Monday, June 17, 2019

Forty four Stotra Rathnas(Prayer gems) from Maha Bhagawatha Purana in English with translation


Forty four  Stotra Rathnas(Prayer gems)   from Maha  Bhagawatha  Purana  in English  with translation

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander



The  Maha Bhagawatha  purana  consists of twelve books (skandhas) totalling 332 chapters (adhyayas) and  has 18,000.It was composed  By Veda Vyasa  who taught  to his sage Shuka.  The text as we know is the one   taught by sage  Shuka   to king Parakshith.  The story  in brief  is

Aadhou devaki devi garbha jananam, Gopi gruhe palanam,
Mayaa poothana jeevithaa apaharanam, govardhanodharanam,
Kamsa chedana, kouravadi hananam, kunthi sutha palanam,
Ethad bhagawatham purana kaditham sri Krishna leelamrutham

Born to queen Devaki,
Brought up by Gopis,
Took out the life of Ogress Poothana,
Lifted the Govardhana mountain,
Beheaded his uncle Kamsa,
Helped in killing the Kouravas,
And looked after the children of Kunthi.
This is in short the ancient story of Bhagawatha,
Which describes the nectar like play of Lord Krishna


Unlike  Valmiki Ramayana  which has  only three  prayers   , the bhagawatha purana  has  very large  number  of lengthy prayers.I got a book in Malayalam translating 32 stotras n of this great book(Bhagawatha  stotra  kruthikal published by Sri Rama Krishna Mutt  , Trichur was presented to me by Smt.Gita Kalyan)  ,Most of them had not been translated by me .I translated   all of them   as well as   eight   other stotras   from the great book  and am presenting   the translations  of 40   stotras  from Bhagawatha .This is a great treasure. If possible   do read all of them.
May I start   with a prayer   to  the book Bhagawatham in Sanskrit   as well as Hindi  

1.Vandhe Bhagawatham(Sanskrit)

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander

(This can be  heard in
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qub5d8RVpkQ  )

1.Veda kalpatharu suphalam , Veda Vyasa krutham,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

The wish giving tree  of Vedas which was  composed by Veda Vyasa,
I salute you , I salute you.

2.Sri Shuka keera mukha Achyutha Krishna mahitham,
Dwadasa divya skandham, Jnana virathi sahitham,
Pranamami thwam Pramami

The esteemed book on Achyutha Krishna  from the mouth of Shukha the parrot,
Which has twelve  divine chapters along with wisdom and detachment,
I salute you, I salute you.

3,Brahma sarga manvanthara kapilathika jushtam,
Druva prahladhaka  charithram bhavukatha  pushtam,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

It deals with  Brahma’s creation, the rule of Manus  and also about Kapila,
Along with  auspicious  stories of Druva and  Prahalada
I salute you, I salute you.

4.Parama Bhagawatha su yaso gajapathi  Sowbhaghyam,
Sindhu madana bali dhanam, vilasitha vairaghyam ,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

It deals  with the The luck of the very famous Lord of elephants who is  greatly learned,
The great sacrifice  of churning of the ocean with the shining detachment,
I salute you , I salute you.

5.Visada Bhagwat avathaaram Rama Gunaaramam,
Punya sloka sukeerthyaa pooritha jana kaamam,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

It is a detailed account of incarnation of Rama with all good qualities,
Sung in auspicious poetic stanzas  which fulfill the desire of people,
I salute you, I salute you.

6.Krishna Kadamrutha sindhum, Vangmaya roopa harim,
Sraya Hari leela lalitham Bhava nidhi dhivya tharim,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

It is the sea of nectar of the stories of Krishna, The word picture  of Lord Hari,
The  story of  the playful sports of Lord Hari, the  treasure like divine boat to cross the Karmic sea,
I salute you , I salute you.

7.Sravanaadhyasya Parikshith golokam Yatha,
Giridhara Hrudayam BHagwan paavaya  karunatha,
Pranamami thwam Pranamami

Hearing which king Parikshith went to the Land of Vishnu(Golokam)
And  by which , the God who lifted the ,mountain cleanses  our heart by his mercy,
I salute you,  I salute you.

Bhagwat bhagwan ki hai arti,
(The  worship of  the god of Bhagwatha)

Translated   by
P.R.Ramachander

     (Bhagwat(a), literally    the story of God  is essentially   the story of Lord Vishnu .After  writing the 18 Puranas , Veda Vyasa was   not satisfied   and the God asked  him this great book, which is  the pinnacle of  all his work.Here is a small but soulful   song of worship of   the God of the Bhagwatha  in Hindi  used to worship  that  great book and the  God  of  that great book.)

Bhagwat bhagwan ki hai arti, -This is the worship of the   god of  Bhagwatha
Papiyon ko paap se hai tarti. –Which  helps    sinners  cross   the sins
Ye amar granth ye mukti panth, -This immortal book  is the  road to salvation
Sanmarg dikhane wala-The  one   that points  out the  good path
Bigdi ko bannae wala-The one which reconstructs  the one who is broken down
Yah Sukha karni-This   leads  to happiness
Yeh Dukh harni-This   destroys sorrow
Jagmangal ki hai Aarti-this worship is  for  the auspiciousness  of the world
Paapiyoon ko Paap se hai tarti.-And helps sinners  to cross  over sins.

Stotras  and translations


41.Kurma stotra  of Bhagawatha   https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2010/06/kurma-stotram.html 
  42.Vamana stotra  https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2009/07/vamana-stotram.htm43.l
Maha sudarshana stotra  https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2020/10/maha-sudarshana-stotrambhagawatha-9th.html 
S44.Surya stotra https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2020/10/surya-stotram-of-saint-yajnavalkya.html


 



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