): s forms (while granting us all s forms(whilegrantingusall sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi of ketu - Melkote thirunArAyaNa perumAl perumAl thirunArAyaNa antaryAmi ofketu-Melkote 48 Mantram asthepratyadhideva rasam) alsoinsacredness. pavitram atyeti rebhan soma: svadhiti: vanAnAm Syena: grdhrANAm mahisha: mrgANAm rshi: viprANAm padavI: kavInAm brahmA devAnAm Word byMeaning: rebhan| soma:pavitramatyeti Syeno grdhrANAgum-svadhitir-vanAnAgum | mahishomrgANAm rshir-viprANAm kavInAm brahmA devAnAmpadavI Zyenae g&Øa[ag! credness. Youmatchthat(soma sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ( Ketu GaayatrI: yuvasva rayim puruvIram candram vayodhAm citratamam citayantam citram -ofdifferentkinds candrAbhi: grNateasme lights theworldasCandran! whode -OhFamousCitrguptA, sacitra candra Word byMeaning: progeny. valuableboonsthatyieldfood, and aiSvaryams multifarious Candran! ForuswhoeulogizeYouwith Citraguptawhogladdensthepeopleofworldlike Oh mostrenowned M à[vm! EANING - ( all theabove)wealth -(all ) - Please grant! -Please - and that gives sukham -andthatgives AñXvjay ivÒhezUlhStayxImihtÚaeketu> àcaedyat!. : -yieldingfood/annam -heroicprogeny - (and) most noble -(and)most -(aswellas)valuable -Foruswhoeulogize Youwithsweetstutis 50 sweet stotrams,pleaseblessuswith sukham andheroic sukham (Citra Gupta)! Our salutationstoKetuwithHisadhi ( for thatmeditation! purpose, wereflectonthehandholdingatrident.MaythatKetupromptus We meditateuponthatKetuwiththe M (praNavam) adhidevatApratyadh M tanno ketu:pracoayAt|| dhImahi vidmaheSUlahastAya (praNavam) aSvadhvajAya à[vm! EANING EANING ) Aixdevta àTyixdevtasihtayketvenm> : : idevatA sahitAya ketave nama: idevatA sahitAyaketave 51 devata (BrahmA) andPratyadhidevatA devata (BrahmA) symbol ofhorseinHisflag.Forthat sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Oppilappan KoilV.Sadagopan dAsan, availablefortheninegr naamAvaLis There areindividualNavagrahast May SrimannArAyaNa,theLordofNavagrahamsblessYouall! NIGAMANAM navagraha mantrams sampUrNam navagraha mantramssampUrNam namo nArAyaNAya 52 ahams for use in Navagraha pUjAs. ahams foruseinNavagraha otrams, kavacamsand ashTottara SRI MUTTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR’S NAVAGRAHA TRANSLATION BY LATE DR. T. MCCOMB ANUBANDHAM KRTIS 53 AND I sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 54 I . concerts. ThoserecordsarenowatHarvardLibrary Music Madras spent manyyearsat and footnotesforawesternaudience SrI.S. Professor (SangeethaKalanidhi) Dr. McCombisagreatfriendofCarn bRhaspati budha aHNgAraka candra sUrya The Nine Planets: many ofmyown.Please letmeknowofanyerrors. source (which isS. Ramanathan.Ihavetriedtocorrect also very hard to ar The followinglyricsandtranslations read), and hope I have not introducedkrti foreachofthe classicalnineplanets. too They containagooddealofVedicastrolog sets. (NinePlanets)krtisareamonghis most famous Navagraha DIkshitar's A NTRODUCTION SHORT (Sun): sUryamUrte namostute - *saurAshTram/caturaSra dhruvam sUryamUrtenamostute- *saurAshTram/caturaSra (Sun): (Mercury): budham ASrayAmi - *nATTakuranji/mishra jhampa -*nATTakuranji/mishra (Mercury):budhamASrayAmi (Moon): candram bhaja mAnasa - *asAveri/caturaSra maTyam (Moon):candrambhajamAnasa-*asAveri/caturaSra N N (Jupiter): brhaspate tArApate - *aThAna/tiSra tripuTa (Jupiter):brhaspate tArApate-*aThAna/tiSratripuTa AVAGRAHA OTE (Mars):angArakamASrayAmi ON BY D L ATE R . T.M D KRTIS R .T. M C C OMB OF C C OMB S 55 R I M e takenfrom theLPrecordingofProf. Academy andrecordedtheseason's of CarnaticMusicLovers.Dr.McComb