Glimpses from Indian spirituality, mythology and way of life.

Glimpses from Indian spirituality, mythology and way of life.

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  • Hymn-Sri Rama Apaduddharaka Stotram-M. Venkataraman

    This is a hymn dedicated to Lord Rama. Invoking SriRama as a deliverer from calamities, it acts as a protective shield against dangers, fear, diseases, and other obstacles. At the end of almost each sloka, the hymn says रामायापन्निवारिणे, रामाय: meaning to Rama and आपन्निवारिणे: meaning remover of distress. It seeks for protection from both Rama and Lakshmana, who are described as holding bows, watching over the devotee from the front, back, and sides. 

    अग्रतः पृष्ठतश्चैव पार्श्वतश्च महाबलौ ।आकर्णपूर्णधन्वानौ रक्षेतां रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥

    सन्नद्धः कवची खड्गी चापबाणधरो युवा ।तिष्ठन्ममाग्रतो नित्यं रामः पातु सलक्ष्मणः ॥

    It calls out Sri Rama as आपदामपहर्तारं, namely destroyer of dangers and troubles. It hails him as दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्, the bestower of all wealth and prosperity.

     

    The hymn may be recited regularly, either in the morning or evening, for overcoming challenges in life and for the grant of courage and mental peace. It is considered to help in overcoming sudden crisis, fear, or obstacles. The phalasrutialso says that chanting it diligently, especially during special times like the month of Vaisakha would lead to wealth and the fulfilment of desires. 

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    14 min
  • Sri Ramodantam-Aranya Kanda-Slokas-M. Venkataraman

    We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam.

    I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam

    in fourteen episodes-first the summary of each Kanda followed by the slokas in the next. This is the sixth episode dealing with the recitation of the slokas of Aranya kandam. 

    This is already available as a book and also as an audio book with leading booksellers like Google Playbooks and

    Apple. A few links are given below.

    https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Venkataraman_Slokas_of_Sri_Ramodantam?id=YgN2EAAAQBAJ&hl=en-IN

    https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Parameshwara_Kavi_Sri_Ramodantam_Slokas?id=AQAAAEC8pDjklM&hl=en-IN

    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sri-ramodantam-slokas-parameshwara-kavi/1140112678

     

    https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781667049342

     

    https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1583204183

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    11 min
  • Hymn- Bhavani Ashtakam –M. Venkataraman

    This is one of the beautiful hymns composed by Adi Sankara on Goddess Parvati. He says, ‘Oh, Mother Bhavani, you are my refuge, you alone are my protector.

    ‘I am tied in the bondage of worldly existence. It is an endless ocean of misery and I struggle with sorrow and fear. Neither the father nor the mother nor son,

    daughter, knowledge, profession nor anything in this world can help me. You alone are my guardian angel.

    ‘I have fallen with excessive desires and greed, drunken and intoxicated

    as it were. I have not done any good and virtuous deeds like charity, meditation or yoga. I do not even know them. I do not know the practice of tantra, or hymns and prayers. I do not know how to even worship. I have not done my traditional duties. I am engaged in bad conducts. I do not know anything about the various gods like Shiva, Vishnu and Rama. I always seek solace from you and you only. I am helpless, poor, afflicted by old age and disease. I am very weak and miserable. You are my refuge;
    you alone are my protector. Please give protection to me always.’

    It is clear that Adi Sankara has composed this for the welfare of common people and recitation of this hymn will be of great advantage to all of us.

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    number of e-books and audio books and you may be able to see them in my website. You may even be able to purchase a few of them through the shop page
    of that website. There is no prescribed price for some of the e-books like the one on Sandhyavandanam and Brahma Yagnam. They can be obtained by making any
    amount chosen by the purchaser.

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    8 min
  • Hymn-Sri Krishna Prata Smarana Stotram-M. Venkataraman

    This hymn on Lord Krishna was composed by Saint Nimbaarkaacharya. He is believed to have lived around the 11th and 12th centuries and is the exponent of the Dvaitadvaita school of philosophy.

    According to him the Jiva and the world are both separate from, and also identical with, Brahman. 

