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Navagraha Kritis by Muthuswami Dikshitar - Tamil - PDF - File7046
Navagraha Kritis by Muthuswami Dikshitar - Tamil - PDF - File7046
Navagraha Kritis by Muthuswami Dikshitar - Tamil - PDF - File7046
{॥ நவரஹகதயஃ வாதரத ॥}
{Lஆ◌்E ௧ யஃ}
ெஸௗர-அடாண-மராமேந ெஸௗவண-வபாமேந
பாரஶ-ஹ-ஹராமேந --தரணாமேந ॥
{Lஆ◌்E ௨ சரஃ}
இரா-ேலாகபாேலத-தாேரஶஂ
ஶகர-ெமௗ-ஷணஂ ஶீத-ரணஂ
ேவகேடஶ-நயநஂ ராமேநா-ஜநநஂ
ஶஶாகஂ ப-ஶாபாரஹ-பாரஂ
ஶரசகா-தவள-ரகாஶ-காரஂ
பகஜஂ ேரா-யகர-சர ॥
{Lஆ◌்E ௩ அகாரகஃ}
அகாரகமாரயாயஹஂ நதாதஜநமதாரஂ
பகாரகஂ ேமஷ-வக-ராயபஂ
மகள-தாயக-ேமஷ-ரகஂ மகேராக ।
தாநவ-ர-ேஸதஂ மதத-லத-வரஂ
ந-ரகஂ த-ைவயநாத-ேரஂ
ெயௗகா-ஹ-கடாாரஹ-பாரஂ
பா-சர--ரஂ பாஸமாந-களரஂ
ஜாத-ஹத-ரஂ சஜமர ॥
{Lஆ◌்E ௪ தஃ}
தமாரயா ஸததஂ
ரதஂ சர-தாரா-த ।
தஜைந-ேவதஂ ைர-ேமாதஂ
மர-கதா-ரதஂ மஹய-ஸபத ।
ம-ஸமஂ ஹ-தாகஂ
ஜைவணஂ ம-மட-ஹார-ேகர-
கர-ஜந-மதஂ ஷா-ரதஂ
ஶகர-பத-தஂ ஸதாநத-ஸத ॥
{Lஆ◌்E ௫ பஹபஃ}
மேஹராபாத-கேத மாதவா-த-மேத ।
பரா-சவா-வா-வப-ரகாஶக தயா-ேதா
{Lஆ◌்E ௬ ஶுரஃ}
ேஹ ஶுர-பகவ மா-
ஶ ைதய-ேதாபேதஶ
ஂஶ-வஸேரா-தஶா-பாகஂ அடவகஂ
வேராச-ச-வேர-வர-ேகர-ல-ேகாேண
ஂஶாஂஶ-ஷயஂைஶராவதாஂஶ-பாஜாதாஂஶ-
{Lஆ◌்E ௭ ஶைநசரஃ}
பவாஶ-கடா-பார-த-பமதாஂ அஶய-ஶுப-பலத ।
லாஂஶுக-ப-மாலாவதஂ ல-ரந-ஷணாலகதஂ
கால-தட-பத-ஜாஂ காதாத-பலத-காமேதஂ
கால-சர-ேபத-ர-பாஂ கத-சாயா-ேத- ॥
{Lஆ◌்E ௮ ராஹுஃ}
ஶூபாஸந-ககரஂ ஶூலாத-தர-கர ।
சஜஂ கக-ேகடா-தரணஂ
சமா-லவரஂ ேகாேமதகாபரணஂ
ஶ-ஶுர-ர-ஹ-ஸேதாஷகரண ॥
மஹா-ர-மட-தரஂ மகல-வரா-தரஂ
தா-பணஂ ேகாண-வஜ-பதாநஂ
ரஹணா-காய-காரணஂ ரஹாபஸய-ஸசாண ॥
%௧ யஃ
{Lஆ◌்E ௧ யஃ}
ெஸௗர-அடாண-மராமேந ெஸௗவண-வபாமேந
பாரஶ-ஹ-ஹராமேந --தரணாமேந ॥
ஂஹ ராயபேத - you are the Lord of the zodiacal sign Leo
பாேநா - O Surya
other planets
கம ஸாேண - you are witness to all actions in the world (3)
as well as salvation.
