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(Sri #Jagannathadasa virachita)
SRI #HARIKATHAMRUTASARA/
ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Manifestation of Sri Hari Saligrama/ಸಾಲಿಗ್ರಾಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯ

110.     ಕಾದಕಾಂಚನದೊಳಗೆ ಶೋಭಿಪ

            ಆದಿತೇಯಾಸ್ಯನ ತೆರದಿ ಲ-

            ಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಧವನು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನದಿ ಸಾಲಿಗ್ರಾಮದೊಳಗಿಪ್ಪ|

            ಐದು ಸಾವಿರ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೂವ-

            ತ್ತೈದಧಿಕ ಐನೂರು ರೂಪದಿ

            ಭೂಧರಗಳಭಿಮಾನಿ ದಿವಿಜರೊಳಿಪ್ಪನನವರತ||4||

            KAdakAnchanadoLage shOBhipa

            AaditEyAsyana teradi La-

            kShmeeDhavanu pratidinadi sAligrAmadoLagippa|

            Aidu sAvira mEle mUva-

            ttaidaDhika ainUru rUpadi

            BhUDharagaLaBhimAni divijaroLippananavarata||4||

SUMMARY: Like Fire God existing in the heated gold, consort of Lakshmi Sri Hari resides in Saligrama every day. He always exists in the five thousand five hundred and thirty-five forms that are manifestations of mountains.

In Pancharatra this stanza is given:

RUpANAm panchasAhasram HarEhe panchashatOttaram|

TaThaiva panchatrimshacchashAligrAmE tu vai HarEhe||

भद्र रूपाणां पंचसाहस्रं हरॆः पंचशतॊत्तरम्।

तथैव पंचत्रिंशच्चशालिग्रामॆ तु वै हरॆः॥पंचरात्र॥

In Prameyaratnakara, it is given:

PanchatrimshADhikaihi panchashataihi panchasahasrakaihi|

ShAlagrAmasThitO nityam…||

भद्र पंचत्रिंशाधिकैः पन्चशतैः पन्चसहस्रकैः।

शालग्रामस्थितॊ नित्यम्...॥प्रमॆयरत्नाकर॥

It is evident that Lord Sri Hari exists in Saligramas eternally in five thousand five hundred and thirty five forms. Therefore, anointment of Saligrama every day is very auspicious and beneficial.

He exists in thirteen forms in statues and five hundred forms in Ahitachal/

ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹದಿಮೂರು ಹಾಗೂ ಅಹಿತಾಚಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಐನೂರು ರೂಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ

111.     ಶ್ರೀರಮಣ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳೊಳಗೆ ಹದಿ-

            ಮೂರಧಿಕವಾಗಿಪ್ಪಮೇಲೈ-

            ನೂರು ರೂಪವ ಧರಿಸಿ ಇಪ್ಪನು ಅಹಿತಾಚಲದಿ|

            ದಾರು ಮಥನವಗೈಯೆ ಪಾವಕ

            ತೋರುವಂತೆ ಪ್ರತೀಕ ಸುರರೊಳು

            ತೋರುತಿಪ್ಪನು ತತ್ತದಾಕಾರದಲಿ ನೋಳ್ಪರಿಗೆ||5||

            SreeraNa pratimegaLoLage hadi-

            mUraDhikavAgippa mElai-

            nUru rUpava Dharisi yippanu ahitAchaladi|

            dAru maThanavagaiye pAvaka

            tOruvante prateeka suraroLu

            tOrutippanu tattadAkAradali nOLparige||5||

SUMMARY: Beloved of Lakshmi, Sri Hari wears five hundred and thirteen forms in statues and idols. Like the Fire God exists in dried cowdung tablets, Sri Hari exists in all statues and idols in their own shapes and forms and appears to the worshippers in the shapes and forms they prefer to see Him.

Thus, Sri Hari exists in all forms. Depending on one’s imagination, desire and aspiration, he appears to the devotee in his or her own imaginary form. However, it is imperative that while offering prayer, worship or anything as donation, one should imagine the form for which the offerings are made. In Sandhyavandana, there is a chant:

AkAshAt patitam tOyam yaThAgachChati sAgaram sarva dEva namaskAraha KEshavam pratigachChati|

Like the water falling from the sky in the form of rains join the sea, the salutations offered and submitted to any deity reaches Sri Keshava or Sri Hari.   

