Vatha Pura Nadhashtakam
(The Octet on Lord of Guruvayur)
By
Ganapathi Sastrigal
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(This extremely
musical sounding prayer was composed by
Sri Ganapathi Sastrigal who was a disciple of Mannargudi Raja Sastrigal
when he was at Guruvayur. Though I
wanted to translate it long back, I did not attempt it as it was difficult to understand.Fortunately I could find a brief
translation in http://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/snsastri/vatapuranatha.pdf.
I coompletly depended on that for arriving at a translation my own. No author
has been mentioned in that web site. My deep sense of gratitude to whoever did it.)
1.KUndha sama
vrunda sama manda hasi thasyam,
Nandakula a nanda
bara thundulana kandham,
Pootha nija
geetha lava dhootha
duritham tham,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Who has a slow pretty smile resembling bunch of
jasmine flowers,
Who as a little baby filled up the home of Nanda Gopa with joy,
And who removes
the sufferings of his devotees
who sing a little about his life.
2.Neela Thara ,
jala dhara bhala hari ramyam,
Lola thara sheela
yutha bala jana leelam,
Jaalanathi
sheelamaopi palayithu kamam,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Whose divine
splendour is like the blue water rich clouds
Who loves the ever
changing pranks of the children,
Who likes to even protect those who bow
with evil conduct before him.
3.Kamsa rana himsamiha
samsa rana iatha,
Klanthi bhara, Shanthi kara Kanthi jjahara veetham,
Vatha mukha dathu
ja nipatha bhaya datham,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Who killed
Kamsa who troubled him, in a fight,
Who fills with peace the
world filled by fatigue and
sprinkles light there,
And who eradicates
fear of onset of arthritis
occurring due to imbalances.
4.Jathu duri pathu
kamiha athura janam drak,
Soka bhara mookamapi
thoka mive pantham,
Brunga ruchi
sangaraakrutha anga lathikam tham,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of Guruvayur,
Who hastens up to
protect the suffering people who makes offering to him,
Who protects those
who are dumb with sorrow as one protects his child,
And the splendour of whose body defeats the
group of black bees.
5.Papa bhava thapa
bhara kopa samanartham,
AAswasakara
bhasa mrudu hasa ruchi rasyam,
Roga chaya bhoga
bhaya vega haram yekam,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Who with a
shining soft smile cheers up the decvotee,
By removing the
suffering and anger caused past sins,
And quickly
removes the fear in their
minds that they may suffer from diseases.
6. Ghosha kula dosha hara vesham upaayantham,
Poosha satha bhoosha kavi bhooshana ganadyam,
Bhukthim api
mukthi mathi bhakthishu dadanam,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Who took the form of a cowherd for removing all evils,
Who wears
ornaments which shines more than hundred suns,
And who confers salvation and enjoyment to those who show
devotion.
7.Papaka durapam
athi thapa hara shobha,
SWapa Ghana mapathad umapathi sametham,
Dhoona thara dheena sukha dhana krutha deeksham,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your lotus
like heart , the Lord of Guruvayur,
Who keeps away from sinners and
removes great pain and sorrow,
Like a heavy rain bearing cloud , Who is with the consort
of Uma,
Who has taken a resolve to grant pleasures to those greatly distressed.
8.Pada pathada dharana
modha paripoornam,
Jeeva mukha deva jana sevana phalangrim,
Rooksha bhava , moksha krutha deeksha naja veeksham,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Whose happiness become completely full when he sees that
his foot is worn,
Who rains his grace on all those who are devoted to him including devas,
And who is
determined to give salvation to those having terrible past Karmas.
9.Bruthya ganapath
yudi thanuthya uchitha modham,
Spashta midham ashtaka madushta karanaarham,
AAdha datha
madhara dhamadilya soonyam,
Vatha pura Nadha mima mathanu Hrudabje.
Place in your
lotus like heart , the Lord of
Guruvayur,
Who hearing this octet composed by his servant,
Ganapathi which confers
joy on people,
Would shower his grace
all without exception.
2 comments:
Super sir. Highly commendable. Apart from Narayaneeyam and Guruvaathapureesha Pancharathnam, there are very few shlokams on Lord Guruvayoorappan. This musical shloka feels complete with the perfect meanings rendered by you sir. Once again it is a feast for the soul.
OmNamoNarayanaya!!!
Salutations to this musical sloka on LORD SRI GURUVAYOORAPPAN. Wish to get a audio of this great sloka by Devotees. Regards
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