Notes :
triShTup, jagatI - are the seven horses for the Sun's chariot
--Shrimadbhagavatam 5.21.15
ய ஆய ஓ । ``The Supreme OM, the giver of brilliance, the impeller of
6 ரமா--ஶிவ-வப-ஹதயஂ
%௨ சரஃ
{Lஆ◌்E ௨ சரஃ}
இரா-ேலாகபாேலத-தாேரஶஂ
ஶகர-ெமௗ-ஷணஂ ஶீதரணஂ
ேவகேடஶநயநஂ ராமேநா-ஜநநஂ
ஶஶாகஂ பஶாபாரஹபாரஂ
ஶரசகாதவளரகாஶகாரஂ
ககணேகரஹாரமடாதரஂ
பகஜஂ ேராயகரசர ॥
மாநஸ - O mind!
virtuous persons
மதந சரஂ - (he serves as) umbrella for Manmatha, the God
ரா அேநா ஜநநஂ - he was born of the heart of VirAt puruSha (5)
preceptor of Brahma
Notes:
1 Tara is Brihaspati's wife. She fell in love with Chandra and lived
2 Moon is called Soma. Soma is the divine plant whose juice, also called
Soma, was the drink of the celestials, This led to regard Chandra as
the guardian of all beneficial plants. Shri Krishna says in the Gita:
15.13 ``I assume the form of Chandra, and sustain all vegetation''
God of Love
5 At the time of Creation, Chandra was born from the heart of the
to by poets as a hare
neglected wives, DakSha cursed Chandra to lose all his sixteen digits.
Later pacified, DakSha allowed him to gradually lose, and then gain,
- ShrimadbhAgavatam 6-6-24
%௩ அகாரகஃ
{Lஆ◌்E ௩ அகாரகஃ}
அகாரகமாரயாயஹஂ நதாதஜநமதாரஂ
மகளதாயகேமஷரகஂ மகேராக ।
தாநவரேஸதஂ மததலதவரஂ
நரகஂ தைவயநாதேரஂ
ெயௗகாஹகடாாரஹபாரஂ
பாசரரஂ பாஸமாநகளரஂ
ஜாதஹதரஂ சஜமர ॥
approach him
மகளஂ - is auspicious
(demons) alike
VaithIsvarankoil (4)
as guruguha
ஜாத ஹத ரஂ - appears cute with hands resting on his knees
Notes:
of lighted charcoal.
%௪ த
{Lஆ◌்E ௪ தஃ}
தமாரயா ஸததஂ
ரதஂ சரதாராத ।
தஜைநேவதஂ ைரேமாதஂ
மரகதாரதஂ மஹயஸபத ।
மஸமஂ ஹதாகஂ
ஜைவணஂ ம-மட-ஹார-ேகர-
ககணாதரணஂ கமயதரந-
கரஜநமதஂ ஷாரதஂ
ஶகரபததஂ ஸதாநதஸத ॥
Notes:
For, towards such devotees, these graha-s not only refrain from
positively helpful.
