Raja Thatha's stotra translations: 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

1. Kunthi sthuthi http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2010/11/kunthi-sthuthi.html

2. Bheeshma Sthuthi http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2009/07/bheeshma-sthuthi.html

3. Chathu Sloki Bhagawatham http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2017/06/chathu-sloki-bhagawatham.html

4. Yajna Varaha Sthuthi http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2011/02/yagna-varaha-murthi-sthuthi.html

5. Shukra Sthuthi https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/06/shukra-sthuthi-to-god-as-divine-truth.html

6. Deva Sthuthi I https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/04/deva-sthuthi-from-bhagavatha.html

7. Brahma Sthuthi before creation https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/06/prayer-of-lord-brahma-addressed-to-lord.html

8. Hari Sthuthi during Daksha yaga https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/06/hari-sthuthi-during-daksha-yaga.html

9. Dhruva Sthuthi http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2011/02/dhruva-sthuthi.html

10. Prathu sthuthi https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/05/lord-vishnu-anugraha-and-prithu-sthuthi.html

11. Rudra Gita https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/04/rudra-gita-from-bhagavatham.html