pushpa vilapamu | Faith And Rituals Blog on Speakingtree.inA super poem, by jandhyala papayya shasthri, ''karuna sri'', raising the sensitivities and humanism,  is a great classic, the last stanza , sums up

Here the poet a great devotee, with the best intention of doing puja to shiva, tries to fetch some flowers. and the true spirituality wakes him up not to pluck flowers, and he flows in great sympathy empathy , and the result is this great poem

If human being rises to higher levels of spirituality, he is sure to behave with more tenderness to the creatures, and thus fulfills the true purpose of all the rituals and spirituals

A free rendering in English of Karunasree Jandhyala Papaih Sastry's Poem "Pushpa Vilapam" by Sri Kandregula Amba Prasadarao Mailed to Palana from Calcutta Garden Reach, 1-15-1995.

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Sri Kandregula Amba Prasada Rao, a student of Sri Vissa Apparao of M.R. College, Vizianagaram, was a high school science, math, and English teacher in Orissa. He spent 2/3rds of his life in Parlakimedi and served in the Maharajah's High School. He was a gold medalist in his final BSc exams in 1918. Sri Prasada Rao is a master of all - wonderful teacher, actor, painter, writer, good speaker, and a poet. Several accomplished individuals are never popular because they do not want to be popular - Sri K.A. Prasada Rao is one among them. He is 85 years old and still active in writing poetry and other literary works in Telugu and English. A couple of weeks ago I received an envelope from him which contains his English translation of Karunasrii's Pushpa Vilapam. Sri Prasadarao calls his English translation "FLOWERS' LAMENT". -- PALANA

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Pushpa Vilapam (1) 

nEnoka poolamokkakaDa nilci civa'luna kommavamci gO
ra'neDunamtalOna virulanniyu ja'liga nOLLu vippi "ma'
pra'Namu diituva'?" yanucu ba'vuru mannavi - kRumgipOti, na'
ma'nasamamdedO taLuku mannadi "pushpavila'pa" ka'vyamai. 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (1) 

Standing at a floweing plant
Nimbly pulling a stalk aslant,
Ere I, to pluck, putforth my nail,
All flowers raised a piteous wail.
"Takest thou our life?" - Abashed
Was I Something then flashed
In my mind - a weird figment,
As a poem - "The Flowers' Lament". 

Pushpa Vilapam (2) 

a'yuvugalgu na'lgu gaDiyal kani pemcina tiive talli ja'
tiiyata diddi tiirtumu, tadiiya karmmulalOna svEcCamai
nooyalaloogucun muriyucumdumu - a'yuvu diirinamtanE
ha'yiga kamDlu moosedamu a'yama callani ka'li vrELLapai. 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (2) 

During our short span of Life we
have embellished
The species of mother - creeper that
bore and cherished -
Swinging in her arms with gay
abandon, shut eyes
When end comes - happily fade away
at her cool toes. 

Pushpa Vilapam (3) 

g'lini gouravimtumu sugamdhamu poosi, sama'Srayimcu Brum
ga'laku vimdusEsedamu kammani tEnelu, mimmu bOmTla nE
tra'laku ha'yi goortumu, svatamtrula mammula sva'rdhabuddhitO
ta'Lumu! tRumpabOvakumu talliki biDDaku vEru sEtuvE! 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (3) 

We smear perfume and welcome breeze,
Feast with tasty honey the visiting bees,
Cause comfort and joy to the eye
Of people like you - free tho' are we -
Tarry! pluck us not with selfish intent,
Would you tear the child from its parent! 

Pushpa Vilapam (4) 

Ulu da'ra'latO gomtu kuri bigimci
gumDelOnumDi soodulu grucci koorci
muDucu komduru muccaTa muDula mammu
akaTa! dayalEniva'ru mii ya'Duva'ru! 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (4) 

Strangling us with wool and rings,
Piercing bosoms with needles and strings,
Adorn with us your braids fancy-
Alas! ye women are sans mercy. 

Pushpa Vilapam (5) 

ma' velalEni mugdha sukuma'ra sugamdha maramda ma'dhurii
jiivitamella miikai tyajimci kRuSimci naSimcipOva ma'
yauvanamella kollagoni a' pai ciipurutODa cimmi ma
mma'vala pa'ravaiturugada'! naraja'tiki niiti yunnada'? 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (5) 

While our priceless and innocent,
Delicate, nectarean and fragrant
Life, for you is sacrificed and frayed
Withered and laid utterly destroyed -
Ravishing our youth, sweep with broom - Alas !
Is there morality among the Human Race ? 

Puspha Vilapam (6) 

buddha dEvuni BoomilO puTTina'vu
sahajamou prEma niilOna caccenEmo?
amdamunu hatyajEseDi hamtakumDa !
mailapaDipOye nOyi ! nii manuja jama. 

FLOWERS' LAMENT (6) 

In the land of the Buddha thou art born
of innate love thou, perhaps, art shorn
Oh, murderer, who slayeth beauteous charm,
Defiled is thy birth in human form. 

