Agasthya Sthuthi in Adhyathma Ramayanam (Malayalam)

3.7  Agasthya  Sthuthi  in Adhyathma Ramayanam  (Malayalam)

The prayer  of Agasthya from Aranya Kandam

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Nee varunnathum parthu jnan irunnithu  noonam,

DEvakalodum  kamalasananodum bhavan ,

Ksheera varidhi theerathingal  ninnarul cheythu,

“Ghora Ravanan thanne konnu  jnan Bhoomandala,

Bharapaharanam  cheytheeduven,”  yennu, thanne,

Sarasasana , Sakaleswara , Dhayanidhe ,

Jnan annu  thudangi  vannivide vanedinen,

Ananda swaroopanaam  ninnudal kandu kolvaan,

Thapasa  janathodum  Sishya sangathathodum,

Sri Padambujam nithyam dhyanichu vasichu jnan.

 

I have  been waiting  here  to see  you for a long time,

You addressing the   Devas   and  Lord Brahma ,

In the banks of the ocean of milk told,

“I would reduce the   burden of   the earth,

By killing    the horrible  Ravana,” and,

Oh Lord who sits on lotus , god of all , treasure of mercy,

On that  same day itself   I came and started living here,

For seeing the  body of  joy personified,

Along with sages   as well  as a hoard of my disciples ,

And daily  I will meditate on your lotus feet  and stay here.

 

Loka srushtikku munnam  yekanai  anandanai,

Loka karanan vikalpopadi virahithan,

THannude maya thanikku  asraya bhoothyai,

Thannude  shakthiyennum  prakruthi maha  maya,

Nirgunanaya  ninne yavaranam cheythittu,

Thal gunangale  anusaripicheedunnathum,

Nirvyajam  vedanthikal  chollunnu ninne munnam,

Divyamam avyakyathamennu upanishadvasaal.

 

Before  the creation of the world , you were alone and joyful,

You are the cause of the world  and free  from choices ,

And because your illusion was   serving you,

 You made her   your strength called  the great illusion of nature ,

And she  covered you , who had no characteristics,

And  makes  you appear  with different characteristics,

And without hesitation the philosophers   tell about you,

That you are  the divine entity that cannot be explained  by Upanishads.

 

Maya deviye moola prakruthiyennum  chollum,

Mayatheethanmarellam  samsmruthiyennum chollum,

Vidwanmaar  avidhyayennum  parayunnuvallo,

SAkthiye pala namam chollunnu  palatharam,

Ninnal samkshobhamanakiya maya thannil,

Ninnu undai vannu maha  thathwam  yennallo  cholvu.

 

That Goddess  of illusion  is called the root of nature ,

And those above illusion call her  “domestic life”,

Amd learned people call her  non- knowledge ,

And thus the goddess  is called by several names,

And that   from the  illusion which has been churned  by you,

It is told was born   the great  philosophy.

 

Ninnude niyogathal maha thathwathingale,

Ninnu undai vannu  punar ahankaravum  puraa,

Maha thathawvum ahankaramum  samsaravum,

Mahadvedhikal yevam moonai cholleedunnu,

Sathvikam   rajasavum  thamasam mennee vannam,

Vedhyamai chamanjithu moonum mennarinjalum.

 

 Due to your saying  , from the  great philosophy,

 Arose again   what is called   egoism,

And this great philosophy, egoism  and domestic world,

Are  described   by those   who know Vedas  well as three ,

Viz pious  , regal   and  base, characters

And understand that these three things , have become subject to a  study.

 

Thamasthingal ninnu  sookshma  than mathrakalum,

Bhomi poorvaka  sthoola  Pancha bhoothavum pinne ,

Rajasathingal   ninnundatyathu indriyangalum,

 Thejo  roopangalaaya daivathangalum pinne,

Sathvikathingal  niiny=u manassum undai vannu,

Suthra roopakam lingam ivathil ninnundai,

Sarvathra  vyaptha  sthoola  sanchayathingal ninnu ,

Divyanaam  viral pooman undayithennu kelppu.

 

From the base  quality came sound , touch , form , taste  and smell,

And from them  the five boothas ether , wind , fire, water and earth  came,

From the regal quality  were born the  sense organs,

And from the pious quality  came  the mind  and  the gods  which were  shining,

And from all these came   the body which is the connecting link,

And  from that   collection of forms  which are  spread everywhere ,

Came out   the   Godly form(virat Purusha), this is what I hear.

 

Anganeyulla  Viral purushan   thanneyallo,

THingidum   chara chara lokangal    aakunnathum,

Deva manisha  thiryogyoni jathikal   bahu,

Sthavara  jangamougha  poornamundai vannu ,

Thwan maya gunangale  munnam asarayichallo,

Brahmavum Vishnu thanum   Rudranum undai  vannu,

Loka srushtikku   rajo gunam asrayichallo,

Lokesanaya  dathaanabhiyil ninnu undai,

Sathwamaam  gunathingal ninnu  rakshippan Vishnu ,

Rudranum  , thamo gunam kondu samharippanum.

