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Bhairava Ashtotthara Shatanama stotra ( hundred and eight names of bhairava) - the bhairava stavaraja is from rudrayamala tantra, the hymn is made of hundred and eight names of vatuka bhairava - the one who lifts us up from all kinds of troubles, dangers and calamities.

There are various dangers, troubles and calamities in this world. One can even feel sometimes that the whole life is just a struggle. Until we realize our true self. Atman which is beyond every duality (heat and coldness, brightness and darkness etc.)We definitely need help and strength in crossing over the samsara (the cycle of birth and death) we surrender to the god in a form which we feel we can connect with easily.

Bhairava is none other than Shiva, he manifested as bhairava the apaduddharana to bless us and guide us through the troubles and dangers and protect us from them and make it easier for us. Human life is very precious as it has everything required to become a seeker and realize the true self which is non dual to supreme absolute god.

So in times of danger, we do our part to protect ourselves from calamities both internally and externally. We pray, we seek help from the higher power. Though our ultimate aim is self-realization, we simply seek help in handling the worldly situations which forms an obstacle in our quest of highest spiritual truth.

For those who do not have self-realization as the aim or destination, chanting this hymn will slowly and gradually guide in that path while blessing the worldly needs which are righteous and harmless.

Bhairava not only saves us from dangers but he guides us thoroughly in our spiritual path and leads us to the experience of self-realization, he is our guru, our god and our guardian. Because he is the one who grants success for the seekers say the sacred scriptures.

This hymn is very powerful and is found in bhairavopasanadhyaya in the upasana stabhaka which is in dharma skanda of Brihad Jyotisharnava compiled by Harikrishna Vyankatarama. The hymn is also called bhairava stavaraja - the king of hymns of lord bhairava.

There are various dangers, troubles and calamities in this world. One can even feel sometimes that the whole life is just a struggle. Until we realize our true self. Atman which is beyond every duality (heat and coldness, brightness and darkness etc.)We definitely need help and strength in crossing over the samsara (the cycle of birth and death) we surrender to the god in a form which we feel we can connect with easily.

Bhairava is none other than Shiva, he manifested as bhairava the apaduddharana to bless us and guide us through the troubles and dangers and protect us from them and make it easier for us.

The devotee who recites this hymn is blessed with health, wealth, prosperity, the enemies are pacified and is protected from all kinds of dangers and calamities.

This hymn praises the lord kālabhairava who is the guardian of kāshi as the supreme god who is non different to Shiva and non different to atman our true self. He who is the creator, protector, destroyer of the whole world. He is the giver of wisdom and liberation, destroyer of all evil qualities. This hymn was sung by achārya ādi shankara bhagavadpāda in the holy shrine of kāshi.

Twelve names of Saraswati eulogizing her different aspects and glories. This is a short yet powerful hymn. by chanting this with devotion we can attain the blessings of goddess saraswati the goddess of wisdom, learning and knowledge, the phalashruti of this stotra says goddess sarasvati becomes very pleased of those who chant this twelve names regularly and reside in the tip of their tongue and blesses them with wisdom. therefore such a devotee spills words of wisdom and auspicious words.

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In this book we discuss various stories of hanuman with suitable illustrations related to the story where ever possible.

This book is an effort of throwing light on the stories which are not mentioned in Ramayana or Mahabharata. However the authenticity of the stories mentioned in this book is supported by the other sacred scriptures like agastya and parasara samhitha.

The aim of this book is to narrate the stories of hanuman from the mentioned sacred scriptures in simple English also trying my best to translate the Sanskrit script as it is.

The story of hanuman brings in courage and confidence. Devotion and sincerity and all good qualities in the heart of the reader. In the sacred scriptures of the Hindus, it is mentioned that hanuman is immortal. Many who are familiar with hanuman are mostly familiar with the stories of hanuman told in Ramayana and Mahabharata.

In this book we will enjoy the stories from the eternal life of hanuman, which happen before and after the period of ramayana and mahabhatha also.

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we will also learn about various forms of hanuman like his forms with five faces and ten arms, hanuman with three faces and twenty arms, hanuman with four hands. hanuman's marriage and various other forms of hanuman and stories about their worship.

hanuman's adobe of gandhamadhana, interesting stories of hanuman meeting famous characters of the epic mahabharatha, like arjuna and bheema. hanuman meeting krishna and many other stories are discussed in this book.

I am also planning to release more story books on hanuman based on various sacred scriptures in the near future. hope you will enjoy the stories in the book and come back here for more.

