Sri Rama Amrutam is designed to enable people understand the methodology of performing pooja as per agamas in a proper manner. It also address the need and importance of each and every upachara (steps in pooja) followed, thereby bridge the gap between reasoning and ritual, this will ultimately result in aiding the devotee to attain the true goal of life (eternal bliss).
Every sunday the entire set required to conduct pooja alongwith the statutes of Sri Seeta-Lakshman-Hanumat sahita Sri Ramchandra Parabramha are brought to the desired devotee house and abhishekam is performed as per agamas in the devotees house. After abhishekam, Sri vishnu sahasranam, Sri Rama Raksha Stotram, Sri Hanuman chalisa, Sri Nama Ramayanam and Sri Rama Nama sankertana are sung in the praise of Lord.


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LOKA SAMASTA SUKINO BHAVANTU


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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Periyapuranam - kaNNappa nAyanAr

The great scholars including thirunyAna champandhar, thirunAvukkarachar, sundharar, mANikka vAchakar, Adi shankarar, nakkIrar and a list which is too long to put, praise one hunter who never learnt any holy scriptures and whose discipline was just to kill - hunt, who became an excellent example of devotion. Simple but unparallaled was his love. It may be difficult even for great scholars to put in words that love which even when one tries to visualise takes them to the peaks of the mountains of devotion. But still one loves to tell his story, hence is this effort.

The land green with the forests and hills having the best that mother nature offers was the kingdom called pothappi nAdu . In that kingdom was the village called uduppUr , surrounded by beautiful rainfalls. The rocks of that hilltown were smelling with the rotton smell from the bodies of the dead animals put for drying along with the anchored nets used for hunting. Along with the noise of "Kill it ! stone it! stab them !" that the hunting folks generate, one can hear the pleasant sound of dancing deers and jumping waterfalls. Along with the cow-herds that those hunters robbed from others one can see the herds of elephant that challange the roaring of the thunder. For those hunters who never gave place for fear or mercy in their hearts, a courageous supremo by name nAgan was there. His discipline was crime ; hobby was to kill ; profession to hunt ; valorous in the archery ; well suited for the job he got from his ancestors, but should have done some excellant penance in his previous births for getting assocoiated with a man of marvellous love . His wife, who too came in the family of powerful archers, always seen with the nails of tigers and skin of snakes as ornaments, was called thaththai .

They didn't have a child for a long time. Everybody else washed off their hands saying there is no chance of getting an offspring for them. When everything else fails man thinks of God. His existance is reminded to him then only. Even an athist may believe in God when there is no other go. Out of the desire for a kid nAgan prayed the son of the God who dances in the cemetries - Lord muruga , the form of His grace. Out of the grace of that six faced Lord muruga, thaththai conceived the kid who is always referred with great respect by the devotees. When the child was born, with the tears of joy flooding away the rain that poured, nAgan took his son like a huge mountain holding up a dark cloud. He celebrated the occasion with thanks giving sacrifices of animals to Lord muruga, and the entire town was full of joy. That marvelous kid was so powerful that even his father felt him heavy to hold up. So he named the kid thiNNan ( meaning "strong"), amid the roar of the hunting folks.

He grew with the array of ornaments made out of animal bodies decorating his young and strong chest and waist, playing by catching the wildpigs, snakes and wilddogs, with the parents immersed in the sweet of his evolving speech. When he grew up to the age of learning archery, his father found an auspicious day for his first course in archery and made a big announcement through his hunters in all the directions. The hunters from many areas came along with the gems, leather, ivory, honey, favorite flesh varities, fruits and roots to offer to their young boss. With the festivities and sacrifices going on thiNNanAr took the bow that brought the meat food for the Almighty who feeds this entire universe. nAgan arranged for a heavy feast of, of course, meat. On the seventh day of the festival when the Sun was shining in the middle of the sky, the lion of that forest was given the bow and arrow. He learnt that art, which was his profession too, beyond doubts and inefficiency. Like the cresent that grows he reached his sixteenth age.

By then nAgan grew old and found it difficult to take up the tremendous task of leading the hunting. With the herds of elephants, deers and tigers increasing the hunters came to their king and told him that they were delaying the hunting that was due for the month. He told them that as he has become old he will send his son with them. They had the feeling of happiness mixed with sorrow and told him that they were missing a nice leader like him but were happy to be working under a mighty young man - his son. nAgan called the lady who tells the astrolgical important information (called dhEvarAtti ) to propitiate the forest deities as thiNNanAr was to go for his first hunt. Then he went to thiNNanAr to tell him that as he became too old to go for hunting he should take over that position to lead the hunters providing them with prosperity.

He started with the fellow hunters in the morning when even Sun hadn't come up to see the day, with the bow and arrows and valour like that of arjuna . With the sound of the chord in his bow tremouring the animals in all the directions they penetrated into the deep forest with different dreadful arms. With the spies saying the clue on the haunts of the wild animals the hunters rounded up that area to block their escape, and thiNNanAr along with some of his valourous men went deep into the forest. The hunters made heaps of wild animals killed. There came a wild pig, which broke the nets and pits of the hunters with the vengence and leaped away like an arrow escaping the piercing arrows of the hunters. Only threee people were able to chase it to the end, they were thiNNanAr and nANan and kAdan , who followed him like his shadow. That pig still escaped their missiles and went far far away from their hunting place to the bottom of the hill of the God, who was dipped there in the worship of three creatures - a spider, a snake and an elephant - that was the sri kALahasti hill. The pig stopped under a tree. The king of the forest thiNNanAr leaped forward, killed it with the dagger he had. They three realised that they had come too far away from their men. thiNNanAr asked kAdan to cook that pagger he had. They three realised that they had come too far away from their men. thiNNanAr asked kAdan to cook that pig to subdue their hunger while nANan told there is a river called ponmukali on the other side of the forest and hill. nANan and thiNNanAr set out to bring water. As they crossed through the forest thiNNanAr saw the hill of the Lord on the Bull. Kindled by an unexplainable emotion he went towards the hill. nANan told thiNNanAr that on the top of the hill will be the abode of kudumiththEvar (Lord shiva), they can go an' pray there. thiNNanAr put his first step towards the Lord who gives Himself for love.

The culmination of the austerities he did in the previous births came to thiNNanAr as surplus of interest on shiva. He proceded with the exponential growth in the affection towards the Lord, unaffected ever. His pure love and nANan lead him over the hill. Even before he could see the Stealer of heart, He stole away his source of birth, the relation to his profession and birth.

He saw Him; He drank through his eyes that wonderful sight; It flowed over his heart; He lost all the controls over him; He fled to the Lord over that flow of love, embraced Him, kissed Him. The happiness manifested through every pinch of his body. It fell as falls from his eyes. Felt very anxious, "Oh my Lord ! In this dense forest with a whole of wild animals moving around there is nobody to guard you here !! Oh ! You are alone ! bad ! bad!!". Not able even to realise his bow falling down that man of unmeasurable love asked nANan, "Who would have done this offering to the Lord with the green leaves and flowers ?". nANan said, "Once when I came with your father for hunting, we saw a priest bathing Him and ornating with flowers. I think he should have done that today too ". thiNNanAr understood the worship that that God of kALahasti likes, to be this. He worried, "Oh ! my Lord is alone ! There is nobody to feed him with meat and flesh ! How can I leave Him alone ? What can I do ? I must get him good flesh to eat !!".

He will start to get some meat, but will rush back to Him. Again will go, but run back to Him again. Like the cow that doesn't leave the calf away, he stood in front of Him unable to take his sight away. He would say, "My Lord ! I will get you the best meat to eat", but immediately will worry, "How can I go when you are alone here ? But I am not able to stand here too when you are hungry." Finally consoled himself and went with determination to bring the required things for the Lord who requires actually nothing. With all the lust for other things burnt and only the love for the Lord who burnt the lust remaining, he went into the blooming garden on the bank of the river ponmukali. kAdan came to them then to tell that the pig is roasted and ready, they all can have their food. nANan conveyed him that thiNNanAr after seeing the Lord was no longer feeling as the leader of the hunters but rather feels as the slave of that Lord. kAdan was shocked to hear this. thiNNanAr without bothering about anything else, took the best portions of the pig's body in an arrow, cooked it well, tasted them by having them in his mouth to pick out the best ones and collected such tasted flesh in a bowl of leaf.

His companions decided, "He has gone crazy ! After tasting the best flesh portions he took it out ! He is heavily hungry for sure, but doesn't speak even. He doesn't give them to us also ! We will bring nAgan (his father), and others to find out what to do" and left the place. Unperturbed, he took the flesh in his hands, water from the river in his mouth to anoint the Lord, beautiful wild flowers inserted in his hair to offer to the Lord. He rushed to the top thinking that the Lord will be too hungry by then. On the head of that Lord who appeared on His own, he removed the flowers with his footwear, bathed Him with the holy water he had in his mouth ! He ornated the Lord with the flowers he had in his head, saluted Him, and offered the taste tested food he had brought for the God. He was not satisfied. He wanted to bring a lot more for the Lord to eat. Worshipping this great unimaginable devotion with folded hands Sun went down that day. That fearless man feared that some animals may come and hurt kALahsti Lord in the night. So he stood alert right next to Him with his bow and arrow. Let his name be remembered always who stood as the guard to the God who guards the whole universe all the times. He left from there prostrating the Lord the next morning when the Sun was just to rise to hunt the food for Him .

As he left for hunting, there came the sage by name shivakOchariyAr , who worship that Healing Herb on the hill in the way that is said in holy scriptures. He was shocked at the sight of strewn bones and flesh in front of the Lord. He screamed, "it should be the act of those dreadful hunters", he concluded. He cleaned the altar carefully, took bath in the river and came back fast. As the unholy materials entered there he consecrated His abode continued his pUja performing the anointing, flower worship, light worship and chanting of His fame. After prostrating many times that peerless param he returned back to his hermit.

Our adorable hunter till the Sun comes up in the sky kept hunting for deers, wild pigs and other animals. After that he cooked the hunted flesh in the fire he created with the wood from the forest. To provide the maximum tasty food to the Lord he tasted the cooked meat to select the exotic pieces. Like the ghee that is given to the tongues of flame in the sacrificial rites that reaches the dEvAs, the food he tasted was enjoyed much by the Lord. The hunter poured honey to the food he selected, to make it more tasty. He took the materials for worship like the previous day, went with the wealth of great love, worshipped the Wonder who never incarnates, as he did the previous day removing the flowers offered in the sage's worship, fed the Lord with the deer flesh. He forgot sleeping in the night, guarding Him was his prime concern ! Goes for hunting during the day time to feed Him !! When he goes for hunting the sage comes for worship, who is wounded by the presence of unholy things in the altar, removes them, consecrates and performs the prayer. This continued for many days. Meanwhile nANan and kAdan brought his father and others, but none of their efforts were fruitful to get back thiNNanAr. When one is in deep love for the luminous feet of the Lustless God, what force in the world can seperate them ? Isn't it brave to go for bliss instead of spiky happiness and miseries ?

While our nAyanAr worshiped the Lord of gods in the way he knew, the sage shivakOchariyAr was so desperate to find a solution to this probelm. He prayed to the Lord to show and remove the person who had been doing the misdeed. To explain the true love of nAyanAr, the Nameless praised by thousands of sacrad names appeared in the dream of the sage and told him, "Don't think that he is a miscreant. His form is full of my love, his mind minds me only and his deeds are the delightful for me. The water he spits on me is more sacrad than ga.nga , the flowers he offers taking from his head are holier than that are offered by dEvAs. It is all because of His love. You can see the excellence of his devotion tomorrow, if you hide and see". With the feelings of fear mixed wonder the sage was awake for the rest of the night, as the Sun rose in the east he bathed in ponmukali worshipped the Lord kAlahasti Ishwarar , and hid behind.

On that seventh day morning of his worship of the Lord, as usual thiNNanAr brought the unusual materials of worship with unprecedented love. The nAyanAr who was rushing feeling that he had been already late, saw some bad signs on the way. He ran even faster fearing what happened to his fruit like God. To show shivakOchariyAr the affection of nAyanAr, the Lord was having one eye bleeding out of His three. With the bow and food falling apart, stricken in gloom, petrified in the shock thiNNanAr saw that bleeding. Tensed he ran to Him, tried to stop the bleeding, but it didn't. He fiercefully started to find out which miscreant did this sin. He couldn't trace anybody or any animals throughout that area. He came with a broken heart, cried holding His feet. He set out to search and bring the herbs to heal the wound of that Healer. He went as a wind to wrap the entire forest and squeezed the saps of the medicines. No effect ! If it was a real wound it should have got cured, but the Consealer conscieved something to be shown !

When he was worrying about his inability to find any solution, he remembered an old saying "flesh for flesh". He immediately pluck one of his eye with the sharp arrow to paste it on His. He jumped from the ground to the sky, appreciated himself for the brave deed when it stopped the bleeding from His eyes. Is he trying to define an upper limit for devotion ? While the rich and the Rishis come to Him asking for something, how is this person able to pluck his eye in a moment and give it to the Lord and dance ? He might have come in the tradition of killing animals, but by his deeds he is far far above the sacrad people in the heaven. But the Lovely Lord desired to show the limitlessness of devotion. As the bleeding stopped in His right eye, it started from His left. After being in the shock for a moment nAyanAr told to himself, "Now I know the medicine. I have one more eye. That should cure this" (!!). But when he was about to pluck the eyes he realised the difficulty of placing the eye in position once he took off the other eye too. So he held his hard but hailable foot on His eye as a mark, and raised the arrow to take his other eye off. No words are sufficient to explain this. If it is said "He is sysnonymous with bhakti ", who knows whether that is sufficient ? The Lord Himself was not able to bear this great action, not just appeared, but came holding his hands to stop from plucking the other eye, shouting, "Oh halt kaNNappa!, Halt kaNNappa!!, halt kaNNappa!!!". The sage of great wisdom saw the great love of the devotee and the grace he got for that. The Lord accepted the flesh as a fruit only due to the presence of such a sacrificial love. Can there be anything more covettable, after the Omniscient blessing him immediately, "Oh ! Uncomparable ! Stay to my right.". Let the devotion that is kaNNappa nAyanAr stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - EnAthinAtha nAyanAr

In the plains of the chOza kingdom is the town eyinanUr. The fertility of that land was shown out with the long grown sugar canes bending down to hand shake with the rice plant that grew targeting the sky. To make the eyinanUr enter the history came EnAthinAthar in the Iza tradition as a commander in the king's army. His sword would talk his valor, but his heart would talk the grace of Ash smeared Lord. The heaps of material that came appreciating his flawless valor was ever meant by him for serving the needs of the devotees of the Lord who enjoys the devotion of the two who in vein tried to find Its limits.

There was a man of stained thoughts too in that town by name adhichUran. He too coming in the same tradition as a fighter. He roamed around boasting there was none superior to him ! In spite of his claim that he was the best in the martial arts, very few students turned up to his school whereas people preferred the school of the filled pot like EnAthinAthar. This fact irked adhichUran. When the curtain of ego becomes thicker the truth gets more and more obscured. A fox when it claims it is a lion, it will not become a lion. The jealous went with his best students to nAyanaAr's place and called for a fight. Whoever wins the fight only would be allowed to run the school, he shouted. nAyanAr's students were away that time. The valiant who came out as a roaring lion to his call, was joined by the powerful relatives. Some joined with adhichUran. The egotist said they could meet in the field and decide the authority to conduct the school.

The two warrior groups met in the specified place. The display of the might started with two sides colliding with the other shouting like the thunder. The sparks that rose at the meetings of their weapons resembled the lightnings. The rain of blood poured. The fight was very tough with the loses in both the sides. At this point the man of well cultivated valor rose like a lion to help his side. The entire battle very soon took a turn with the side of the jealous loosing in front of the mountain bowed Lord's devotee. His sword encircled the field like the rotating Sun. The other side lost its heart unable to tackle his attack. Now adhichUran jumped in the field to boost his side. But can fox stand the fight with lion ? He was defeated by the nAyanAr soon and he ran away from the field.

More than the wounds on his body the deep wound called vengeance got roots in him. He was sure by then that he can never defeat that devotee of valor and action fighting straight in the field. His cowardness and vengeance led him to the sinful crooked thoughts. The dark minded fox decided over the night to do a sin and call it a victory. The coward who was absconding with shame sent across a message in the morning to the n^AyanAr that without the loss of other lives they both could fight at some other place. The crookedness in the thought was given a kind-hearted overcoating. Even the dharma gets used at the hands of the bad for bad things. The devotee who worships the Lord shiva the form of love, saw only the good in his proposal and agreed to it. Without informing the relatives he keeping his words went to the spot designated for the fight with his sword and shield. The cheat knowing that the devotee respects the Holy Ash more than his own life and that he would never harm the people who smear that holy substance, smeared his forehead full with the white ash. He never used to wear that holy symbol before !

The sight of the lion like devotee standing there frightened the crook. Cunningly he hid his forehead with the shield and went to the spot. The lion roared and sprang to defeat down the fox. The wicked removed the shield exposing his forehead full with Holy Ash. n^AyanAr was shocked at sight. He had never seen it in his forehead. The presence of the Holy Ash indicated that he had become a devotee of the Lord of the Universe, he thought. So n^AyanAr wanted him to accomplish what he wanted. He was about to throw away his sword and shield, but thought in that case adhi chUran would kill him when he was without any arm. That would be a sin. n^AyanAr did not want that sin to reach anybody in the form of devotee. What a great man he is ! How great and wide is his thinking !! He was not only ready to sacrifice his life for the glory of Holy Ash but above that did not want any bad mark on the opponent because he was wearing it !? He stood as if he was fighting, but did not fight. The wicked did what he wanted to do. The Lord who destroyed the hatable rite of dhakshan stood out. The highly reverable nAyanAr got the boon of never separating from the Lord. Let the remarkable thinking of EnAthinAtha nAyanAr in thinking good even for the opponent who wanted to kill him, just because he had the sacred shaivite symbol stay in mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Periyapuranam - eripatta nAyanAr

karuvUr was one of the important capitals of chOzA kings. It is a town where beauty of nature shakes hand with man-made wonders. It has the ancient Anilai temple of Lord pashupatIshwarar, Who never leaves the mind of loving devotees.

To add to the fame of the city there lived the devotee eRipaththar. He appeared with his axe to cut down the troubles put to the devotees, whenever such an atrocity appears. There was a saint, shivakAmiyANdAr who engaged his body and mind in the service of submitting sandal-smelling garlands to the Lord pashupatIshwarar. In his routine he filled his basket with fresh flowers on one fine morning with the mind filled with the thoughts of God. He rushed to the temple to be in time for the service. That day was the day before the great n^avami celebrations and hence the decorated royal elephant of the emperor pukazch chOzar(1) was going around the town. It saw shivakAmiyANdAr who was rushing to the temple with the basket full of flowers and walking fast in a hurry. The impudent elephant grabbed the basket and strew the flowers onto the ground thus straying his heart into pieces. The guard controlled the elephant realizing the sin it did and whisked it away, but the stalled shivakAmiyANdAr ran behind the elephant to hit it in despair, but couldn't owing to his old age. He rolled on the ground cried, wept with tears quenching the ground. He screamed, " Oh shivA ! You ripped the roaring elephant and wore its skin ! You are the strength for the strengthless ! What can I do now ? The elephant strewed off the flowers I brought for your scented head !! Oh my shiva! Oh my shiva !!"

eRipaththar who came that way, saluted shivakAmiyANdAr and became a burning fire as he came to know about the misdeed of the elephant. He went like a storm, like the god of death, to slaughter the elephant. He sprang and cut off its trunk with the dreadful axe in his hand and killed the guards who failed in their duty, but tried to stop him from his deed. The other guards who escaped ran to the guard of the kingdom to tell, "Somebody killed the royal elephant and the guards". The king who was a nightmare for enemies, reached the spot as a roaring lion - eyes red in anger, with his rich armed forces. Contrary to his expectation, he didn't see any enemy army but saw a sage standing in front of the elephant, which was rolling in the sea of blood. "Where is the enemy who dared to do this", he roared. The guards said it was eRipaththar, the devotee who was standing in front of him. He got surprised and said, "If the devotees who are the form of love get irked, then there should be strong reason behind it. What a worst sin I could have done for the devotee to become dreadful". He climbed down from his horse, bowed to the devotee who was in the form of fury, and asked humbly, "What was the crime the elephant and the guards did to get this piteous condition ?". eRipaththar told him the brutal act of the beast. The superior king pukazch chOzar felt the mistake was in his part too, as it was his royal elephant that committed misdeed against the service of the Lord. He fell on eRipaththar's feet and appealed to him, "Killing just the elephant and the guards is not sufficient punishment for the sin done. Kill me too! Killing with the holy axe is not the custom. Kill me with this sword", and submitted his sword to eRipaththar.

The love of the king for the Lord and his respect to devotees made eRipaththar think, "Oh I did a bad thing by harming the forces of the king who asks in the greatness of his devotion to kill him too and gives his own sword for none of his direct misdeed. I should kill myself as a penance for having made him suffer". The peerless king thought, "I owe to this great sage, because he is going to nullify my sin by killing me". eRipaththar instead of killing the king, raised the sword to cut off his own head like cutting his source of birth. The king shocked at his act, stopped him with his stone like arms while eRipaththar continued to try to cut his head off. In that troublesome situation of two great hearts clashing out of their love and respect for each other, God raised His voice, "Oh ! people of exceeding love ! To show the greatness of your devotion this happened. Don't worry". Both of them prostrated to the Lord. The elephant and the guards came back to life. The flowers came to shivakAmiyANdAr's basket with freshness and fragrance. The king took eRipaththar around the town on the royal elephant, holding the royal umbrella over his head. They went to the temple to pray the Lord who is the lust killer. eRipaththar continued his service to the Lord and became the head of shiva gaNa on reaching kailAsham. Let the valor of eRipaththar who raised his sword against the elephant without bothering about it being the royal elephant because of the sin it did and the fame of pukazch chOzar who gave his sword to kill himself for the sin of his possession stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - amarnIthi nAyanAr

In the chOza kingdom is the town pazaiyARai which was a centre of major political activity during the choza dynastey. It was a town of wealth, prosperity, business and activeness. In that town was born the honest trader who is known as amarnIthiyAr. Professional in his business amarnIthiyAr was quite wealthy to have heaps of rubies and diamonds, gold and garments from all parts of the world. Still his mind wandered only about the pashupati's feet - the peerless of all gems. The humbleness is good for all, but for the rich it is the glorious wealth. Our nAyanAr who was very rich in his mind realising right the worthy use of the money, served with high modesty the devotees of the Lord wearing snake rings. He gave them feasts enriched with his kind words and cloths (kOvaNam) to wear saluting them.

In the festival of the Three eyed Lord at thirunallUr, nAyanAr worshiped the Love that robbed his heart and made a shelter where the devotees could take rest, have food and relax thinking of God. Along with his whole family he stayed there and personally made sure that devotees are served properly. One of those days when he was filled in happiness of serving His servants, the Lord deciding to show his deserving fame came as a celebating bachelor with the Holy Ash and other shaiva symbols adorning to his mutt. On seeing him, with the heart blooming in reception and the face widening more further in giving a warm welcome the stainless hearted devotee saluted the Stain throated God. He asked the Lord who had obscured His thrid eye to stay there and bless his service. That vedha chanting bachelor said He would take bath in kAvEri and come meanwhile as it was about to rain he should secure His cloth without any carelessness since that cloth was matchless, He claimed. He gave the cloth to nAyanAr and went. nAyanAr kept that in a very safe place with due care.

Whether He bathed in His matted hair's ga.nga or in flowing kAvEri only He knows, but came back wet walking in the rain after some time. That Lord who removes the three sources of suffering from the devotees heart removed the cloth from the safe place nAyanAr had kept in His great deed. As if He did not know anything asked amarn^IthiyAr to get that cloth as He was completely wet. nAyanAr rushed to the place to find the cloth missing. Tensed he searched throuout but how can he find that when the Heart-stealer stole that too off ! He feeling guilty, brought another fine cloth, begged His pardon and said he had brought a cloth which was very nicely woven, He should accept and forgive him. Did that Lord who gave all the covetable wealth to kubEran came to accept that white cloth ? What He wanted to clad was the white heart of amarn^Ithi n^AyanAr to exhibit to the world his unequable service ! He like a jumping flame shouted that n^AyanAr was trying to steal his invaluable cloth and wondered how honest was his trade. Shivering devotee fell on that Bachelor's feet and said he would give gems and jewels to compensate for that cloth. He refused and said He would accept only cloth that is equivalent of it. When asked how he could give the equivalent cloth the Sweet - heart of devotees said whatever the wet cloth He was wearing right then was the equivalent of the one he lost. So he asked nAyanAr to give the cloths equal to the weight of it.
Agreeing to His suggestion nAyanAr placed a balance instrument there. He put the other cloth of the direction-cladded Lord in one plate and on the other he kept on adding neatly woven cloths. Whatever he put the plate with the cloth of the Bachelor weighed more. Surprised he ordered to put all the new garment bags to balance. That pile was not able to equate the magic cloth. Scared he asked permission from the Lord to put his gems and other wealth too. He told that somehow He wanted things to be equivalent of His cloth. amarn^IthiyAr piled all his wealth. Nothing happened. What can be equivalent of the cloth of vEdhAs that the Lord wears in the entire world ? Even the whole worlds may not match it ! Everything he had was put. Now nothing left the true devotee who stood strong in serving the devotees asked permission to put himself, his wife and son to compensate. The Lord who shows the path to climb out of the ocean of tidal sweets and sufferings allowed them to climb on the balance. Feeling blessed, he with his son and wife circumambulated the balance where the Lord's cloth was there and said, "If it is true that in the purity of love we did not fault in the God's Holy Ash's honest slavery then it should come to balance." He chanting the Lord's Holy Five letters got on the plate over the piles of his wealth.

The wholeness of love and dedication brought the balance in the instrument. The world wondered. The heavenly bodies praised. The Lord of vEdhAs who showed the balance of amarnIthi nAyanAr appeared with His inseperable shakti on the Holy Bull in the Horizon. Blessed the devotee who was praising unintermittently with His family standing on the plate. For the deserving devotee who used the worldly wealth for His service He gave the wealth of being with Him. With the plate becoming the heavenly carrier that gifted family reached the abode of Lord shiva, with the prostration of all the people. Let the determination in doing a flawless service for which amarnIthiyAr was ready to give himself stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - Viranminda Nayanar

Worshipping the Lord nicely decorated with the bow pinAkam and the arrow pAshupatAstram , the axe, the fire, the disc sudharshanam , the mace, the sword and crores of powerful arms, the valiant sage parshurAma who got the magnificent axe parashu as blessing for that, made the land very well known for its beauty - the land of mountains, the land of elephants of mammoth ivory, the land that worships mahAdEva - the kingdom of chEra . There is this beautiful place called cheNkunRUr (now known as thiruchcheNkOdu), the place where the God stands in the superior male-female (ardanArIshwarar) form enjoying the sandal smell of the forests.

To illuminate the life of the traditional farmers of that town, viRanmiNdar was born there in an agricultural family. Holding tight only the feet of the fire like God that are beyond the reach of words, he was dared to root out any bond that was an obstacle. Caring much for the true devotees. Superior is his fame who minds only the Merciful Lord. Praying the abodes of the Almighty who makes abode in the hearts of such devotees and saluting the slaves of the Lord before they could salute him, he traveled through many parts of the land and finally arrived at the town thiruvArUr where the Lord rides the minds of the huge devotees also the big chariot in that town. He immersed himself in that beautiful shiva for whom the vEdAs became the chariot.
In the thiruvArUr there was a hall called dhEvAchiriyam , where the great slaves of the blue throated Lord assemble and praise the simple and sweet shiva. Blessed are those who had the golden opportunity to see them, hear them follow them and serve them ! What else one requires to get liberation other than moving with those great bunch of fragrant followers !! viRanmiNdar prostrated to that people in the right path towards the Truth and stayed with them. One day when chundharar(1) who considers himself as the slave of the slave of the slaves of the sha.nkara went straight into the altar of the temple without saluting the devotees in the dhEvAchiriyam hall. Actually he was praying the Lord when can he get blessed by saluting those marvelous devotees. viRanmiNdar who noticed sundharar proceeding without prostrating to the crowd of devotees said angrily, "That sundharan who didn't know to pay respect to the devotees is no longer one in us." "The Lord who blesses him who proceeds without saluting the slaves also is not one among us", he continued out of his extreme respect for devotees. The Lord who accepts even the scoldings of the devotees as the praises done with the best coined words enjoyed this love and angry words as well and blessed viRanmiNdar. He gave the first line to chundharar to sing the greatness of devotees. chundharar composed that as the great gem thiruththoNdaththokai(2) which is the basic source for this periya purANam . What else can be more fame than saying t viRanmiNdar was the principle person who was instrumental in getting the excellent thiruththoNdath thokai from chundharar. Living long in this world which is meant for love and worship, upholding the respect of the devotees, that great devotee viRanmiNdAr stayed in a right way under the graceful feet of the Lord heading the army of the God. Let the emphasis that is clearly given by viRanmiNda nAyanAr for the respect one should give to the reverend devotees of the Lord stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - meypporuL nAyanAr

chEthi nAdu was one of the ancient kingdoms with the town thirukkovalUr - where Lord shiva destroyed the demon andhakAsuran, the form of ignorance - as it's capital. That kingdom made its fame indelible in the history when the king meypporuL nAyanAr, whose life was an example of tolerance and doing good even to enemy, ruled it.

He had his heart engaged in hailing hara and hands in helping His devotees. He served them as the way they required, ruled the country with law and justice bringing peace to the country and devotion bringing peace to the minds of the people. His valour allowed no enemy to raise against the kingdom. He considered the wealth of loving the luminant feet of Lord shiva to be the greatest of all. The graceful form of the devotees made him do anything for them.

muththa nAthan was the king who made all futile efforts to win meypporuLAr in the battle-field. He finally realised that fox can't beat the elephant in the fight. As the sin of taking revenge went high in his mind, he started enjoying the rotton smell of crooked ways. He knew that the meypporuLAr salutes and serves the devotees smeared with holy ash and other great symbols of Lord shankara. That spineless coward called muththanAthan wanted to exploit this superior quality of that devotee.

He covered his body with the holy form of devotees smearing ash, with matted hair, covered a knife in a book he held in hand, as the darkness coming in the shadow of light. He arrived in the dark night in the palace of meypporuLAr with his mind darker than the one outside. Thinking him as a devotee of the Lord, the guards at many doors on the way permitted him with salutations. When he arrived at the room where the king was sleeping with dreams too of serving the devotees, the personal guard of the king by name thaththan told him that the king is taking rest and requested him to wait. But muththa nAthan went ahead saying that he was coming from himAlayam to meet the king. thaththan couldn't stop him as he was in the form of devotee. The queen who saw him immediately woke up the king. The king pleased instead of getting angry for being disturbed at his private place, bowed down as soon as he saw the form of a devotee. muththa nAthan told him "I have got a rare Agama given by your God. I came to explain you that. So ask your wife to leave and we should be alone". The king with untainted heart asked his wife to leave, gave him a nice seat, sat over the ground and bowed down, to raise up in our hearts. The crooked enemy like opening the book took the knife and pierced the body of the king and pierced himself into the gloom stricken Hell. Who won ? Even if he lost his life, it was meypporuLAr who had a firm belief that the holy form of devotees is the Truth and winning his place under the Graceful feet of God and won the hearts of the devotees inspiring them.

thaththan who doubted muththa nAthan from the beginning leaped immediately into the room and raised his sword to kill the crooked. But meypporuLAr stopped him saying "thaththA! He is one among us". thaththan cried and asked him to order his duty. meypporuLAr asked him to guard the devotee of the Lord from others till he crosses the frontier. Unable to go against the word of his loving king thaththan guarded the wicked to the frontier. meypporuLAr held his breath till thaththan came back saying that muththa nAthan crossed the frontier without any trouble. He praised thaththan for his action and advised his courtmen to uphold the good deed of loving the devotees and respecting the holy symbols of the Lord. The truthfulness of his love for the form of devotees led him to the Truth that dances in the great golden hall of thillai. Let the greatness of meypporuLAr who guarded even the enemy who took his life in a crooked way, just because he was in the holy form of devotees, stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - iLaiyAnkudimARa nAyanAr

iLaiyAnkudi illuminated itself in the history by having a slave of slaves of sha.nkara known as iLaiyAnkudimARanAr . Ceded the his whole heart to the Lord who robs the hearts of the saluters. He got the widening wealth out of the hard work in the farm fields and the wide heart that tries to reach the infinite in the selfless service to the worshippers of the warrier who destroyed the three cities of three impurities. He had an enjoyable life with this wealth. Whoever came at his house with the love for the wet matted haired Supreme, were given a appealing welcome with his folded hands on the head, blossomed face showering flowers of nice words and his humble deeds making the red carpet. He would clean their feet with the scented water, give them the comfortable seat and then serve the food which is rich in all the six tastes for those devotees who love the taste of Holy five letters than anything else. He lived like the kupEra who was given limitless wealth by the Lord.

To show to the human kind nAyanAr's real service motto which was so strong that even the absence of wealth would not be able to shake, the God apraised by vEdas slowly changed his wealth to poverty. The wealth shrunk, but his broad mind never shrunk. He sold his belongings, borrowed from proper means possible to continue the service that was at no time second in quality. The Lord whose characters even the creater and protector of the world do not know compoletely came to his house in this situation in the form that His loving devotees have. It was the dark night in the mansoon season. So what ? There is enough light in the hearts of the iLaiyAnkudi mARanAr couple, the person who arrives in the house is also the form of light.

nAyanAr happily welcomed Him. Gave enough cloths to change the wet cloths for Him who does not wear anything. He gave to that refuge giving Lord a nice place to relax. With the enthusiasm to host the devotee he asked his equally devotional wife what can they do to quench the hunger of the sage. He was worried that it was not so bad that they did not have food for themselves but they had to serve somehow the devotee of Lord nice food. His loving wife replied that there is nobody in the village who would lend something for them and the time was also quite late in the night, but suggested that if he could bring the rice grain seeds that they sewed in the noon, she could make food out of that. For the farmers the grain seeds that are kept seperate for growing next time are very valuable and whatever comes they do not consume that grains. But for this excellent devotee this suggestion appeared to be a great gift as he was more worried about how to feed the devotee.

In that darkness and rain only his love for the Lord showing the way he went to the fields. The whole village all the creatures were sleeping. The rain poured in torents. Visibility was very less. But nothing shook the determination of the devotee. Sensing the path through his legs he went inside the farm land. He gathered the seeds that had been pushed to the corners by the rain along with the mud. He filled the basket he had brought and rushed back. His wife washed the mud off from the seeds. To cook the food there was no fire wood. That great man who had cut down the strong beam of ego cut the wooden beam of his house to burn ! After cooking the rice, that chaste wife worried what could she do for the side dish. He went immediately to the land where spinach is cultivated. He plucked the plants like plucking out the plant of pAcham . She cooked different varieties of dishes out of that spinach, showed them to her husband. They decided to wake up the devotee, who is beyond th ereach of thoughts, for having food.

