Dwadasha stothra 3 : Verse 1
This stothra is not present in the current print of Dwadasha stothra. Raghuvarya teerthaaru of Palimaru mata had made a copy. 150 years ago, RaghuRatNaTeertharu of Palimar mata made a fully legible copy of this shloka by filling the gap left by words that were left out/erased by mukhadyutha pata.
Shloka 1:
Shankha chakra gadha padma sharnga kadaga daram sada
Namami pitram nithyam vasudevam jagatpathim || 1||
This shloka describes 6 ayudha of Narayana :
- Shanka –Abhimani devate is Sri roopa of lakshmi . Conch also signifies sattva.
- Chakra – Abhimani devate is Durga of lakshmi, who is also tamoabhimanini
- Gadha – Abhimani devate is Vaayu
- Padma – Abhimani devate is Bhu roopa of lakshmi, who is also rajoabhimani
- Sharnga(arrow) – Abhimani devate is Vaayu . 5 arrows in Narayana’s hand depicts 5 forms of Vaayu – prana, apana, vyana, udana, samana.
- KaDga –Abhimani devate is lakshmi .
This shloka also talks about 4 vyuharoopa of Narayana which were seen during the beginning of creation.
- Vasudeva roopa: chakra shanka gadha padma shrnga kaDga (from left to right)
- Pradyuma roopa: chakra shanka shrnga (dhanur bana dara)
- Aniruddha roopa : chakra shanka kaDga
- Sankrashana roopa : chakra shanka onake (pestle) negilu ( plow). Acharyaru uses “namani pitram” to pay obeisance to Sankarshana roopa of Narayana as Vaayu’s creation is through Sankrashana and Jaya