atic Musicandhewasrequestedby Ramanathan to provide themeaning Ramanathantoprovide some typographicalerrorsfromthat aham - *suraTi/rUpakam aham-*suraTi/rUpakam UTTUSW y, as well as fine music. There is one A MY D I KSHITAR sadagopan.org sadagopan.org To nine. round outthetraditional now consideredtobelate "planets"RahuandKetu)are Note thatthefinaltwokritis(oninauspicious rAhu ekaM [email protected] Todd M.McComb To ketu shani shukra caturdasha rAgamAlikA Carnatic page : mahAsuram ketumaham - cAmaram/rUpakam cAmaram/rUpakam - : mahAsuramketumaham : smarAmyaham sadA rAhum -ramAmanohari/rUpakam : smarAmyahamsadArAhum (Saturn):divAkaratanujamSanaiSca (Venus): SrI Sukrabhagavantam - pharaj/khaNDa aTa (Venus):SrISukrabhagavantam-pharaj/khaNDaaTa r compositions byDikshitar'sfollowers,addedto r compositions 56 ram –yadukulakAmbhoji/caturashra ÉartIzhirhraTmne Éui´mui´ivtr[aTmne saEraòa[R mNÇaTmne xIraicRtkmRsai][e sUirj neiftsuidnm[e saemaid¢hizoam[e ³ªrpaphr k«zanae guéguhmaeidtSvÉanae sarsimÇ imÇÉanaeshöikr[k[RsUnae cr[m! AaraeGyaid)ldkIteR AayRivnuttejS)ªteR kayRkar[aTmk jgTàkazis saEv[R SvêpaTmne idVytrsÝañriwne NAVAGRAHA KRITIS S U RYA 57 M U RTE sadagopan.org sadagopan.org saurAshTArNa mantrAtmane sauvarNa svarUpAtmane mantrAtmanesauvarNasvarUpAtmane saurAshTArNa di dhIrAcita karmasAkSiNe sUrija neDitasudinamaNesomAdigrahashikhAmaNe krUrapApahara krSAnoguruguhamoditasvabhAno karNasUno sahasrakiraNa mitrabhAno sArasamitra caraNam: AryavinutatejasphUrte ArogyAdiphaladakIrte simhArASyAdhipate kAryakAraNAtmaka jagatprakASa anupallavi tesundarachAyAdhipate namostu sUryamUrte Pallavi: antaryAmi of sUryan - Kumbakonam SrIArAvamudha perumal SrIArAvamudha antaryAmi ofsUryan-Kumbakonam : vyatarasaptASvarathine vyatarasaptASvarathine 58 whose brilliancehasdelightedGuruguha . (lit.'shadow'),asubstitute form 1. Notes: emancipation. VishNu andSiva syllabled hymnofpraise the sevendivinehorses by theenergetic,witnesstoallac crest-jewelto the auspiciousday-jewel, thefatherofKarNa thousand-rayed, Friend totheday-lotus,afriend caraNam: bestower ofbenefits suchasgoodhealth. One whoseeffulgent lustrehasbeenpr Simha rAsi Oh illuminatorofallinfinitecausesandeffectsintheworld,Lord anupallavi: devi OhLordSalutations intheformof Pallavi: T bhAratISahariharAtmane bhuktimuktivitaraNAtmane RANSLATION this disguise to escape this disguise 1 . 2 . : 8 , andwhoconfers materialbenefits andspiritual 6 . Onewhose principle nature 7 , whoisofgoldenhue, the heatofherhusband. 59 of Samj~na,wifesUrya,whoassumed sUrya, theLordofbeautifulchAyA tions, one who has the chariot drawn by onewhohasthechariotdrawn tions, Chandraandotherplanets,worshipped 3 all,themostresplendentone, aised bythoseofhighestesteem,the , thefireswallowingdreadfulsins , 5 , onewhoispraisedbythelearned, of thenature ofBrahma, isembeddedintheeight- 4 , sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 7. Ref. to the 'gAyatrI' hymn Ref.tothe'gAyatrI' 7. Thisthemeappearsinnumerouspa 6. Anamefor Subramanya(Skanda),so 5. Thepower oftheVedAsradiatesfo 4. HerooftheMahAbhAr 3. 