Sree Sarswati Astottara Satanamavali Om Sarsvatyai namah Om Maha-bhadrayai namah Om Maha-mayayai namah Om Vara-pradayai namah Om Sree pradayai namah Om Padma-nilayayai namah Om Padmakshmai namah Om Padma-vaktri-kayai namah Om Shivanu-jayai namah Om Pustaka-stayai namah Om Gynana-mudrayai namah Om Ramayai namah Om Kama-rupayai namah Om Maha-vidyayai namah Om Maha-pataka-nashinyai namah Om Maha-shrayayai namah Om Malinyai namah Om Maha-bhogayai namah Om Maha-bhujayai namah Om Maha-bagayai namah Om Maho-tsahayai namah Om Divyamgayai namah Om Sura-vandi-tayai namah Om Mahakalyai namah Om Maha-pashayai namah Om Maha-karayai namah Om Mahamkushayai namah Om Seetayai namah Om Vimalayai namah Om Vishvayai namah Om Vidyunma-layai namah Om Vaishnavyai namah Om Chandri-kayai namah Om Chandra-lekha-vibhu-shitayai namah Om Maha-phalayai namah Om Savitryai namah Om Surasayai namah Om Devyai namah Om Divya-lankara-bhushitayai namah Om Vagdevyai namah Om Vasudayai namah Om Teevrayai namah Om Maha-bhadrayai namah
Om Bhoga-dayai namah Om Govimdayai namah Om Bharatyai namah Om Bhamayai namah Om Gomatyai namah Om Jati-layai namah Om Vindhya-vasayai namah Om Chandi-kayai namah Om Subha-drayai namah Om Sura-puji-tayai namah Om Vini-drayai namah Om Vaishnavyai namah Om Bramhyai namah Om Bramha-gynanaika-sadhanayai namah Om Soudaminyai namah Om Sudha-murtayai namah Om Suveenayai namah Om Suvaa-sinyai namah Om Vidya-rupayai namah Om Bramha-jayayai namah Om Vishalayai namah Om Padma-lochanayai namah Om Shumbha-sura-pramadhinyai namah Om Dhumra-lochana-mardhinyai namah Om Sarvatmi-kayai namah Om Traeimurtyai namah Om Shubha-dayai namah Om Shastra-rupinyai namah Om Sarva-devastu-tayai namah Om Soumyayai namah Om Sura-sura-namaskrutayai namah Om Rakta-beejani-hantrai namah Om Chamundayai namah Om Munda-kambi-katai namah Om Kala-ratryai namah Om Praharanayai namah Om Kala-dharayai namah Om Niranja-nayai namah Om Vara-rohayai namah Om Vagdevyai namah Om Varahyai namah Om Varijaa-sanayai namah Om Chitrambarayai namah Om Chitra-gamdhayai namah Om Chitra-malya-vibhushitayai namah
Om Kantayai namah Om Kama-pradayai namah Om Vindyayai namah Om Rupa-soubhagya-daeinyai namah Om Shweta-sanayai namah Om Rakta-madhyayai namah Om Dvibhu-jaayai namah Om Sura-puji-tayai namah Om Niranja-nayai namah Om Neela-jamghayai namah Om Chaturvarga-phala-pradayai namah Om Chaturana-nasamrajyai namah Om Bramha-vishu-sivatmi-kayai namah Om Hamsa-sanayai namah Om Maha-vidyayai namah Om Mantra-vidyayai namah Om Sarswatyai namah Om Maha-saraswatyai namah Om Vidyayai namah Om Gynanaika-tatparayai namah
IntroductionAmong the great Gods of Vedas is Purusha, which in simple translation means the “male”. But the word actually indicates Lord Vishnu, who is the God among the great trinity in charge of the care of the created beings. He is supposed to live in the ocean of milk and his consort is Lakshmi the goddess of wealth and prosperity.Possibly along with Rudra it is one of the greatest stotras originating from the Vedas. While the devotees of Rudra are afraid of his anger and request Him again and again the devotees of Purusha keep praising him, describing his various facets and request boons from him.Though the original Purusha suktha manthra occurs in Rig Veda , it also occurs in Vajaneya Samhitha of Shukla Yajur Veda, Taiteeriya Samhitha of Krishna Yajurveda and also with slight differences in Sama Veda as well as Atharva Veda.Many great sages have given details of how this great Suthra should be used in Fire Sacrifices and many sages including the great Sayanacharya have written commentaries on Purusha Suktham.Purusha in this Suktham is described as a gigantic personality who is spread everywhere.Brhama the creator is supposed to have his huge body as a sacrifice so that he can creae the world.
