Lakshmi Narayana Stotram Telugu Pdf
The popular Kanakadhara Stotram by Shri Shankaracharya and Hayagriva Stotram by Shri Vedanta Desika are examples of this kind. But the borderline has become grey with the result that nowadays any hymn is being called a stotram. WHY RECITE STOTRAM?:- Let us briefly discuss as to why should one listen to and recite stotras. Kniga kapitan blad vozvraschaetsya z.
॥ नारायणहृदयम् ॥ ॥ श्रीयै नमः ॥ ॥ श्रीमते नारायणाय नमः ॥ अथर्वरहस्ये उत्तर खण्डे ॥ श्री नारायण हृदयम् ॥. SHRI NARAYANA HRIDAYAM. INTRODUCTION:- The following abbreviations are used in the comments that follow.
(1) Narayana Hridayam - NH. (2) Laxmi Hridayam - LH (3) Vishnu Sahasranama with the commentary of Shri Shankaracharya - VS. (4) Bhagavad Gita - BG. (5) Shrimad Bhagavatham - BH (6) Lalitha Sahasranamam - LS. (7) Vivekachudamani of Shri Shankaracharya - VC. (8) Katha Upanishad - KU.
(9) Mundaka Upanishad - MU. Narayana Hridayam stotram is unique in that it is coupled with another stotram Laxmi Hridayam to form a pair. They are found in the Atharva Rahasyam. They were given out by sage Bhargava. They belong to the category of stotram स्तोत्रम्. The appellation stotram, stuti and stavam all describe a hymn only.
स्तवः स्तोत्रं नुतिः स्तुतिः । says Amara, the Sanskrit lexicon. They all narrate the qualities of a deity. गुणसंकीर्तनम् is stotram, says Shri Shankaracharya in his commentary to Vishnu Sahasranama. The Lord in His true form is described in the scriptures as having no attributes or qualities such as name, form or qualities. यत्तदद्रेश्य-मग्राह्य-मगोत्र-मवर्णमचक्षुःश्रोत्रं तदपाणि-पादम् । नित्यं विभुं सर्वगतं सुसूक्ष्मं तदव्ययं यद्भूतयोनिं परिपश्यन्ति धीराः ॥ MU(1-1-5.) But since such a God will be impossible for a devotee to comprehend and relate with, the scriptures say that the Lord is also available with names and forms. This makes it easy for a devotee to worship Him. The kindly Lord accepts this kind of worship also.
STOTRAM:- Customarily a stotram describes a hymn that is ancient. It is generally found in vedas, puranas or itihasas such as the Ramayana or Mahabharatha.
Thus we call Vishnu Sahasranama and the Lalitha Sahasranama as stotras. So also we call Aditya Hridayam as stotram.
They were narrated by some sage, but the sage himself is not the author. He had heard it or got it from some one. Thus the origin is not known and is lost in antiquity. Generally the sage who narrates it says something about its glory in the beginning. He also appends a list of benefits one will get by reciting it or using it in some specific manner as in a sacrifice or homa. This is known as phalashruti (फलश्रुतिः ।). Thus, we find these parts or components in these two stotras (NH) and (LH).
But some hymns composed by great acharyas or saints later on that were outpourings of intense devotion also carry the appellation stotram. The popular Kanakadhara Stotram by Shri Shankaracharya and Hayagriva Stotram by Shri Vedanta Desika are examples of this kind. But the borderline has become grey with the result that nowadays any hymn is being called a stotram. WHY RECITE STOTRAM?:- Let us briefly discuss as to why should one listen to and recite stotras.
Our scriptures repeatedly state that the birth as a human being is very rare and so immensely valuable. Rarer still are the desire for liberation and association of noble souls They urge us to appreciate the fact and make best use of our birth as humans. दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्देवानुग्रह-हेतुकम् । मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥ VC(No.3) The reason for saying that a human birth is great should be obvious.
Animals may be stronger, faster and have capabilities such as very acute hearing, keen eye sight etc., which we do not possess. Still we claim to be superior to them because we humans are endowed with the power of reasoning and common sense. With these gifts we can plan our future intelligently, set goals and do all that is needed to attain the goals. Our scriptures say that if, after being born as a human being, one fails to exploit these gifts properly and achieve the goals, then that person is no different from an animal. आहार-निद्रा-भय-मुख्यकानि सामान्यमेतत् पशुभिर्नराणाम् । बुद्धिर्हि तेषामधिको विशेषो बुद्ध्या विहीनः पशुभिः समानः । GOALS - The goals may vary from one person to the other and so can be numerous. But our sages have analysed these numerous goals and divided them into four categories. They are (1) dharma, (2) artha or material acquisitions like wealth, house, family etc., (3) kama or sense pleasures that wealth and other material acquisitions mentioned earlier can provide and finally (4) mokSha or liberation.