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)
)
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 ,
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)
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