Narayaneeyam – Dasakam 3 – Sloka 1 – நாம ரூப பக்தி

Link to the Audio for Chanting

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9uy9v6twmp9nj8f/3-1.mp3?dl=0

Sanskrit Verse

पठन्तो नामानि प्रमदभरसिन्धौ निपतिता:

स्मरन्तो रूपं ते वरद कथयन्तो गुणकथा:

चरन्तो ये भक्तास्त्वयि खलु रमन्ते परममू

नहं धन्यान् मन्ये समधिगतसर्वाभिलषितान् II

English Transliteration

paThantO naamaani pramadabharasindhau nipatitaaH

smarantO ruupaM te varada kathayantO guNakathaaH |

charantO ye bhaktaastvayi khalu ramante paramamuu

nahaMdhanyaan manye samadhigatasarvaabhilaShitaan || 1

Tamil Transliteration

பட₂ந்தோ நாமாநி ப்ரமத₃ப₄ரஸிந்தௌ₄ நிபதிதா:

ஸ்மரந்தோ ரூபம் தே வரத₃ கத₂யந்தோ கு₃ணகதா₂: |

சரந்தோ யே ப₄க்தாஸ்த்வயி க₂லு ரமந்தே பரமமூ-

நஹம் த₄ந்யாந் மந்யே ஸமதி₄க₃தஸர்வாபி₄லஷிதாந் || 1||

Meaning in English

O Bestower of Boons! I consider those devotees of Thine most fortunate, who always chant Thy sacred names, and so revel in the ocean of Bliss. Contemplating on Thy divine form they are engaged in narrating Thy divine stories. Moving about freely, they are immersed in the joy of Thy thoughts. They, indeed, have fulfilled all their desires in life.

Meaning in Tamil

உன் திருநாமங்களை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் உரைவோர்

மூழ்கித்திளைப்பர் பேரானந்தக் கடலினிலே, வரதனே!

உன் வடிவம் உள்நிறுத்தி உரைத்திடுவரே,

உன் மகிமைமிகு திருவிளையாடல்களை, உலகோனே!

கட்டின்றி நகரும் அப்பக்தர்குழாம் எந்நேரமும்,

மட்டின்றி திளைத்தனரே உன் பேரின்பக் கடலிலே, கண்ணா!

கடந்தனரே வாழ்வதனின் தம் ஆசைக் கடல் அனைத்துமே

கண்டனரே தமை உலகில் புண்ணியரென, குருவாயூரப்பனே! 3.1

Narayaneeyam – Dasakam 3 – Introduction

Guruvayurappan

The greatness of The Supreme Reality-The Brahma Tatwa is of the nature of the Pure Consciousness, is without parallel or comparison, is totally free of time and space limitations, and is always free of Maya. This was brought out in Daskam 1. That Brahma Tatwa which is not easy to grasp in the beginning, but the realisation of which, is the highest purusharth (i.e. liberation), that very Reality shines right in front in concrete form in the Guruvaayur temple as Lord Krishna. Through this first Daskam, the transcendent and immanent (Nirguna and Saguna) nature of the Brahman is brought out.

The reality of the Brahman is not a question to be solved by dialectic which the vast majority of the human race will be unable to understand. Dialectic in itself and without reference to personal experience cannot give us conviction. Only spiritual experiences can provide us with proof. Narayana Bhattathri has brought out his spiritual experience at the Guruvayur Temple for the benefit of ordinary humans like us. In Dasakam 2, the sweetness of the form and the devotion to that form was brought out clearly.

Now in Daskam 3, Bhattathri brings out his personal health issues and earnestly appeals to the Lord to help him. In that process he amplifies the various aspects of Bhakti and the significant gains that devotees acquire through Bhakti Marga.

We will commence our study of the Slokas. Each Sloka will be covered in a blog.

The first Sloka of Dasakam 3 will appear on the Vaikunta Ekadasi day of 13th January 2022.

The subsequent blogs will appear on every Ekadasi day at 0400 Hrs (IST) and will contain a link to the Chanting Audio .

Each blog will cover the Sloka, transliterations in English and Tamil and the meaning of the Sloka in English and Tamil.

An important message here: Except for the translation in Tamil which is an expression of my limited understanding of the Sloka, everything else is what is available in the public domain.