Durga saptashlokee is a collection of seven important slokas from the sacred text Devi Maahaathmyam. The text Devi Maahatmyam praises the glories of mother Durgaa and elaborately narrates the great deeds of mother goddess. The text Durga Saptashlokee is a collection of the most important shlokas (mantras) from Durgaa patha for use in daily prayers and chants. Each of the seven shlokas praise the goddess Durgaa and pray to her for different fruits. All of these verses are found in different chapters of the Devi Maahaatmya. Each of these shlokas is a mantra which can also be chanted separately to please the mother and to attain a particular benefit, pray for protection, wealth, good fortune and the mother's (Ambaa's) grace. This hymn starts with a conversation between lord Shiva and Devi. One who chants this hymn with true devotion for goddess Durgaa shall be blessed with all fortunes of life and will also attain self realization by the grace of the goddess. In this book I will explain the meaning of those seven shlokas according to the commentaries of great shaakta scholars (devotees of mother goddess) like Bhaaskara raaya maakhin, Naagoji bhatta and other scholars of the shakta tradition

The hymn Ganesha sahasranama is found in the Ganesha purāna. It is taught to lord Shiva by lord Ganesha himself. The story is given in detail in poorvapeethika that when lord Shiva wanted to destroy the tripurāsura - the demon king with three flying cities, but could not succeed even after enormous efforts, lord Shiva meditated on Ganesha. Then Ganesa appeared before Shiva in his five faced form (panchamukha Ganesha) and initiated lord Shiva with this hymn. This thousand name hymn of ganesha ( ganesha sahasranama ) is one among the powerful hymns on lord Ganesha and it has great importance in the Gānāpatya tradition.Bhāskara rāya mākhin a great shākta scholar and devotee of the mother goddess, a scholar in Vedas, purānas and mantra shāstras had written a wonderful commentary on the hymn. The commentary is called khadyota (that which enlightens the sky) It is named so as it puts light on the deeper meanings of the names of this thousand names hymn (sahasranāma stotra) I have explained every name of this thousand names hymn based on the khadyota commentary and I have also quoted shlokas from the Vedas, purānas and tantras.Some names of the sahasranāma refer to various forms and incarnations of lord Ganesha. I have quoted the dhyāna shloka (verses describing forms of ganesha to be meditated on) of those forms from the tantra and āgama shāstras and also explained their meanings.The sahasranamavali (list of names from the sahasranama) starting with one and ending with namah (salutation) is also given for the perpose of chanting. the book has two indexes first index containing index of all names in the order in which it occurs in the hymn and the second index is alphabetical.

This hymn is one of the famous hymns of hundred and eight names of sarasvati used in worship and found in vrata kalpas (instruction manuals of ritual worship) dealing with sarasvati pooja and sarasvati vrata etc.It is followed by tradition that the recitation of this hymn and worshipping mother sarasvati with various flowers and leaves is followed on auspicious days like sarasvati pooja of sharan navaratri (also commonly known as dussehra festival)The hymn worships mahasarasvati as the supreme goddess. She who is durga lakshmi and sarasvati. Many glorious deeds and attributes of the goddess are praised throughout this hymn.This book is a humble effort to throw light of the deeper meaning of each name of the hymn in simple English. The authenticity and authority of the meanings are based on Vedas, various puranas, dharma shastras and mantra shastras.The hymn is very powerful as there are great seed mantras hidden in the names.

This is a hymn of lord Vishnu (Naarayana) sung by the great teacher of Advaita school. Shree Shankara Bhagavadpaada. The hymn is called shadpadee stotram because it is comprised of six verses of prayer to lord Vishnu for devotion, wisdom and liberation. The word shadpadee means a text which has six padas (verses) and it also means a bee because a bee has six feet. The meter used in this hymn is like the dancing movements of a bee towards a fragrant nectarous flower. The work is a poetic work using rhythmic, rhyming words and same words used in different places to mean differently. Aachaarya Bhagavatpaada compares his mind with a bee and lord's holy feet with divine flowers. This book is an effort to give you the word by word meaning, anvaya krama - the poetic text turned in to prose order and the explanation of the verses. The explanations of the meaning of the names of lord Vishnu used in these shlokas are explained according to Adi Shankaraachaarya's commentary of Vishnu sahasranaama. (Thousand names of Vishnu from Mahaabhaarata)

Shiva Manasa Pooja is one of the easiest and shortest and most beautiful hymns on Shiva which helps us to do a mental worship or internal worship. Wherever we are and in whichever time we want, we can do the mental worship. Mental worship is the process of visualizing the god, then visualizing various offerings and offer them to the lord mentally. The basic offerings are of sixteen kinds which will be discussed in detail throughout this book.

This worship is one of the best ways to connect with god. You don't need to depend on any external factors or availability of things. You can create things out of our visualization and offer them to god. All that god cares is that you wish to offer him something with love and you are thinking about him with love and devotion while offering mentally.