 

It is that  Virat Purusha  who became ,

The crowded  moving and not moving worlds,

And  devas, men and asuras and  very many,

Immobile   beings came  fully from them,

It is depending on your illusory nature  ,

That Brahma, Vishnu   and Shiva came,

And   for creation  Brahma  born out of the belly,

Depended  fully on the   regal qualities,

And Lord Vishnu  did the job of upkeep using pious qualities,

And Lord   Shiva   using  the base qualities  destroyed.

 

Budhi jathakalaya vruthigal guna thrayam,

Nithyamamsichu  jagral swapnavum   sushpthiyum,

Ivathinellam   sakshiyaya  chinmayan BHavan,

Nivruthan   nithyan aneka vyan allo Nadha,

Yathoru kalam  srushti cheyvaan ichichu  bhavan,

Modamodu appol angeekarichu  maya thanne,

Thanmoolam  gunavane  pole yatathu bhavan,

Thwan maha maya  randu vidhamai  vannalallo,

 

The three  division of activities  came from the brain,

And daily they were  divided as wakefulness, dream  and sleep,

And you the divine spirit was  the witness  to these all,

And are you not  Oh lord enclosed in yourself , one  who is forever ,

And one   who takes   various forms,

When you  decided  to undertake creation,

Then with joy you accepted the services of illusion,

And due to that   you appeared  as if you had several characters ,

And your great  illusion    did come  in two different forms.

 

Vidhyayum avidhyayum  yennulla bedakhyaya,

Vidhyayennallo cholvu  nivruthi nirathanmaar,

Avidhya vasanmaarai  varthicheedunna janam,

Pravruthi  nirathanmar yennathre  bedhamullu,

Vedantha vakhyartha vedhikalai  samanmaarai ,

Pada bhakthanmarayullavar  vidhyathmakanmaar ,

Avidhya vasaganmaar  nithya samsarikal  yennu,

Avasyam  thathwajnammar chollunnu nirantharam.

 

Due to  the   difference between knowledge  and illusion,

The knowledge  came , say those  who are  not attached ,

And  the only difference  is that those people  who live as  the slaves of illusion,

Are  termed as those who are  busy with acts  for an aim,

And those  who  understand the  words of philosophy,

And have   devotion to your feet are termed as knowledgeable ,

And those   under   the control of illusion continue as perennial family men,

And this  is being permanently told by philosophers.

 

Vidhyabhyasaika rathanmaaraya janangale,

Nithyamukthanmar yennu chollunu thathwajanmar,

Thwan manthropasakanmarayulla bhakthanmarkku,

Nirmalamaya   vidhya thane sambhavichidum,

Mathulla  moodanmaarkku  vidhyayundakennathum,

Chethilla  noorayiram janmangal kazhinjalum,

Aakayaal thwal bhakthi  sampannanmarayullavar ,

Yekantha mukthanmaar illethum   samsayamorthaal,

Thwad bhakthi sudhaheenanmarayullavarkkellam,

SWapnathil polum  moksham  sambhavikkayilla.

 

Those people  who   are  interested only  in gaining knowledge ,

Are  termed   as those  who  are  free forever,  say the  philosophers,

And   to those devotees  who are practicing meditation of your name ,

The clean  gain of knowledge   would automatically  happen,

And to other fools  the knowledge  will never  come

Even if they are  born hundred thousand times,

So those   who are blessed  with devotion to you,

Are not  those  who get salvation   alone,

And  to all those who do not have  the nectar of your devotion,

 Even in their dreams they will not get  salvation.

 

Sri Rama   , Raghupathe  , Kevala Jnana moorthe,

Sri Ramana, Athmarama , Karunyamrutha sindho ,

Yenthinu  valare  jnan ingu parayunnu,

Chinthikkil saram kinchil cholluvaan dhara  pathe ,

Sadhu sangathi thanne moksha karanamennu,

Vedanthajanmaaraya   vidhwanmaar cholleedunnu,

SAdhukkalakunnathu   samachithanmarallo,

Bodhipicheedum Athma jnanavum   BHakthanmarkkai ,

Nispruhanmaarai vigathaishananmaarai  sadaa,

Thwad bhakthanmarai  nivruthakhila kamanmaarai,

Isha anishta prapthikal randilum samanmaarai,

Nashta sanganmaaraumai   sanyastha  karmaakalai,

Thushta manasanmaarai  brhama thath paranmaarai,

Sishtacharaika parayananmaarai  nithyam,

Yogartham yama niyamadhi  sampannanmaarai,

Yekanthe   sama dhama sadana yukthanmaarai,

SAdukkal avarodu  sangathi yundakumbol,

Chethasi  bhaval kadha sravane  rathiyundaam,

Thal kadha sravanena  bhakthiyum vardhichidum,

Bhakthi  vardheecheedumbol  vijnam  undai varum,

Vijnana jnanadhikal kondu  mokshavum varum,

Vijnatham yennal  guru mukhathil ninnu ithellam,

Aakayaal  thwad bhakthiyum  ningale  prema vayppum,

Raghava  , sada bhavikkename   Dhaya nidhe.

