Verses for Narasimha Jayanti - Nrsimhastava

[Anand Hudli]

Here is a set of verses composed for Narasimha Jayanti. The first two verses are dedicated to Ganesha and Kuladevata, Mallari. The third verse is based on the Narasimha Anushtup Mantra, extolled in the Narasimha Tapini Upanishad. The fourth verse is in the form of obeisance to the pAdapadma of Shri Narasimha, set in Vasantatilaka meter. Verses 5-10 contain ideas drawn from the Upanishads. Verse 11, set in shArdUlavikrIdita meter, is a short description of the kApAlika episode, where a kApalika intent on offering Shankara Bhagavatpada in a human sacrifice is killed by Shri Nrsimha. The remaining verses 12-15 are in praise of Nrsimha and regarding the importance of reciting his names. Verse 13, set in upendravajrA meter, is a variant of one of my favorite verses in the Nrsimha Sahasra Nama. 

यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण नश्यन्ति विघ्नपर्वताः।
गणेशाय नमस्तस्मै मोदकप्रियदन्तिने॥१॥

म्हाळसेशं महादेवं चन्द्रचूडं महेश्वरम्।
गङ्गाधरं शिवं वन्दे मल्लारिं कुलदैवतम्॥२॥

उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं नृसिंहरूपधारिणम्।
मृत्युमृत्युं शिवं वन्दे तं प्रह्लादवरप्रदम्॥३॥

प्रातर्नमामि नरकेसरिपादपद्मम्।
वज्रांकुशादिशुभचिह्नभयापहं तम्।
क्लेशान्तकं झटिति भागवतोत्तमानाम्।
प्रह्लादमानसमधुव्रतसेव्यमानम्॥४॥

सृष्ट्वा प्रभुर्नृसिंहो हि कृत्स्नं जगत्स्वमायया।
अन्तर्बहिश्च तं व्याप्य पश्यंस्तिष्ठति लीलया॥५॥

अन्तर्यामी निगूढात्मा नासौ ज्ञातो हि तत्त्वतः।
अज्ञैर्मायावृतो देवः सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहः॥६॥

भ्रमन्ति संनिधौ तस्य जगन्ति परितः सदा।
चुम्बकलोहवत्तन्न जानन्ति मूढमानसाः॥७॥

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यैश्च गुरोरनुग्रहेण हि।
ऐक्यज्ञानं यदोत्पन्नं तदाविद्या विनश्यति॥८॥

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिभ्यः परं ज्ञानघनं हरिम्।
शान्तं तं शिवमद्वैतं प्रपञ्चोपशमं विभुम्॥९॥

केवलं निर्गुणं देवं निष्क्रियं निरुपाधिकम्।
तुर्यमात्मेति मन्यन्ते जीवन्मुक्ता मनीषिणः॥१०॥

ज्ञात्वा शङ्करविश्रुतिं नरबलिं वै दातुकामः खलो
ध्यानावस्थितदेशिकं ह्यकरुणो हन्तुं सखड्गोऽगमत्।
शिष्याहूतविभुः क्रुधा दशदिशः संकम्पयन् हुंकृतै
र्हत्वा दुष्टमतिं यतेः प्रियकरः श्रीनारसिंहः प्रभुः॥११॥

शङ्करदेशिकेन्द्रस्य रक्षित्रे ते नमो नमः।
भक्तानामार्तिहन्त्रे च प्रह्लादवत्सलाय ते॥१२॥

नमोऽस्तु नारायण नारसिंह नमोऽस्तु नारायण रौद्रसिंह।
नमोऽस्तु नारायण वीरसिंह नमोऽस्तु नारायण देवसिंह॥१३॥

नृसिंहेति परं मन्त्रं तारकं ब्रह्मसम्मितम्।
ब्रह्महत्यादिपापघ्नमिति शास्त्रविदो विदुः॥१४॥

नृसिंहेति नृसिंहेति जपन्ति ये नराः सदा।
भक्तिं मुक्तिं च विन्दन्ति लोके नास्त्यत्र संशयः॥१५॥

॥ श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहार्पणमस्तु ॥

Anand

[Nagaraj Paturi]

म्हाळसेशं महादेवं चन्द्रचूडं महेश्वरम्।
गङ्गाधरं शिवं वन्दे मल्लारिं कुलदैवतम्॥२॥ 

--- I liked it.

Are there any other Sanskrit verses/stotras/works on Mallaari/Malhaari ? 

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Director,  Inter-Gurukula-University Centre for Indic Knowledge Systems. 

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

[Anand Hudli]

Prof. Paturi,

There is a Mallari Mahatmya book which contains various stotras, sahasranamas, and a detailed account of the Mallari incarnation of Shiva written along the lines of Devi Mahatmya. There is a practice among people, whose family deity is Mallari/Khandoba, to read this Mahatmya during the first six days of the Margashirsha month, culminating on the Champa Shashthi. Most people that I know, however, read a Marathi version or the Kannada version. The Sanskrit version is used in the Mallari Homa, again along the lines of the Chandi Homa, which is conducted in a large scale in places such as Devaragudda, Karnataka. These places draw huge crowds every year and the festival really reinforces the faith that people have in Mallari. In Maharashtra the place to visit is Jejuri, where the deity is called Khandoba. Devaragudda, the name often used in Malatisha or Malatesha. 