2. Constellation Leo . sUryaisconsideredto 8. (deep blue),Mocika(violet)andSukla(white). colors: Rakta (red),Rocika(orange),Pi of thesolarspectrum.Theseven hors seven sacredmetresofverse[SeeRV explained indifferentways;relatingto inOrissa.Thesymbol Konarak temple of Indiaareconstructedalongthis the Gods[alsoDeekshitar's"penname"] illuminates alldarknessanddestroysthesinsofworlds. waskilledbyArjunaatthebattleofKurukshetra PANDvAs also VII.99] also VII.99] hisf congregation, thrice setting down measured outtheearthly regions. the universe: "Iwilldeclarethemi theme has itsrootsintheVedic myth andon Rudra(dissolution) as mid-day were created. On rising, he appearsrecited dailybyallBrahmins. in the form ThisisthemostsacredofHinduhymnsand prayers." [RVIII.62.10] of Brahmawe attainthatexcellent (creator), at beamanifestationofVishNu,fromwhom allGods ata whohavingsided withtheKauravasagainst glory of savitr the god, so we may stimulate our glory ofsavitrthegod,sowemaystimulateour addressed to the Vedic solar god addressed totheVedicsolargod 60 ssages oftheVedAs.TheSun-temples n of Siva who became the teacher of n ofSivawhobecametheteacher rth in the form of sUrya, this power thispower rth intheformofsUrya, Who proppedthehighest place of ghty deeds of VishNu,ofhim who ghty deedsof es at Konarak are named after these arenamedafterthese es atKonarak ootstep, widelystriding." [RVI.154.1, theme, themostfamousbeing setting asVishNu(preserver).This X130.4-5],andtothesevencolors thesevendaysofweek,to ism ofthesevenhorses hasbeen of VishNutakingthreestepsover ta (yellow),nIla(blue), indra-nIla savitr: "May candram bhaja mAnasa sAdhuhrdayasadrSam candram bhajamAnasa sAdhuhrdayasadrSam Pallavi k»[ keyUrharmuk…qaidxr< p»jirpu< raeih[Iiàykrcturm! zza»< gI:pitzapanu¢hpaÇ< ve»qez nyn zr½iNÔkaxv¦àkazgaÇ< xu< k…mudimÇ< ivixguéguhv±< uÉuRj< mdnCDÇ<]pakr< CANDRA 61 sadagopan.org sadagopan.org SankaramauLi vibhUshaNam SatakiraNam caraNam sudhAkaramaniSam indirAsahodaram tAreSamindu indrAdilokapAleDita anupallavi antaryAmi ofsOman-SrIrangamSrIranganAthar m SoDaSakalAdharam niSAkaram niSAkaram m SoDaSakalAdharam 62 lotus andacourteous loverofRohiNI in autumn,thewearer ofarmlets,bracel first cursedandlaterfavoredbyBrhaspati, withhiswhitebody shiningbright vaktran), SubramaNya (guruguha Venkatesa armed, theparasolofMadana(manmatha) (Worship Him)TheornamentonLordSi caraNam: in nectar with sixteenkalais(phases) of Indra (Worship Him)Always,theLordofstars anupallavi: Mind, worshipCandra(pureandpleasing)wh Pallavi: T caturam pankajaripum rohiNIpriyakara kankaNa keyUrahAramukuTadidharam Sarat candrikAdhavaLaprakASagAtram SasAnkam gIshpatiSApAnugrahapAtram vidhum kumudamitramvidhiguruguhavaktram venkaTeSa nayanamvirANmanojananam caturbhujam madanacchatramkshapAkaram suffering RANSLATION 2 4 8 and others, tArA’s consort, who andothers,tArA’sconsort, . , thefriendofni 6 , createdbyViraTaPurushan : 3 , creator ofnight,sahodaranLakshmi,andrich , creator ght-lotus (Ambal),on who bearsthemarkofhare 63 10 . ets, necklaceandcrown, enemy of the va's crest,thecool-rayed, thefour- 7 , creator ofnight,theeyeLord , creator cools themindsofhumans,one from His mind, the inflictor of fromHismind,theinflictorof o islikethe heartsofallgoodmen. 1 praised bytheguardiandeities praised the face ofBrahma, 9 , whowas sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 7. The secondarycreatorVirADa-purus 7. Theform ofSivahaving threeey 6. TheparasolsymbolizesCandra'srole 5. TheVedicGodSoma,theMoon,isth 4. The16lunarphases(kala) 3. 2. TheVedic Godofthunderboltandbattle,theKingGodswho 27nakshtrA,thestars which overseethe27lunar mansionsof Lordofthe 1. Notes: his breath.Forthfrom hisnavelcame had birth,Indraand Agnifromhismouth were born, andvAyu(air)from man. "TheMoonwas enge can destroyallthatappearsbeforeit. strongest. Thislooksinwardonthefo sources oflightwhichilluminateth orSmara('love'). ('desire') mind'), kAma theGodofLove,also (infatuator'), or indutheMoon. Most ofthehymnsthisBookarea by flowing throughthewoolwhichis used (self-purifying), representedby thesoma through thesieveofheavenheis