Shanthi PataThachamyo ravrunimahe. gathum yagnaya.Gathum Yagna pathaye. Daivee swasthi –rasthu na. Swasthir Manushebhya. Urdhwa Jigathu beshajam. Sam no asthu dwipadhe. Sam chatush pade Om Shanthi, shanthi, Shanthi.
(Request we from you with all enthusiasm, For the good deeds that are medicine, For the sadness of the past and future, Request we for the growth of fire sacrifices, Request that only good should occur, To the one who presides over such sacrifices, Request we for the mercy of gods to man, Request we for good to the community of men, Request we that the herbs and plants, Should grow taller towards the skies. Request we for good for all two legged beings, Request we for good to all four legged beings, Request we for peace, peace and peace.
First AnuvaakaSahsra seerhaa purusha; Sahasraksha saharpath. Sa bhoomir viswatho vruthwa. Athyathishta ddhasangulam. 1-1 (The Purusha has thousand heads, He has thousand eyes,He has thousand feet, He is spread all over the universe, And is beyond the count with ten fingers.) Purusha eeveda sarvam. Yad bhootam yad bhavyam. Utha amruthathwasya eesana. Yad annena adhirohathi. 1-2 (This Purusha is all the past, All the future and the present, He is the lord of deathlessness, And he rises from hiding,From this universe of food.) Ethaa vaanasya mahimaa. Atho jyaaya scha purusha. Padhosya viswa bhoothanee. Tripaadasyamrutham divi. 1-3 (This Purusha is much greater, Than all his greatness in what all we see, And all that we see in this universe is but his quarter, And the rest three quarters which is beyond destruction, safely in the worlds beyond.) 1Tri paddurdhwa udaith prurusha. Padhosye habha vaath puna. Thatho vishvangvyakramath. Sasanana sane abhi. -4
(Above this world is three quarters of Purusha,But the quarter, which is in this world,Appears again and again, And from that is born the beings that take food, And those inanimate ones that don’t take food. And all these appeared for every one of us to see) Tasmath virad jayatha. Virajo agni purusha. Sa jatho athya richyatha. Paschad bhoomi madho pura. 1-5 (From that Purusha was born, The scintillating, ever shining universe, And from that was born the Purusha called Brahma, And he spread himself everywhere, And created the earth and then,The bodies of all beings.) Yat purushena havishaa. Devaa yagna mathanvath. Vasantho asyaasee dhajyam. Greeshma idhma saraddhavi. 1-6 (The spring was the ghee, The summer was the holy wooden sticks, And the winter the sacrificial offering, Used or the sacrifice conducted by Devas through thought, In which they also sacrificed the ever-shining Purusha.) Sapthaasyasan paridhaya. Thri saptha samidha Krutha. Devaa yad yagnam thanvaana. Abhadhnan purusham pasum. 1-7 (Seven meters were its boundaries, Twenty one principles were holy wooden sticks, And Devas carried out the sacrifice, And Brahma was made as the sacrificial cow.) Tham yagnam barhisi prokshan. Purusham Jaatham agradha. Thena deva ayajantha. Saadhya rushayasch ye. 1-8 (Sprinkled they the Purusha, Who was born first, On that sacrificial fire.And the sacrifice was conducted further, By the Devas called Sadyas,And the sages who were there.) Tasmad yagnath sarva hutha. Sam brutham prushad ajyam. Pasus tha aschakre vayavyaan. Aaranyaan graamyascha ye. 1-9 (From this sacrifice called “All embracing”.Curd and Ghee came out, Animals meant for fire sacrifice were born, Birds that travel in air were born,Beasts of the forest were born, And also born were those that live in villages) Tasmad yagnath sarva hutha. Rucha saamanee jagniree. Chanadaa si jagnire tasmath. Yajus tasmad jaayatha. 1-10 (From this sacrifice called “All embracing”’The chants of Rig Veda were born, The chants of Sama Veda were born, And from that the well-known meters were born, And from that Yajur Veda was born.) Tasmad aswaa ajaayantha. Ye ke chobhaya tha tha. Gavooha janjire tasmath. Tasmad gnatha ajavaya. 1-11 (From that the horses came out, From that came out animals with one row of teeth, From that came out cows with two rows of teeth, And from that that came out sheep and goats.) Yad purusha vyadhadhu. Kathidhaa vyakalpayan. Mukham kimsya koo bahu. Kaavuruu pada a uchyathe. 1-12 (When the Purusha was madeBy their thought process by the Devas, How did they make his limbs? How was his face made? Who were made as His hands? Who were made as his thighs and feet?) Brahmanasya Mukham aseed. Bahu rajanya krutha. Ooru tadasys yad vaisya. Padbhyo sudro aajayatha. 