Chithrakethu sthuthi of Sankarshana

Chithrakethu sthuthi of  Sankarshana

(there  was a king called  Chithrakethu.He was sad that  he did not have children.By the blessing of sage  Angeeras, The king had a son through his chief queens. The other jealous wives poisoned that child and killed the Baby.At that time Sage  Narada and Angeeras came there.After seeing the king sage Narada   called the soul of the baby and requested the soul to enter the baby’s body.But the soul said, he does not have any attachment to that  body and left.As per the advice of sage Narada , chithra kethu started praying God Sankarshana(Adhi sesha) without taking any food,.Lord Sankarshana came before him and this  is the prayer  recited by king Chithra kethu  (Bhagawatham  skanda 6, chapter 16 , sloka 34-48)

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Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Ajitha , jitha sama  mathibhi,

Saadhubhir bhavan jithathamabhir bhavathaa,

Vijithaasthe api cha  bhajathaam,

Akaamathmaanaam  ya  athmadho  athi karuna

Oh God who can never  be defeated,  Unbiased people,

Who are sages  and who   have controlled   their mind, have won over you,

You who are  greatly  merciful gave   yourself   to them,

Though  they do not want anything  and won over them.

2.THava  vibhava  kalu  bhagawan,

Jagad  udhaya sthithi  layaadheeni,

Viswasyujasthem  asaamsaa ,

Sthathra myushaa spardanthe prathaga abhimathyaa.

The creation   , nurture  and destruction of the world ,

Has been your job and those   who are parts  of it like  Brahma,

Are only small  parts of yourself and thinking,

That they  are  independent  , they always  quarrel.

3.Paramaanu parama mahatho,

Thwamadhyantha   varthee thraya  vidhura,

Aadhaa vanthepi cha sathwaanaam,

Yadh druvam thade vaantharalepi.

You   are in the beginning , middle and end.

Of very small   and also  very big things,

That which is   in the beginning  and end,

Of anything   is also  in the middle.

4.Kshithyadhibhiresha kilaavrutha,

Saptha bhir dasa gunotharai raanda kosa,

Yathra patha thrunu kalpa,

Sahaanda koti koti bhisthananthatha

This   brahmanda is covered    with  seven sheaths,

Earth, water , fire, wind, sky   as well as pride,

And each sheath is ten times  thicker than the previous,

And this Brahmanda with similar  one crore ,

Brahmandas like an goes round  and round you.

5,Vishaya  thusho  nara  pasavo,

Ya  upaasathe vibhu theerna param thwaam,

Theshaam   aasisha eesa,

Thadhanu  vinasyanthi  yadhaa   raja kulam.

Those  who need pleasures of senses,

Pray  those who are  your part but ,

Those who are not divine   truth like you,

And what they get , gets destroyed ,

Like  the kings servants loosing all  with death of a king.

6.Kaamadhiya  sthvayee  rachithaa,

Na parama  rohanthiyadhaa kurambha  bheejaani,

Jnaathma anya  guna maye,

Guna  guna thosya dhandhwa jaalaani,

Oh God  , if human beings who have desire,

Desire you , who  is beyond all  characters,

And who is the lustrous conscience,

Then the cause for  next janma   in  them,

Would not  germinate  like the roasted seeds.

7.Jitha majitha thadha  Bhavathaa,

Yadhaaha   bhagawatham  dharmam   anavadhyam,

Nish kinchanaa ye munaya,

Athmaa Ramaa  yam upaasathe   apavargaya.

When you  won over those cannot be won,

Taught us   the dharma  to be followed of Bhagwathas,

You won , because , the sages  , who have you only as wealth,

And who is interested only in soul were following that Dharma.

8.Vishama mathina yathra  nrunaam,

Thwa maham ithi mama  thavethi cha  yadhanyatha,

Vishamadhiyaa rachitho ya,

Sa hyavishuddha kshayishnura  dharma bahula.

The followers  of that dharma are unbiased,

And  do not have  inequalities  of person to person,

The  karma  being observed  by others are  dirty,

Have temporary results  and is mixed with Adharma.