    Adi Sankara was the exponent of the Kevala Advaita philosophy, Ramanuja of the Visishtadvaita philosophy,

    Madhvacharya of the Dvaita philosophy, Vallabhacharya of the Suddhadvaita philosophy and Nimbaarkaacharya of the Dvaitadvaita philosophy.

    Followers of this cult worship Radha and Krishna and Bhagavata Purana is the most important scripture for them.

    Nimbaarkaacharya has written many books including
    commentaries on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagawat Gita and this small beautiful hymn is one of them. This hymn is to be recited in the early morning.

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    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/. I have published a number of e-books and audio books and you may be able to see them in my website. You may even be able to

    purchase a few of them through the shop page of that website.

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    7 min
  • Sri Ramodantam-Aranya Kanda-Summary-M. Venkataraman

    We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam.

    I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam

    in fourteen episodes-first the summary of each Kanda followed by the slokas in the next. This is the fifth episode dealing with the summary of Aranya kandam. 

    This is already available as a book and also as an audio book with leading booksellers like Google Playbooks and

    Apple. A few links are given below.

    https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Venkataraman_Slokas_of_Sri_Ramodantam?id=YgN2EAAAQBAJ&hl=en-IN

    https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Parameshwara_Kavi_Sri_Ramodantam_Slokas?id=AQAAAEC8pDjklM&hl=en-IN

    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sri-ramodantam-slokas-parameshwara-kavi/1140112678

     

    https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781667049342

     

    https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1583204183

    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/

    You can also make a token payment as per your wish and download the e book from this link

    https://www.ramannithya.com/e-books-for-sale

    9 min
  • The Bhagavat Gita-Synopsis-Cantos 1-6 (M. Venkataraman)

    The Bhagavat Gita is one of the main religious literature in the Hindu way of life. It contains about 700 verses divided into 18 cantos. It is the essence of the philosophy

    contained in the Upanishads and is a part of the Mahabharata which describes the story of the Pandavas and the Kouravas. The development of the various
    incidents in the life of the Pandavas and the Kouravas ultimately leads to the war in Kurukshetra wherein the Pandavas finally win the battle.

     

    When Arjuna, the great warrior of the Pandava brothers sees the Kourava army in the battlefield, he is

    overwhelmed with concern because they are all his kinsmen. He gets terrified. Not because of fear of battle but because of emotions.  Krishna who is the
    incarnation of the Almighty God was acting as his  charioteer. Arjuna tells Krishna, ‘My limbs give way. My mouth is getting parched. I feel shaky. My bow slips from my hand. My skin burns all over. My mind is whirling as
    though I cannot hold on to myself. I see evil portends.’

    A conversation ensues between Krishna and Arjuna and this conversation is the Bhagavat Gita. This presentation is a short summary of the first six cantos of the Bhagavat Gita.

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    I have also prepared a book and an audio Book which can

    be seen through the following links.

    E book

    https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=W85wEAAAQBAJ&pli=1

    Audio Book

     

    https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798822634022

     

    https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/bhagawat-gita-a-synopsis-the

     

    https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/the-bhagawat-gita-a-synopsis-by-venkataraman-m-526ac0987e

     

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    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bhagawat-gita-a-synopsis-venkataraman-m/1141493854?ean=2940175314206

     

    https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/bhagawat-gita-a-synopsis/597027

     

    https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1625232125

     

    https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/VENKATARAMAN_M_The_Bhagawat_Gita_A_Synopsis?id=AQAAAEACtRD1AM

    49 min
  • Sri Ramodantam-Ayodhya Kandam-Slokas-M. Venkataraman

    We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam.

    I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam

    in fourteen episodes-first the summary of each Kanda followed by the slokas in the next. This is the fourth episode dealing with the recitation of the slokas of Ayodhya kandam. 

