Stutimaṇḍala

Monday, November 08, 2010

laksminrsimhapancaratnam

Lakshmi Narasimha Pancharatnam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: If you wish to please the lord-like body of you, then regularly do the prayers of Narahari. (The reason being that) Adding decoration to the object getting reflected also increases the decoration of the reflection. O bumblebee like mind! You are uselessly wandering in the deserts of metempsychosis, which is without nectar; adore and seek the pollen from the lotus-like faultless feet of Lakṣmī and Narasiṁha.[1]

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

mahadevastutih

Mahadeva Stuti by Brihaspati from Skand Purana at Stutimandal

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Sample: Be victorious, O Śankara, Who is placid, Whose complexion is fair like the moon, Who is the bestower of pleasant objects, Who is the bestower of everything, Who is pure in every way, Who accepts offerings from devotees with pure emotions, and Who is the absolver of excessive afflictions of devotees![1]

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Monday, March 09, 2009

advaitapancaratnam

Advaita Pancharatnam by Adi Sankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: I am not a body, I am not the network of various sense-organs, I am not the ego of ‘I’, I am not the set of prāna (life-breathe), and I am not wisdom. I am away from wife, husband, farms, finances, etc. I am the eternal witness of everything turned inwards towards the Ātman. I am eternal bliss.[1]

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

sarasvati_stuti_yajnavalkya

Sarasvati Stuti by Yagyavalkya from Devi Puranam at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Mother of the world! Cause mercy on me, who has indeed lost his radiance, who has lost his memory due to the trap of preceptor, who is without knowledge, and who is saddened. Please bestow conscience, memory, knowledge, power, power to awake pupils, power to write treatise, and well established good pupils.[1—2]

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Monday, August 11, 2008

siva_manasa_puja

Shiv Manas Puja by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Paśupati, Lord, Who is the storehouse of mercy! Please accept the following, which are assumed in the mind — a seat made with precious-stones, a bath with ice-trickled water, a divine-apparel adorned with many kinds of jewels, a sandalwood-paste mixed with fragrant deer-musk, flowers fashioned with jātī, campaka and bilvapatra, incense, and an earthen-lamp.[1]

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Friday, August 08, 2008

bhavani_bhujangam

Bhavani Bhujangam Stuti by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: I extol Bhavānī, Who is reclining at the end of a lotus-seat with six support pillars, Who is shining forth excellently inside the arteries of the living beings (as the life spirit), Who is extracting and consuming the divine-nectar, Who is like an idol of the divine-nectar, and Whose true nature is eternal bliss.[1]

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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

radha_krpa_kataksa

Radha Kripa Kataksha Stuti by Shiv at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Rādhā, Who is adored by the group of best-sages, Who absolves the grief of the three-worlds, Who has a happy lotus-like face, Who is radiant in the gardens of the Earth, Who is the dear one of the King Vrsabhānu of Vraja, and Who is together with the son of the King Nanda of Vraja (Krsna)! In this world, when will You cast a benevolent-glance with me as a receiver.[1]

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Sunday, August 03, 2008

veda_sara_siva_stavah

Veda Sara Shiv Stavah by Adi Shankaracharya at Stutimandal

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Sample: I remember the only Mahādeva, Who is the enemy of Smara or Kāmadeva, Who is the Lord of the animals for sacrifice, Who destroys the sins, Who is the Lord beyond everyone, Who has a cloth made from elephant-skin, Who is the best, and Who has a shaking stream of Gangā in the midst of the matted-hair locks.[1]

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

deva_krta_laksmi_stotram

Lakshmi Stotram by Devagana at Stutimandal

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Sample: Forgive us, O Goddess! O Mother, Whose nature is to forgive, Who is beyond everything, Who is pure spiritual essence, and Who has been abandoned by anger and other vices! You are the simile for comparing any sanguine woman, and You are adored by the demi-gods and the Goddesses. Without You, the whole world is comparable to dead and useless.[1—2]

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

mantra_matrka_puspamala

Mantra Matrika Pushpamala by Adi Shankara (attributed) at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Mother! I visualize Your throne studded with precious gems of thought in the middle of rolling waves in a nectar-ocean, which is sitting in a gem-island, which is surrounded by the heavenly wish-granting trees, which is within the enclosure of Kadamba trees, which is inside a hall with thousands of diamond pillars, and which is on a marvellous pedestal.[1]