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SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

Sri Gaya Gadadhara/ಶ್ರೀ ಗಯಾ ಗದಾಧರ

ಗದಾಧರ! ಸದಾಧರಸ್ಫುರಿತಚಾರುಹಾಸೋಲ್ಲಸತ್ ಸುದಾಧರ ಮುದಾಧರಾಮರಕೃತಸ್ತುತೇ ಸುಂದರ|

ಪದಾ ಧರ ಮದಾಧರಸ್ಖಲಿತಮೀಶ ಮಾಂ ಸದ್ವರಪ್ರದಾಧರಚಿದಾದರಪ್ರಮುದಿತಾಂತರ ಶ್ರೀಧರ||28||

GadADhara! sadADharasPhuritachAruhAsOllasat sudADhara mudADharAmarakrutastutE Sundara|

PadADhara madADharasKhalitameesha mAm sadwarapradADharachidAdarapramuditAntara shreeDhara||28||

गदाधर! सदाधरस्फुरितचारुहासॊल्लसत् सुदाधर मुदाधरामरकृतस्तुतॆ सुंदर।

पदा धर मदाधरस्खलितमीश मां सद्वरप्रदाधरचिदादरप्रमुदितांतर श्रीधर॥२८॥

SUMMARY: Oh Lord GadADhara, you are wearing a pleasant and eternal smile on your lips that is like the elixir; you are wearing happiness and joy on all your organs; you are possessing the chants in praise of you and those chants are composed by various deities;  there are chants composed in praise of you by kings and scholars on earth; you fulfill the desires of all people; you will be pleased with those who are aware that they are far less than you in status and all other considerations; you are the consort of Sri Lakshmi; I beseech you to wear me on your feet as I am filled with false pride and vanity.

ಯದ್ಯಾತ್ರಾ ಪಿತೃಮಂಡಲಸ್ಯ ತನುತೇ ವೈಕುಂಠಯಾತ್ರಾಂ ಪರಾಂ ಯತ್ರ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತತಿಲಾಃ ಮಹಾಂತಿ ತಿಲಶಃ ಕುರ್ವಂತಿ ಪಾಪಾನ್ಯಹೋ|

ಪಿಂಡೋ ಯತ್ರ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತೋ ಯಮಭಟಾನ್ ಪಿಂಡೀಕರೋತ್ಯಕ್ಷತಾ ಮರ್ತ್ಯಂ ಸ್ಮಾಕ್ಷತಮೀಡ್ಯತಾಂ ಸ್ತುತಿತತಿಸ್ತಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಪಾದಂ ಭಜೇ||29||

YadyAtrA pitrumanDalasya tanutE vaikunThayAtrAm parAm yatra kShiptatilAha

mahAnti tilishaha kurvanti pApAnyahO|

PinDO yatra samarpitO yamaBhaTAn pinDeekarOtyakShatA kartyam

smAkShatameeDyatAm stutitatistam VishNupAdam BhajE||29||  

यद्यात्रा पितृमंडलस्य तनुतॆ वैकुंठयात्रां परां यत्र क्षिप्ततिलाः महांति तिलशः कुर्वन्ति पापान्यहॊ।

पिंडॊ यत्र समर्पितॊ यमभटान् पिंडीकरॊत्यक्षता मर्त्यं स्माक्षतमीड्यतां स्तुतिततिस्तं विष्णुपादं भजॆ॥२९॥

SUMMARY: Pilgrimage to the Vishnupada (feet of Lord Vishnu) at Gaya grants the path to Vaikuntha for ancestors or forefathers. The sesame seeds offered upon the feet of Sri Vishnu in Gaya precipitates the most heinous sins like the sesame seeds; the rice balls (Pinda) offered there punch the representatives of God of Death (Yama) away with their fists and convert those sins into balls; the Akshata (wet rice grains – normally, Akshata is made by adding a drop of ghee and vermilion or turmeric powder for offering them to the Gods and deities. Akshata used in ceremonies is nothing rice grains made with a few drops of water); Chants offered in praise of the Feet of Lord Vishnu in Gaya render humans into worthy of praise by others or they become popular and famous. I sing songs in praise of such feet of Lord Vishnu.

Legend

Once upon a time, Dharmavati, daughter of Dharma Prajapati, was serving the feet of her husband Mareechi. At that time, Lord Brahma came to her house. Lord Brahma was the father-in-law of Dharmavati and therefore she treated the Lord with great reverence and devotion. But, to do so, she had to get up to reach to Lord Brahma, which enraged her husband. Immediately, Mareechi cursed his wife Dharmavati to become a stone. Later, Dharmavati did arduous penance for one thousand years. All the deities and Sri Narayana reached there and presented her with a boon that they (deities and Sri Narayana) will be on that statue of Dharmavati.

