Sriman Naaraayanaya Namaha: Srimathe Ramaanujaya Namaha: Srimathe Vedaantha Desikaaya Namaha: The avatar Sri Narasimha has been worshipped as a ugra swarupe. He IS Sriman Narayana, since he came to protect Prahlada, a vishNu baktha. He was also ugram since He did not come as a santha swarUpe for hiranyAksha vadam. The mantra rAjA in the vedam thus aptly describes him as a combination of Hari and Hara. The manthram and its power are described in the Atarva vedam in Nrisimha pUrvatApini upanishat. In Srivaishnava sampradayam we worship Sri Narasimha as LakshmiNarasimha without emphasizing much of the ugra narasimha aspects. However here is the mathra rAjA and a short description. 'ugram vIram mahAvishNum jwalantam sarvatomugam nrusimham bIshaNam bhadram mruthyummruthym namAmyaham' the meaning of this manthram is explained further in this upanishat as follows: yasmAt svamahimna sarvAn lokAn sarvAn deVan sarvAnAtmAna: sarvANe bhutani utgruhNAti ajasrAm srujathi visrujati vivAsayati utgrAhyate| stutihi shrutham gartasatam yuvAnam mruganna bIma mupahatnu mugram| mrudA jaritre simha: stavAno anyante asmin nivapantu senA: tasmAthtuchyata ugramithi|| An english tranlations is this: He is called ugram because of his lofty actions he absorbs all worlds, all devas, all jivas, all bhuthas, he creates, grows, destroyus, and elevates to a higher status. Nrusimha! even as you are praised by me now, please grant me endless joy even as I live in this life. Let us ganAs be with me and destroy my enemies. It would be better if this mathram, upanishat and related stothras are learned from a guru. One should learn the Sri Nrushimha pancAmruta stothram also. The Srivaishnava Sri Nrusimha stothrams would be available at the Ahobila matam. Just two verses from the Sri Nrusimha pancAmruta stothram to vet our interests: govinda keSava janardana vAsudeva viSveSa viSwa madhusudana viSwarupa SrI padmanAba purushotama pushkarAksha nArAyanAcyuta nrusimha namo namaste| ... brahma Sivastvam purushotamasca nArAyano(a)sau marutAm patiSca| candrArkka vAivagni marudganASca tvameva tam tvam satatam nato(a)smi| Adiyen, Ramanuja dasan, R.T.V. Varadarajan --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ramachandran Vishwanathan <ramachandran_vish@xxxx> wrote: > I am new to this group and would have missed a lot in > the past. > > Can somebody guide me to get the meaning of "Mantra > Raja Pada Stotra" of Lord Nrsimha. > > With regards and Pranams > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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