Lord Vishnu
anugraha and Prithu sthuthi
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(Prathu was a great king
, from whom earth got the name as Prithwi..Prathu was
trying to complete one
hundred aswamedha yagas,The jealous Indra invaded
his Yaga SalaThe emperor Prathu
won over Indra and unable to bear his
mischief, he readied an arrow on his
bow, but the priests adviced him that as
one who conducts Yajna, he cannot
kill anything except the horse and
assured him that using manthras , they
will drag indra there and make him fall
in the yaga fire.,Lord Brahma came and requested Prathu to stop with 99 yajnas so that he would not have a claim to become Indra.He agreed.Lord Vishnu
agreed and blessed him and requested him to ask for a
boon.Prathu prays the lord and says to him , that he does not need any boon.)
Harir Uvacha:-
1.yeshathe akaaraa sheeth bhangam,
Haya medha
sathasya ha,
Kshaamaapayatha AAthmaanam,
Amushya kshanthu
marhasi
Lord Vishnu said:-
After
disturbing the conduct,
Oh the hundredth
aswa medha yaga of yours,
Indra is asking
you to pardon him,
Do please pardon him.
2,Sudheeya
saadhavo loke,
Nara deva
narothama,
Naabhi druhyanthi bhoothebhyo,
Yarhi
naathmaa kalevaram.
Oh King good
people with good conduct,
Would not trouble
any one,
Because they
know that ,
Their soul is not
the body,
3.Purushaa yadhi muhyanthi,
Thwa drusaa deva
maayayaa,
Srama eva param
jaatho,
Dheerghayaa
Vrudha sevayaa
If great people
like yourself,
Become deceived by God’s illusion,
Doing service to
people ,
For a very long time
would be waste.
4.Atha kaaya mimam
Vidhwaan,
Avidhyaa kama
karmabhi,
AArabdha ithi
naivasmin ,
Prathi budho anushajjathe.
The wise who know that
this body is a result of
The act as a result of passion
Originating from Ignorance,
Would get disinterested in ignorance.
5.Asamsaktha
sareerasmin,
Amunolpadhithe
gruhe,
Apathye
dravine vaapi,
\Ka kuryanmathaasm budha.
He who does not
have attachment to the body,
Would not
have any attachment to,
Home ,
progeny and wealth,
Which were produced
by that body.
6,Yeka Shudha swayam jyothi,
Nirgunosou
gunaasrayaa,
SArvago anavrutha
saakshi,
Niraathmaa aathma atthmanaa paraa.
Soul is extremely
pure , self lustrous,
Without any properties, not dependent on any properties,
It is spread everywhere
and witness of everything,
And which
does not depend on anything.
7.Ya yevam
santhamaathmaanam,
AAthmastham
vedha purusha,
Naajyathe
prakruthisthopi,
Thadh gunai sa
mayi sthitha,
This person who
knows the soul,
Which is in the body ,though he lives inside the body,
Would not be attached
to things around him,
Because his interest is
firmly in me who is divine God.
8. Ya swa dharmena maam nithyam,
Niraasee
sradhayaanvitha,
Bhajathe
sanakaisthasya,
Mano rajan
presidathi,
He who worships using his
Dharma,
With interest, without any attachment,
Gets eventually a
pure mind,
And also
understands me.
9.Parithyaktha
guna samyag-
Darasano
visadaasaya,
Saanthim may samavasthaanaam,
Brahma
kaivalyamasnuthe.
He who has
attained the purity of mind,
Avoids meaningless things and gets,
Spiritual knowledge and gets permanent peace,
And this called
state of divine detachment.
10.Udhaaseena mivaadhyaksham,
Dravya jnana
kriyaathmaanam,
Koodasthamimaathmaanam,
Yo vedamaapnothi shobhanam.
Becoming
without any emotrions,
With the witness of body, mind and organs,
Without joining them, if one knows the soul,
Reaches the
great state of eternal welfare.
11.Bhinnasya
lingasya guna pravaaho,
Dravya kriyaa karaka chethanaathmana,
DRushtaasu
sampathsu vipathsu surayo,
Na vikriyanthe mayi
badha sourudhaa.
Different from
your sex , is the flow of conduct,
Understanding that
micro body is the ,
Wealth , mind , body and reflection of soul,
If one loves
me dearly , he actswithout any
selfishness.
12.Sama samanothama , madhyamaadhama,
Sukhe na dukhe cha jithendryaasaya,
Mayopa klipthaakhila loka samyutho,
Vidaththswa veerakhila loka rakshanam.
So valorous one , win over mind and senses,
Observe equality
to the best ,middle and the
worst,
And have equal vision
of all sorrow, and with army,
Given by me look
after your country well,
13.SReya
prajapalanameva raajnyo,
Yth
saamparaaye sukruthath sashtamamsam,
Harthaanyadhaa hyatha
punya prajaanaam,
Arakdshithaa kara
haaro aghamathio.
The king gets
great fame by ruling his country,
And that king will get one by sixth of punya of his citizens,
But if he does
not look after them properly,
He will not have any punya and accumulate only sins.
14.Evam dwijaagryanu mathanu vrutha,
Dharma pradhaano anyathamo avithaasyaa
Hruswena kaalena gruho payaathaan,
Drushtaasi
sidhaan anuraktha lokaa.
