Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Panchayatana Puja

SlOkam-s courtesy - Sri Jaldhar Vyas.

Great sloka-s. Just remembering the names of the primordial deities is enough to obtain their grace.

Let me try the meanings of the sloka-s.
(I am mentioning the divine names used in the Slokam-s in brackets.)

Siva Panchayatanam
yadA tu shaMkaraM madhye eshAnyAM shrIpatiM yajet |
AgneyyAM cha tathA haMsaM nairR^ityAM pArvatIsutam |
vAyavyAM cha sadA pUjyA bhavAnI bhaktavatsalA ||

Siva in center. Vishnu in eeSanyam (North East). Surya in Agneya (South East) and Ganapati in NairRti (South West) and Mother Ambika in vaayavyam (North West.)

(Sankara - Siva
Sripati - Vishnu
Hamsa - Surya
Parvati Suta - Ganapati
Bhavani - Ambika
Additionally, "bhaktavatsala" for Ambika.)

Vishnu Panchayatanam
yadA tu madhye govindamaishAnyAM shaMkaraM yajet |
AgneyyAM gaNanAthaM cha nairR^ityAM tapanaM tathA |
vAyavyAmambikAM chaiva yajennityaM samAhitaH ||

Vishnu in center. Siva in eeSaanyam. Ganapati in Agneyam. Surya in Nairruti. Ambika in Vayavyam.

(Govinda - Vishnu
Sankara - Siva
Gananatha - Ganapati
TapanaH - Surya
Ambika - Ambika.)

Surya Panchayatanam
sahasrAMshuryadA madhye eshAnyAM pArvatIpatim |
AgneyyAmekadantaM cha nairR^ityAmachyutaM tathA |
vAyavyAM pUjayedevIM bhogamokShaikabhUmikAm ||

Surya in center. Siva in eeSaanyam. Ganapati in aagneyam. Vishnu in nairruti. Ambika in vaayavyam.

(SahasraamSu - Surya
Parvatipati - Siva
Ekadanta - Ganapati
Achyuta - Vishnu
Devi - Ambika
Additionally, ambika is praised as source of 'bhoga and moksha' "bhOgamOkshaika bhUmikaam")

Devi Panchayatanam
bhaVanIM tu yadA madhye eshAnyAM mAdhavaM yajet |
AgneyyAM pArvatInAthaM nairR^ityAM gaNanAyakaM |
pradyotanaM tu vAyavyAmAchAryastu prapUjayet ||

Ambika in center. Vishnu in eeSaanyam. Siva in aagneyam. Ganapati in nairruti. Surya in vaayavyam.

(Bhavani - Ambika
Madhava - Vishnu
Parvatinatha - Siva
Gananayaka - Ganapati
Pradyotana - Surya.)

Ganapati Panchayatanam
herambaM tu yadA madhye eshAnyAmachyutaM yajet |
AgneyyAM pa~nchavaktraM tu nairR^ityAM dyumaNiM yajet |
vAyavyAmambikAM chaiva yajennityamatindritaH ||

Ganapati in center. Vishnu in eeSanyam. Siva in eeSaanyam. Surya in nairruti. Ambika in vaayavyam.

(Heramba - Ganapati
Achyuta - Vishnu
Panchavaktra - Siva
dyumaNi - Surya (the jewel of skies)
ambika - ambika.)

vishNvaaditya gaNapatyambikaa samEta bhavaani Sankara swaaminE namaH

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