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Subramhanya bhujangam – 33
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
And we are here, at the last shlokam of this wonderful work on Lord Murugan, composed by Saint Adi Shankara, set in the bhujangam metre. As any other devotional work, this also has the phalashruti or
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 32
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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In this last but one shloka of Subramhanya bhujangam, Adi Shankara praises Murugan for His glory and fame and wishes victory. “May you be victorious, one who is bliss replete; victory to you, whose
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 31
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
We are in the last leg of this work. In this shloka, Adi Shankara offers his salutations and respects to everything that is associated with Murugan. “I bow to your peacock and also to your spear
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 30
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
We are now in the last few shlokas of Subramhanya bhujangam. This shloka can be thought of as the last shloka in the sense of prayer or prarthanA as the next shlokas are more like the concluding
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 29
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
Previously, in shloka 25, Adi Shankara listed a few diseases and asserted that those diseases flee away at the sight of Murugan’s patra bhUti or the holy ash given on panneer leaves at Tiruchendur.
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 28
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lavanyagurumurthy
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Man is a social animal. Although we are individuals, we are all not isolated from other members of the society. We interact with others and to a greater extent, strive for social acceptance.
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 27
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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In Bhagavad gIta, Lord Krishna talks about 3 types of devotees who approach Him – Bhagavan lAbha Arthi (the one who is interested in God), kaivalya Arthi (the one who is interested in knowledge or
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 26
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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“Service to mankind is service to god” is a saying that insists on working for humanity is indeed a way to please God. But it is also possible to dedicate all our actions to God and be of service to
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 25
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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“A healthy mind in a healthy body” is an adage that we hear often. In the last two shlokas or verses, we prayed to Murugan to help us get rid of any mental worries and afflictions. We are now moving
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 24
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
In the previous shloka, Adi Shankara asks Murugan why he has still not destroyed his worries and mental afflictions, He who has slain the powerful Surapadman and his brothers and also, we read in
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 23
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
We often hear that the richest person is the one with no mental distress or worries. Unfortunately, it is very hard to really find someone with no stress or worry. Indeed, there is no absolute
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 22
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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A few years ago, I came across a beautiful short piece of writing about prayer. I don’t exactly remember it word for word nor whose quote it was, but it was something like a discussion between a
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 21
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
This shloka is also a prayer to Murugan to come before (us) when the end is near. When the end is near, we are tormented by the yama kinkarAs or the envoys of Yama, the Lord of death. Shankara prays
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 17
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 1 year ago
In this last but one shloka of the pAdAdi kEsha varNana, Adi Shankara describes various parts of the ever-beautiful Murugan and wishes that He appears before him in all His glory. Adi Shankara prays
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 12
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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There is a phrase that is used sometimes in Tamil, although not a Tamil phrase, when describing someone who is very tall or well built – AjAnubAhu. The literal meaning of AjAnubAhu is ‘arms(bAhu)
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 11
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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The next shloka in the pAdAdi kEsha varNana is a salutation to the chest of Murugan, the slayer of demon Taraka. This beautiful shloka demonstrates two contrasting qualities, love and affection that
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 10
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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The previous shloka was a meditation on Lord Murugan’s lotus like feet. We saw how there were parallels between the lotus flower and His feet and also how our minds, afflicted by the woes of samsara
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 9
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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We are starting with the pAdAdi kEsha varNana from this shloka 9. What is pAdAdi kEsha varNana? pAda – foot; kEsha– hair; varNana – description, describing someone from toe to head. This is handled
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 8
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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While the last couple of Shlokas described Tiruchendur, about the sea shore and the hillock, this shlokam describes about the sanctum of the temple where Murugan resides. The entire shloka is very
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 7
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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In the last 3 shlokas, there were references to different things about Thiruchendur and how each of them conveys something or the other to us. Giving the pointers below, just as a recap. the location
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 6
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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Thiruchendur is one of the arupadai veedu of Lord Murugan as many are aware. Thiruchendur is different from the rest that, all the other 5 houses are situated on hills/hillocks. Thiruchendur is the
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 5
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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One of the very beautiful shlokas from this work is this 5th shlokam. As mentioned in the introduction, there is so much poetic beauty in this work as much as the devotion. Adi Shankara, uses the
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 4
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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Shlokas 4 to 7 are about the greatness of Thiruchendur. 3 out of these 4 shlokas are composed in such a way that Lord Murugan Himself states the greatness. The ‘I’ or ‘My’ in these shlokas refer to
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 3
Lavanya G
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lavanyagurumurthy
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In the verse 3, Adi Shankara offers his prayers to Murugan and we get 8 wonderful namas that describe His various attributes, some of them that can be visualized and the others, abstract. The meaning
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 2
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lavanyagurumurthy
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The second verse is all about Adi Shankara’s humility and how he was able to compose this wonderful work. The meaning of the verse 2 – Adi Shankara says that he doesn’t know prose or poetry; nor is
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 1
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lavanyagurumurthy
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The first verse of subramhanya bhujangam, like most other works, is a prayer to Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and also the elder brother of Lord Murugan. The overall meaning of the first
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Subramhanya bhujangam – 0
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lavanyagurumurthy
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If someone asks me of all the shlokas that I recite, which is the one I thoroughly enjoy, I might say that that was a difficult question as I couldn’t pin point to just one. But I would be thinking
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Chanting – why do I chant shlokas that I don’t understand
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lavanyagurumurthy
| 2 years ago
Recently, I was asked by someone the same question as the title of the blog – why do I chant the shlokas that I don’t understand? And is it not a meaningless thing to do? I mostly chant or recite
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Worship procedure at Siva temples
Aniruddh
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TN Temples Project
| 3 years ago
Procedures to worship appropriately at Siva (and other) temples… Read More Worship procedure at Siva
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