Ghora Kashtodharana Stotram
घोरकष्टोद्धरणस्तोत्रम्
Five verses to Dattātreya by Śrī Vāsudevānanda Sarasvatī asking to be lifted out of terrible hardship.
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घोरकष्टोद्धरणस्तोत्रम्
Five verses to Dattātreya by Śrī Vāsudevānanda Sarasvatī asking to be lifted out of terrible hardship.
हरिवरासनम्
The lullaby sung to Lord Ayyappa as the Śabarimalai temple closes each night, ending "śaraṇam ayyappa".
नवनागस्तोत्रम्
The nine names of the great serpents, recited for protection and on Nāga Pañcamī.
कुबेरमन्त्रः
The mantra to Kubera, lord of wealth, recited for prosperity, especially on Dhanteras and Dīpāvalī.
शनिमन्त्रः
The verse "nīlāñjanasamābhāsam" and the seed mantra of Śani, recited on Saturdays.
नवग्रहमन्त्रः
The single verse saluting all nine grahas, recited at the start of the day and before Navagraha worship.
कार्यसिद्धिहनुमन्मन्त्रः
Sītā's words to Hanumān in the Sundara Kāṇḍa, recited for the success of an undertaking.
सरस्वती नमस्तुभ्यम्
The prayer to Sarasvatī said before study, "sarasvati namastubhyam varade kāmarūpiṇi".
धन्वन्तरिमन्त्रः
The mantra to Dhanvantari, physician of the gods, recited for health and on Dhanvantari Jayantī (Dhanteras).
गणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम्
The Gaṇapati Upaniṣad, praising Gaṇeśa as Brahman itself and setting out his mantra "oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ". Shown here without the closing phalaśruti.
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अग्निर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव ।
एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ ९॥agniryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva |
ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca || 9||'As the one fire, having entered the world, becomes varied in form according to each form, so the one Self within all beings becomes varied according to each form, and (yet remains) outside (them all).'
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