identified withtheMoon."AsMoon Moon itmoistenstheEarth.Thepr which istheambrosialdrinkofGods darkness vanquishes demonsofdroughtand the zodiac. Theseareconsidered ndered fromhismind,an 64 tobethewivesofCandra. addressed and worshipped as pavamAna addressed andworshippedaspavamAna es, theSun,MoonandFire,three asafollowerand attendanttoMadana ddressed tosomathenectar, orSoma, rehead butwhendirectedoutwardsit e repositoryoftherichsomanectar ha, created by Brahman as primeval ha, createdbyBrahmanasprimeval calledManmatha('churnerofthe ocess of producing soma is closely ocess ofproducingsomaisclosely e worlds.Theeyeof Fireis the mid-air; the sky was fashioned from mid-air; theskywas fashioned . As this nectar is derived from the -God pours down his ambrosial rain downhisambrosial -God pours juiceasitundergoespurification asafilterorstrainer."[RVIX.1] d fromhiseyetheSun 10. The starAldebaran,constellation Ta ThesurfacemarkingsontheMoonre 9. 8. Chandra fellinlove withtAra, th formed theworlds."[RVX.90.13-14] his head;fromfeet,Earth andfr the favoriteofCandra hare. ForthisreasonCandraisso identified withthedespairand Chandra andhisseparationfromtA which theGodsbecameinvolved.Thisultimately resultedinthe defeatof in Brhaspati abducted her.TherewasaprolongedwarbetweenChandraand suffering ofseparatedlovers. 65 metimes referredto asSaSa(hare). urus; ofthe 27 nakshatrasRohiNIis e beautifulwifeofBrhaspati, and veal inoutlineform,thefigureofa ra. ThusChandrahascometobera. om his ear the regions. Thus they they Thus regions. the ear om his sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi ofangArakan -thirualli 66 keNi SrIpArthasArathy perumal vAram bhUmikumAram mangaLavAram mandAram vinatASritajana angArakamASrayAmyaham Pallavi Éanu cNÔguéimÇ< Éasmansuk¦Ç< dInr]k< pUijt vE*naw]eÇ< idVyaE"aid guéguh kqa]anu¢hpaÇ< seivtmNdiSmtivlistv± sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Who istheLordofcherishe anupallavi: and thesonofEarth. humble dependentdevotees,thepresidin angAaraka I takerefugeagainandin Pallavi: T jAnusthahasta citramcaturbhujamativicitram bhAsamAnasukaLatram bhAnu candragurumitram divyaughAdi guruguhakaTAkshAnugrahapAtram va pUjita dInarakshakam bhrAtrkArakamraktanetram dharaNIpradam sevitamandasmitavilasitavaktram dAnavasura caraNam meshaturangammakarottungam mangaladAyaka padayugaLam mangaLam kambugaLammanjulatara raktAngam raktAmbarAdidharamSaktisUladharam SrngAraka meshavrScikarASyAdhipatim anupallavi feet, bestowerofauspiciousness, with trident. Theauspicious one,withbeautifu whowearsthereddre limbs (SarIram), RANSLATION : idyanAtha kshetram idyanAtha d houses ofMesha andVriScika 68 Goat asHisvAhanam, andwhosehigher Goat ss andisthebearerofsword g deityofTuesday(mangaLavAram), l necklike conch,withlovely tender 1 , thedivineMandAratree 3 , withred 2 tothe of theafflicted,worshippedin smiling, bestoweroflandedwealthan Who isworshippedbydevAsanddemo caraNam: 6. This shrineislocatedclose toSeerkAzhi.Itisusedfor seeking good 6. 5. Constellation Capricorn 4. Aphelion ConstellationsAriesandScorpio 3. Aformofcoraltree,onethe 2. (lit.'glowingcharcoal'),alsoreferre 1. Notes: arms, andwhoisquiteextraordinary. and hishandsonknees,Brhaspati, shiningwithhisgoodwife, having four the hostsofdevAsandGuruguha.Wh apsis health and curefrom diseases. haricandana heaven of thegods:mandAra,pari 4 isinMakararAsi 5 . the holy VaittIsvaran temple the holyVaittIsvaran 69 d brotherhood,withredeyes,protector d to as MangaLa ('happiness','felicity') d toasMangaLa 'five divinetrees'(devatAaru)ofthe ns, onewiththefacebeamingand o