(These are introductory prayers addressed to several gods of the Hindu pantheon)
1.Shuklambaradaram Vishnum,
Sasi varnam chathur bujam,
Prasannavadanam dhyayeth,
Sarva Vigna upasanthaye.
Dressed in white you are,
Oh, all pervading one,
And glowing with the colour of moon.
With four arms, you are, the all knowing one
I meditate on your ever-smiling face,
And pray, Remove all obstacles on my way.
2.Sri Kantho mathulo yasya,
Janani sarva mangala,
Janaka sankaro deva,
Tham vande Kunjarananam.
I salute the elephant faced one,
Whose uncle is Lord Vishnu.
Mother is Goddess Parvathi,
And father is the God Shiva.
3.Yasya dwiratha vakthradhya,
Parishadhya para satham,
Vignam nignanthi sathatham,
Vishwaksenam thamasraye.
I surrender to the God Vishwaksena,
Whose face has two tusks,
Who has several hundreds of followers,
And who always removes obstacles.
4.Ramapathi padambhoja ,
Pari shuratha manasam,
Senapathim aham vande ,
Vishwaksenam nirantharam.
I salute always the Commander in chief,
Visvaksena whose mind is opened up,
By the lotus like feet of the consort of Lakshmi.
5.Bhagawan nama samrajya ,
Lakshmi sarvasva vigraham,
Srimath Bodhendra yogeendra ,
Desikendram upasmahe.
In the land of the names of God,
The one who pervades everywhere,
Is the king of Yogis, Bhodendra ,
Who is the king of teachers ,
And I bow to him.
6.Eese thasya cha naamaani pra vimalam jnanam dayor orjitham,
Prema prema cha thath pareshu virathischanyanthara sarvathra cha,
Eesekshaa karunaa cha yasya niyathaa, vruthi ssrithasyapi yam,
Tham vande nara roopa manthakaripum , Sri Venkatesam Gurum.
I salute the great teacher Venkatesa who has a human form and is the enemy of death,
By taking up whose name which is greatly holy we would be lead to wisdom and mercy,
And whose love for God would completely spread everywhere,
And by whose mercy from God and his routine the wealth will increase.
7.Bhagavan nama bodhendra ,
Sridaryathma vigraham,
Srimath Venkataramakhya ,
Desikendramupasmahe
I salute the king of teachers ,
Who is the king for teaching the names of Gods,
Who has the perfect form of Sridhara,
And that of Sri Venkatrama.
8.Nama samrajya roopaanaam,
Bodhendra Sridharathmanaam,
Pranaamam ye prakurvanthi,
Thesham aapi namo nama.
My salutations and salutations to him,
Who is the form of the names of God
Which is taught as right by the,
Souls of Bodhendra and Sridhara.
9.Prahladha , Narada , Parasara , Pundareeka,
Vyasa, Ambareesha , Sukha, Sounaka, Bheeshma, Dhalbyaan,
Rukmangadha ,Arjuna, Vasishta, Vibheeshanaadheen,
Punyanimaan Parama Bhagwathan smarami.
I meditate on the greatly holy ones who have done auspicious acts,
Like Prahladha, Narada, Parasara, Pundareeka,
Vyasa, Ambareesha , Sukha , Sounaka, Dhalabhya,
Rukmangadha , Arjuna , Vasishta and Vibheeshana.
10.Yethan nirvidhyamanam,
Icha thama kuthobhayam,
Yoginaam nrupa nirneetham,
Harer namanu keerthanam.
Even for those who are not educated,
He gives protection to those who desire,
And is considered as the king among Yogis,
Because of singing the names of Hari.
11.Harer namaiva, namaiva ,
Namaiva mama jeevanam,
Kalou nasthyeva nasthyeva ,
Nasthyeva gather anyadha,
My life is the names, names ,
And names of Hari only,
In the Kali age there is no,
There is no other support to us.
