Devotional-Series

  Shyamala Dandakam with Lyrics      https://youtu.be/JlKVhtI8Eok Shyamala Dandakam Lyrics in English with Meaning: Kalidasa was one of the great Sanskrit poets. He wrote many great dramas like Shakunthalam and great epics like Kumara Sambhavam, Malavikagni mithram, the message poetry called Megha Sandesham, etc. He is extremely famous for the use of appropriate similes and metaphors. Shyamala Dandakam is perhaps the greatest stotra written by him eulogizing the mother goddess Shyamala. He has employed a poetic style called Dandakam in writing this prayer. Dandakam is that poetry where some of the lines have more than 26 syllables. It very much resembles prose. In this case, the entire Dandakam is a single sentence from start to the end. I have attempted to retain the same style There is a folk story about how he came about to write this stotra. He was a foolish woodcutter who was made to act wise by the courtiers of a proud princess and thus convinced the princess t...

  Shambhu Stuthi with Lyrics       https://youtu.be/F7t_lPgYe-0 Shri Shambhu Stuthi Lyrics in English & Sanskrit with Meaning: नमामि शम्भुं पुरुषं पुराणं नमामि सर्वज्ञमपारभावम् । नमामि रुद्रं प्रभुमक्षयं तं नमामि शर्वं शिरसा नमामि ॥१॥ Namaami Shambhum Purussam Puraannam Namaami Sarvajnyam-Apaara-Bhaavam | Namaami Rudram Prabhum-Akssayam Tam Namaami Sharvam Shirasaa Namaami ||1|| Meaning: 1.1 I reverentially bow down to Shambhu (the cause of Happiness), Who is the Primeval Being (ever present in all as consciousness), 1.2: I reverentially bow down (to Him) Who is All-Knowing and Whose Meditative State (symbolising our innermost consciousness) is boundless, 1.3: I reverentially bow down to Rudra Who is the Lord of all (in fierce form associated with destruction), and Who is Undecaying in nature, 1.4: I reverentially bow down to Sharva (Who holds the entire Earth); I reverentially bow down my head (again and again to all these forms). Sri Shambhu नमामि देवं परमव्ययं...

  Sri Raghavendra Akshara Maalika Stotram/ Sri Raghavendra Aksharamala Stuthi(stotram)       https://youtu.be/QC3D4FnHIkU This stuti was composed by Sri Krishnaavadhootaru and consists of 51 +1 verses, with one verse per character and one phala-stuti. Sri Avadhootaru has created a literary garland for Rayaru’s pooja, with each verse acting as a flower. (A simple translation by Sri Vyasarajamurthy, edited with notes and comments by Hunsur Sriprasad) aj~jAnanAshAya vij~jAnapUrNAya suj~jAnadAtrE namastE gurO shrI rAghavEMdrArya shrI rAghavEMdrArya shrI rAghavEMdrArya pAhi prabhO || 1 ||  I offer my respectful salutations to the lotus feet of the Guru Raghavendra Swamy who destroys his devotee’s ignorance, one who is full of divine knowledge, and one who bestows good knowledge to his devotees. Oh Sri Raghavendra guruvaryare please protect, nourish, foster, guard and sustain us. AnaMdarUpAya naMdAtmaja  shrI padAMbhOjabhAjE namastE gurO  shrI rAghavEMdrArya...