"Please bless me my Lord, by having this simple food that we made out of the love", they saluted Him. To the surprise of the great servant and his matched wife, He arose as the flame of beautiful light. For those devotees who were shocked by that Light, which was unexplorable for vishNu and brahma , the Doer of good, the shankara appeared blissfully on the Holy Bull with the pretty plaited parvati . He blessed them, "Oh loving minds! You who worshipped the devotees come to our great world to live blissfully with the lord of wealth serving you". Salutations to that shiva who is above all. Let the determined service of the n^AyanAr for the devotees stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - iyarpakai nAyanAr

One of the ancient cities of the world which was the capital of the early chOza kings, the city in which the river kAvEri enters into the sea, that famous town was called kAvirippUmpattinam or pukAr . That being the capital on the shore was a very big trade center.

The leading businessman of that town, owner of boundless properties, but slave for the people who do true slavery to the crescent ornated God with matted hair, who never says "no" to the devotees who asked for something but gives much before they ask for, called iyarpakaiyAr (contradictor to the normal behavior (of the world)). While iyarpakaiyAr was leading the married life serving the Lord, God came in the form of a devotee who chants the holy vEdas in order to exhibit that the dedication of iyarpakaiyAr never derails. With a face like the blossomed lotus he gave Him a warm welcome. He told iyarpakaiyAr that if he is ready to give whatever he is going to ask for He will tell what He wants. Immediately iyarpakaiyAr replied, "If I have anything that you ask for, that is yours. No doubt in it. Please ask". The Lord who had concealed Himself in the form of devotee asked for his wife.

iyarpakaiyAr replied, "I am glad that I have the thing you asked for" He told his wife, who was the form of chaste and had a never downgoing love for her husband, that he gave her to the devotee. She was petrified with shock. She was worried but consoled herself and told him, "If that be your wish I consider that as my duty" and bowed down. iyarpakaiyAr admiring her love and chaste heart bowed down in responce. She excelled anything else by her deed.

iyarpakaiyAr bowed to the Lord and asked what else he can do for Him. The Lord asked him to escort Him (!) so that He is not attacked by His relatives. nAyanAr told I should have done it even before you told me. He took his sword and shield and went with the devotee and his wife like the royal lion that goes out for hunting. The relatives of iyarpakaiyAr and his wife were irked by the act of iyarpakaiyAr and decided "iyarpakai has become crazy and somebody is taking away the girl. We won't allow it to happen". They all set out with their weapons and besieged them in the outskirts of the town. The Lord shivered as if He was scared, but the girl of great deed said, "Don't worry, iyarpakai will win". iyarpakaiyAr warned them to run away and get spared. But they scolded him for bringing bad name to the entire family by sending his wife with a third person. They tried to attack the God in the devotee form. Angered by their intention to attack the devotee iyarpakaiyAr raised his sword against his own relatives and the entire group was killed by him and he, whose head had the crown of the holy feet od Lord shiva, went around without anybody to oppose.

iyarpakaiyAr told the devotee that there is no need to be afraid. The chaste hearted lady and he followed the holy feet of the Lord which were unseen by even brahma and vishNu. As they aaproached the place chAykkAdu , He told iyarpakaiyAr to return. nAyanAr bowed down and returned without turning back. The Lord pleased by his true devotion shouted loud, "Oh! iyarpakai, who did the deed which is unimaginable ! come immediately!!". iyarpakaiyAr rushed back in a moment to see if anybody else escaped and give trouble to the devotee. He didn't see the devotee and saw only the lady. He saw the Lord shiva who and whose devotees are of greatness which is beyond the limit of expression. The Lord appeared on the Holy bull with pArvati like a creeper of maragatham to His side. nAyanAr didn't stand, fell down and praised that Honey with the words the competes with his love. The Lord told, "Your love is faultless and so are you. You and your flawless wife stay in our abode". With the flower rain of dEvas, praise of all good thinking sages, they both got the boon of staying with and worshipping the God of Lords. Their relatives also entered the Heaven. Let the fame of iyarpakaiyAr of giving away even the wife, who is in fact more than one's own life stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Periyapuranam - thirunIlakaNta nAyanAr


Transcending the beginning and end the dance the Lord plays in the Golden hall of thillai (chitambaram) with the mother of the universe witnessing it, to that feet of the master of marvelous unique dance had his mind always this devotee. He was always keen on serving the devotees. Never did he lean towards contradicting his words; Had been keeping the hara always in the lotus seat of his heart; followed the discipline of married life that is intended for humble service.

His profession was making pots and clay items. Hence his service was to provide clay bowls to whoever bows down the pinAka bow shouldered Lord shiva. He being the place of all good qualities, there appeared a small black spot. His young feelings led him once to a lady whose work is to give bodily pleasure. His better half was a very beautiful lady with the heart more beautiful than that and had the most beautiful Lord in that heart. With the entire heart going upbeat in the feeling of ecstasy she will chant thirun^IlakaNtam - one name of the Lord who got a spotted throat by taking the poison that rose to destroy the entire universe. What can the poison do to Him ? He is not an ordinary creature to get destroyed by the poison. Even the spot cannot appear, but probably He had it to indicate to us that He is there to rescue when we are in trouble.

She was unhappy with him for his deed. She did all the responsibilities of the wife but didn't allow him to be with her. To bring down her resentment he went with sweet words and tried to hug her. She said immediately, "If you touch us(me) ! thirunIlakaNtam !" (The thamiz word emmai means "us" but she used it to mean "me"). At the same moment of hearing her pledge on the name of Lord that great man whisked off his hands away from her. The immense respect he had for the Hero who burnt the lust made him say with determination, "As you said "us" (emmai) I won't even touch in dreams any females". It is the quality of the people who stand for their principles that if they do mistake once and realize it they never do that again, they will in fact become more strong in their principles. Hence they stand supreme in the history. The couple of wonderful determination and self control did the duties of the married life, but abstained from the base feeling of sex. They never revealed it to others - the ideal couple. It could be easier to conquer the world, but it is more difficult to conquer the senses and the toughest in presence of the charming spouse. Given that the person had a great amount of desire for that in the past that led him even outside, how difficult it would be to conquer ! He did conquer that for the Name of God and there he stands grand for even the sages, who conquered the senses by practice, to look up to !

The years rolled down and not their determination, even the rocks could have changed in their stability, but they stood by their oath. With their appearance, beauty and charm disappearing they became old, but held strongly the Oldest feet of Lord in their heart. To exhibit to the world the path that should be followed as the way of salvation the Scholar who taught sitting beneath the banyan tree, stood in the form of a sage in front of nAyanAr's house. Welcoming and worshipping the devotee, nAyanAr asked in humble words what order the sage had for him. The shankara who came stealthily as sage gave the clay bowl in His hand to the humble nAyanAr and asked him to preserve it till the time He asks for it, as it was a rare bowl, He claimed. The servant of devotees took it and kept in a secured place.

