Post #8
The following is again from Yuddha Kandam and is the celebrated stui by BrahmA.
भवान्नारायणो देवः श्रीमांश्चक्रायुधो विभुः ।
एकशृङ्गो वराहस्त्वंभूतभव्यसपत्नजित् ।। 6.120.14 ।।
"You are the Lord Narayana himself the glorious god, who wields the discus. You are the Divine Boar with a single tusk, the conqueror of your past and future enemies."
अक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यं च मध्ये चान्ते चराघव ।
लोकानां त्वं परो धर्मो विष्वक्सेनश्चतुर्भुजः ।। 6.120.15 ।।
"You are Brahma, the imperishable, the Truth abiding in the middle as well as at the end of the universe. You are the supreme righteousness of people, whose powers go everywhere. You are the four-armed."
शार्ङ्गधन्वा हृषीकेशः पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
अजितः खड्गधृद्विष्णुःकृष्णश्चैव बृहद्बलः ।। 6.120.16 ।।
"You are the wielder of a bow called Sarnga, the lord of the senses, the supreme soul of the universe, the best of men, the invincible, the wielder of a sword named Nandaka, the all-pervader, the bestower of happiness to the earth and endowed with great might.You are Krishna and vishnu"
सेनानीर्ग्रामणीश्च त्वं बुद्धिःसत्त्वं क्षमा दमः ।
प्रभवश्चाप्ययश्च त्वमुपेन्द्रो मधुसूदनः ।। 6.120.17 ।।
"You are the leader of the army and the village headman. You are the intellect. You are the endurance and the subduer of the senses. You are the origin and the dissolution of all, Upendra the Divine Dwarf and (the younger brother of Indra) as also the destroyer Madhu, the demon."
इन्द्रकर्मा महेन्द्रस्त्वं पद्मनाभो रणान्तकृत् ।
शरण्यं शरणं चत्वामाहुर्दिव्या महर्षयः ।। 6.120.18 ।।
"You perform action for Indra the lord of celestials, the Supreme Ruler, the one having a lotus in one's navel and who puts an end to all in battle. The divine sages pronounce you to be fit to afford protection to all and the refuge for all."
सहस्रशृङ्गो वेदात्माशतजिह्वो महर्षभः ।। 6.120.19 ।।
त्वं त्रयाणां हि लोकानामादिकर्तास्वयम्प्रभुः ।
सिद्धानामपि साध्यानामाश्रयश्चासि पूर्वजः ।। 6.120.20 ।।
"In the form of the Vedas, you are the great Bull with hundred heads (rules) and thousand horns (precepts). You are the first creator of all, the three worlds, and the self constituted Lord of all. You are the refuge and the forbear of Siddhas (a class of demi-gods endowed with mystic powers by virtue of their very birth) and Sadhyas (a class of celestial beings.)"
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोङ्कारः परन्तपः ।
प्रभवं निधनं वाते न विदुः को भवानिति ।। 6.120.21 ।।
"You are the sacrificial performance. You are the sacred syllable 'Vashat' (on hearing which the Adhvaryu priest casts the oblation to a deity into the sacrificial fire). You are the mystic syllable 'OM'. You are higher than the highest. People neither know your end nor your origin nor who you are in reality."
दृश्यसे सर्वभूतेषु ब्राह्मणेषुच गोषु च ।
दिक्षु सर्वासु गगने पर्वतेषु वनेषु च ।। 6.120.22 ।।
"You appear in all created beings in the cattle and in brahmanas. You exist in all quarters, in the sky, in mountains and in rivers."
सहस्रचरणः श्रीमान् शतशीर्षः सहस्रदृक् ।
त्वं धारयसि भूतानिवसुधां च सपर्वताम् ।। 6.120.23 ।।
"With thousand feet, with hundred heads and with thousand eyes along with Lakshmi the goddess of wealth, you bear the earth with all its created beings along with its mountains."
अन्ते पृथिव्याः सलिले दृश्यसे त्वंमहोरगः ।
त्रील्लोँकान् धारयन् राम देवगन्धर्वदानवान् ।। 6.120.24 ।।
"O Rama! You appear as Sesha, a large serpent in water, at the earth's bottom, bearing the three worlds, gods, Gandharvas, the celestial musicians and the demons."
अहं ते हृदयं राम जिह्वा देवी सरस्वती ।
देवा गात्रेषु रोमाणिनिर्मिता ब्रह्मणः प्रभो ।। 6.120.25 ।।
"O Rama! I (brahma) am your heart. Saraswathi, the goddess (of learning) is your tongue. O lord! The gods created by Brahma are the hair on all your limbs."
निमेषस्तेभवेद्रात्रिरुन्मेषस्ते भवेद्दिवा ।
संस्कारास्ते ऽभवन् वेदा न तदस्ति त्वयाविना ।। 6.120.26 ।।
"Night has been recognized as the closing of your eye-lids and the day, as the opening of eye-lids. The correct usages of your words are the Vedas. Bereft of you, this visible universe does not exist."
जगत् सर्वं शरीरं ते स्थैर्यं ते वसुधातलम् ।
अग्निः कोपः प्रसादस्ते सोमः श्रीवत्सलक्षणः ।। 6.120.27 ।।
"The entire cosmos is your body. The earth constitutes your firmness. Fire is your anger. The moon constitutes your placidity. You are Lord Vishnu (who bears the mark Srivatsa - a curl of white hair on his breast)."
त्वयालोकास्त्रयः क्रान्ताः पुराणे विक्रमैस्त्रिभिः ।
महेन्द्रश्च कृतो राजा बलिंबद्ध्वा महासुरम् ।। 6.120.28 ।।
"The entire cosmos is your body. The earth constitutes your firmness. Fire is your anger. The moon constitutes your placidity. You are Lord Vishnu (who bears the mark Srivatsa - a curl of white hair on his breast)."
सीता लक्ष्मीर्भवान् विष्णुर्देवःकृष्णः प्रजापतिः ।
वधार्थं रावणस्येह प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुम् ।। 6.120.29 ।।
"Seetha is no other than Goddess Lakshmi (the divine consort of Lord Vishnu), while you are Lord Vishnu. You are having a shining dark-blue hue. You are the Lord of created beings. For the destruction of Ravana, you entered a human body here, on this earth."