9.Ka kshemo nija parayo,

Kiyaanartha swapara  druhaa dharmena,

Swadrohaath  thava kopa,

Parsam peedayaa  cha thadhaa dharma.

What benefit  and achievement  would one get,

By observing actions which hurt and trouble others,

By torturing ourselves  to do such works  , we  will be,

Hurting you  who is in our body and we will make  you angry,

And by torturing  the yajna animals , we also  would do  adharma.

10.Na vyabhicharathi  thavekshaa,

Yayaa hrubhihitho bhagawatho dharma,

Sthira chara  sathwa kadambhe,

Shvapradhagdhiyo   yamupaasathe  thwaaryaa.

Our following   this type  of Dharma  will never ,

Be a waste , because   all those  good people,

Who want to see  your form in everything , Oh  God,

Are   following  this Bhagawatha  Dharma only.

11,Na hi bhagawan  aghatithamidham,

Thwadarsanaath  nrunaam  akhila papa kshayaa,

Yannama   sakrruth  sravanaath,

Pulkasakopi vimuchyathe  samsaaraath.

It is only proper  to believe that  by just seeing you,

All the  sins  committed by humans are destroyed,

For  by hearing  your name   atleast once,

Even an evil person gets  freedom from Samsara.

12.Adha bhagawan   vaya  madhoonaa,

Thwad avaloka pari mrushtaasayamalaa,

Sura risheenaa  yadhudhidham,

Thaavakena kadha manyadhaa  bhavathi.

Oh God  , just by seeing you  once, all the evil,

In our mind would get destroyed and  ,

We will all  become pure, For   how can,

What   has been told by  sage Narada be wrong?

13.Viditha manantha samastham,

Thava jagadaathmano janairihaacharitham,

Vijnaapyam  parama guro,

Kiyadhiva savithurivakhadhyothai.

Oh God  who does not have end or beginning ,

As the soul  of all   you know  the Actions of all,

And so there  is no need for  us to tell you anything,

And that will be like a fire fly showing things to Sun.

14.Mamasthubhyam bhagawathe,

Sakala  jagath  sthithi layodhayesaaya,

Duravasithaathma gathaye  ,

Kuyoginaam   bhidhaa  parama hamsaaya.

Salutations to that God who  is the controller,

Of creation, nurture   and destruction.
salutations to a  the principle. who   evil people  ,

Would not   be able to understand at all.

15.Yaa vai swasantha manu viswasyaja swasanthi,

Yam chekithaanamanu  chithaya uchakanthi,

Bhoo mandalam sarsha paayathi yasya  moordhni,

Thasmai namobhagawathe asthusahasra  moordhne.

I salute the  God Sankarshana   who has thousand heads,

Whose  order  is obeyed  by the creators of the world,

Aho makes   all our   sense organs   work and on whose ,

Head this earth behaves   as if it is  single mustard  grain. 

The pleased  god Sankarshana   replied(Bhagawatham skandam 6  chapter 16  sloka 50-64)

1.Yannaradngirobhyaam  they,

Vyahrutham  may  anusasanam,

Samsidho asi  thayaa  rajan,

Vidhyayaa   darsanaacha  may.

Oh king because you  prayed to me ,

As per teaching of Narada  and Angeeras,

And also saw me , you have  become,

One  who has   gained  spiritual power,

2.Aham vai   sarva  bhoothaani,

Bhoothathmaa bhootha  bhavana,

Sabadha brahma, param brahma,

Mamobhe   saaswathi   thanu.

I am spread  among  all  beings,

As their soul and as their witness,

Veda  the sound  Brahma   as well as divine Brhama,

Are  two of my  indestructible  forms.

3.Loke vithathamaathmaanaam,

lOkam chathmani santhatham,

Ubhayam cha   mayaa vyaptham,

Mayi   chaivobhayam   krutham.

The soul is spread as  one who enjoys all over the world,

And the world  is spread   among the soul as one who gives,

And I have spread  in the world as well  as soul,

And both of them  are  dependent on me.