12.Visrujya lajjam yo adheethe,
Mannaa maani nirantharam,
Kula koti samayuktho,
Labathe mamakam patham.
He who leaves out his shyness studies
With eagerness always accepts me ,
Would get my place along with,
Crores of his clan members.
13.Vishnor ganam cha Nrutham cha ,
Natanam cha viseshatha ,
Brahman Brahmana jatheenaam,
Karthavyam nithya karma vath.
The Brahmin who sings and acts about Vishnu,
Specially dances would be daily,
Doing the duty of a Brahmin properly.
14.Kalakshebho na karthavya ,
Ksheenam aayu kshane kshane ,
Yamasya karuna nasthi,
Karthvyam Hari Keerthanam.
Due to duties and routine acts ,
The span of life regularly goes down,
As Lord Yama does not show any mercy,
So make the singing of Hari as your duty.
15.Naaham vasami vaikunte ,
Na Yogi hrudaye ravou,
Mad bhaktha yathra gayanthi,
Thathra thishtami Narada.
Oh Narada , I do not live in Vaikunta,
Nor do I live in the heart of great yogis,
For I stay and live in the place ,
Where my devotees sing about me.
16.Kale dosha nidhe , rajan,
Asthi hyekho mahan guna,
Keerthanad yeva krishnayai,
Muktha bandha param vrajeth.
Those Kali age is treasure of the bad things,
It has a very great property,
By singing about Lord Krishna,
You can get rid of ties and attain salvation.
17.Kalou kalmasha chithaanaam,
Papa dravyopa jeevinaam,
Vidhi kriyaa viheenaanam,
Gathir Govinda keerthanam.
In the age of Kali for people with bad thoughts,
For people who eke their livelihood by sins,
And for those who do not follow recommended rituals,
The only way out is Singing about Govinda.
18.Dhyayan krutha yajna yagnai,
Threthayaam dwapare archayan,
Yadapnothi , thadapnothi,
Kalou samgeerthya kesavam.
The effect of meditating in Krutha age,
Doing fire sacrifices in Thretha age,
And doing worship in Dwapara age,
Can be easily attained by oneself,
By singing names of Kesava in Kali age.
19.Namno asthi yavathee Shakthi,
Papa nirharane Hare,
Thavath karthum na saknothi,
Pathakam pathaki jana.
There is no power like your name,
Oh Hari to remove the effect of sins,
For those who do it will not be able,
To do sinful deeds , in spite of being sinners.
20.Harir harathi paapani,
Dushta chithair api smrutha,
Anichayapi samsprushta,
Dhathyeva hi pavaka.
The Hari will destroy all sins,
Even though a bad one remembers him,
In spite of doing it without any will,
And he would make him pure.
21.Smruthe sakala kalyana,
Bajanam yathra jayathe,
Purushastha majam nithyam,
Vrujami saranam harim.
Just by remembering him ,
Would result in all that is good,
And those who remember him without fail ,
Hari would give him protection .
22.Aalodya sarva sasthrani,
Vicharya cha puna puna,
Itham yekam sunishpannam,
Dhyaye yo narayana ssada.
Even by studying all Sasthras deeply,
And again and again doing research in them,
You come to one good conclusion,
Always meditate on Narayana.
23.Namsthvanthaya sahasra moorthaye,
Sahasra padakshi siroru behave,
Sahasra namne purushaya saswathe,
Sahasra kodi yuga dharine nama.
Salutations to thee oh lord,
Who runs the immeasurable time,
Of thousand crore yugas,
Who has no end,
Who has thousand names,
Who has thousand forms,
Who has thousand feet,
Who has thousand eyes,
Who has thousand heads,
Who has thousand arms,
And Who is always there.
24.Prahlada bhaga dheyam ,
Nigama mahadror guhantharadheyam,
Narahari padabhidheyam,
Vibhudha vidheyam mamanu sandheyam.