isthefriendofsUrya, Candraand jAtaka, santana, kalpavrksha and kalpavrksha santana, jAtaka, 6 , andfavoredby sadagopan.org sadagopan.org k…»‚m sm*uit< guéguhmudak«it< cr[m! buxjnEveidt< ÉUsurEmaeRidt of CandraandtAra I alwaysseekshelterinBudhaworshipped whois bythe Gods, who is theson Pallavi T sadAnandasahitam kinkarajana mahitamkilbishAdi pustakakaramnapumsakam mithunakanyAdhipam kamanIyatara kujavairiNam maNimakuTahArakeyUrakankaNAdidharaNam kunkuma samadyutimguruguhamudAkrtim caraNam mahanIyasampadam madhurakavitApradam budhajanaiveditam bhUsurairmoditam anupallavi budhamASrayAmi satatamsuravinutamcandratArAsutam Pallavi ik»rjn miht sadagopan.org sadagopan.org hand Havingbeenbornof anillicitlove 5. Symbolicoftheintellig 4. ConstellationsGeminiandVirgo 3. ref.toangAaraka,thesonofSi 2. TheillegitimatesonofCandraandtAra 1. Notes: evil, benefits thedevoteesof of bracelets,Lord armlets and who isthe enemy ofKuja Who isbrightly colored likesaffron, caraNam bestower ofthesweetartpoetry, theoneofsplendorouswealth. Who isreveredbythelearned, andwh anupallavi became neuter 4 andwhoisneuter 5 . Who ishonored by hisatte ence andBudha wisdomof 2 , thewearerofgem-st Siva,andisalwaysjoyous. the houses ofMithunaandKanyA va and Earth, as'bornofEarth' va andEarth, 72 affair Budha wascursedbyBrhaspatiand whose formgivesdelighttoGuruguha, o bringsjoy toBrAhmins.Who is the udded crown, necklace, udded crown,necklace, ndants, isdevoidofall 3 , with book in , withbookin inrÃnay ÉuvnÉae±e inr BRHASPATI 73 sadagopan.org sadagopan.org jarAdivarjitAkrodha kacajanakASrita janakalpataro kacajanakASritajanakalpataro jarAdivarjitAkrodha surAcAryavarya vajradhara SubhalakshaNajagattrayaguro caraNam mAdhavAdivinutadhImate mahendrAdyupAsitAkrte mahAbalavibho gIshpate manjudhanurmInAdhipate anupallavi brhaspate tArApatebrahmAjAtenamostute Pallavi antaryAmi ofbruhaspati-KanchiSrIVaradarAjaperumAl 74 auspicious markings,teac phases ofspeech bestower ofoffspring,kintothedi those whotakerefugein author ofsmrti Oh mostesteemedteacherof the caraNam Oh Omnipresent one, OhLordof anupallavi . Bornoutofthemind ofBrahma (seeNote7forkrtiCandra) 1. Notes: who delightsintheworldsan old ageand thelike, unexcitable, father ofKaca and whoisthegreatintellectualho Brhaspati!Lordof Salutations Pallavi T niranjanAya bhuvanabhoktre nirAmayAya nItikartrenirankuSAyaviSvabhartre parAdicatvAri vAksvarUpaprakASakadayAsindho dInabandho putrakAraka purAriguruguhasammodita lovely dhanus andmIna RANSLATION : 10 , uncontrolled, theLordof , uncontrolled, 9 , an oceanofcompassion.Whois 3 , whoseformisadoredby her of the three worlds three ofthe her Him, whoisadelighttoSi niramSAyamakhapradAtre d isthebestower ofvigor. tAra, onewhoisbornofBrahma greatstrength,Lordofspeech 75 nored by divinities likeMadhava nored bydivinities devAs, wielderof stressed, themanifesteroffour Universe, theuntarnishedone, 6 , onewho isnotaffected by 7 Indra and the other devAs, Indra andtheotherdevAs, , thedivineKalpataru devoid of all illness, the devoidofallillness,the va andGuruguha,the thethunderbolt 1 . 4 . 2 , Lordof 8 5 for , of , of sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 10. ref. toBrhaspatismrti, animportant earlytextonlegaletiquette "The placewhere theideaoriginates 9. Thewish-yielding treeofIndra'spa 8. ThesonofBrhaspatiwhowassentto 7. ref.totripura,thethreecitiesof 6. IntheVedAs,Brhaspatiisassociatedwith thegod Indra. 