Wednesday 8 March 2017

Sri Dhashavathara Sthothram – Lyrics and meanings



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||










I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who has great splendor, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who have beautiful eye-catching neck, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who has incarnated as giant fish/Mathsya that merrily dwelling in the ocean, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is embodied as Koorma/tortoise in the milky ocean, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who  is embodied as Varaha/wild boar and protected Mother Earth, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is Parathpara, embodied as Narasimha/half lion and half man , I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as powerful Vamana/dwarf, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as most vigorous and celebrated Vipra/ Bhargavarama, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as Raghava who is dearest darling of Goddess Sita,  I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as most celebrated Yadhava worshiped by Parththa/Arjuna, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as Buddha, repudiated/perplexed soul, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana whose impending incarnation as Kalki which cause deluge at the end of era.  I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is flawless and storehouse of virtues, he is the Lord of Lords and Lord of living beings, he has incarnated as horse-faced Lord Hayanana who carries conch, Akshamala, and scriptures, and one hand in Abhayahastha posture/ensures protection of worshiper who are surrendered at his lotus feet, he symbolizes wisdom and knowledge. I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who has fourfold splendor, he is eulogized by the illustrious sages and rishis.   I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as Hayanana/Lord Hayagreevah/horse-faced decked in marvelous crown, adorned in precious ornaments like armlets, waist belts, anklets and attired in majestic yellow garments and surrounded by deities. I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as Hayanana/Lord Hayagreevah/horse-faced, he is sinless, he has the luster of thousands and millions of moon, he is beloved of Madhvamuni, he is worshiped by liberated/renounced souls.   I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Narayana who is personified as Hayanana, was earnestly eulogised by Vadhiraja with the above sacred verses that describes the splendor of ten incarnations of Lord Narayana who is deserved to be meditated and worshiped.



Namosthu Narayanamandhiraya  Namosthu Harayana Kandharaya | Namosthu Mathsyaya  Layabdhigaya  Namosthu Koormaya  Payobdhigaya | Namo Varahaya  Namo Nrusimhaya  Parathparaya ||

Namosthu Shakraya Vamanaya  Namosthu Viprothsava Bhargavaya | Namosthu  Seethahitha Raghavaya  Namosthu Parthasthutha Yadhavaya ||

Namosthu Buddhaya  Vimohakaya  Namosthu  The Kalki Payodhithaya | Namosthu Poornabhi Sadhgunaya  Samastha Nathaya Hanananaya ||

Karasya  Shankhollasa Dhakshamala Prabodha  Mudhra Abhya  Pusthakaya | Namosthu Vakthrodhigara Dhagamaya Nirastha Heyaya Hayananaya ||

Ramasamakara  Chathushtayena  Krama Chathur Dhikshu Nishevithaya | Namosthu  Parshvadhvayaga Dhviroopasriyabhishikthaya  Hayananaya ||

Kireeda Pattangadha  Hara  Kanchi Surathrapeethambara Noopuradhyai: | Virajithangaya  Namosthu Thubhyam Surai: Parithaya  Hayananaya ||

Vishodha Kodindhu Nibhaprabhaya Visheshatho Madhva Muni Priyaya | Vimuktha Vandhyaya  Namosthu Vishvagivadhootha Vignaya  Hayananaya ||

Namosthu Shishteshtadha Vadhirajakrithashtakabhishtutha Cheshtithaya | Dhashavatharai Srithasarthadhaya  Nishesha Bimbasya  Hayananaya ||

Namosthu Parayana Archithaya  Namosthu Narayana The Archithaya ||
||Ithi Vadhirajapoojya Charana Virajitham Dhashavathara Sthothram Sampoornnam ||



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||