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FeedbacknaarayaNa sUktam.h
nary[ sUm!Source: http://www.dlsmd.com/prayers/ashramprayerbk/narayana_suktam.htm
(Note: Each verse is given below in ITRANS, Sanskrit98 Font, and English translation.)## HYMN ON LORD NARAYANA
(TRANSLATION BY SRI SWAMI KRISHNANANDA) ##shö zI;¡ dev< ivña]< ivñz<-uvm!,
ivñE naray[< dev< A]r< prm< pdm!. 1.sahasra shIrshhaM devaM vishvaakshaM vishwashaMbhuvam.h |
vishvai naaraayaNaM devaM aksharaM paramaM padam.h ||## This universe is the Eternal Being (Narayana), the imperishable, the supreme, the goal, multi-headed and multi-eyed (i.e.,omnipresent and omniscient), the resplendent, the source of delight for the whole universe.##
ivñt> prmaiÚTy< ivñ< naray[< hirm!,
ivñ< @v #d< pué;> tiÖñ< %pjIvit. 2.
vishvataH paramaannityaM vishvaM naaraayaNaM harim.h |
vishvaM eva idaM purushhaH tadvishvaM upajIvati ||## This universe is the Supreme Being (Purusha) alone; hence it subsists on That, the Eternal which transcends it (in every way), -the omnipresent Absolute which destroys all sins. ##
pit< ivñSy AaTma $ñr< zañt< izvmCyutm!,
naray[< mha}ey< ivñaTman< pray[m! . 3.
patiM vishvasya aatmaa IshvaraM shaashvataM shivamachyutam.h |
naaraayaNaM mahaaGYeyaM vishvaatmaanaM paraayaNam.h ||## The protector of the universe, the Lord of all Souls (or Lord over Self), the perpetual, the auspicious, the indestructible, the Goal of all creation, the Supreme object worthy of being known, the Soul of all beings, the Refugeunfailing (is He). ##
naray[ prae JyaeitraTma naray[> pr>,
naray[ pr< äü tÅv< naray[> pr>,
naray[ prae Xyata Xyan< naray[> pr>. 4.
naaraayaNa paro jyotiraatmaa naaraayaNaH paraH |
naaraayaNa paraM brahma tattwaM naaraayaNaH paraH |
naaraayaNa paro dhyaataa dhyaanaM naaraayaNaH paraH ||## The Lord Narayana is the Supreme Absolute; Narayana is the Supreme Reality; Narayana is the Supreme Light; Narayana is the Supreme Self; Narayana is the Supreme Meditator; Narayana is the Supreme Meditation. ##
y½ ik<ict! jgt! sv¡ †Zyte ïUyte=ip va,
A<tbRihí tTsv¡ VyaPy naray[> iSwt>. 5.
yachcha ki.nchit.h jagat.h sarvaM dR^ishyate shrUyate.api vaa |
a.ntarbahishcha tatsarvaM vyaapya naaraayaNaH sthitaH ||## Whatever all this universe is, -seen or heard of, -pervading all this from inside and outside alike, stands supreme the Eternal Divine Being (Narayana). ##
AnNt< AVyy< kiv< smuÔeNt< ivñz<-uvm!,
pÒ kaez àtIkaz< ùdy< c Aip Axaemuom! . 6.
anantaM avyayaM kaviM samudrentaM vishvashaMbhuvam.h |
padma kosha pratIkaashaM hR^idayaM cha api adhomukham.h ||## He is the Limitless, Imperishable, Omniscient, residing in the ocean of he heart, the Cause of the happiness of the universe, the Supreme end of all striving, (manifesting Himself) in the ether of the heart which is comparable to an inverted bud of the lotus flower. ##
Axae inó(a ivtSTyaNte na_ym! %pir itóit,
Jvalamalak…l< -atI ivñSyaytn< mht!. 7.
adho nishhThyaa vitastyaante naabhyam upari tishhThati |
jvaalaamaalaakulaM bhaatI vishvasyaayatanaM mahat.h ||## Below the Adams apple, at a distance of a span, and above the navel (i.e., the heart which is the relative seat of the manifestation of Pure Consciousness in the human being), effulges the Great Abode of the universe, as if adorned with garlands of flames. ##
sNtt< izlai-Stu lMbTya kaezsiÚ-m!,
tSyaNte sui;r< sUúm< tiSmn! sv¡ àitiótm!. 8.