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

rsayah_ucu

Siva Stuti | Vandanam by Sages at Stutimandal

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Sample: I extol Maheśa, Who is adored by the demi-gods, Who has a moon on His forehead, Who is the pleasure of Bhavānī, and Whose bow-shaft — immense like the great Mount Meru — breaks the organs only by the heaped up resplendence.[1]

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Monday, June 09, 2008

jatayukrtaramastotram

Rama Stotram by Jatayu from Adhyatma Ramayan at Stutimandal

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Sample: I continuously bow to Śrīrāmacandra, Who has uncountable qualities, Who is immeasurable, Who is primordial, Who is the reason behind the state and the position of the whole universe, Who is supreme to expiration, and Who is beyond those living-beings powered by a soul.[1]

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

indrakrtaramastotram

Rama Stotram by Indra from Adhyatma Ramayan at Stutimandal

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Sample: I always adore Rāma, Who has the lustre of a lotus, Who is holding the power of fire which burns the forest of metempsychosis, Who is attained as eternal bliss by the dear one of Bhavānī, Who is the cause of the non-existence of this world, and Who is approached by the whole universe.[1]

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annapoornashtakam

Annapoornashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: May Mother — Who is known as Annapūrṇā, Who is the ruler of Kāśī, Who helps with benevolence and support, Whose hands possess eternal bliss, Who has boon and fearlessness in hands, Who is the abode of beautiful gems, Who does purification of the heavily harassed and tormented one, Who is Māheśvarī in the front of our eyes, and Who glorified the lineage of Himālaya — give me food as alms.[1]

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

govindastakam

Govindashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: Extol Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who is the eternal truth, Who is knowledge, Who is eternal, Who is beyond the skies, Who is the final limit, Who roams in the courtyard of cowshed in Vraja, Who needs no effort, Who is the final effort, Who is assuming various forms in the form of Māyā, Who is without form, Who is the form of the universe, Who is Lord (incarnated) on the earth, and Who has no Lord.[1]

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Friday, May 09, 2008

shanmukh_krit_shivashivaa_stuti

Siva Sivaa Stuti by Shanmukh at Stutimandal

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Sample: Salutations for You, Who is the Lord of Himālaya (Giriśa). Salutations for You, Who is the Daughter of Himālaya. Salutations for Śiva, Who has a flag with a mark of a bull. Salutations for Śivā, Who has a flag with a mark of a lion.[1]

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Friday, April 25, 2008

minaksi_pancharatnam

Meenakshi Stotram by Adi Shankara (attributed) at Stutimandal

Sample: I continuously adore Mīnāksī, Who is the ocean of mercy and benevolence, Who is resplendent like a thousand morning-sun, Who is resplendent with a garland of Keyūra, Who has red-lips like the Bimbā-fruit, Who looks charming due to beautiful teeth-row and smile, Who is adorned with yellow apparel, Whose lotus-feet is served by Brahmā, Visnu and Śiva, Who is the ultimate particle, and Who is auspicion personified.[1]

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Monday, April 14, 2008

kasyapa_krita_vamana_stuti

Vaman Stuti by Kashyap from Vaman Purana at Stutimandal

Sample: O You, Who is the Lord of demi-gods, Who is the One at the peak, Who is mightier than the Sun, Who is mightier than the Ocean, Who is known as Vṛṣākapi, Who is mightier than the demi-gods, Who is born out of Himself, Who is Rudra, Who is Kapila, Who is energetic on all sides, Who is the controller of all living beings, Who is true, Who is Dharma, Who is Adharma, .......

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

visvanathastakam

Vishvanathashtakam by Ved Vyasa at Stutimandal

Sample: Adore Śiva, Who is the Lord of Vārānasī, Who is the Lord of the world, Whose tress-locks are held together by the beautiful waves of Gangā, Whose left side is continuously adorned by the presence of Gaurī, Who is dear to Nārāyana, and Who absolves the pride of Kāmadeva (Ananga).[1]

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

hanuman_pancharatnam

Hanumat Pancharatnam by Adi Shankaracharya at Stutimandal

Sample: I shine forth Hanumān, Who is the Son of Wind, Who is approached by everyone seeking a wish, Who brings forth joy, Who is free from desires, Who is gladdening, and Who is the foremost in the messengers of Rāma. I think of Hanumān, Whose face is like a red new lotus, Whose corners of the eyes are full of mercy, Who is animating, Whose valor is charming, and Who is the pride of Añjanā.[1—2]

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