The pa varga in Devanagari script(pa fa ba bha ma) has an interesting property. Each letter involves opening one’s mouth. An even more interesting link involves Lord Shiva; each letter of the pa varga is related to one of Shiva’s aspects. A shloka in his praise goes thus:
paarvatii phaNi baalendu bhasma mandaakinii yutaa |
apavarga pradaa muurtiH kathaM syaat.h tava shaMkara || Read the rest of this entry »
The shloka below is an extract from ‘Vishnu sahasranam’. Parvati, the divine consort of Lord Shiva asks him to tell an easy way for all the scholars to chant the 1000 names of Lord Vishnu.
Sri Rama Rama Ramethi Rame Rame Manorame
Sahasranama Tathulyam Rama Nama Varaname
Description: Lord Shiva says that the name of Lord Rama is the sweetest of all the words and chanting this name would be equivalent to chanting the whole Vishnu Sahasranama as it is the base of all the names. Read the rest of this entry »
ॐ त्रयम्बकं यजमहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारूकमिव् बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षिय मामृतात्॥
Om trayambakaṁ yajamahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam |urvārūkamiv bandhanān mṛtyormukṣiya māmṛtāt || Read the rest of this entry »
मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगम् जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमताम् वरिष्ठम्।
वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥
manojavaṁ mārutatulyavegam jitendriyaṁ buddhimatām variṣṭham |vātātmajaṁ vānarayūthamukhyaṁ śrīrāmadūtaṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye ||
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके।
sarva maṁgala māṁgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike |
शरण्ये त्र्यंबके देवी नारायणी नमोस्तुते॥
śaraṇye tryaṁbake devī nārāyaṇī namostute || Read the rest of this entry »
सरस्वति नमस्थुभ्यम् वरदे कामरुपिणि
sarasvati namasthubhyam varade kāmarupiṇi
विद्यारम्भम् करिष्यामि सिद्धिर्भवतु मे सदा
vidyārambham kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā Read the rest of this entry »
वक्रतुंड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभनिर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा
vakratuṁḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭi samaprabhanirvighnaṁ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā Read the rest of this entry »
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