A demon named Gaya also indulged in continuous penance, without doing anything else. Impressed with his penance, Sri Narayana appeared in front of Gaya and presented a boon to him that his body would host all types of holy waters (Teertha). However, the demon did not stop the penance due to which the three Lokas were engulfed. Finally, as directed by Lord Narayana, Lord Brahma appeared in front of Gaya and sought his body for a sacrifice. Gaya laid his body flat on earth and upon his body, the sacrifice was performed. After the sacrifice was over, Gaya became alive again. The deities then placed Dharmavati on the body of Gaya. But Gaya was again rising. Now, Sri Narayana incarnated as Sri Gadadhara and stood on the body of Gaya.

The body of that Gaya is as wide as ten miles and is holiest. Therefore, offering rice balls to forefathers anywhere in Gaya reaches the deceased through Pretatmas or the souls of vampire or spirits and they will be relieved from the hell. Besides, the ancestors will have infinite and eternal satisfaction.

Gaya is a major railway station in the Eastern Railway region. Gaya can be reached from Kolkata and from Kashi.            

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SRI #RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S

SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)  

Yuddha Kanda begins/ಯುದ್ಧಕಾಂಡದ ಆರಂಭ

ಅಸಂಖ್ಯೈಃ ಸುಗ್ರೀವಾದ್ಯೈಃ ಕಪೀಂದ್ರೈಃ ಗಚ್ಛನ್|AsanKhyaihi SugreevAdyaihi kapeendraihi gachChan| सअसंख्यैः सुग्रीवाद्यैः कपीद्रैः गच्छन्।

Srirama sets off to Lanka, along with Sugreeva and his vast army of apes, monkeys and bears. Lord Varuna extends his support to Rama and his army in constructing a wonderful bridge across the sea to Lanka and the entire army reached the opposite shores of the sea.

Meanwhile, it was not surprising that the visit of Hanuman and the fear he had created in the minds of demons by killing several prominent demons and setting fire on Lanka, had not only shocked Ravana but had driven him to realize that a threat to his invincibility was imminent. He began discussions after discussions with his Cabinet where Vibheeshana kept on cautioning Ravana about the prospects of the destruction of the demon community. Vibheeshana repeatedly asked Ravana to surrender Seetha back to Rama to save Lanka and its inhabitants. But, Ravana was unmoved. On the contrary, he abandoned Vibheeshana and the latter, with no other option, surrendered to Rama, along with his four ardent ministers, much before Rama crossed the sea. Although Sugreeva and Jambavantha contended that Vibheeshana did not deserve to be given shelter, Rama, an incarnation of Sri Hari, said: “Even if Ravana comes and surrenders, I will pardon him for all the sins and extend shelter to him. Later, I have the sagacity and capability to demolish him, if he should try to deceive me.” Rama goes on to perform the coronation of Vibheeshana as the King of Lanka. Earlier, Rama had performed the coronation of Sugreeva on the throne of Kishkindha and kept his words after killing Vali. It was a clear message for the universe, the deities and the virtuous and righteous in particular, that Ravana was on the threshold of death.

As it took some time for Varuna to appear in front of Rama in response to the prayers offered by the latter, Rama was about to dry up the sea with his arrow. Varuna manages to appear just in time and as requested by him, Rama destroyed a clan of demons called Dukula, who were living in a region in the middle of the sea and torturing the righteous, who came there to have a holy dip in the ocean. Besides, as requested by Rama, the region, which had lose soil and was uncultivable till then, turned into a fertile region. It became a suitable place for Rishis and saints to live and do penance with peace and happiness.

Angada tackles Ravana alone in a sudden rush of blood. This will be discussed in the next episode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 34 and 35 (54) ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ –ಅಷ್ಟಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 34, 35ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

SRI #MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 34 and 35 (54)

ಶ್ರೀ #ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ –ಅಷ್ಟಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 34, 35ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)

Exit of Srirama and Sri Krishna from Earth/ಶ್ರೀರಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣರ ಪರಂಧಾಮ

ಅಥ ಭಾರ್ಯಯಾ ಹುತವಹಂ ಪ್ರವಿಷ್ಟಯಾ ಸಹಿತಃ ಸಹೋದರಪುರಃಸರೈರಪಿ|

ಅಯಮಾಪ್ಯ ಧಾಮ ಚಿರಮಿಷ್ಟದಃ ಸತಾಂ ನಿಜಮೂಲರೂಪಪರಮೈಕ್ಯಮೇಯಿವಾನ್||34||

ATha BhAryayA hutavaham praviShTayA sahitaha sahOdarapurahasarairapi|

AyamApya DhAma chiramiShTadaha satAm nijamUlarUpaparamaikyamEyivAn||34||

अथ भार्यया हुतवहं प्रविष्टया सहितः सहॊदरपुरःसरैरपि।

अयमाप्य धाम चिरमिष्टदः सतां निजमूलरूपपरमैक्यमॆयिवान्॥३४॥

SUMMARY(1) : Along with Seetha, who had entered the flames of fire, his brother Lakshmana and others, Srirama returned to Ayodhya, lived there for several as the most loved king of the people and then reunited with his great original form.