%௫ பஹபஃ
{Lஆ◌்E ௫ பஹபஃ}
மேஹராபாத-கேத மாதவா-த-மேத ।
ேபா - O master
ஜக ரய ேரா - you are a Teacher for all three worlds
ஆத ஜந கபதேரா - you are verily the kalpaka tree for all who
approach you
and Guruguha
பரா சவா வா வப - you are the embodiment of the four
Notes:
mUlAdhAra. When this kArana bindu rises to the level of the navel
it emerges from the throat /mouth and becomes audible sound, capable of
people are ignorant of these four parts and think that only the fourth
part is speech:
௧.௧௬௪.௪௫ ॥
%௬ ர
{Lஆ◌்E ௬ ஶுரஃ}
ேஹ ஶுரபகவ மா-
மாஶுபாலய வஷலா-
ஶ ைதயேதாபேதஶ
ஂஶ-வஸேரா-தஶா-பாகஂ அடவகஂ
நவாஂஶ-ேஹாரா-ேரகாணா-வேகாதமாவஸர-ஸமேய
வேராச-ச-வேர-வர-ேகர-ல-ேகாேண
ஂஶாஂஶ-ஷயஂைஶராவதாஂஶ-பாஜாதாஂஶ-
ever-young Brihaspati
the person)(8)
Notes:
3) Humans, from birth to death, are under the influence of the planets in
varying intensity. In the Ududasha system, the major periods (in years) of
the world. Shri Krishna pays the highest compliment to Sukra when
into 12 equal parts called Rasi-s, the first part, starting from
the First Point of Aries being Mesha. The Rasis are subdivided into
equal parts, called amsa-s, in several ways, each way being called a
navamsa bears the same name as that of the Rasi from which it arose,
it is called a vargottama.
and so on.
Phalaladipika (7-15) says: ``If Shukra and Guru are in Mina, Shani
in uchcha, Kuja aspects Chandra, and Lagna and Surya are in Mesha,
%௭ ஶைநசர
{Lஆ◌்E ௭ ஶைநசரஃ}
லாஂஶுக-ப-மாலாவதஂ ல-ரந-ஷணாலகதஂ
கால-தட-பத-ஜாஂ காதாத-பலத-காமேதஂ
கால-சர-ேபத-ர-பாஂ கத-சாயா-ேத- ॥
of blue flowers
of blue gemstones
பயஂ - he is fearless
Notes:
takes more than 29 years to go round the Sun once. For this reason he
2 Yama was the son o Surya by the first wife saMj~nA devI
5 This happened when they were boys. This is the reason for Shani's
slow movement.
6 The wheel referred to here is the cycle of births and deaths breaking
{Lஆ◌்E ௮ ராஹுஃ}
ஶூபாஸந-ககரஂ ஶூலாத-தர-கர ।
சஜஂ ககேகடாதரணஂ
சமா-லவரஂ ேகாேமதகாபரணஂ
ஶ-ஶுர-ர-ஹ-ஸேதாஷகரண ॥
ஸபா ஹரஂ - he wards off fears from snakes and the like
கநஂ - he is hard,
Notes:
and started distributing the nectar to the devas, one asura sneaked in
between Surya and Chandra and partook a mouthful, before he was spotted
and struck down into two. The head and hands acquired a serpent body
and became Rahu, while the torso acquired a serpent's head and became Ketu
2) Since the asura had actually drunk the nectar, he did not die,
he became a half-deva!
``With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing friend? With
what most mighty company?'' This Sama is from Samaveda samhita 1.139.
%௯ ே◌
{Lஆ◌்E ௯ ேகஃ}
மஹா-ர-மட-தரஂ மகல-வரா-தரஂ
தா-பணஂ ேகாண-வஜ-பதாநஂ
ரஹணா-காய-காரணஂ ரஹாபஸய-ஸசாண ॥
மஹாரஂ ேகஂ அஹஂ பஜா - I take refuge in the great asura Ketu
ேகஂ கவ மணஂ - his vedic mantra commences 'ketuM kRRiNvan' (2)
planets
Notes:
1) Rahu and Ketu are really not planets in the ordinary sense, but are
just the imaginary points of intersection of the ecliptic and the moon's
orbit. The ascending node is Rahu, the descending (crossing the ecliptic
``Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men, where form
This rik, originally addressed to UShas, has been adopted for Ketu
in later times.
and Muttusvami DikShita composed the first seven songs, one in each, for
the seven main graha-s. These seven pieces are remarkable not only for
their musical content, but also for their literary merit and the wealth
of information they exhibit. Though the last two songs, on the Chaya
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