This kind of worship has an equal importance just like external ritualistic worship (baahya pooja) - external worship.Even at times when you are not able to do the external worship, it is prescribed that you do internal worship of the lord. This hymn is one of the simplest ways to help you do it. You can do it two times a day. There are no special rules to be followed.

Just chant this hymn with devotion and visualize every offering in each step and offer it to lord Shiva. I will give you a couple of Dhyana shlokas (verses for contemplation and visualization) of lord Shiva which you can use to visualize Shiva and then slowly visualize various offerings and offer them to lord Shiva as guided by the hymn.

This hymn is from the Vana parva of Mahabharata. It was initiated to Yudhistira. (also known as Dharmaputra) by his guru Dhaumya.This is one of the important Hymns praising the son god. This hymn is a collection of important names praising the qualities of the sun god and is called Surya Ashtottara shatanaama Stotra. The hymn comprises of hundred and sixteen names. When one chants this hymn with devotion in the mornings regularly is blessed with the grace of sun god. Chanting this hymn and worshiping Surya Naarayana through it with true devotion increases health, wealth, wisdom and prosperity. In this hymn sun god is praised as the absolute god Brahman who is every god, everyone and everything and so lord Surya is referred to by the names of other gods like Indra, Vayu, Varuna etc he is seen as time, the five elements, the creator, the protector and destroyer, the primary cause of existence of the worlds. Surya Narayana is praised by different names like Aditya, Bhaskara, Divaakara, Surya, Savita, Ravi etc. The meanings of every name is explained based on the commentaries of Adi Shankara Bhagavathpada, Sayanacharya and Sage Vedavyasa (Shlokas from the puranas)

In this book the hymn Rudrashtaka praising Mahadeva Maheshwara Shiva is explained word by word explaining the textual and the deep meaning of the hymn based on various sacred scriptures. About the HymnThe hymn Rudrashtaka appears in the Uttara Khand of Ramacharita manas (a narration of Raamayana by Tulasi Daasa - the composer of hanuman chalisa and a great devotee of Raama, Shiva and Hanuman)This hymn is told as narrated by Lomasha Maharshi to save his disciple from the curse of Shiva.This hymn is an wonderful text comprised of eight stanzas praising the greatness of Shiva in all aspects. It also praises that Shiva is the greatest GOD. The Brahman (absolute god who is formless and can take many forms by will.)Various qualities, attributes, motifs of lord Shiva are described well with the use of profound words.Devotees of Shiva consider this hymn as one among the most important hymns on Lord Shiva and chant it regularly or on important days of lord Shiva's worship.

Shiva panchakshara nakshatramala is one of the hymns composed by shree Aadi Shankara Bhagavadpaada - the great aachaarya of advaita doctrine. The hymn praises the various pastimes, deeds and attributes of lord Shiva. The hymn has two specialties. 1. The number of stanzas in this hymn is twenty seven. Twenty seven is a very significant number in Hinduism. There are twenty seven important stars which forms the month of chandramana calendar. 2. each verse of the hymn ends with namah shivaaya. The mantra is called the panchakshari mantra (five syllable mantra) it is one of the greatest mantras. Hence the kind aacharya bhagavadpata embeds the mantra in this hymn so everyone can attain the benefits of chanting the mantra, even for those who has not been initiated with the mantra, chanting this stotra is not forbidden and there are no complex rules of austerities to chant the hymn for chanting the mantra through this hymn. By chanting this hymn once, the devotee chants the great five syllable mantra hundred and eight times and attains all the benefits of chanting it even without following the ritualistic austerities which are mandatory when you chant the mantra directly.

ardhanarishvara means the half feminine form of ishvara (Shiva) this form is a combined form of Shiva and Shakti. It is the union of Shiva and shakti and expresses their oneness.This is one of the most important forms of Shiva described in the shaivagamas, puranas, and mantra shastrasacharya Adishankara bhagavadpada composes this hymn to praise this particular form of Shiva. Worshiping this form is equivalent to worshiping Shiva and Shakti together.The kind acharya attaches two mantras in the ending verse of each shloka. The two mantras are the Shiva panchakshari (namah shivaya) and shakti panchakshari (namah shivayai) The hymn is an octet comprised of eight shlokas and one other shloka describing the benefits of reciting this hymn.In ardhanarishvara form of Shiva, one half is feminine and other half is masculine, hence acharya Adishankara bhagavadpada uses words denoting feminine gender for the feminine half and the words denoting masculine gender while referring the masculine half of the form.He uses both genders to refer this form. This is one of the most beautiful poetic hymns by acharya Adishankara bhagavadpada. He uses same words meaning differently in different contexts and similar words in this hymn n to praise the Shiva portion and the Shakti portion of this form.He doesn't only praise the differences (diversities) in the masculine and feminine aspects but also those attributes which are common and similar.This wonderful form is not a mere symbol of gender equality but the personification of universal spirit divided into masculine and feminine and the form reminds us the beauties and charms of each gender and shows us its completeness in a godly manner.Worshiping the lord in this form teaches us the art of love, compassion, and the sacredness of love, the highest spiritual truth of both the genders and the importance of both fierce and soft attributes and aspects of the lord.This form of the lord also teaches us how the men and women complete each other, make each other better, stay together with the diversities and similarities in them and complement each other.Whoever recites with devotion this octet which fulfills the desires is respected and has a long life on earth, he attains good fortune for limitless time and let there be always all kinds of success.