santataM shilaabhistu lambatyaa koshasannibham.h |
tasyaante sushhira.n sUkshmaM tasmin sarvaM pratishhThitam.h ||## Surrounded on all sides by nerve-currents (or arteries), suspends the lotus-bud of the heart in an inverted position. It is in a subtle space (a narrow aperture, the Sushumna-Nadi), and therein is to be found the Substratum of all things. ##
tSy mXye mhani> ivñaicR> ivñtae muo>,
sae¢a-uiGv-j<itón! Aahar< Ajr> kiv>. 9.
tasya madhye mahaanagniH vishvaarchiH vishvato mukhaH |
sograabhugvibhaja.ntishhThan aahaaraM ajaraH kaviH ||## In that space within the heart resides the Great Flaming Fire, undecaying, all-knowing, with tongues spread out in all directions, with faces turned everywhere, consuming food presented before it, and assimilating it unto itself. ##
ityRgUXvRmxZzayI rZmy> tSy sNtta,
sNtapyit Sv< dehmapadtlmaStk>,
tSy mXye viûizoa A[IyaeXvaR VyviSwta>. 10.
tiryagUrdhvamadhashshaayI rashmayaH tasya santataa |
santaapayati svaM dehamaapaadatalamaastakaH |
tasya madhye vahnishikhaa aNIyordhvaa vyavasthitaaH ||## His rays, spreading all around, side ways as well as above and below, warm up the whole body from head to foot. In the center of That (Flame) abides the Tongue of Fire as the topmost of all subtle things. (Note: Due to the attachments and entanglements of the Jiva in worldly enjoyment and suffering, the Consciousness is enshrouded in potential as well as expressed objectivity, and hence it appears like a tiny streak of flame within the dark clouds of ignorance. But when the Jiva rises above worldliness the Consciousness is realised as he Infinite.) ##
nIltaeyd£mXySw£iÖ*u‘eoev -aSvra,
nIvarzUkvÄNvI pIta -aSvTy[Upma. 11.
nIlatoyada-madhyastha-dvidyullekheva bhaasvaraa |
nIvaarashUkavattanvI pItaa bhaasvatyaNUpamaa ||## Brilliant like a streak of lightning set in the midst of the blue rain-bearing clouds, slender like the awn of a paddy grain, yellow (like gold) in colour, in subtlety comparable to the minute atom, (this Tongue of Fire) grows splendid. ##
tSya> izoaya mXye prmaTma VyviSwt>,
s äü s izv> s hir> s #NÔ> s A]r> prm> Svraqœ . 12.
tasyaaH shikhaayaa madhye paramaatmaa vyavasthitaH |
sa brahma sa shivaH sa hariH sa indraH sa aksharaH paramaH swaraaT.h ||## In the Middle of That Flame, the Supreme Self dwells. This (Self) is Brahma (the Creator), Siva (the Destroyer), Hari (the Protector), Indra (the Ruler), the Imperishable, the Absolute, the Autonomous Being. ##
\t< sTy< pr< äü pué;< k«:[ ip¼lm!,
^XvRret< ivêpa]< ivñêpay vE nmae nm>. 13.
R^itaM satyaM paraM brahma purushhaM kR^ishhNa pi~Ngalam.h |
UrdhvaretaM virUpaakshaM vishvarUpaaya vai namo namaH ||## Prostrations again and again to the Omni-Formed Being, the Truth, the Law, the Supreme Absolute, the Purusha of blue-decked yellow hue, the Centralised-Force, Power, the All-Seeing One. ##
` naray[ay ivÒhe vasudevay xImih,
tÚae iv:[u> àcaedyat!. 14.
OM naaraayaNaaya vidmahe vaasudevaaya dhImahi |
tanno vishhNuH prachodayaat.h ||## We commune ourselves with Narayana, and meditate on Vasudeva, may that Vishnu direct us (to the Great Goal). ##
` za<it za<it za<it>.
OM shaa.nti shaa.nti shaa.ntiH ||## Om. May there be Peace, Peace, Peace ##
##(Edited by: alakanandaa)##
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