Anand

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[Siddharth Wakankar]

Dear Anand and Prof.Paturi,

A very good, pleasant and simple but effective poetic composition.Congrats for this enterprise.pl.continue this endeavour and get punya.

There is one very rare work still in a manuscript form deposited in the collection of the Oriental Institute,Baroda.It is named Mallari or Malharimahatmya and it has a Sanskrit commentary by one Shri Kalamkar.I forgot his first name,but,am sure that still this ms.is not printed by any scholar, because, Mallari or Malhari is a typically Maharashtrian and Kannada God not much known outside these places/ states.

It will be better if anybody works on bringing out its Edition or Critical Edition based on other MSS.deposited in different Libraries.

Some youngster can/ should work for his/ her Ph.D. on this rare but important text.It would be my pleasure to help him/ her if it is needed.

Best luck in your search and research on this rare text.

Prof. Siddharth Y Wakankar.

Vadodara.9427339942.

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[Bijoy Misra]

Loved it..Congratulations..

नृसिंह is the foundation of the Jagannatha in Puri through the Vaishnavism..

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[Anand Hudli]

Sir,

Thank you. I had not heard of any commentary on the Malhari Mahatmya. I will try to find it. 

Regards,

Anand

[V Subrahmanian]

There is a Mallari performance in Nadaswaram.  Is it related to the deity Mallari by any way?

http://www.carnatica.net/sangeet/nagaswaram-art.htm  

What is a Mallari?

Like the tradition during the temple rituals, there also prevailed a special pattern for temple processions, the most important being the rendition of Mallari. During processions, whenever Deeparadhana was performed, the Nadaswaram and the Tavil played as an ensemble - a rendering based on Tillana in raga Gambheeranata. This is called Mallari. This practise continues even today.

Each performance weaves a unique type of Mallari. During the Siva Tandava (the frezied dance of Lord Siva), his anklets gave rise to the Jati-s, "Tha dhi Tom Nam". This formed the basis of jatis for several percussion instruments like Mridangam. Further sounds emanating while striking the two hands on the mridangam produced "Dhim Dhim, Tham Tham". This forms the basis of the Mallari presentation, wherein the performer intertwines the Alarippu and the special jatis of the Tavil, "Kunda kundagu - Diruta Kundagu", to the raga Gambheeranata.

Subsequent to the detailed presentation of Gambheeranata, the other Ghana Pancha ragas, namely, Nata, Gowla, Arabhi, Varali and Sriragam are played. Todi is also rendered. The five types of Mallari are:

Teertha Mallari - while the Tirumanjanam is brought

Taligai Mallari - while the Naivedyam is brought

Kumbha Mallari - while giving the Poornakumbham

Taer Mallari - when the deity is taken up for procession

Purapattu Mallari - when the procession of the deity starts

One significant Mallari is Triputa tala Mallari, based on seven beats either as "Takita takadhimi" (3 + 4) or "Takadhimi takita" (4 + 3).

The Taer Mallari which has 5 beats is repeatedly handled on the procession days. No other Mallari is handled during the procession day.

Except a few like Triputa Mallari and Taer Mallari, Taligai and other Mallaris do not have any specific tala structure (beats). These would depend on the performer's creativity.

regards

subrahmanian.v

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

>   Mallari or Malhari is a typically Maharashtrian and Kannada God not much known outside these places/ states.

----- This deity is worshiped by the shepherd caste called as Dhangar in Maharashtra, Kuruba in Karnataka and southern Andhra Pradesh and Kuruma in Telangana. In Kannada and Telugu , he is also called as Mallanna. Mailari is the other name of this devata. In Maharashtra typically the word Khandoba is prevalent. Biroba is the caste origin hero (the first shepherd) worshiped as another devata by this caste Dhangar. Biroba is called Beerappa in Kannada and Telugu. 

The caste and cult have been studied extensively by the late Prof. Gunther Sonthiemer

 

(https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/en/mitarbeiter/sontheimer/sontheimer.php?memoriam) 

(https://iias.asia/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL54_42.pdf) 

in his book " Pastoral Deities in Western India" 

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Pastoral_Deities_in_Western_India.html?id=YLCFNgAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

https://www.amazon.in/Pastoral-Deities-Western-Gunther-Dietz-Sontheimer/dp/0195055004

I studied the Telugu counterpart of it in the Raayalaseema (southern Andhra Pradesh) and Telangana for decades. 

  

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[Siddharth Wakankar]

Best luck to you in your search and research on Malharimahatmya.

Prof. Siddharth Y Wakankar.

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