    This is already available as a book and also as an audio book with leading booksellers like Google Playbooks and

    Apple. A few links are given below.

    https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Venkataraman_Slokas_of_Sri_Ramodantam?id=YgN2EAAAQBAJ&hl=en-IN

    https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Parameshwara_Kavi_Sri_Ramodantam_Slokas?id=AQAAAEC8pDjklM&hl=en-IN

    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sri-ramodantam-slokas-parameshwara-kavi/1140112678

     

    https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781667049342

     

    https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1583204183

    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/

    You can also make a token payment as per your wish and download the e book from this link.

    https://www.ramannithya.com/e-books-for-sale

    9 min
  • Hymn-Ekadanta Stotram-M. Venkataraman

    There are a number of stories and parables in the Puranas about Lord Ganesha. The Ganesha Purana and the Mudgala Purana are the core scriptures regarding Ganesha. They consider Ganesha as the Supreme Being, the one Almighty God. The Mudgala Purana indicates eight incarnations of Ganesha like the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. These incarnations are Vakratunda, Ekadanta, Mahodara, Gajavaktra, Lambodara, Vikata, Vignaraja and Dhumravarna. These incarnations are to

    subjugate the evil tendencies in the form of the demons, namely Maatsaryāsura (jealousy), Madāsura (arrogance), Mohāsura (delusion), Lobhāsura (greed), Krodhāsura (anger), Kāmāsura (lust), Mamāsura (possessiveness) and Ahamkarasura (attachment).

    The Ekadanta Stotram is from the second canto of Mudgala Purana relating to the subjugation of Madasura.

    It is said that Madasura was created by Sage Chyavana. Madasura propitiated Shukracharya who initiated him with a Shakti mantra. He performed intense penance by chanting the mantra. Soon he attained the power to rule the universe. With huge power in his disposal he became corrupt and evil. His activities caused immense

    difficulties to all living beings. The Devas and the Rishis approached Sanatkumara to find a way to defeat Madasura. Sanatkumara asked them to
    pray to Ganesha in Ekadanta form. Ganesha answered their prayers and appeared before Madasura as Ekadanta. On seeing him, Madasura did not fight and completely surrendered before Ekadanta.

    After the subjugation of Madasura, the Devas and the Rishis praise Lord Ganesha as in this Ekadanta stotram.

    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/. I have published a number of e-books and audio books and you may be able to see them in my website. You may even be able to
    purchase a few of them through the shop page of that website. There is no prescribed price for some of the e books like the one on Sandhyavandanam and
    Brahma Yagnam. They can be obtained by making any amount chosen by the purchaser.

    https://www.ramannithya.com/e-books-for-sale

    16 min
  • Sri Ramodantam-Ayodhya Kanda-Summary-M. Venkataraman

    We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam.

    I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam

    in fourteen episodes-first the summary of each Kanda followed by the slokas in the next. This is the third episode dealing with the summary of Ayodhya kandam. 

    This is already available as a book and also as an audio book with leading booksellers like Google Playbooks and

    Apple. A few links are given below.

    https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Venkataraman_Slokas_of_Sri_Ramodantam?id=YgN2EAAAQBAJ&hl=en-IN

    https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Parameshwara_Kavi_Sri_Ramodantam_Slokas?id=AQAAAEC8pDjklM&hl=en-IN

    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sri-ramodantam-slokas-parameshwara-kavi/1140112678

     

    https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781667049342

     

    https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1583204183

    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/

    You can also make a token payment as per your wish and download the e book from this link

    https://www.ramannithya.com/e-books-for-sale

    7 min
  • Hymn-Krishnashtakam-M. Venkataraman

    This hymn is one in praise of Lord Krishna. The author of this hymn is not known. It consists of eight verses each
    verse ending with the phrase ‘Krishnam vande Jagatgurum’ meaning ‘I prostrate Krishna, the Lord of the Universe’. At the end there is a phalasruti which says
    that all the sins of those who get up early in the morning and recite this hymn would be completely destroyed.

    Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/. I have published a number of e-books and audio books and you may be able to see them in my website. You may even be able to purchase a few of them through the shop page of that website. You can pay any desired amount and get some of the e books like the one on Sandhyavandanam and Brahma Yagnam. Please refer the link given below.

    https://www.ramannithya.com/e-books-for-sale

    5 min

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