5. NameforVishNuinhisincarnationasKrshNa 4. ConstellationsSagittariusandPisces 3. AnepithetfortheVedicgodIndra, 2. manifest' (vaikhAri)." [Karapatri "Sri Bhagavati tattva"] "SriBhagavatitattva"] [Karapatri manifest' (vaikhAri)." The exteriorized soundintheformof which isthe vehicleofthought,is an invisibleseedisthe'voicethat firstmentalimpulse,from liketheshootspringing The beyond' (para-vac). kalpavrksha. krti on angAraka);to learnthesecretforreviving as a generousEarth, andthespaciousfirmament"[RVI.6.10] god, Brhaspati is compared to the of Prayer' 76 thegods:"here(Earth),heavenabove dead (seenote1forkrtionSukra) Brhaspati or BrahamAspati isthe'Lord Brhaspati orBrahamAspati radise, thekalpavrk sees' (paSyanti).Thepotentialsound, the 'intermediaryvoice'(madhyama). Sukra, leader of the demons (asuras), Sukra, leaderofthedemons(asuras), ... thefirst impulse...isthe'voice articulatesyllablesisthe'voice sha (seenote2for he SukrabhagavanmAm ASupAlaya anupallavi sakalatattvaj~nam santatam cintayAmi SrI Sukrabhagavantam Pallavi nva sadagopan.org sadagopan.org gopurAm- pArijAtAmSa shashTyAmSairavatAmSa trimSAmSa - samaye navAmSa horAdrekkANAdivargottamavasara vakroccanIcasvakshetra SarAjayogakArakam varakendra - kaLatrakArakam vibhAgamashTavargamkavim vimSativatsaroDudaSa rAjyapradam mUlatrikoNe guruguhamudam caraNam keSavakaTAkshaika netram antaryAmi ofSukran-Thiruvelliankudi SrIkolavilrAmar kirITadharam vaLagAtram vaLagAtram kirITadharam ravinirjaraguruvairiNam shashTyAmSam twenty years Whose beneficialinfluence onthevariou caraNam SarIram. restored bythegrace ofKeSava vrshabha Rescue me quicklyOhSukra bhagavAn anupallavi . Althoughthepreceptorofdemo 1. Notes anddelightsGuruguha. kingdoms royalty and mulatrikoNa drekaNa marital bliss I alwaysmeditateuponSukrabh Pallavi T RANSLATION respect himgotothe bottomlessevil worlds".[MahabharataI.71] worthy ofrespect.of thefour-foldriches ofknowledge, Thosewho donot his Guruandsaid,"Theisthegi reviving the dead he causedknowledge whichwas thefallendead him to come to life again.consumed withwinewhichwasdrunkby Kaca then bowed toSukra's stomachafterhavingbeenburn oftheknowledge repository : 7 2 , vakra , andgivesgoodcounselto all asurAs, whoseonelosteyewas 13 6 : , inimical tosUryaandBrhaspati,whowhileinnavamSa,hora, , inimical and while in the different amSAs, trimsamSam andwhileinthedifferentamSAs, 4 , onehavingeight vargAs 15 , airAvatAmSam, pArijAtAmSam, gopurAmSam pArijAtAmSam, , airAvatAmSam, 8 , nica 9 , ucca 10 agavAn, the knowerofalltruths agavAn, the 3 , whoisthewearerof ], svakshetra 79 ns, SukrawasaBrahminandassuch ver of unsurpassed truth, the treasury ver ofunsurpassedtruth,thetreasury s constellations is for the duration of thedurationof s constellationsisfor ! Lord of the houses of tula and 5 Vedas. WhenKacabrokeoutfrom , thepoet, beneficent planet for man. Withthesecretformulafor t andpulverizedbythe demons and Sukra, Kaca saw the pile of Vedic 11 , varakendra the crownandofwhite 12 , andinthe 1 . 16 , bestows , bestows 14 , sadagopan.org sadagopan.org . Love,oneof theprinciples of existe 6. ofongoinghoroscopy;pertainingtothis 5. ref.toashTavarga,asystem ref. toududaSasysteminwhichea 4. AnameforVishNu;Sukralostoneof 3. ConstellationsLibraandTaurus 2. the Moon." [YavanajAtaka I-112] I-112] the Moon."