Sri Balasubrahmanyam bhajeham-suratti-adi

This is the second dhyana krihi of Sri Kamalamba navavaranam on Lord Subrahmanya which relates to the shrine of Balamuruga on the banks of kamalalaya. Worshipping first Ganesa and Muruga in their childhood attire is supposed to give immense pleasure to Sri Kamalambika.

Before one enters the navavaranam, reciting this krithi is said to bestow upon the devotees, the fulfillment of their desires including the desire to have a progeny.

Pallavi:=

Balasubrahmanyam bhajeham, bhaktha kalpa bhuruham sri:= I worship sri balasubrahmanya who is like a kalpaka tree in granting the wishes of His devotees.

Anu Pallavi:=

Neelakanta hrudaanandakaram:= He who delights the heart of Neelakanta, Lord Shiva.

Nithya shuktha bhuktha mukthaambaram:= He is the ever pure consciousness which is a liberated Being.

Charanam:=

Velaayudhadharam sundaram : = He is the wielder of spear. The spear was given to Lord Muruga by His mother Parvathi at the time of Surasamhaara which is supposed to be His most
powerful weapon. He is most beautiful in attire and His name Muruga implies that.

Vedanthaartha bodha chaturam := He is adept in the knowledge of vedaantha Saaram
(essence)

Paalaaksha Guruguhaavathaaram : = The birth of Skanda took place for the annihilation
of the two demons viz. Tharakaasura and Soorapadma. As Shiva fell in love with Parvathi, the sparks of the fiery seed of Shiva from His third eye in His forehead was carried by the current of the Ganges into the saravana forest wherein the saravana lake received the six divine sparks in the form of six babies. These babies were tendered byKarthika damsels.Ultimately Parvathi made them into a single baby with six heads and called the baby Shanmuga.Another important task of Lord Muruga was imparting the meaning of Pranava Mantra to His father Lord Shiva. Thus He acquired the name Guruguha.

Parasakthi sukumaaram dheeram := He is the beautiful and valiant son of Parasakthi.

Madhyama kaalam:=

Paalitha girvanadi samooham := Protector of celestial beings viz. devas.

Pancha bhootha maya maayaa moham := Lord Muruga represents the cosmic

consciousness which alone exists for ever. There are no created beings or worlds with their

sentient and insentient aspects in it. The appearance of the worlds and the beings in them is

nothing but the reflection of the Pure Consciousness in itself. It is nothing short of a dream.

When true wisdom dawns, this unreal appearance vanishes. The five elements are the seed;the

world is a tree. The consciousness is the seed; the five elements are the tree. The seed and fruit

are one and the same. Likewise the world and the cosmic consciousness is one and the same.

This maya or illusion is the play of Lord Muruga.

Neela kanta vaaham su deham := He has the blue-necked peacock as His vehicle and has a

beautiful body.

Nirathisayaananda pravaaham := He symbolizes the wonderful and streaming

blissfulness which is the result of self realisation.

The audio version of this krithi is available in the blog arvindsdad.blogspot.com under navaavarana krithis.

shri maha gaNapathiravathumaam - gaula - thisra thriputa

Before proceeding to Shri Kamalaamba navavaranam one has to meditate on three deities, viz.
BalagaNapathi, BalasubrahmaNyar and Kamalaambika. These deities have their shrines at Thiruvarur Thyagaraja swamy temple which is surrounded by a lake called Kamalalaya.

The krithi on Lord GaNapathy was composed by Dikshithar in the Gaula raga which is a gana raaga.

No work is started without Ganapathi vandana. Even a visit to a temple at first starts with worship of Lord Ganapathi.

Pallavi:=
ShrimahagaNapathiravathu maam, siddhi vinaayako Mathanga mukha:= Let ShrimahagaNapathi protect me. He who is the giver of success in all endeavours is a leader who has no parellel viz. vinayaka and he is the elephant faced god.

Anu Pallavi: =

Kaama janaka vidhindra sannutha kamalaalaya thata nivaaso:=Mahavishnu,the father of manmatha,Brahma and Indra extol the glory of GaNapathy whose shrine is on the banks of Lake kamalalaya in Thiruvarur.

Komalathara pallava padayuga guruguhaagraja shivaathmaja:=The child Ganapathy's feet are tender and He is the brother of child Muruga, and son of Lord Shiva.

Charanam:=

SuvarNaakarshaNa vigna raajo,Paadaambhujo, gaura varNa vasana dharo, paala chandro:=
He is attractive like gold,He is the remover of all impediments, His feet are like lotus, He wears white dress, His forehead is like the phase of the moon.

Naraadi vinutha lambhodaro:= worshipped by human beings as well as all creatures and having a great belly which is symbolic of the entire world and its denizens.

Kuvalaya swa vishaaNa paasaankusa modako:= Who has in His hands a lily, a broken tusk of His own (which helped Him to write the Mahabharatha as narrated by Bhagavan Vyasa) rope, goad and modaka (His favourite sweetmeat)

Prakaasakaro bhava jaladhi naavo := The one who enlightens the jeeva to navigate the ocean of samsaara.

Moola prakrithi swabhaavas sukhatharo:= His nature is that of primordial one which bestows bliss as athmanubhava for every being. When we contemplate on the entire creation, we are overwhelmed at the natural order of things and sequences. It is this order which determines
the characteristics of objects and beings animate as well as inanimate.

These characteristics are subject to the laws of limitation in the physical and mental plane. Lord Ganesa sitting as moolaadhaara murthi in the form of pure consciousness in every being bears witness to this drama of creation with His blissful nature.

Madhyama kala:=

Ravi sahasra sannibha deho,kavi jananutha mooshika vaho:= His body shines like a thousand suns, He is worshipped by the wise people, He has the mouse as his vehicle which can be compared to the mind. In a human body the mind which is unseen could move much faster
than the visible big part viz.tummy.

Avanatha devatha samooho avinaasha kaivalya geho:=worshipped by the hosts of celestial beings and He is the abode of blissfulness.

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