The Robber who robs away the rotten pAcham from pachus removed the bowl from that place and reached at the devotees house after a lot of days. The truthful slave of God shocked to find out that the bowl disappeared from the specified place, searched the entire place with shivering heart, but couldn't get it. By then Immortal who witnesses the innumerable creation destruction cycle of the universe, shouted as if He was impatient to make it fast. The devotee begged for pardon to forgive the loss of the bowl and was ready to give a real nice new bowl instead of that old one. But the Giver of liberation asked for the same bowl that he had given and refused to accept even if he would give a golden bowl. As he was not able to give He charged him to be cheating. That devotee pleaded Him to trust his honesty. The sage said if he takes a dip in the pond holding the hand of his son He would believe. nAyanAr told him that he did not have any offspring. When the sage asked him to have a dip holding his wife's hand he replied humbly that due to a pledge he was not ready to do that. Acting as if angered the Graceful went to the court of the priests of thillai . "It was true that the sage gave the bowl but I am really ignorant of where it disappeared", said the man of immense integrity. The court upheld the argument of the sage that nAyanAr should have a dip in the pond holding his wife's hand.

Without breaking the secret of not touching his wife to the court, he came with her to the pond of the thiruppulIchcharam (temple of chithambaram ), the abode of the Lord with inseparable shakti . Each holding one end of the same bamboo, that sinless said the secret behind his not touching his wife and his deed behind that to the entire people present there and went into the water. The couple who raised from the water after the dip appeared to the astonishment of all as young as one could covet and at the same time found the disappearance of the Lord who came in the form of sage. There appeared the Lord in the horizon on the holy Bull with the consort to bless the hailing devotee, "You both are very great due to your victory over the five senses. You be with me in bliss without an end to this youth". That marvelous man and his worth praising wife lived in the youth that was excelling with the service to the Lord at His abode than it could have been in this mortal world. No doubt, pattin'ththAr laments, "I am not as great as the devotee who sacrificed his youth for the pledge of his wife". Let the respect thirun^IlakaNta n^AyanAr gave to the name of the Lord and the determination he had in standing by the principle stay in the mind.

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Monday, November 7, 2011

Sri Rama Amrutam Schedule (Fifth)

Host                     Ms. Jayanthi

Date                     20th November 2011

Venue                   Ameerpet

Timings                 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Telugu calendar:   Sri Khara Nama samvatsaram aa
                             Dakshinayanam, Sharad ruthu,
                             Kaartika Masam,
                             Krishnapaksham, Dasami Tithi,
                             Purva Phalguni nakshatram

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Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Kaartikamasam

Importance of Kaartikamasam
Kaartika masam is considered to be the most auspicious month. The Lord of the month is Damodurudu. The pujas, homas, japas, donations and fastings performed during this month will give immense results. During this month, wee hour (between 3:00AM to 4:00AM) head bath and lighting of lamps between 5:30PM to 6:30 PM in the evening are most important. During this month, the devotees have to wake up well before sunrise and after bathing wear rudraskha and vibhuthi and offer prayers to Tulasi plant. Daily fasting the whole day and partake food after stars are visible in sky and those who cannot do, can at least be on fasting on Mondays, Ekadasis, Poornima or Amavasya thithis and those who too cannot perform can at least be on fasting on Kaartika Poornima day to get more benefits. It may be noted that visiting of Shiva temples and recitation of Kaartika Puranam is important. During this month, it is advised to donate Saligramam, silver, cow etc. Regular recitation of Vishanushasranamam is also advised to seek His blessings. Recitation of Lalitha Shashranamavali will get financial benefits.

The daily guide is given hereunder for the benefit of the devotees.
Day 1 – Kaartikamasam Shuddha Padayami
Agnim trinetra murunam padamstam suklavaasam
Shaktipadmabhavahema Bhooshayatam bhaje

Day 2 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Dwiteya
Om brahmane lokadhipataye raktavarnayordwalokapalakaya
Padamahastaya hamvahanayanamaha
om Kamalasanaya vidmahe padamhastaya deemahi
Tanmo Brahma prachodayat

Day 3 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Thriteeya
Sankata pradamam nam dwiteeyam vijaya tadha
Truteeyam kamda proktam chaturdam dukaharini
Sarvani panchamam namstakam Katyayani tadha
Saptamam bheemanayana sarvarogaharastakam
Namastakammitham punyam trisanyadyam sraddhayanwitha
yah pateetpatayedwasi naro muschetqa sankataat

Day 4 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Chavathi
Vignudwanta nivaranaika tarani righatavi havyava
Dwignavyala kulasyamatta garudo vignebhi pachanavaha
Vignotttunga giriprbhedana panirvignabdhi kumbodvavoam

Day 5 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Panchami
Namaste devadevesa namaste dharanidhara
Namaste sarvanagendra adishesha namostute

Day 6 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Shasti
On this day, we have to offer prayers to Lord Shiva. Fasting is advised. It is advised to donate Vibhoothi and perform Rudrahomam to ward of negative effects. By performing this, the devotees will witness improved financial position.
Sivva Dwadasanama Stotra
Pradhamastumahadevo Dwiteeyastu Maheswara
Truteeya Sankarogneyuschuturdo vrushabhadwaja
Panchamah Krukttivasacha shasta kamanganasana
Saptamo devadevesa srikantaschastama smutah
Eswaro navamogynyo dasama Parvathipathi
Rudra Ekadasaischava dwadasa Shiva vuchyate

Day 7 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha saptami
Saptabhogam subravarnam satyasamdham bhayamkaram
Shantipriyam sadanamdam dwijihwa teekashanadamshrinam
Sarvabhista pradataram jagadrakshana tatsaram
Nityannadhan samtustam Subramanyam namamyaham

Day 8 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Aastami
Adideva namastubhyam praseeda mama bhaskara
Diwakara namastubhyam prabhakara namostute
Yanmadalam deeptikaram visalam
Ratnaprabham teevaramanaadhimanadi roopam
Daridya dhukha kshayakaranam cha punatu mam
Tatsaviruneyam

Day 9 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Navami
Santakaram Bhujagasayanam padmanabham suresam
Viswakaram gagana sadrusam meghavarnam subhagam
Lakshmikantam kamalanayanam yogi hrudwangamyam
Vande Vishnu bhavabhayaharam sarvalokaika nadham

Day 10 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Dasami
Yaasaa padmasanasta vipulakatitati padmapatrayatakshi
Gambheeravarthanaabhi stanabharanamita subhravastotrareeyaa
Lakshmirvidvapairamanihana khachitai snapita hemakumbhai
sa nityam padmahasta mama vasatu gruhe sarvamagalyayukta

Day 11 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Ekadasi
Krushanbharam krushnavarnam krushnagamdhanulepanam
Padmasanam sooladhara mindraneelasamadutyam
Keyoorinam mukutinam varadam grudhavahanam
Shanisacharam maham vande krushnabharana bhooshitam

Day 12 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Dwadasi
Mastyam kurmam varaham ch vamanam cha janardhanam
Govindam pundaraksham madavam madusudhanam
Padmanabham Hrushikesam vaikuntam Purushottamam
Viswaroopam vasudevam ramam narayanam harim
Damodaram sridharamcha vedamgam garudadwajam
Anantam Krishna gopalam jpato nasti patakam