[YavanajAtaka pervade respectively theSun, Venus, "...life, love,knowledge,speech,tr planet intoasignoccupiedbypart to compareitwiththe horoscopeathi year, month,dayorother appropriate time-intervalofthenative's lifeand horoscope.... Thebasicideaistocast planets throughtheplacestheyoccu revolution oftheyears ofthenativity YavanajAtaka, thissystemisidenti givesthefollowing system PingrI time-spans ofexistence. andcolle Thus theplanetsindividually the periodnecessaryforinhalingan antara againsubdividedinto antara are (bhuktis) andeachsub-periodisdivi Sukra 20. Eachofthesemain periodsisdividedintosmallersub-periods Chandra 10,Mangala7,Rahu18,Brhaspati16,Sani19,Budha17,Ketu7and period (daSa)oftime.Accordingto thehandofVaamanamUrti. darbham on blocking the holein thewatervesselandgothiseyespuncturedby three stepsoflandbyVaamana.S hisfifthincarnation,counseled vAmana, 80 icular planetinthebirth-horoscope". MantreSvara these are:Surya6years, MantreSvara these uthfulness, ignoranceandmind;they ukra tried to obstruct thedAnamby ukra triedtoobstruct ded into smaller periods (antara). The The ded intosmallerperiods(antara). cal withtheWesterntheoryof ch planetpresidesoveraparticular Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter,Mercury,Mars, Saturnand anewhoroscope attheendofeach nce (sattvani), is assigned toSukra. isassigned nce (sattvani), account:"Asdescribedinthe in whichoneusesth his eyes when VishNu appearingas ntarAs, andsoonuntilthesvaraor ntarAs, pied attheoriginalofbirth- s birth....Transit istheentryofa MahAbalinottogranttheboonof ctively exercisecontrols overall d exhaling of breath is reached. e transitsofthe 16. These termsrefertoparticular combinationsofthevargasforplanets. 15. one half degree degree 14. one mulatrikoNAs "the 13. Base-triplicity; 12. The bestcardines; ofthe12places The ruling housesof Sukra,LibraandTaurus 11. 10. (lit. 'high'or'elevated')positionof lit.'inalow position')dejection 9. Retrogrademotionofplanet 8. Thesetermsfromthefirst refertomeasurementsofarcasdetermined 7. gopurAmSa, that of 6 airavatamSa". thatof6airavatamSa". gopurAmSa, combination of2vargasiscalledpariyatamSa,that4 a planet isinitsfriendlyhouse,ow According tothe10varga(daSavarga I-62] andAquarius."[YavanajAataka Sagittarius Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are, in order, Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo, Libra, opposite fromthepositionofdejection 1/3 of30degrees=10degrees. 3 degrees20minutes;horais1/2of measurements aremadeontheeclipt the SuncrossesfromSouthto point ofAries,the'vernalequinox'.Thisatwhichpath 81 on theZodiac,cardines1,4,7and10 of Mars,theMoon,Sun,Mercury, exaltation;thisislocated180degrees ic. NavamSa is1/9t ic. NavamSa ) system, MantreSvara says "whether MantreSvara ) system, 30 degrees=15degrees;drekaNais n house, or in its exaltation house, a North ofthe celestialequator.All h of30degrees= sadagopan.org sadagopan.org antaryAmi ofsanaischaran - 82 thirumalai SrISrInivAsar kalc³ÉedicÇÉanu< kiLptCDayadeivsUnum! kaimtawR)ldkamxenu< kald{fpirpIiftjanu< dyasuxasagr< inÉRy (S ANI ) sadagopan.org sadagopan.org devotees favoredby Siva's benignglances. I alwaysmeditateuponthe slow-moving Pallavi T kAlacakrabheda citrabhAnum kalpitacchAyAdevisUnum kA kAladaNDaparipIDitajAnum nirbhayam dIpapriyamdayAsudhAsAgaram tilatailamiSritAnna nAtham makarakubumbharASi mAlinIvinutaguruguhamuditam nIlAm SukapushpamAlAvrtamnI kAlAnjanakAntiyuktadeham kAlasahodaramkAkavAham caraNam bhavAnISakaTAkshapAtrabhUtabhakt bhavAmbunidhau nimagnajanAnAmbhayankaramatikrUraphaladam anupallavi divAkaratanujam SanaiScaramdhIr Pallavi harbinger ofcalamitousevents Who causes fear in people plunged in th anupallavi courageous one. RANSLATION : mitArthaphaladakAmadhenum mitArthaphaladakAmadhenum 2 . Whogrants uniquelyauspicious rewardsfor laratnabhUshaNAlaNkrtam laratnabhUshaNAlaNkrtam ataram santatam cintayeham santatam ataram 84 imatAm atiSayaSubhaphaladam e oceanofworldlyexistence,and isthe 1 Sani,thesonofsUryaand special likingforthelamplitwithSesa the staffofLord by andfearless.Whosekneewasdisfigured an oceanofnectarcompassion and delightsGuruguha.Lordofth 7. The sacred wish-granting cow,be Thesacredwish-granting 7. Foodsforofferingoblations toSani 6. Constellations CapricornandAquarius 5. thisnamewasassumedby Parthasarathy, Sri According tomusicologist 4. mixture Ablacksandal-paste 3. Saniistheplanetinfluencingsuicide. 