 

Oh Rama, Oh lord  of Raghu clan , Oh lord who has only wisdom,

Oh Ramana , Oh Rama who is the soul, oh ocean of nectar  of mercy,

Why should  I  keep on  telling   like  this,

Oh king , if we think there is very little  to tell as the meaning,

The  learned people   who have  mastered  Vedas ,

Are telling that  the company of good people is the cause of salvation,

And the good people  are  those  who have a balanced mind,

And they teach the science of   soul   to the devotees,

They are  without jealousy   and desire,

They are your devotees and are  the people  who have killed all desires,

They  look at things that  they like and do not like  in the same way,

They are those who have  come out of attachments,

They are  those  who perform actions   without attachment,

They have a contended mind and would  be only interested in Brahmam,

They are the ones  who are  interested  only in good things,

And daily for doing Yoga  they practice Ahimsa and truth  and

Also practice  absolute  control  of their senses ,

They also know how to control passion and anger  and control  sense organs,

And when you get company  of good people  who are like this,

Your mind would get  interested  in hearing the  stories of God,

And by hearing stories about you , their devotion will increase,

And when their devotion increases, they will know scientific thought,

And by knowledge of scientific thought and divine  knowledge  , they will get salvation,

And all that  is to be known should be learned from a Guru,

And Oh Rama , oh treasure of mercy, because of this ,I should always have,

Great devotion  to you   as well as love towards  you.

 

Thwal pada  pankajangalilum  thwad bhakthanmaarilum ,

Yennul poovil  Bhakthi punar yeppozhum  undakanam.

Innalo saphalamai vannathu mama janmam,

Innu mal kruthangalum  vannithu saphalamai,

Innallo thapassinum   saphalyamundai vannu ,

Innallo saphalamai vannathu  man nethravum,

Sithaya  saardham hrudhi vasikka   sadaa  bhavan,

Sita Vallabha , jagan nayaka , Dasaratha.

 

My mind should  always be completely filled ,

With devotion to your lotus like feet and on your devotees,

Today  my birth has  assumed  a good meaning,

Today the fire sacrifices done by me  assumed a good meaning,

Today all the penance  that I did assumed good meaning,

Today my eyes    have assumed   a good meaning,

Along with Sita , please always live in my mind,

Oh consort of Sita , Oh lord  of universe, Oh son of Dasaratha.

 

Nadakkumbozhum , irikkumbozhum  moredathu,

Kidakkumbozhum , bhujikkumbozhum  yennu venda,

Nana karmangal anushtikkumbol  sada kalam,

Manase  bhavadroopam thonnenam , dhayambudhe,

Kumbha sambhavan   ithi sthuthichu bhakthiyode,

Jambari thannal  munnam nikshipthamaya  chapam,

Bana thoonirathodum koduthu gadgathodum,

Aananda  vivasanai  pinneyum arul cheythaan.

 

“While  I am walking,  While  I am sitting  or lying down,

In a place , while I am eating  and not only that  ,

When I am engaged  in various activities,

Your form should always come in mind , Oh ocean of mercy, “

After praying like   this with great devotion, sage  Agasthya,

Gave Rama  the bow which has  been deposited by Indra  with him,

As well as arrows   and quivers as well  as sword,

And after  drowning in joy again told.

 

“Bhoobhara  bhoothamaya  Rakshasa vamsam  ninnaal,

Bhoopathe , vinashjtamayeedenam  vaikidathe,

SAkshal  Sri Narayananaaya   nee  mayayodum,

Rakshasa vadathinai  marthyanai pirannathum,

Randu yojana vazhi  chellumbol  ivide,

Ninnundallo  punya bhoomiyaya Panchavati,

Gowthami theere  nalloru asramam   chamachathil,

Sithaya vasikkapoi seshamulloru kalam,

Thathraiva vasichu  nee deva karyangal yellam,

Sathwaram  cheyga” yennu  udan anujna nalgi  muni.

 

“Ok king without further delay   the  clan of Rakshasas ,

 Who have  become a great burden to earth ,

Should be completely   destroyed   by you,

Because you who are  the real Lord Vishnu   along with  your illusion,

Have taken birth   as  a man to  kill the Rakshasas

About   five miles from here , there is a sacred place called Panchavati,

Which is in the banks of river  Gowthami ,

You please  build   a good heritage there  ,

And live the rest of your period there  with Sita,

And living there  you have  to quickly,

Complete   all the jobs of devas’

Saying this the sage  bid farewell to Rama,

 

Sruthwaithal  stotra  sara magasthya  subashitham,

Thathwartha   samanvitham Raghavan thiruvadi,

Bana chapathikalum   thathraiva nniksepichu,

Veenudan  namaskarichu Agasthya  Padambujam,

Yaathrayum  mayapichu sumithrathmajanodum,

Preethyaa  janakiyodum  yezhunellidu neram.

 

Hearing the good  words  of Agasthya , which was,

A concise meaningful prayer , and was blessed,

 With philosophical thoughts  ,  the honourable  Rama,

Kept the   bow , arrow and quiver there ,

And saluted   the lotus like  feet  of Agasthya  ,

And he was sent  on his journey along with,

The son of Sumithra   as well as the adorable  Sita.