Daksha sthuthi

Daksha sthuthi

By

Daksha (  From Bhagawatham)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Daksha was the  son of Prechethas and he tried to fill all the   thre worlds  with people.He created devas , Rakshasas and men   and for further creation, he   prayed  Lord Hari using    this prayer,This prayer is called Hamsa guhyam. At the end Lord Vishnu  appeared before him.He asked him to m arry Asikni the daughter of  Prajapathi calledPancha janan. This prayer occurs in Skandam 6, chapter5 , slokas 23-34.)

1.Nama parayaa vitha dhanu  bhoothaye

Guna thrayaa bhasa   nimitha  bhandhave ,

Adhyashta dhamne guna thathwa  budhibhir-,

Nivruthamaanaaya dadhe swayambhuve.

Salutation to the  divine   god , who has dignity of truth,

Who is the   basis of nature, who cannot be  seen ,

By those  who are  drowned in the  physical life,

Who is beyond ordinary rules and  who has lustrous form.

2,Na yasya  sakhyam  purusho  avaithi  sakhyaa,

Sakhaa  vasan savasatha pure asmin,

Guno yadhaa gunino   vyaktha    drushte,

Thasmai   mahesaaya   namaskaromi.

Like   the sense organs   not knowing  what ,

Acts to do  in spite  of , they themselves are going to do it,

Though Soul is in the body  where God also is,

It  does not realize God’s love, my salutations  to God.

3.Deho asavo akshaa  manavo   bhootha  maathraa,

Naa athmaanamanyam  cha vidhyu param yath,

Sarvam  pumaan  vedha   gunaamscha  thajgno,

Na  Vedha   sarvajna manatha  meede.

Because  body  and  mind  are impermanent things,

They do not know themselves are those  greater  than themselves,

Though  soul knows them and  their place  of origin,

It does not God on whom it depends and I think  of that endless god.

4.Yadhoparaamo  manaso  naama  roopa-

Roopasya  drushta smruthi sampramoshaath,

Ya  eeyathe kevalayaa swasamsthayaa,

Hamsaaya   thasmai   suchi sadhmane  nama.

When mind leaving  what it sees and remembers,

And divorcing itself  from forms having names,

And rests, the  god with his divine   truth clearly shines,

Inside him and I salute that God who lives in that pure mind.

5.Maneeshino anthar  hrudhi sannivesitham,

Swa sakthibhir navabhischa trivyadhbhi,

Vahnim  yadhaa  dharunee paancha dasyaam,

Maneeshayaa nishkarshanthi   goodam.

You who is hidden by our power of natural habits,

Is found out   by  wise  people using pure thought,

Similar  to the fire   inside   the   dry wood ,

Being brought out by  Veda  manthras by Pundits.

6.Sa vai mamaa sesha  visesha  maayaa,

Nishedha  nirvana sukhanubhuthi,

Sa sarva naamaa sa cha  viwaroopaa,

Praseedathaam aniruktha  aatma  sakthi.

Let that God  who always enjoys  the pleasure,

Of nothingness due to the negative  aspect of illusion,

Get pleased  with me and that  God who cannot  be

Defined at all shows  himself  in forms with names in all things.

7.Yadhyan niruktham  vachasaa  nirupitham,

Dhiyaakshabhirvaa manasaa votha  yasya,

Maa bhooth swaroopam guna roopam  hi thaththath,

Savai  gunaapaaya visarga  lakshanaa.

Your form is not that is told by words, thought by the  brain,

Or understood  by sense  organs or imagined  by the mind,

They all are the forms of illusion  with its own properties,

God is the one who can be understood  by birth  and death of properties.

8. Yasmin  yatho yena cha yasya yasmai,

Yadh   yo  yadhaa  kuruthe kaaryathe  cha,

PAraavareshaam  paramam   praakprasidham,

Thadh brahma thadh hethurananydekam.

Before all that  is outstanding  and

All that  Is   absolutely useless..

There is a thing  which  is  their,

Divine cause   and that  is you.

9.Yachakthayo  vadathaam  vaadhinaam  vai,

Vivaadha  samvaadha  broovo bhavanthi,

Kurvanthi   chaishaam  muhuraathma moham,

Thasmai   namo   anatha gunaayaa bhoomne.

My salutations to you  who has unending,

Qualities, the power  of your Mayaa,

Creates passion and in ability to recognize ,

Among those   who  enagage themselves in debates about you.

10.Astheethi  naastheethi  cha vasthu nishtayo,

Yekasdhayor bhinna   virudha  dharmayo,

Avekshitham   kinchana yoga sankhyayo,

Samam param hyanukoolam  bruhath thath.

People   using different  approaches   of Same dharma,

Called the  yoga method  and Saankhya  method ,

Describe   as one with form as   well as one without form,

And you who are  the endless  truth , Is Brahmam  told by both.

11, Yo anugrahaarrtham  bhajathaam  paadha moolam,

Anama roopo, bhagavan anatha,

Naamani roopaani cha janma karmaabhir,

Bheje sa mahyam  parama  praseedathu.

Though you  are formless  as well as endless,

For blessing those    who pray    to you,

You assume name , do actions as well birth and Karma,

And I   salute  and pray that God and request him to bless me.

12.Ya praakruthair jnana  padhair  janaanaam,

Yadhaasayam deha gatho  vibhathi,

Yadhanila parthivamaasritho gunam,.

Sa easwaro may kuruthan manoradham.

Just like the wind takes   the perfume of,

All that  it touches, you assume  different,

Forms as per the nature  of people who  are your devotees,

And let that   God   fulfill  all my desires.