2. Sani'skneewasdisfiguredasaresu 1. Notes: Goddess ChAyA. capable ofsplittingthetime-wheel ornaments embeddedwithbluestones,wh vehicle theCrow,decoratedwithblue Who withabodyofdark caraNam name MalinI sheworshipped Sanito and indignitieswhilelivingatthepala brothers. Whileinexilewithherhusb Draupadi, heroineoftheMahabharat of thedead. Hence Sani iscalled Death,likeKamadhenu lustrelike collyrium e twohousesofMakaraandKumbha 85 8 stower ofallwishesand desires 'SanaiScara' (lit. 'slow-moving'). 'SanaiScara' (lit.'slow-moving'). , andoneconceivedof lt ofa fightwith hisbrotherYama,God me oilandforricewithsesameseeds alleviate herfrom hersufferings. ce ofKingViraaTa.Underherassumed dress andablueflowerwreath,with o isworshippedbymantra ofMalinI ands shesuffereduntold privations a and wife of the five PANDava a andwifeofthefivePANDava 3 , brother ofYama,ridingonhis , brother 7 yieldingalldesires,thefire asthesonof 5 , with , with 6 4 , sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 8. Figure ofspeechsymbolizingSani such as caused by calamitous events orsuicide. such ascausedbycalamitousevents progress oftime;this powerprevents 86 's powertointerru anormalprogresstowardsdeath, pt ordelaythe kra¦vdn< kiQn< kyana[Rké[aÔaRpa¼< ctuÉuRj< of!goeqaidxr[< cr[m! surasur< raeghr< spaRidÉIithr< zupaRsnsuokr< zUlayuxxrkr< Anup‘iv SmraMyh< sda rahu sadagopan.org sadagopan.org is deformed worshipped withthe side-glancewhen face,harsh,directinghiscompassionate Who withadreadful caraNam who worshiphimseatedinhisgrain-sieve frompoisonouscreatures dispels danger Who hasthesvabhAmof anupallavi I amconstantlyremindedof Rahu wh SUlAyudhadharakaram Pallavi - caturbhujam karALavadanam kaThinamkayAnArNakaruNArdrApAngam caraNam SurpAsanasukhakaram- surAsuram rogaharamsarpAdibhItiharam anupallavi sadArAhumsUrya smarAmyaham Pallavi cmaRidnIlvô< gaemedkaÉr[< zinzu³imÇguéguhs kayA na khaDgakheTAdidharaNam khaDgakheTAdidharaNam both devAandasura mantra santoshakaraNam candravIkshyam vikrtadeham 88 5 o is beingseen bySuryaandCandra , with four hands and carrying thesword fourhands andcarrying , with like serpents.Whodoesgoodtothose 4 andbearsthetrident. 3 , whoremoves allills,and 1 , and 4. A grainsifterhaving awoodenframeoftheshapesh 4. A godforhavingdrunkamrtamandademonbybirth 3. RahuandKetuaretheupperlowe 2. TheplanetsRahuand Ketuare the 1. Notes: Guruguha. Gomedaka gems Gomedaka and shield.Who isattiredinblue configuration forRahu head swallowsthemupeven MoonandSun,theimmortal enmity betweentheheadofRahuand Si forestsandislands. its mountains open thesurface of theearth,causin sky, roaringterribly,buttheheadle like the peak of a mountain, fell toamrtam that earth. he obtained by force. Th The severed head rose upand cutoffthewell-adornedheadof to the it, fortheywishedtohelpthe gods, but whentheamrtamreachedhisthro demonnamedRahutookthe desired, a describes thisevent."AstheGodswere and Ketu'dragon'stail'.Thefollowi which wascutintotwo byVishNu.Rahu and Candra,toseizethem,wh causes eclipses. Thesedemonsarere points wherethepath oftheMooncrosses theeclipticand asaresult 6 , thefriendlyplanet of Sani today." [Mahabharata I.15-17] today." 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