Sri BhUmi dEvi SamEtha SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE Nama: Sri AlarmEl MangA SamEtha SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE Nama: Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNA : Today , I will cover six of the twelve MangaLa SlOkams on Sri Oppiliappan . The tradition is to have a triad of SuprabhAtham , Prapatthi and MangaLa slOkams on ArchA murthys . Both ThiruviNNagarAn of AakAsa Nagara kshEthram and Saptha Gireesan of Thiruppathi have such a complete set of slOkams . Yesterday , I covered the AakAsa Nagareesa prapatthi . In this and the next posting , I will include the two sets of MangaLa slOkams on Sri Oppiliappan and Sri Thiruppathi VenkatEsan respectively and seek their blessings to complete this kaimkaryam .The translations for Thiruppatthi SrinivAsan ManagaLa slOkams are excerpted from the official translations by the Sri VenkatEswarA temple , Pittsburgh . I thank the authorities there in advance . First slOkams :( GruhasthA status of the Lord ) *********************************************** Srimadh VyOmapureesAya BhUdEvyA gruhamEdhinE I puthra PouthrAdhi pUrNAya BrahmAdhyairasthu mangaLam II Mangalam to ThiruviNNagarAn , who practises gruhasthAsramam with BhUmi dEvi and who has the blessed progeny of BrahmA and RudrA as son , grandson from that aasramam . Sriya: kaanthAya kalyANa nidhayE nidhayEarthinAm I Sri Venkata nivAsAya SrinivAsAya mangaLam II " May Auspiciousness be to SrinivAsA , Who is the Lord of LakshmI ( who is ) an abode of auspiciousness (who is ) a treasure-trove of supplicants and (who ) dwells on the VenkatAchalA ! " SlOkams 2 ( Auspicious Eyes of the Lord ) ***************************************** MarkaNdEyArshi mAnyAya khandhithAmara sathravE I PundareekadalAkshAya MaheenAthAya mangaLam II Mangalams to the lotus-eyed Lord of BhUmi Devi , who is eulogized by Sage MarkandEYA and who is the destroyer of AsurAs . Lakshmee vibramAlOka subhrUvibraham chakshushE I chakshushE SarvalOkAnAm VenkatEsAya mangaLam II " May Auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , whose eyes , charming with beautiful eye-brows , gaze at LakshmI with flurry and who is the eye of all the Worlds." SlOkams 3 :( Salutations to the Holy Feet of the Lord ) ****************************************************** Satavairi Kalidhvamsi SarO VethALa suribhi: I nithyasthutha padhAbhjAya DharaNeesAya managaLam II ManagaLams to the Lord of BhUmi Devi , whose sacred feet are forever saluted by NammAzhwAr , Thirumangai , Poygai and pEy AzhwArs . Sri VenkatAdhri srungAgra mangaLaabharaNaangrayE I MangaLAnAm nivAsAya SrinivAsAya MangaLam II " May auspiciousness be to Sri SrinivAsA , whose feet are an auspicious ornament to the crest of VenkatAchalA and who is an abode of auspiciousness " . SlOkams 4 : VedAnthadesika mukhai: AachAryAirArchithAngrayE I AakAsanagareesAya VasudEsAya MangaLam II Mangalams to the Lord of VasudhA , whose sacred feet have been worshipped by Sri VedAntha DesikA and other AchAryAs . sarvAvaya soundharya SampadhA sarva chEthasAm I sadhA sammOhanAyAsthu VenkatEsAya mangaLam II " May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , whose wealth of bodily charm causes stupor to all living beings ". SlOkams 5 : Hema mukthA maNi vyOmapureesA mathpathisthathA I ithi PanchAvathArAya nisthulEsAya mangaLam II MangaLams to the matchless Lord , who has revealed Himself to NammAzhwAr in the five forms of Ponnappan , maNiyappan , Mutthappan , Yennappan and ThiruviNNagarappan . nithyAya niravadhyAya sathyAnandha chidhAthmanE I sarvAntharAthmanE Srimadh VenkatEsAya mangaLam II " May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , who is eternal , blemishless , of the form of Sath (Existence ) , Chidh (Consciousness) and AnandhA ( bliss) and is the inner soul of All." SlOkam 6 : ghatayithrE dhurgatAnAm samAharthrE cha sampadhAm I vinihanthrE cha vipadhAm MaheebharthrEsthu mangaLam II Mangalams to BhUminAthan , who unites the difficult-to- reconcile concepts , who blesses one with immeasurable wealth and protects us from dangers . svasthas-sarvavidhE sarvasakthayE sarva sEshiNE I sulabhAya suseelAya VenkatEsAya mangaLam II " May auspiciousness be to Sri VenkatEsA , who is self-omniscient , Omnipotent , prinicpal of all , easily attainable and of good nature(character) ." Svasthirasthu ! Sarva mangaLAni Santhu ! Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |