Dasavatarastuti - Vaadiraajaswamy 6 - Mohini

Shiksha = Pronunciation (one of the six 'Vedanga's, tools required to learn vedas. The other five being Vyakarana, nirukta, chanda, kalpa, jyotishya) Adi = etcetera, Yuk=Along with, Nigama =Vedas, Dixa = adherance, to stick to, Su = good/great Lakshana = charecteristics, Pariksha -Paritha+eksha = indetail, in all respects + to see, Kshama = expertise, Vidhi sati = wife of vidhi, ie Brahma, meaning, Saraswati, Dakshayani = Daughter of Daksha ie Parvati, Kshamati = Capable of, Skshad Rama = Rama herself, Api = Is also (Capable of), Na = Not, Yat = This, Akshepa = shaking, causing disturbance, VeekshaNa = Seeing, Vidhau = Process (of)

Preksha = The act of seeing, Akshi = Eyes, Lobhakara = Attracting, Laksharasa = water mixed with Haldi and Kumkum, as used in 'Arati', Ukshita = Drenched, Pada = Feet, Akshepa = Placed on the ground, Lakshita = Decorated, Dhara = Earth,
Saa = She, Aksharita = Verymuch ashamed, Atma tanu = one's own body, means son, Bhukshara kari = One who made ashes, Nitila + Aksha = Forehead + eye, Axam anavatu nah = Protect us always or constantly protect us.


Saraswati, Parvati and Lakshmi herself are experts in the process of seeing in detail and adherence to the great charecteristics of pronunciation and other aspects of vedas and though also (being wemen) are experts in the art of shaking other's minds with just a glance, are not as expert as you are (In Mohini avatar) in that art.

You, with the eyes that attract with a glance and feet drenched in 'Laksharasa' which decorate the earth on which they are placed, you, who greatly ashamed the one with eye on the forehead who made ashes of your son (refering to shiva who burnt the god love Manmatha himself but still succumbed to the charms of Mohini), protect us always. 

Dashaavataara stuti - Vaadiraaja Swamy 5 - Mohini

या क्षीरवार्धिमथनाक्षीणदर्पदितिजाक्षोभितामरगणा-
पेक्षाप्तयेऽजनि वलक्षांषुबिम्बजिदतीक्ष्णालकावृतमुखी  ।
सूक्ष्मावलग्नवसनाक्षेपकृत्कुच कटाक्षाक्षमीकृतमनो-
दीक्षासुराहृतसुधाक्षाणिनोऽवतुसु रूक्षेक्षणाद्धरितनुः  ॥ ५

yaa ksheeravaardhi mathanaa ksheena darpaditi jaakshobhitaamaragaNaa

pekshaapta yejaniva lakshmaanshu bimbajita teekshNaalakaavrutamukhi

sookshmaavalagna vasanaakshepa kritkuchakataaksha meekritamano

deekshaa suraahrit sudhaakshaaNi novatusu rooksheNaddharitanu

Yaa = Who ever (Ya is ‘he, who ever’. Here because it is Yaa, it suggests female form)  

Ksheera = Milk. Vaardhi - vaari+dhi = water+ large body - Sea. Ksheeravaardhi= Sea

of milk, Mathana = Churning (inspite of) AksheeNa = Un diminished, Darpa = Arrogance,

Ditija - Diti+ja = Progeny of Diti (Asuras), Akshobhita = highly perturbed (a+ kshobhita = also

means un+perturbed) AmaragaNa = group of gods. Apeksha= Desire, Aptaye = To fulfill,

Ajani = Taken form, Valaksha = Very good, auspicious, qualities, Amshu = Rays,

Bimba jitu= Winning (the) Light, Ateekshna - opposite of teekshna, means very pleasant,

Alaka = curls, Avvruta = Covered, Mukhi = Faced

Sukshma+ avalagna + vasana = Tender, soft + perfectly fitting +clothing,

Aakshepa krit = Causing unstability, make very shaken, Kucha = Breasts,

Kataaksha = Sight, side glance, Akshameekrita = Incapacitated,

Manodeeksha =  Determination, Asura = Asuras, demons, Aahrita = Snatched,

Sudha= Nectar, AkshaaNi = Eyes, Nah = us, ours, Avatu = Protect,

Hari tanu = (another) body of hari, meaning Mohini form, Suruksha =

Wicked things (which tempt and drag us towards evil), Ikshanaat = Seeing

You, who, to fulfill the desire of the group of gods highly perturbed by the

un diminished arrogance of the demons, who (the demons) remained arrogant

even after the strain of churning the sea of milk, took the female form having

a face covered by lovely curls and radiating with very pleasant brightness

which would even win over the rays of the pleasant moon,

With perfectly fitting very fine clothes, breasts and the tempting side glance shook

the determination of Asuras (to get nectar for themselves), incapacitated their mind

and snatched the nectar, (you the) other form of Sri Hari, protect our eyes (our

sensory organs and thereby us) from being attracted towards evil.

Dashaavataara Stuti 4 - Vaadiraaja Swamy - Dhanwantari

dhanvantarengaruchi dhanvantareritaru dhanvantaribhavasudha
bhaanvantaraavasatha manvantaraadhikrita tanvantaraushadhanidhe
danvantarangashugu danvantamaajishuvi tanvan mamaabhdhitanayaa
sunvantakaatmahrita tanvantaraavayava tanvantaraartijaladhau


‘Dhanvantare’ = A way of addressing dhanvantari roopa of god, Anga = body,

Ruchi = radiance Dhanvantare = Sun (he who creates ‘Dhanu’ the rainbow)

Ari = enemy, Taru = tree/plant, Dhanvan = desert (making the plants, called enemies,

dry away as a desert does) Tari = boat, Bhava = become,  Sudhaa = ‘amritamaya’,

Bhaanu = Sun (bhanu is sun, Sudhabhaanu ie very pleasant sun, or one having

very pleasant rays, ie, moon) Antara = inside, Avasatha = residing

(chandraantargata roopa) Manvantara = different ‘manvantaras’, Adhikruta = presided,

Tanvantara = (having) body of different from (body, different from our materialistic body)

Aushadha = medicines, Nidhe = wealth of , essence of, (being in and making it -

medicines - effective)

Danu = mother of danavas, Antaranga = heart , Shuk = shoka, sorrow, Udanwantam =

ocean (udu+anwanta = containing water), Aajishu = battlefield, Vitanwan= (one who is)

making it happen, Mama = me, mine, Abdhitanayaa = (daughter of sea) Lakshmidevi,

Sunu = son (Manmatha), Antaka = killer, Atma = (here it is) mind, Hrit = take away,

Atanu = (tanu means lean, atanu is, not lean)  full, Antara = inner, Avayava = body parts,

Tanvantara - Tanu+Antara = another body (vishnu was distributing nector is dhanwantari

form and at the same also appeared as Mohini, another form, hence, tanvantara)

Aarti = deep sorrow, Jaladhau = ocean.

Having a body radiating brightness like a sun (god is brighter than sun, but since humans

know sun as the brightest, here he is compared to sun), (You) who is, to your enemies,

what a desert is to trees (meaning making them whither away), who is residing in

Dhanwantari form within the moon, who takes, by own wish, different forms in different

manwantaras and who is the essence which makes all medicines effective

(in dhanwantari form)

Who, while in the battlefield, creates an ocean of sorrow in the heart of ‘Danu’,

mother of danavas (by destroying danavas), who took away (rattled) the mind of

even the killer of the son of the daughter of sea (Son of Lakshmi devi) manmatha,

shiva, by the full form of your inner organs in Mohini form, You be the boat to take

me across my ocean of deepest sorrow. (samsaara).

Dashavatara Stuti - Vadiraaja swamy 3 - Kurmakritetvavatu - Kurmavataara

kurmakritetwavatu narmaatma prishThadhrita bharmaatma mandaragire
dharmaavalambana sudharmaasadaakhalita sharmaa sudhaavitaraNaat
durmaanaraahumukha durmaayidaanava sumarmaabhi bhedhanapaTo
gharmaarka kaantivaravarmaa bhavaan bhuvana nirmaaNa dhutavikriti


Kurmakrite - kurma+ akrite = tortoise+ form of, tvavatu - tu + avatu = only (you) + protect ,
narmaatma = effortlessly, prishta = back, dhrita = supporting, holding, bharmaatma -

bharma+atma = made of gold, mandaragire = ‘Mandara’ the mountain,(one who has

mandara giri)

Dharmaavalambana - dharma+avalambana= morals + supported by, sudharma =

name of the assembly of gods, asada = attendees, khalita=cause(to)happen,

sharma = bliss, sudha = amrita, vitaranaat = by distributing

Durmaana - dur+maana = bad + mannered (arrogant) , rahu = rahu the demon,

mukha = and others, durmaayi - dur + mayi = wicked + deeds, daanava = demons,

asuras, sumarma - su+ marma = proper + tender spot, abhedhanapato - abhedhana+

pato = dissecting = expert

Gharmaarka - gharma + arka = heat + sun, kantivaravarma - kanti + vara + varma =

brightness+ supreme + shell or armour, bhavan = you, bhuvana = universe, nirmana =

build, dhuta= washaway, vikriti = defects, imperfections, blemishes,mutations.

