SrI:
Dear SrI RanganAtha BhakthAs : JitantE StOtram is one of the most ancient stOtrams , whose history is lost in the tracks of time . It is said to be linked to the Khila bhAgam ( supplementary section ) of Rg Vedam. The entire text of JitantE stOtram is found in the Paancha- Raathram texts . We recite sections of Jitante stOtram at the end of Bhagavath AarAdhanam . The audios
on
the entire JitantE stOtram are at :
http://www.prapatti.com Sriman Sundar Kidambi has recited these slOkams
with his clear and delectable voice .Please
enjoy
listening to these audio files.
Organization and content of JitantE
StOtram
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There are six sections (Six JitantEs ) to the JitantE stOtram . There are a total of 128 and half slOkams housed in these six JitantEs . The first JitantE has 20 slOkams , the second has 40 , the third has 16 , the fourth has 17 , the fifth has 20 and the sixth has 15 and half slOkams . These 128 and half slOkams distill the esssence of Sri VaishNavA's approach to Sriman NarAyaNa in the most devotional bhavanA (mood) . The six sections of the Jitante stOtram have been linked by
the commentators to the Pancha Kaala PrakriyA
of ParamaikAnthis . The sixth JitantE
can be recited
at all times outside the PanchakAla dinasari
( Five assigned
time periods like Abhigamana , Ijya , UpAdhAna , SvAdhyAya and Yoga ) of SrI VaishNavAs. Swamy Desikan has summarized in ten slOkams the Pancha Kaala PrakriyAs based on the nithya grantham blessed to us by AchArya RaamAnujA : http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook36.htm Pancha kAla PrakriyAs & JitantE
StOtram
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The Commentators of the six JitantE stOtrams have suggested that the first 5 JitantEs have to be recited at each five of the Pancha kaalams: The 20 slOkams of the first Jitante for instance is to be recited at the end of the first of these 5 Kaalams(abhigamanam) ... the fifth Jitante is recommended for recitation at the Yoga Kaalam ( just before resting for the night ) , the final kaalam of the VaishNava Dinasari .The sixth JitantE once again can be recited and reflected upon at any time of the day or night . Individual slOkams from the 5 JitantEs associated with each of the Pancha Kaalams are : 1) slOkam 2.14 at the end of Abhigamanam 2) SlOkam 2.40 at the end of Ijyaa 3) SlOkam 3.16 at the end of UpAdhAna 4) SlOkams 4.15 and 4.16 at the end of SvAdhyAya 5) SlOkam 5.20 at the end of Yoga priod . JitantE SlOkam as Mahaa
Mantram
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The well known First slOkam of the First Jitante is considered as a Mahaa mantram
:
JitantE PuNDareekAksha ! namasthE ViswabhAvana ! namastEasthu HrusheekEsa Mahaa Purusha Poorvaja This slOkam ( Jitante 1.1) is seen three times more among the 128 and Half slOkams of the six JitantEs : Jitante 3.1 , 5.1 and 6.1 The first slOkam of the 2nd and the 4th JitantEs are close to the Jitante 1.1 : JitantE PuNdareekAksha PoorNa-shADguNya Vigraha ParAnandha Parabrahman nasatE ParamAthmanE -- Jitante 2.1 JitantE PuNDareekAksha namastEasthu VisvabhAvana namastE VaasuudEvAya SaanthAnandha chidhAthmanE--JitantE 4.1 The commentaries for the JitantE stOtram : ***************************************************** The most elaborate and scholarly one is by VyAkyAna Chakravarthy , Periya VaacchAn PiLLai ( b 1228 C.E) . He is considered as an avathAram of Lord KrishNa and He blessed
us with
the commentaries for the first 14 JitantE
slOkams .
It is our dhurbhAgyam that Pariya VaacchAn
PILLai
did not complete the commentaries on the rest of the 114 and half slOkams . The MaNipravALa
commentaries of PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai for
the first 14 slOkams have been
translated into English
skillfully by Dr. M.N.Ramanuja
of Bangalore
at adiyEn's request and are accessible
at:
During the last hundred years , Vaikunta Vaasis , PutthankOttakam SrinivAsAcchAr Swamy and MadhurAnthakam T.E. VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy have assembled brief commentaries on all the slOkams of JitantE stOtram . The most recent commentary of Jitante StOtram is by Srimathy Padma Sudarshan of Chennai and it has been released by the VisishtAdhvaitha PracahraNi Sabha of Chennai two years ago . It has English translation and brief notes on each of the slOkams . Dr.S.Padmanabhan of the Department of Sanskrit has added Tamil translations for each of these slOkams . The copies of this monograph can be obtained at VisishtAdhvaitha PracharaNi Sabha , 27 VenkatEsa AgrahAram , Mylapore , Chennai 600 004 . Attempts at a New
Commentary
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adiyEn seeks the anugraham of the dhivya damapthis of Srirangam residing as ArchA Moorthys at their temple in Pomona , NY to undertake the task of providing traditional commentaries on the 114 and half slOkams that have not been commented upon in detail sofar . adiyEn would attempt to bring out the central message of
JitantE StOtram
summarized by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar in one of His Mugdhaga SlOkam : avidhyAthO dEva pariBrudatayA vaa vidhithayA svabhakthEr bhUmnA vaa jagathi gathimanyAmavidhushAm gathir gamyAschAsou Haririthi jitantAhvaya manO: rahasyam vyAjahrE sa khalu BhagavAn Sounaka Muni: (Meaning): Sounaka Rishi revelaed for us the central meaning of the mantram revered as "JitantE " . He revealed that Hari is the one and only UpAyam ( means) and UpEyam (goal) for all , be they ignorant ones about the Bhagavath Vishayam or experts in Bhagavath vishayam or prominent practioners of Bhakthi yOgam .That Hari is the Gathi and Gamyam is the secret revealed by the JitantE Mantram . Lord Hari is the sole refuge for us all , when it comes to gaining freedom from the cycles of biths and deaths . He alone can bless us to reside with Him at His Supreme abode and grant us the incomparable nithya Kaimkarya SaamrAjyam at Sri Vaikuntam . AshtOtthara Satha NaamArchanai
based on JitantE slOkams
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In the next posting , adiyEn will start with an AshtOtthara Satha NaamArchanai for Lord Hari from the Text of the six JitantE stOtrams . Our prayers are to bless the major fund
raising campaign for Capital Improvement
and
Modernization at the Pomona , NY Temple of
Lord
Ranganatha .
Please visit the Temple web site and make
your generous pledges :
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http://www.Ranganatha.org and have the Darsana SoubhAgyam of the ArchA Moorthys at the 8 sannidhis of the Temple . NamO SrI RanganAthAya , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri Sadagopan Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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