SUMMARY(2): Along with Rukmini, who entered the fire to lure the world, his elder brother Balarama and other prominent persons, Sri Krishna returned to Vaikuntha and rejoined his great original form.

The “DhAma” in this stanza means Ayodhya in the case of Ramavatara and Vaikuntha in the case of Krishnavatara.

The form of Kalki or Mahidasa/ಕಲ್ಕಿ ಅಥವಾ ಮಹಿದಾಸರೂಪ

ಮಹಿದಾಸಪೂಜ್ಯಚರಣೋ ದ್ವಿಜಾದಭೂದ್ವಿದಿತಾತ್ ಸ ವಿಷ್ಣುಯಶಸೋsಮಲಾತ್ಮನಃ|

ಇಹ ಯೋ ದಧೇ ಜಗತಿ ಪಾಪಶಾಂತಯೇ ಬಹುಧಾಮಹೇತಿಮತಿದೀಪ್ತಗೋಸ್ಥಿತಿಮ್||35||

MahidAsapUjyacharaNO dwijAdaBhUdwiditAt sa ViShNuyashasO(s)malAtmanaha|

Iha yO daDhE jagati pApashAntayE bahuDhAmahEtimatideeptagOsThitim||35||

महिदासपूज्यचरणॊ द्विजादभूद्विदितात् स विष्णुयशसॊsमलात्मनः।

इह यॊ दधॆ जगति पापशांतयॆ बहुधामहॆतिमतिदीप्तगॊस्थितिम्॥३५॥

SUMMARY: Sri Narayana incarnated as Mahidasa from a Brahmin, whose heart and mind had become pure due to constant meditation and prayers, in Itaradevi. He (Mahidasa) established, in several ways, the philosophy of the supremacy of Sri Vishnu in this world, which was suffering from various calamities and troubles, with a view to relieve the people from sins.

Two forms of Sri Narayana have been described in this stanza. Firstly, Mahidasa has been referred to. Mahidasa is the propounder of Aitareyopanishat. Kalki is an incarnation to end the Kali Yuga and to begin the new cycle of Kruta Yuga.

As Mahidasa, the Brahmin clears the sins in this world and as Kalki, he carries the sword to massacre the evil forces.

“BahuDhAmahEtimatideeptagOsThitam” means restoration of correct, clear and definite philosophy based on Vaishnava Tantrashastra in this world, which was suffering from a variety of troubles and misleading practices and principles. In the case of Kalki Avatar, it should be read as “BahudhAmahEtim bahutEjaskamAyuDham| Atideeptavajravat sThitam (Bhava PrakAshika), where “HEti”means weapons or Shastras, sunrays and flames of fire.

Mahidasa refers to the incarnation of Vishnu as the son of Itara Devi and he is the epitome of Aitareya. Mahidasa has been mentioned as”Devarishivarya” in the Narayana Kavacha, a holy Mantra in Sri Bhagavata.

This is mentioned in Brahmanda Purana:

MahidAsABhiDhO jajnE itarAyAstapObalAt|

SAkShAt sa BhagavAn ViShNuryastantram VaiShNavam vyaDhAt||

The Kalki Stuti in DwAdasha StOtra is as follows:

DuShTakulAntaka Kalkiswaroopa DharmavivarDhana mUlayugAdE|(6/10)

Kalimalahutavaha suBhagamahOtsava sharaNada kalkeesha hE Bhava mama sharaNam|(9/14)

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(Sri #Jagannathadasa virachita)
SRI #HARIKATHAMRUTASARA/
ಶ್ರೀ #ಜಗನ್ನಾಥದಾಸ ವಿರಚಿತ ಶ್ರೀ #ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

CANTO V – VIBHUTI SANDHI

Vivacity and variety of the forms of Sri Hari/ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ವಿಭೂತಿಗಳ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆ

108.     ಜಲಧರಾಗಸದೊಳಗೆ ಚರಿಸುವ

          ಹಲವು ಜೀವರ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿಹನವ-

          ರೊಳು ಸಜಾತಿ ವಿಜಾತಿ ಸಾಧಾರಣ ವಿಶೇಷಗಳ|

            ತಿಳಿದು ತತ್ತತ್ಸ್ಥಾನದೊಳು ವೆ-

          ಗ್ಗಳಿಸಿ ಹಬ್ಬಿದ ಮನದಿ ಪೂಜಿಸು-

          ತಲವವ್ಯಾಪ್ತನ ರೂಪಗಳ ನೋಡುತಲೆ ಹಿಗ್ಗುತಿರು||2||

            JalaDharAgasadoLage charisuva

            Halavu jeevara nirmishanava-

            roLu sajAti vijAti sADhAraNa vishEShagaLa|

            tiLidu tattatsThAnadoLu ve-

            ggaLisi habbida manadi pUjisu-

            talavavyAptana rUpagaLa nODutale higgutiru||2||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari has created several things that can travel in water, on earth and in the sky. There are ten forms of Vibhuti among those creations, which are known as Sajati, Vijati, Sadharana (Of same caste, of different castes and common beings and so on). One should always be happy by worshipping the Lord in his or her mind with the doubtless knowledge that Sri Hari is in all those forms and he exists in those forms that spread across places.

Jala or water is categorized as Vijati; Earth belongs to Sajati and the space should be categorized under SADhArana while the deities are listed under VishESha or special category.

“JalaDharAgasadoLage” means beings that travel in Water, on Earth and in the sky. Aquatic animals, animals or beings and winged beings such as flies, birds and vultures are the three types of beings. Some animals like frog live in water as well as on earth.

Manifestation of Sri Hari in idols and other objects/ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಮುಂತಾದುವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ಸನ್ನಿಧಾನ

109.     ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಸಾಲಿಗ್ರಾಮ ಗೋsಭ್ಯಾ-

          ಗತ ಅತಿಥಿ ಶ್ರೀತುಳಸಿ ಪಿಪ್ಪಲ

          ಯತಿ ವನಸ್ಥ ಗೃಹಸ್ಥ ವಟು ಯಜಮಾನ ಸ್ವಪರಜನ|

          ಪೃಥಿವಿ ಜಲ ಶಿಖಿ ಪವನ ತಾರಾ-

          ಪಥ ನವಗ್ರಹ ಯೋಗ ಕರಣ ಭ-

          ತಿಥಿ ಸಿತಾಸಿತಪಕ್ಷ ಸಂಕ್ರಮ ಅವನಧಿಷ್ಠಾನ||3||

            Pratime sAligrAma gO(s)BhyA-

            Gata atiThi shreetuLasi pippala

            Yati vanasTha gruhasTha vaTu yajamAna swaparajana|

            PruThivi jala shiKhe pavana tArA-

            paTha navagraha sankrama avanaDhiShThAna||3||

SUMMARY: Idol or statues, Shaligrama, cows, hosts, guests, basil (Sreetulsi), elephant pepper, Ashwattha, Yani (saint), Vanaprastha (elderly couple residing in forests doing penance and leading a restricted life), married men (Gruhastha), bachelor (a person who has got his thread ceremony performed and is not married yet), Yajaman or head of the family, personal relatives and others, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Sky, nine planets, Yogas, KaraNas, Stars, Tithis, new moon fortnight (Krishna Paksha), No moon fortnight (Shukla Paksha), Sankramanas (union of planets in a rare sequence) are all places where Sri Hari dwells.

The idols are made of eight objects as follows:

Shailee dArumayee lauhee lEpyA lEKhyA cha srukatee|

ManOmayee maNimayee pratimA(s)ShTaviDhA smrutA||

शैली दारुमयी लौही लॆप्या लॆख्या च सृकती।

मनॊमयी मणिमयी प्रतिमाsष्टविधा स्मृता॥

Further the entire world of beings is divided as follows:

ChalAchalEti dwiviDhA pratiShThA jeevamandiram|

UdwAsAvAhanE na staha sThirAyAmudDhavArchanE||

चलचलॆति द्विविधा प्रतिष्ठा जीवमंदिरं।

उद्वासावाहनॆ न स्तः स्ठिरायामुद्धवार्चनॆ॥

Animate and inanimate are two broad bifurcations of living and non-living beings, which are otherwise known as mobile and immobile.

In Bhagavata, the number of categories is said to be eleven:

SUryO(s)gnirbrAhmaNO gAvO VaiShNavaha Kham marujjalam|

BhUrAtmA sarvaBhUtAni Bhadra pUjApadAni mE||Bhagavata 11/11/42||  

सूर्यॊsग्निर्ब्राह्मणॊ गावॊ वैष्णवः खं मरुज्जलम्।

भूरात्मा सर्वभूतानि भद्र पूजापदानि मॆ॥भागवतः ११/११/४२॥

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