MangaaLya Stavam
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• August 13, 2001
Dear BhakthAs : A good friend , who has supported number of Kaimkaryams before asked me this question. I though t the topic would be of wide interest to lot of BhakthAs . Hence I am copying the lists. >Dear Shri Sadagopan > >Please accept my humble obeisances. > >I was listening to Shri Mukkur Lakshmi Narasimhachar's >Kuari Ondrum Illyai Govinda on cassette. In the >discourse he mentions about "Mangalyam Stava in Vishnu >Dharma" and emphasises the need for reciting this >sloka. > >I was wondering whether you would be able to help >me in getting this sloka. Response: ********* MangaLya Sthavam is part of VishNu DharmOttharam IthihAsam. It is found there in the 43rd Chapter.I thas been recited and quoted by AchArya SaarvabhoiumAs like ParAsara Bhattar , Swamy Desikan and others .It is customary to recite this slOkam for kaarya Siddhi and removal of all amangalams (Inauspiciousness) including bad dreams ( dhussvapnams)and anishtams . This is a prayer to Lord VishNu for ever increasing MangaLams .The slOkAs of Pulasthyar end with the refrain: (MamAsthu MangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:) . It contains 50 slOkams .It is set as a conversation between ThAlbhya Rishi and Pulasthya Rishi. Former asks two questions and Pulasthyar responds with a response constituted by 48 SlOkams. Recitation of this precious sthOthram reminds one of the Paratattvam of the Lord Sriman NaarAyaNan .It acknowledges that This Supreme Lord is responsible for the Creation-Sustenance and destrcution of the Universes and celebrates the many avathArams of His ( VarAha , Narasimha , Vaamana , HayagrIva , Raama , KrishNa avathArams)to bless the chEthanams. For young women , recitation of this sthOthram is rcognized to result in marriage to a good husband (Soumangalyathvam), and all anishta nivrutthi. More thamn all these abhIshta Phalam s, there are deeper structures in meaning in this MangaLa ShtOthram . Sri VisishtAdhvaitha PrachariNi SabhA has reelased few years back a small pamphlet on this SthOthram with Tamil translations by Srirangam M.S.RajagOpAlAcchAr Swamy . It may be still avialbale there , if it is not out of print now. I will quote and comment on one or two slOkams in the future. Sri ApAmaarjana SthOthram is another sthOthram from Vishnu DharmOttharam , which is fit for daily paarAyanam for sakala KshEmams. V.SadagOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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