Narasimha Prapatti

My sister wanted to read this shlokam, and was not able to find it. I was searching on the internet, and found it here. Below is the Narasimha Prapatti (in English, and Tamil, and the meaning in English):

MATA NARASIMHA, PITA NARASIMHA
BRATHA NARASIMHA, SAKHA NARASIMHA
VIDYAA NARASIMHA, DRAVINAM NARASIMHA
SWAMI NARASIMHA, SAKALAM NARASIMHA
ITHO NARASIMHA, PARATHO NARASIMHA
YATHO YATHO YAHIHI, TATHO NARASIMHA
NARASIMHA DEVAATH PARO NA KASCHIT
TASMAAN NARASIMHA SHARANAM PRAPADYE

மாதா நரசிம்ஹா, பிதா நரசிம்ஹா
ப்(4)ராதா நரசிம்ஹா ஸகா நரசிம்ஹா
வித்(3)யா நரசிம்ஹா, த்(3)ரவிணம் நரசிம்ஹா
ஸ்வாமி நரசிம்ஹா ஸகலம் நரசிம்ஹா
இதோ நரசிம்ஹா பரதோ நரசிம்ஹா,
யதோயதோ யாஹி: ததோ நரசிம்ஹா,
நரசிம்ஹா தே(3)வாத் பரோ ந கஸ்சித்
தஸ்மான் நரசிம்ஹா சரணம் ப்ரபத்(3)யே

Meaning
Mother and father is Narasimha
Brother and friend is Narasimha
Knowledge and wealth is Narasimha
My Lord and my Everything is Narasimha.
Narasimha in this world, Narasimha in the other
Wherever I go, there is Narasimha
Narasimha is the only Lord,there is none other
So, I seek refuge in you, Narasimha

God bless!

12 ways to know that you Love someone

I got this as a forward, source unknown. Very nice one, so couldn’t stop sharing.

TWELVE:
You talk with him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.
ELEVEN:
You walk really slowly when you are with him/her.
TEN:
You don’t feel Ok when he/she is far away.
NINE:
You smile when you hear his/her voice.
EIGHT:
When you look at him/her,you do not see other people around you. You see only him/her.
SIX:
He/She is everything you want to think.
FIVE:
You realise that you smile every time you look at him/her.
FOUR:
You would do anything to see him/her.
THREE:
While you have been reading this, there was a person in your mind all the time.
TWO:
You’ve been so busy thinking of that person that you didn’t notice that number 7 is missing.
ONE:
You are going to check above if that’s true and now you are silently laughing to yourself.

Very nice one indeed, huh! Cheers!

Nava Brindhavanam – a divine place

Ever since my sister started reading Kumudham Jodhidam, she loves everything written by A.M. Rajagopalan. I have a high degree of respect for him just because of his writings, and his spiritual knowledge. I always wanted to visit as many temples as possible when I go to any city or place, and he knows a lot about them, and their history. He doesn’t stop having the knowledge, but shares with the world with his writings.

From the time he mentioned about this divine place Nava Brindhavanam located in Karnataka, I’m planning for the trip. It’s been more than 5-6 years I know this place and been planning for it, but didn’t still get that golden moment to visit this place. Recently when I was trying to search about this place on the web, came across this nice blog where the author has visited the place, and tried to give a complete picture of this place, and the travel.

I recently visited Manthralayam which is the jeeva samaadhi of Sri Raghavendra Swamigal. It was a divine place, and I cannot explain the feeling which I got when I was inside the premises.

The geographical location of Nava Brindhavan is here. Below are the great 9 (credit : Raju’s blog)

Sri Padmanabha Theerthar, the prime sishya of Sri Madhvacharyar (1317-1324)

Sri Jaya Theerthar (1365-1388) or Sri Raghu Variyar, Guru of Raghothama Theerthar whose Brindhavan is at Thirukkoyilur near Thiruvannamalai (1502-1537)

Sri Kaveendhra Theerthar (1392-1398)

Sri Vaageesa Theerthar (1398-1406)

Sri Vyasaraja Theerthar (1447-1539), Raja guru of Krishna Deva Raya and the next avatar of Brhalatha and the earlier avatar of Sri Raghavendhra

Sri Srinivasa Theerthar (1539-1564)

Sri Rama Theerthar (1564-1584)

Sri Suseendhra Theerthar, Ragavendhra swami’s guru (1614-1623)

Sri Govindha Odeyar (1534)

I’m sure I’ll be excited to plan for a trip to this place soon. But, as people say this is a divine place of 9 great saints, and they will call you only when the right time comes. I’m just waiting for my time.