He who is the fate of Prahlada,
Who is dealt inside the cave of the great Vedas
Who took the form of man lion,
Who is amenable to the wise,
Is the subject of my deep study.
25.Yo danda karanya nisacharendran ,
Kodanda leelaa vishayee chakara,
Vedanda sundayatha bahu danda,
Kodanda pani kuladaivatham na.
The deity of my clan is the one who holds the Kodanda,
Who playing with that bow Kodanda , killed ,
Several asuras who moved at night in Dandakaraya,
And with his hands as weapons killed,
The mighty elephant which had its trunk as weapon.
26.Krishna kartothu kalyanam,
Kamsa kunjara kesari,
Kalindhi jala kallola ,
Kolahala kuthoohali.
The Krishna who is the lion to the elephant called Kamsa,
Who made the hostile water of Kalindi ,
Into a joy filled loud noise and brought auspiciousness.
27.Sri sesha saila suniketana divyamoorthe ,
Narayanachyutha hare nalinayathaksha,
Leela kadaksha pari rakshitha sarva loka,
Sri Venkatesa mama dehi karavalambam.
Please give me the protection of your hands, Lord Venkatesa,
Whose divine form has its abode in the Sesha Mountain,
Who is Narayana, Achyutha and Hari and has lotus like eyes,
And who protects all the worlds with a playful sidelong glance.
28.SAma charana sarojam , sandhra neelambhudabham,
Jagana nihitha panim mandanam mandanaanaam,
Tharuna Thulasi malakandharam kanja nethram,
Sadhaya davala hasam vittalam chinthayami.
I meditate on that Vittala with a feet , similar to the lotus flower,
Who is of the colour of the dense blue cloud,
Who Keeps his arms on his hips and has very joyful decorative face,
Who is a lad wearing the garland of ocimum , with smoke coloured eyes,
And Who sports a merciful pure smile .
29.Krishna krishnethi bashantham,
Suswaram srumanoharam,
Yathi vesha daram soumyam,
Sri Chaithanyam namamyaham.
I salute the Sri Chaithanya ,
Who keeps on chanting Krishna, Krishna,
Who has a sweet bewitching voice ,
And who is likable and wears the dress of a saint.
30.Sarva kalyani dadadaaram,
Sarva aapad Ghana vaarakam,
Apara karuna moorthim,
Anjaneyam namamyaham.
I salute hanuman , the son of Anjaneya,
Who grants all types of auspiciousness,
Who saves us from all sort of dangers ,
And is the personification of great mercy.
31.Budhir balam yaso dairyam,
Nirbhsyathwam aroghadhaa,
Ajadyam vak paduthwam cha ,
Hanumath smaranath bhaveth.
By meditating o9n Lord Hanuman , you get,
Intelligence, strength , fame , bravery,
Fearlessness , freedom from disease,
Active nature and versatility in talk.
32.Dhoorikrutha seetharthi,
Pragadikrutha Rama vaibhava spoorthi,
Daritha dasamukha keerthi,
Puratho mama pathu hanumatho moorthi.
Let me protected in front by Lord Hanuman,
Who wants to drive away problems of Sita,
Who is interested in telling about greatness of Rama,
And who is interested in removing fame of Ravana.
Sri Sita Lakshmana, Bharatha , Shathrugna ,
Hanmath samedha Sri Ramachandraya parama guruve nama
Salutations to the great teacher Ramachandra surrounded by
Sita, Lakshmana, Bharatha, Shatrugna and Hanuman
Sri Radha Rukmani SAthyabhama Samedha
Sri Gopala Krishna Parabrahmane nama
Salutations to the divine God Gopalakrishna,
Surrounded by Radha, Rukhmani and Sathyabhama.
Swasthyasthu
Let there be peace
SAmastha mangalani santhu
Let all auspiciousness occur
Loka Samastha sukhino bhavanthu
Let all the people of this world have a pleasurable life.
(While reciting/singing the sequence may change)
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