{"id":363,"date":"2020-11-08T19:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/?p=363"},"modified":"2020-11-08T19:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T19:49:16","slug":"dwadasha-stothra-2-aapadashira-sthothra-verse-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/dws\/dwadasha-stothra-2-aapadashira-sthothra-verse-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwadasha stothra 2 : Aapadashira sthothra Verse 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is <strong>currently in print as 1st poem. <\/strong>This sthothra is an aid to remember the extraordinary qualities of the Lord and also serves as an <strong>Aaapadashira sthothra<\/strong> \u2013 describing Him from feet to the Head<br>&nbsp;and the method to offer him our obeisance. &nbsp;It is <strong>also a concise from of kapiladevaRa description about the same to his mother Devaahuti in Bhagavatha. <\/strong>It has <strong>12 stanzas to depict 12 roopas of Narayana<\/strong>. It is normally <strong>recited during NaivedyaSamParane<\/strong> as it is<strong> Vishahara \u2013 it removes the substances that are harmful to body from food.<\/strong> It has Amruthabeeja \u2013 Vam. Hence it is vishaHara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When describing a man description is done from head to toe, but while describing God it is done from toe to head.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ShriStuthi has 8 stanzas as it depicts Prakruthi \u2013 Panchabhutas,&nbsp;Manas, Buddhi, Ahankara. It can be also called Astaakashara Prathipadya of Narayana.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>vaMdE vaMdyam sadAnaMdaM vAsudEvaM niraMjanaM |<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>iMdirApatimAdhyAdi- varadEshavarapradaM || 1 ||<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vamde<\/strong> \u2013 Vadi dhatu \u2013 <strong>vadi abivadana stuthyoho<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vamdhyam<\/strong> \u2013 Prostrations to One who is to be revered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sadanamdam <\/strong>\u2013 Sath anananda \u2013 Bliss without adulteration \u2013 poorna ananada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Sath <\/strong>\u2013 Satvika jNanigalu \u2013 he gives ananda to satvikavaru<\/li><li><strong>Sath \u2013<\/strong> creation time, destruction time<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vasudeva <\/strong>\u2013 one who has Sathvika manasu .  Bhagavatha says <strong>\u201csattvam vishudam vasudeva samhitam\u201d \u2013 means one who gives knowledge about Narayana is Vasudeva, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Vasu <\/strong>\u2013 prosperities,<strong> deva<\/strong> \u2013 knowledge.<\/li><li><strong>Vasudeva<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>one who is without taint of rajas and tamas and has only satvika nature. Hence to see God, heart should be clean like mirror.<\/strong> (<strong>Turiyam drushyate kwapi \u2013<\/strong> when one achieves self realization(atma sakshatkara) next is god realization. That too god realization is only for a second. One can see God always in moksha only.&nbsp;)&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Vasu \u2013 vasayati iti vasuhu <\/strong>\u2013 one who is hidden when in samsara to naked eye. <strong>Deva \u2013 devayati iti devaha \u2013<\/strong> one who is visible during moksha<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4 roopas of Narayana:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> To protect the universe, the Lord takes the form of Aniruddha. Lakshmi Roopa- Shanthi<\/li><li>Pradyumna Roopa creates universe. Lakshmi Roopa- Kriti<\/li><li>SamkarshaNa Roopa annihilates the universe during Mahapralaya. Lakshmi Roopa- Jaya<\/li><li>Vasudeva Roopa liberates that section of jeevas (from the pangs of rebirth) who are destined to attain Mukthi by virtue of the sadhana. Lakshmi Roopa: Maya<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He stays inside and outside everything in this universe &#8211; vasuhu \u2013 transparent conscience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Varaha, narashima, rama, parushurama \u2013 strength<\/li><li>Buddha \u2013 gives moha to tamasikaru<\/li><li>Krishna \u2013 knowledge, strength &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Niranjana <\/strong>\u2013 without any defects, that which is <strong>not bound by physical limits of panchabhootika sharira &nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indirapathiyam<\/strong> \u2013 consort of Lakshmi \u2013 who is abhimani of gunatraya \u2013 sattva, rajas, tamas- Naryana is niyamka for lakshmi\/prakruthi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adya \u2013 b<\/strong>rahma . <strong>Adyaadi <\/strong>\u2013 Brahma, shesha, rudra, garuda \u2013 pradhana purusharu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>varadEshavarapradaM \u2013 Varada isharu \u2013 one who grants our wishes\/needs.<\/strong> Our needs are fulfilled by tattvaabhimanni devathas. But pradhana purusharu grant needs to them also. Narayana grants boons\/needs to pradhana purusharu also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Vara+desha<\/strong> = one who gives superlative advice.<\/li><li><strong>Deshikaru <\/strong>= one who preaches<\/li><li><strong>Adyaadhi varada<\/strong> = da means overhaul.<strong> One who can overhaul the boons given by pradhana purusharu. Eg: Boon give to  Hiranyakashapu<\/strong> by Brahma was overhauled by Narasimha roopa  <\/li><li><strong>Dhana <\/strong>= cut\/ give<\/li><li><strong>Isha vara prada<\/strong> = <strong>gave special boon to shiva to create beguile texts ( moha shastra)<\/strong> to show the powers of Shiva and not Narayana. Hence shaiva dharma is more popular than vaishanva dharma.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I offer my salutations always to Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and consort of Lakshmi, who is always fit for such prostration, who is full of bliss and other auspicious qualities, and is without any blemish or defect, and is the giver of great boons such as Moksha to Gods like Brahma, who are themselves known as givers of boons to others.<br>SriMadacharya now describes the limbs of the Lord from the feet up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is currently in print as 1st poem. This sthothra is an aid to remember the extraordinary qualities of the Lord and also serves as an Aaapadashira sthothra \u2013 describing Him from feet to the Head&nbsp;and the method to offer him our obeisance. &nbsp;It is also a concise from of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102],"tags":[117,40,103,108,118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spurana.varida.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}