You, 1. in the tortoise form, effortlessly supporting the golden ‘mandaragiri’ on your

back

2. Causing the attendees of the assembly called sudharma, who are supported by

dharma and who support dharma (gods),  to be in bliss , by distributing sudha (amrita)

3. Who is an expert in slashing or breaking the tender spots (marmasthaana), of the

bad mannered arrogant Rahu and similar demons doing wicked deeds

4. Having a shell of supreme brightness, like sun, and emitting extreme heat and

(capable of) building the blemishless universe (blemishes washed away) - You only

can protect us.

Messenger Of God !

Lord Ranganatha Swamy Of Srirangam.

When my wife saw the granite figurine of Sri Ranganathaswamy (Lord Vishnu lying

on his snake bed ‘Adisesha’), in my friend’s consulting room, (he was using it as a

paper weight!) she immediately fell in love with it. She falls in love with many such

things and would like to possess them. I usually manage to bring her back to her

senses and make her give up the idea. If she had had her way our house would

have been full of such artefacts and we would be sleeping in our front yard by now!

Of late, she has stopped informing me about her love affairs. They remain stored

in a corner of her brain and wait for a suitable opportunity to be put into action.

This was one such.

When she learnt that my niece was due to go on a trip to Srirangam, which is

famous for it’s Ranganathaswamy temple, the R swamy who was sleeping in

her brain suddenly woke up and poked her. She thought that such a statuette

was sure to be available for sale in Srirangam and immediately placed a request

for one. My niece was very obliging but she wanted a picture of the statuette

and details like the size and material etc. So, I got an order, not to comment or

question, but to run to my friend’s clinic, get a picture of the idol on my phone

and also get the measurements and approximate weight.

I went to my friend’s clinic and put in a request for a ‘darshan’ of ‘Ranganatha swamy’

and also permission to take a picture. Our conversation went thus,

“What Swamy?”

“Ranganathaswamy”

“What happened to him?”

“Nothing happened to him, I wanted a picture”

“Why are you asking me for it?”

Then I knew that the matter needed some explanation. I explained to him about his

figurine, my wife’s wish, and the need for the picture.

“Oh you mean that god lying on a snake? Someone had brought it from Pondicherry.

It was on my table for a long time. But I don’t know where it is now ”

He searched around for it. In his medicine cabinet, under his x ray machine, behind

the refrigerator and in all the drawers of his table. But there was no trace of Ranganatha

in his clinic. He called his wife (like me, his clinic and residence are in the same

premises) and she looked around in other rooms. But Ranganatha had disappeared.

His wife very apologetically said “sorry”, took my number and said that she would

make a detailed search and would send me the picture as soon as she found the idol.

The granite figurine of Ranganatha swamy, which is on my friend's table.

My wife was disappointed and sent Ranganathaswamy back to the corner of her brain

to resume his sleep. My niece breathed easy, finished her Srirangam trip and returned

without  Ranganathaswamy. The matter was forgotten.

Few days after the Ganesha festival, my friend called me.

“Raghu, We found that idol which you were looking for” He said. “I feel that the god

himself sent you to my place”

“No, it was my wife who sent me. Not the god”

“You are not getting my point. Let me explain” and he continued,

"After you left that day, we searched all over the house but we could not find the
idol. I had not cared for it when it was there but somehow I felt very bad about
losing it and instructed all our servants to look out for it. And you know what? Our
gardener found it in the sack containing the coconuts from our garden. I don't
know how it got there. Anyway I feel very happy about it. It is back on my table
again. I light a lamp in front of it everyday and that makes me feel that the day has
begun well. I think god himself sent you to make us find him again. You are really
a messenger of god".

I felt like writing about the incident and I have written. But, with the reputation the

messengers of god presently enjoy in our country, I think I should have suppressed it !