This hymn has six shlokas praising the glory of the lord Shiva and his six syllable mantra. The six syllable mantra is the famous five syllable mantra preceded by Om The Vedas say that the mantra is the body of the deity. By worshipping the deity through the mantra you attain the deity. There is no difference between the mantra and the deity worshipped through it. The starting letters of each shloka when arranged horizontally the mantra Om namah shivaya is revealed. Each shloka has many occurrences of the syllable which is praised through the shloka.

About The Hymn Hanuman chalisa is a sacred and one of the most powerful hymns to Hanuman composed by the great sage Tulasidaasa - The author of Raamayana in Hindi. He was a very great devotee of Raama and Hanuman and have had visions of Hanuman many times in his life. He was well-versed in Puranas Agamas and Mantra shastras. The translation and commentary In this sacred hymn Tulasidaasa praises the greatness of Hanuman and also many great deeds done by him. There are many secrets of mantra shastra - the method of ritualistic worship hidden in the hymn. different forms of Hanuman are praised in different dohaas (couplets) In this book each verse of Hanuman chaalisa is elaborately explained with the help of Veda, Purana, and mantra shashtras. incidents showing Hanuman's great qualities are quoted from different sacred scriptures. The word by word meaning of the hymn is also explained.

Durga chandrakala stuti is a hymn composed by Appayya deekshita the great shaiva and scholar of Vedas Puranas and mantra shastras who lived in Tamil nadu in the fifteenth century (1520-1593 CE)In this hymn various glories of the mother goddess durgā from Vedas and various puranas are summarized. The hymn comprises of eighteen shloka, the first shloka being the mangalacharana (invocation of the goddess) and the last shloka the phala shruti (description of benefits which are attained by the recitation of this hymn.)So the main hymn is of sixteen shlokas and hence the name durgā chandrakalā stuti (hymn to durga like the sixteen states of moon) is given to it by the composer. This hymn is considered very powerful by the practitioners of Shakta and Shaiva tradition - the worship of the mother goddess (the embodiment of all power) because this hymn is the summary of the great and powerful text Devi māhāthmyam of Mārkandeya purāna which is of 700 shlokas and hence also known as durgā saptashatī (seven hundred verses praising durgā) In addition to that Appayya Deekshita also summarizes various glorious incidents about goddess durgā and her manifold forms from various purānas. Hence reciting this hymn daily is equal to remembering all the important glorious deeds of the goddess mentioned in the puranas. The Devi mahatmya and the other anecdotes about the devi given in Varahapurana, Harivamsa, Bhagavata etc., are given in condensed form in this work to be precise.Reciting this hymn with devotion bestows the devotee with protection, wealth, wisdom, courage good fortune and liberation.

Heramba Upanishad is an Upanishad text which establishes that Ganesha is the supreme absolute god (para brahman) and explains the atma vidya (wisdom of the nature of real self) through Ganesha. Goal of any Upanishad is to teach the wisdom of self-realisation through which final liberation (mukti) is experienced.

This Upanishad is a conversation between Shiva and Gauri where Shiva teaches the sacred wisdom upon Gauri's request. These kinds of Upanishads which talk about worshiping certain forms of god as supreme absolute godhood forms a bridge between upasana (the way of worshiping a deity) and Vedanta (the realization of oneness with absolute god) In this text the form of god worshiped as the supreme reality is Ganesha, specifically, The Herambha - the form of Ganesha who appeared before lord Shiva and blessed him with the power to conquer Tripura (three demon cities and destroy them) We may see that particular episode of destroying three cities has a great significance in Upanishads because those three cities are symbols of three gunas, (satva, rajas, tamas) three states of body and mind ( jagrat - awaken, svapna - dream, and susupti - deep sleep) and hence is deeply connected or related to the subject of self-realisation, realising the nature of one's true self atman which is beyond this three states.

In Avadhoota gita also it is described that eeshwara anugrahadeva pumsam advaita vasana Only by the grace of supreme god, a soul gets interest in the philosophy of non-duality that is how we should understand the connection between worship of supreme god and attaining the wisdom of self-realization. The experience of the self-realized soul and the benefits of reciting this Upanishad is also described well in this text.