4.Yadhaa  sushuptha purusho,

Visvam   pasyathi   chaathmani,

Athmaana meka desastham,

Manyathe   swapna  uthitha.

5.Evam jaaga ranaadheeni,

Jeeva sthaanaani chaathmana,

Mayaa mathraani vijnaayaa,

Thad drushtaaram param smareth.

A person   who is sleeping,

Sees   scenes of world in his dream,.

And when he   wakes up from dream,

He realizes   that it is only dream.

Like that  we should  understand,

That  the states  being  undergone by beings,

Is only  illusion  and  understand,,

The soul  which is superior   to them.

6.Yena  prasuptha  purusha,

Swaapam   vedaathmanasthadhaa,

Sukam   cha nirgunam Brahma ,

Tham athmaanam  avehi maam 

 The  conscience  of a person   who sleeps  deeply,

Is similar  to the conscience  of  knowing  ,

The property less  Brahmam and understand,

That  I myself  am that   soul.

7,Ubhayam smaratha  pumas,

Praswaapa prathi  bodhayo,

Anwethi vyatharichyetha,

That jnanam  brahma   thath param.

If we   study  sleep   as well waking state,

We will say  same feeling is there in both states,

And this  feeling is different   from them,

And is a witness and that is divine  Brahmam.

8.Yadethath  vismrutham pumso,

Madh bhavam   bhinna mathmana,

Thatha   samsara yethasya,

Dehasya deho  mruthyor  mruthi.

When  thinking that  he is different

And  forgetting the  unity  of soul  with me,.

Then he feels   that the soul ,

Has  birth as well  as death.

9.Labdveha maanusheem  yoneem,

Jnana vijnana  sambhavaam,

Aathmaanam  yo  na budhyathe ,

Na kwachith samamaapnuyaath.

In spite of getting   the human birth,

Which  can get him wisdom   as well as,

Spiritual experience , he does not get peace,

As long as  he understands the   soul.

10,Smruthwehaayaam  pari klesam,

Thatha   phala   viparyaam,

Abhayam chaapyaneehaayaam,

Sankalpaadh  virameth   kavi.

Seeing the problems of domestic acts,

, the negative results from such actions,

And the protection if we  are able to go away from them,

A wise human being gets away from all imaginations.

11.Sukhaaya  dukha  mokshaaya,

Kurvaathe   dampathi  kriyaa,

Thatho  anivruthira praapthi,

Dukhasya   cha  Sukhasya   cha.

For getting pleasure  and getting rid of Sorrow  ,

The  wedded couple   do very many acts,

But they never   get freedom from,

Sorrow or get  pleasure   at any time.

12.Evam viparyayam budhvaa,

Nrunaam  vijnaabhimaaninaam,

Athmanascha gathim sookshmaam,

Sthana thraysa vilakshnaam.

13.Dyushta sruthaabhir maathraabhir,

Nirmuktha sena thejasaa,

Jnna vijnana santhushto,

Madh bhaktha purusho  bhaveth.

Seeing the negative results occurring,

To the people   who consider themselves as wise,

And understanding   the perfect nature of soul,

Which is   different   from the three   statesof human beings

Getting detached    from all  experiences,

Getting  satisfied by proving those truths,

Human being should practice great devotion to me.

14,Yethaavaneva manujair,

Yoga naipuna  budhibhi,

Swartha sarvaathmanaa jneyo,

Yath  paramathmaika   darasanam

Thus  by these  the human beings,

Get  knowledge  of expertise  in Yogas,

Should   clearly  understand that ,

Their soul and  God are one.

 15.Thwamethath sradhayaa Rajan,

Apramatho vacho mama,

Jnana vijnana  sampanno,

Dharayannasu   sidhyasi

Oh king , if you  understand ,

My words to you clearly,

You would become wise,

And  knowledgeable soon.  

(later  king chithrakethu went to Kailasa and saw lord Shiva keeping Goddess  Parvathy on his lap and hugging her.King Chithra kethu told lord Shiva that  it was not civilized behavior,Parvathi cursed the king to become as Asura called  Vruthra)