Please rule the
country with out any expectations,
According to the
principles enunciated by sages,
You would become
dear to all your citizens,
And soon Sanaka sages will visit you and live in the palace.
15.Varam chamathkanchana maanavendraa,
Vrushneeshva thay aham
guna sheela yanthritha,
Naaham Makhairvai
sulpa sthabhopi,
Yogena vaa
yath sama chitha varthi.
OH king you can
receive me boons that you want,
For your good
character and behavior has attracted me very much,
It is difficult for any one to attain me by doing rituals
and penance,
But if you have
control of mind and treat all equally, I will live with you
(Skandam 4
chapter 20-slokas 2-16)
Prathu prays to
Lord Hari
1.Varaan
vibho thwadh varadeswaraath
budha,
Kadham vruneethe
guna vikriyaathmanam,
Ye naarakaanam api santhi dehinaam,
Thaaneesa kaivalya pathe vrune na cha.
Oh lord of boons ,
wise people do not expect ,
Any boons from you, as they are always blessed by you.
You who grants salvation is available even to people in hell,
And I would never
ever ask any boons from you.
2.Na kaamaye naadha thadapyamkwachith,
Na yathra yushmath charanaambujaasava,
Mathamaa anthar
hrudayanmukhaachytho,
Vidathsa karnayutha mesha may vara.
Oh Lord , I do not
desire anything from you,
Except I should
be able to serve your feet,
Please grant me
ten thousand years so that,
I can hear the necatar flow of your stories from great devotees.
3,Sa uthama sloka mahan mukhachyutho,
Bhavath paadambhoja sudhaa kanaanila,
Smruthim punar vismya thathwar aathmaanam,
Kuyoginaam no
vitharathyalam varai.
Oh great God Achyutha , if the air that has taken,
At least a drop of the
nectar of your greatness,
Which comes out of
great devotees falls,
On great yogis, they
would get divine knowledge,
And so all I want
is to hear about your greatness
4.Yasa sravam susrava aarya sangame,
Yadruchaye chopasyanothi, they sakruth,
Kadham
gunajno virame vinaa pasyam,
Sreeryath
pravavre guna sangrahechayaa.
Oh great God,, those
who can understand your great
qualities,
If they happen accidentally to come across great people,
And are able to hear
your great story, they will never be satisfied,
If hone gets
satisfied he is like animal., did
not Lakshmi choose you because of that?
5.Adhaa bhaje thaa
akhila purushothamam,
Gunaalayam
padhma kareva laalasaa,
Apyya vayoreka pathisbrutho kalir,
Nasyaath kruth thathwa charanai kathaanayo?
And So I will also
serve you like goddess Lakshmi,
With great
interest and let there not be
quarrel,
Between us who
are both have surrendered to your feet,
And who are both
interested in serving only
you?
6,Jaga jananyaam
jagadheesa vaisasam,
Syaa deva yath karmanina sameehitham,
Karoshi phathga
pyooru dhina vathsala,
Swa eva dhishnye
abhirathasya kim thayaa
Because both of us
are interested in your service only,
Without doubt Goddess
would develop enmity towards me,
But you consider the very ordinary service of devotee as valuable,
And what special interest do you, who is drowned in your
own joy have on the Goddess?
7.Bhajanthyadhsa thwaamatha yeva saadhavo,
Vryudhas thamaaya
guna vibramodhayam,
Bhavath padhaanusmaranaadhyathe sathaam,
Nimitha manyath bhagawan
na vidhmahe .
Those great people in
whom desire coming out of illusion,
Has been
completely removed . pray only you,
And we believe thinking of your feet or service,
To you is the only
meaningful thing in our life.
8,Manye giram they jagathaam vimohineem,
Varam vruneshwethi
bajantha maatha yath,
Vachaa thu thanthyaa yadhi they janosithaa,
Kadham puna karma karothi mohitha.
You only
requested me to ask a boon from
you,
Only to test
whether attachment is still there in me?
For it is due to
words of yours from Sastras,
That people are
doing again and again activies.
9.Thwath maayaa
yaadhaa jana eesa khanditho,
Yadhanyaa dhasaastha rithathmano budha,
Yadhaa charedh
bala hitham pithaa swayam,
Thadhaa thwamevaarhasi
na sameehithyam.
Oh God , this
entire world is pervaded by your
illusion,
Because of it people
do not bother about you and desire other things,
I request you
kindly move with us ,
Very much
like how a father would behave
with his children.
10.Ithyadhi raajena nutha sa viswa druk,
Thamaaha rajan
mayi bhakthirasthu they,
Dhishtodrusi dheermayi
they kruthaa yayaa,
Maayaam madheeyaam tharathi sma dusthyajaam.
When the God who
ses everywhere her this prayer of king,
He said, “Oh king
let devotion to me develop
in you,
I consider it great that you had this intelligence coupled with wisdom,
And because of that, you were able to cross, illusion which is difficult to win.
11.Thathwam kuru
mayaa aadhishtam,
Apramatha prajaapathe,
Madhaa desa karo loka,
Sarvathraapnothi
shobhanam.
As per my direction,
Do act without committing mistakes,
Because
those obey my orders,
Would get good in
all directions. (bhagawatham Skandam 4
chapter 20, slokas 23-33)
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