1-13 (His face became Brahmins*,His hands were made as Kshatriyas*, His thighs became Vaisyas*, And from his feet were born the Shudras*. Chandrama manaso Jatha. Chaksho surya Ajayatha. Mukhad Indras cha Agnis cha. Pranad Vayua aajayatha. 1-14 (From his mind was born the moon, From his eyes was born the sun, From his face was born Indra and Agni, And from his soul was born the air.) Nabhya aseed anthareeksham. seershno dhou samavarthatha. Padbyam Bhoomi,, disaa srothrath. Tadha lokaa akampayan. 1-15 (From his belly button was born the sky, From his head was born the heavens, From his feet was born the earth, From his ears was born the directions, And thus was made all the worlds,Just by his holy wish.) Vedahametham purusham mahantham. Adhitya varna thamasathu pare, Sarvani roopani vichinthya dheera. Namaani kruthwa abhivadan yadasthe. 1-16 (I know that heroic Purusha, who is famous,Who shines like a sun, And who is beyond darkness, Who created all forms, Who named all of them, And who rules over them.) Dhaatha purasthad yamudhajahara. sacra pravidhaan pradhisascha thathra. Thamevam vidwaan anu mrutha iha bavathi. Naanya pandha ayanaaya vidhyathe. 1-17 (The learned one who knows that Purusha Whom the creator, considered as one before Him, And whom the Indra understood in all directions,Would attain salvation even in this birth, And there is no need for him to search for any other path.) Yagnena yagnam aya jantha devaa. Thaani dharmani pradhamanyasan. Theha naakam mahimaana sachanthe. yatra poorvo saadhyaa santhi devaa. 1-18 (Thus the devas worshipped the Purusha, Through this spiritual yagna, And that yagna became first among dharmas. Those who observe this Yagna, Would for sure attain, The heavens occupied by Saadya devas. Second Anuvaaka Adhbhyaa sambhootha pruthvyai rasascha. Viswakarmanas samavarthadhi. Tasyas twashtaa vidhadh drupamethi. tad purushasya viswa maajanam agre. 2-1 (From water and essence of earth was born, The all pervading universe.From the great God who is the creator, Then appeared that Purusha And the great God, who made this world, Is spread as that Purusha, in all fourteen worlds. And also the great form of Purusha,Came into being before the start of creation) Vedaham etham purusham mahantham. Aadithyavarna thamasa parasthath. Thamevam vidwan amrutha iha bhavathi. nanya pandhaa vidhyathe ayanaaya. 2-2
(I know that great Purusha,Who shines like the sun,And is beyond darkness, And the one who knows him thus, Attains salvation even in this birth, And there is no other method of salvation.) Prajapathis charathi garbhe antha. Aajayamano bahudha vijaayathe. Tasya dheera parijananthi yonim. Mareechinaam padamicchanthi vedhasa. 2-3 (The Lord of the universe, Lives inside the universe, And without being born, Appears in many forms, And only the wise realize his real form, And those who know the Vedas, Like to do the job of,Savants like Mareechi.) Yo devebhya aathapathi. Yo devaanaam purohitha. Poorvo yo devebhyo jatha. Namo ruchaaya brahmaye. 2-4 (Salutations to ever shining brahmam, Who gave divine power to devas, Who is a religious teacher of devas, And who was born before devas.) Rucha brahmam janayantha. Devaa agne tadha bruvan. Yasthaiva barahmano vidhyat. Tasya deva asaan vase. 2-5 (The devas who teach the taste in Brahmam, Told in ancient times,That. He who has interest in Brahmam, Would have the devas under his control.) Hreescha the lakshmischa patnyou. Ahorathre paarswe. Nakshatrani roopam. Aswinou vyatham. 2-6 (Hree and Lakshmi are your wives, Day and night are your right and left, The constellation of stars your body, And Aswini devas your open mouth..) Ishtam manishaana. Amum manishana. Sarve manishana. 2-7 (Give us the knowledge that we want ,Give us the pleasures of this world, And give us everything of this and other worlds.) Thachamyo ravrunimahe. gathum yagnaya. Gathum Yagna pathaye. Daivee swasthi –rasthu na. Swasthir Manushebhya. Urdhwa Jigathu beshajam. Sam no asthu dwipadhe. Sam chatush pade Om Shanthi, shanthi, Shanthi.
(Request we from you with all enthusiasm, For the good deeds that are medicine, For the sadness of the past and future, Request we for the growth of fire sacrifices, Request that only good should occur, To the one who presides over such sacrifices, Request we for the mercy of gods to man, Request we for good to the community of men, Request we that the herbs and plants, Should grow taller towards the skies. Request we for good for all two legged beings, Request we for good to all four legged beings, Request we for peace, peace and peace.