Day 13 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Tryodasi
Yanmulye saravateeeradhani yanmadye sarwadevataYadhagre sarvavedarcha tulasi twam namamyaham
Namsstulasi kalyani namo vishnupriye subhe
Namo mokshaprade devi namaha sampradayani
Vamamali gadee sareeja sanka chakri ch nandaki
Srimannarayano vishnurvwasudevobhirakshitu

Day 14 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Chaturdasi
Mangalo bhoomi putraschya runahardha dhanpradhah
Sthirasano mahakayo sarvakam phalaprada
Lohito lohitakshascha samaganam krupakara
Dharatmajaha Kujo bhowmo bhoomido bhoominandana
Angarakoyamasaichava sarvarogapharaka
Hrushe kartacha hartcha saravadaivicha poojita
Angaraka Japa mantra(108 times)
Angaraka Maheeputra bhagavan baktavastala
Namoostute Mamaasesha runammasu vimochaya

Day 15 - Kaartikamasam Shuddha Pournami
Vande sambhu mumapatim suragurum vande jagatkaranam
Vande pannaga bhhoshanam mrugadharam vande pasoonam patim
Vande Suryasasanka vahinyananam vande mukunda priyam
Vande bhaktajanasrayam cha varadham vande sivam sanakaram

Day 16 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Padayami
Om Shivaya namaha – Dyanam samaprpayami
Om Paraneswaraya namaha – Avaham samarpayami
Om Kailsavasaya namaha - Ratnakhachita simhasanam samparpayami
Om Gowrinadhaya namaha - Padyam samparpayami
Om Lokeswaraya namaha - Ardyam samparpayami
Om Vrushaba vahanaya namaha - Snanam samparpayami
Om Digambaraya namaha - Vastram samparpayami
Om Jagannadhaya namaha - Yagnopaveetam samparpayami
Om Kapaladharine namaha - Gandham samparpayami
Om Sampoornagunaya namaha - Pushapam samparpayami
Om Maheswaraya namaha - Akshitan samparpayami
Om Parvathinadhaya namaha - Dhoopam samparpayami
Om Tejoroopaya namaha - Deepam samparpayami
Om Lokarakshaya namaha - naivadyam samparpayami
Om Trilochanaya namaha - Karpura neerajanam samparpayami
Om Sankaraya namaha - Suvarna mantra pushapam samparpayami
Om Bhavaya namaha - Pradikshana namaskaraadhi sarvopacharan samparpayami

Day 17 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Dweteyam
'Sarvamangala mangalye sive sarvardhasadhike
Saranye trayabake devi narayani namostute'

Day 18 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Tadiya
Saranagata deenarta paritrana parayane
Sarvaswarthi hare Devi narayani namostute

Day 19 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Chavathi
'Om bhavaya devaya namaha om sarvaya devaya namaha
Om Eesanayana devaya namaha Om pasupate devaya namaha
Om Vugrayan devaya namah Om Rudraya devaya namaha
Om Bheemaya Devaya namaha Om Mahate devaya namaha'

Day 20 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Panchami
'Aarthanam aarthihamtaaram bheetanam bhayanasanam
Dwishatam kaladamdam tam ramachandram namamyaham
Apadamaphartharam dataram sarvasampadam
Lokabhiramam Sriramam bhooyo bhooyo namamyaham'

Day 21 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Shashti
Nityannadana niritakhila roga harin
Bhaygapradana paripoorita bhakta kama
Srutyagama pravana vachya nijaswaroopa
Valllisanadha mamadehi karavalambam

Day 22 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula saptami
Pradamam tu harim vamdya dwiteeyam kesavam tadha
Truteeyam padmanabham tu chaturdam vamanam tadha
Panchamam vedagarbham ch shastam ch madhusudanam
Saptamam vasudevam ch varaham chastamam tadha
navamam pundareekaksham dasamam tu janardhanam
Krushnamekadasam prokatam dwadasam sridharam tadha

Day 23 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Astami
Shankamadye stitam toyam bharmitam kesavopari
Angalagnam munshyanam brahamahatyadikam dahet

Day 24 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Navami
Daridya nasaka Durgastuti
Durgesmuta harawsibheeti masheshajamto
Satai stutamati mateevasubham dadaasi
Daridya dukha bhayaharini katvadanya
Sarvopakara karunaya sadardhachitta

Day 25 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Dasami
Hanumanamjanaa soonu vayuputro mahabhala
Ramesta phalguna sakhi pingakshomita vikramam
Udadhikramanaischa seetasoka vinasaka
Lakshmana pranadasa cha dasagreevasyadarpaho
Dwadasitani namani sapeemdasya mahatmana

Day 26 - Kaartikamasam Bhahula Ekadasi
On this day happens to be Bhahula Ekadasi. Recite Bhagavadgita on this day. Do not forget to parayana of Bhagavadgita during Kaartikamasam. Offer prayers with the Tulasi leaves to Lord Vishnu. Fasting is advised. Donate silver, gold or Saligramam.

Day 27 - Kaartikamasam Bahula Dwadasi
Yamaya Dharmarajaya mrutyaveechamta kayacha
Vaivaswataya kalaya saravabhootaya shayaayacha
Owdumbharaya dhadnaya neelaya parameeshtine
Vukrodaraya chitraya chitraguptaya te namaha

Day 28 - Kaartikamasam Bahula Tryodasi
Amboruham janmagruham bhavatya
Vakshastalam bhartugruham marare
Karunyata kalpaya padmavaase
Leelagruham me hrudayaravindam

Day 29 - Kaartikamasam Bahula chaturdasi
Nagendraharaya trilochanaya
Bhasmagaraya maheswaraya
Nityaya suddaya digambaraya
tasmai na karaya namasivaya
Mandakini sakila chandanacharchitaya
Nandeeswara pramadanada maheswaraya
Mandara mukya bahupushpa supujiataya
Tasmai ma karaya namasivaya
Sivaya Gowrivandanaravinda
Suryaya dhakshadwaranasanaya
Sri neelakantaya vrushadwajaya
Tasmai si karaya namasivaya
Vashishtakumbhodwa gowtamadi
Muneendra devaarchita sekharaya
Chandraka vaiswanara lochanaya
Tasmai va karaya namasivaya
Yakshaswaroopaya Jatadharaya
Pinakahastaya Sanatanaya
Divyaya devaya digambaraya
Tasmai ya karaya namasivaya
Panchaksharamidam punyam ya patechhvasannidow
Sivlokamavopontti sivena saha modite
Shankam chakram julookam dhadha dhamtrutaghatam chapi Dhorbhischtrurbhi
Sookshmaswachhati hrudyamsum parivilasanowsi mubhojaneetram
Kalambhodojwalamgam katitativilasacccharu peeambaradyam
Vande Danwantri ta nikhilagadhavan prodadavagnikeelam

Day 30 – Kaartikamasam Bahula Aamavasya
Arogyam pradatuno dinakara chandram yasonirmalam
Bhootabhoomisutaa sudaamsu tanayam pragyanam gururgavam
Kaanyakomala vaagvilasamutulam mundomudam sarvada
Rahurabhahubalam virodha samanam ketu kulstonnatim

Sarvam Sri SeetaRamachandraparabramha aarpanamastu