Mangalaashtakam Verse 2:
Verse 2:
ब्रह्म वायुगिरीशशॆषगरुडा दॆवॆन्द्रकामौ गुरुः
चन्द्रार्कौ वरुणानलौ मनुयमौ वित्तॆशविघ्नॆश्वरौ
नासत्यौ निरृतिर्मरुद्गणयुताः पर्जन्यमित्रादयः
सस्त्रीकाः सुरपुंगवाः प्रतिदिनं कुर्वंतु नॊ मन्गलम् ॥ २ ॥
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ವಾಯುಗಿರೀಶಶೇಷಗರುಡಾ ದೇವೇನ್ದ್ರಕಾಮೌ ಗುರುಃ
ಚನ್ದ್ರಾರ್ಕೌ ವರುಣಾನಲೌ ಮನುಯಮೌ ವಿತ್ತೇಶವಿಘ್ನೇಶ್ವರೌ
ನಾಸತ್ಯೌ ನಿರೃತಿರ್ಮರುದ್ಗಣಯುತಾಃ ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯಮಿತ್ರಾದಯಃ
ಸಸ್ತ್ರೀಕಾಃ ಸುರಪುಂಗವಾಃ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನಂ ಕುರ್ವಂತು ನೋ ಮನ್ಗಲಮ್ || ೨ ||
brahma vaayugirIshashEShagaruDaa dEvEndrakaamou guruH
chandraarkou varuNaanalou manuyamou vittEshavighnEshvarou
naasatyou nirRutirmarudgaNayutaaH parjanyamitraadayaH
sastrIkaaH surapuMgavaaH pratidinaM kurvaMtu nO mangalam || 2 ||
Meaning:
May the following exalted Gods, along with their wives, bless us with auspiciousness, every day:
– Brahma, Vaayu
– Rudra, Shesha
– Garuda
– Devendra (Indra)
– Kaama (Manmatha)
– Guru (Bruhaspati)
– Ravi (Sun), Chandra (Moon)
– Varuna (patron god for water, especially Oceans and Seas)
– Anala (aka Agni or Fire)
– Swaayambhuva Manu
– Yama
– Kubera, Ganesha, Ashwini devatas
– Niruti (the guardian of the South West direction), marud gana
– Parjanya, Mitra
Our scriptures talk of 8 deities guarding the 8 cardinal directions; the verse covers all 8 as shown below. The intent is to pray for auspiciousness from all directions.
Direction Deity
- uttara/North- rudra/narasimha
- Paschima/ West – varuna/matsya
- Dhakshine/ South – yama/ shrIrAma,
- Purva/ East – Indra/ Upendra
- Agne/ South east – Agni/Parashurama
- nirruti/ Southwest – nirruti/janardhana,
- Vayuvya/ North West-chandra/dhanvantri, kubera/kapila,
- Eshanya/ North east – pravaha vayu/ hayagriva,
Aditi and Kashyapa have 12 sons, out of which the eldest is the Sun god (who has other names like Ravi, Vivasvaan etc). The youngest is Vaamana (the 5th of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu in this manvantara). Some of the others are Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Bhaga, Poosha etc. These 12 are collectively called Adityas (sons of Aditi), but most people associate ‘Aditya’ with the Sun god. He has blessed mankind with life sustaining heat and light; in today’s world, people also generate electricity from solar energy.
Parjanya is the god regulating rain bearing clouds.
Brahma’s one day is equal to 43,20,000 years. Brahma’s day is divided into 14 manvantaras or periods. Each manvantara has a Manu (Ruler). The first manu was svaayambhuva manu. This is the manu referred to in this verse. Incidentally, we are in the 7th manvantara, with vaivasvat (son of vivasvAn or Sun) as the manu. He is also indirectly referred to in this verse.