(From Maha Narayana Upanishad)Translated by P. R. Ramachander
[This is a prayer to the fire God Agni occurring in the Maha Narayana Upanishad. Durga is used here as a word for Difficult problems in almost all the stanzas. The salutation to Durga is given only in the second stanza. (But many people consider this as prayer to goddess Durga for removing all obstacles and evils.)
Sa na parshadathi durgani viswa naaveva sindhum durithathyagni
Our oblations of Soma to the fire god,May he, the all knowing one destroy all those who do not like us,May that divine fire lead us out of all perils,Like a captain takes his boat across the sea,And also save us from all wrongs.
I take refuge in the divine mother Durga*,Who shines like a fire due to her penances,Who resides in actions and their fruits and makes them effective,And I salute her who helps us cross our difficulties.* It could be translated as Mother of difficulties also
Pushscha prithwi bahula na urvee bhava thokaaya thanayaya shamyoh.
Oh God of fire, you are worthy of praise,For by novel methods you help us cross,The difficulties and make us happy,May our land in this earth become extensive,May the land for growing crops become large,And be pleased to join our children and,Their children with joy and happiness.
4. Vishvaani no durghaa jathaveda sindhunaa nava durithathi parshi,
Agne athrivan manasaa grina no asmakam bodhayithwa thanoo naam.
Oh Jatha Vedas who is the destroyer of all sins,Make us cross all our troubles like a boat,Which takes us to the other shore without problems,Oh Fire, protect us like the sage Athri, who would take care of us,Mindful of our safety and our happiness.
5. Prithana jitham saha mana mugram agnim huvema paramath sadhasthath,
Sa na parshadathi durgani viswa kshamaddhevo athi durithatyagni.
We invoke the fierce Fire God who is the leader of us all.And who is the killer of all our enemies from the highest place,To take us across all difficulties and all that is perishable and protect us.
Swacha agne piprayaswa asmabhyam cha soubhahya maya jaswa.
Oh Fire God, you are praised during sacrifices,And always increase our happiness, and exist as sacrifices,Which are olden and those which are new,Please make us, who are only yourself, happy,And grant us good fortune from all our sides.
Naa kasya prushtam abhisamvasaano vaishnavim loka iha madhayantham.
Oh Lord, you are not connected with sin and sorrow,Permit us to always serve you who pervades all wealth,May the Gods who live in the highest region make me,Who adores Vishnu, delighted and happy and grant my wishes
By Vedanta Desika--Translated By P. R. Ramachander [Sudarshana is the holy wheel which Lord Vishnu uses as his chief weapon. There isa story that the daughter of Viswa Karma, who was the architect of theGod's, was married to the sun God and she left him because of hisimmense heat. It seems Viswa Karma put Sun God in a cage and churnedhim to reduce his heat. The heat was reduced and Sudarshana Chakra,Trishoola and Shakthi, respectively the weapons of Lord Vishnu, Shivaand Subrhamnya wereborn out of the churning.
Sudarshana Chakra is giventhe status of God by the followers of Ramanujacharya. He being a primedevotee is called the Chakrathazhwar. (Sage of the wheel) andworshipped by Vaishnavas. Venkata Natha or Vedantha Desika is one ofthe greatest savants that Visishitadvaitha produced after Ramanuja. Helived about 140 years after Saint Ramanuja and has written severalbooks. The prayers he wrote are immensely popular among the devotees ofVishnu. )
Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana, Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana es,
Who worship him through tantra and yantras. Victory and Victory to you,
oh, Sudarshana,Victory and Victory to you,
oh, Sudarshana,Who gives wealth of salvation to those who,Chant your six lettered mantra,
Who gives incomparable wealth to those who,Chant your six lettered mantra,
Who is available in yantra of six corners,
Who is a form in which all knowledge exists,Who is able to complete all deeds that you take up,And who is the kalpaka tree fulfilling all wishes. Bhuvana Netra Trayeemaya, Savanatejastrayeemaya
Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana, Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana. 8 Victory and Victory to you, oh, Sudarshana,Victory and Victory to you, oh, Sudarshana,Who is the three Vedas which are the eye of the world,Who is the form of the three fires of yagas,Who is the eternal knowledge of true knowledge,Who is a form of the power of universe,Who is accomplisher of deeds that you take up,And who destroys all fears occurring in the world.Verse Phala Sruthi Dwichatushkamidam Prabhoothasaaram
patathaam Venkatanayaka Praneetham,
Vishamepi Manorata: Pradhaavan
na Vihanyeta Rataangadhuryagupta: This octet which fulfills all desires,Which gives the inner meaning of Lord Sudarshana,Composed by Venkata Natha, if read,Would fulfill desires, remove obstacles,Because of the glorious boon granting powers of the Lord.