Source : Karunasree Jandhyala Papaih Sastry's Poem

 Brahman does not need any invitations, 

nor waits for many invocations

he is ananth anand, 
ever vigilant seer, rishi, kishore nand 

when dharma is affected his avathars descend
to set things right and for men and beings to ascend

he likes all , likes every blog , 
and big dialog

for him every thot , talk , walk is pooja, 
ever rain drop is an abhishek, his darwaaza

for him all is right, 
all are his children bright

some may be smart, 
some short, of a sort 

yet , allows their play of every sort
will not allow any one in ignorance to rot 

god is great his, ways are strange
infinite is his reach and range

 Bhasmāsura) was an asura or demon who was granted the power that anyone whose head he touched with his hand should burn up and immediately turn into ashes (bhasma). The asura was tricked by the god Vishnu's only female avatar, the enchantress Mohini to turn

Bhasmasur was a devotee of the god Shiva who performed great penance to obtain a boon from the deity. Shiva became pleased and asked him to ask for a boon. Bhasmasur asked for immortality but Shiva said that he did not have the power to grant him immortality. Bhasmasur then asked that he be granted the power that anyone whose head he touched with his hand should burn up and immediately turn into ashes (bhasma). Shiva granted this request, but Bhasmasura thereupon attempted to touch the head of Siva with his hand. Shiva fled, and was chased by Bhasmasur. Wherever Shiva went, Bhasmasur chased him. Somehow, Shiva managed to reach Vishnu to seek a solution to this predicament. Vishnu on hearing Shiva's problem, agreed to help him out.

Vishnu, in the form of Mohini, appeared in front of Bhasmasur. Mohini was so exceedingly beautiful that Bhasmasur immediately fell in love with Mohini. Bhasmasur asked her (Mohini) to marry him. She told him that she was very fond of dancing, and would marry him only if he could match her moves identically. Bhasmasur agreed to the match and hence they started dancing. The feat went for days at an end. As Bhasmasur matched the disguised Vishnu's move for move, he began to let his guard down. While still dancing, Mohini, struck a pose where her hand was placed on top of her own head. As Bhasmasur imitated her, he was tricked into touching his own head, and hence Bhasmasur immediately burnt up and turned into ashes, due to the power he had recently gained.

Source : Bhasmasur From Wikipedia

 Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam - English Translation And meaning

Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam - An in-depth study that adds glorious value to His name

Sri Vishnu Sahasramam is known  as Sri Vishnusahasranamam contains 1008 Names of Sri Mahavishnu. This entire compiling was done after the Mahabharata war and Saint Vyasa Mahamuni wrote the entire versus with answers for the queries raised by respective personnel they were part of that time. 

Every Name of Sri Vishnu has a meaning to it; quite apart - the phonetic vibrations by chanting each Name known as "Nama" and the chain of names known as "Namavali" produces very fantastic results of vibrations that are very essential for humans knowledge and wisdom. What the phonetic sound vibrations create to the chanter or to the one who hears it is very well established by many eminent scholars. For attainment of spiritual liberation, one must involve himself/herself to the glories of the Lord Sri Mahavishnu, by reciting the entire slokhas.

This not only strengthens the brain neuron chips but also emits the brain wave at a very conducive limits that can revibrate the energies into one's own body. Besides, the thought and thinking of a person can also be regulated to divine path. That's the exact value, which bring every Bhakta known as devotees of Sri Maha Vishnu.

The birth of Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama - The 1008 Names of Sri Maha.

The legend would have it that at the end of the epic Mahabharata war, Bhishmacharya was awaiting the sacred hour to depart from his physical body unto the lotus feet of the Lord. Yudhishtira, the eldest of the Pandavas, was desperately looking for the answers to matters relating to Dharma and Karma. Lord Sri Krishna, who understood Yudhistira’s uneasy mind, guided him to Bhishma to learn insight in to this precious knowledge.  It is relevant to mention that Bhishma was acknowledged to be one of the twelve most knowledgeable people.  The other eleven being Brahma , Narada , Siva , Subramanya , Kapila , Manu , Prahlada , Janaka , Bali, Suka and Yama .

As directed by the Lord, he meets Yudishtra. At their meeting, Yudhistira presented Bhishma with six questions.

1. kimEkam dhaivatam lokE?

    Who is the greatest Lord in the world?

2. kim vaapyEkam parAyaNam?          

    Who is the one refuge of all?

3. stuvantam kam prApnuyuh mAnavah subham?    

    By glorifying whom, can man attain peace and prosperity?

4. kam arcanat prApnuyuh mAnavaah subham?           

    By worshipping whom can man reach auspiciousness?

5. kO dharmah sarva dharmANaam bhavatah paramO matah?          

    What is, in thy opinion, the greatest Dharma?

6. kim japam mucyatE jantur janma samsAra bandhanAth?          

    By doing Japa of what, can creature go beyond the bonds and cycle of birth and death?

Bhishma responded by reciting the one thousand names now hailed as the Vishnu Shasranama, and reminded him that either by meditating on these names or by invoking the names through archana (Offering), our minds can be lifted to higher consciousness.

Indeed, such a long recital of nAmAs glorifying the Lord and His splendor is rare in the world.  Yet a rational person is apt to question how mere words and their repetition can create such great power.. Just imagine for a moment that you are in an assembly, and the lecturer begins his talk with the word “boat”.  You can at one grasp the image of a boat, and there is calmness of mind.  Suddenly then, if someone in the assembly, utters the word “snake”, will your calmness continue?  It therefore follows that vak (utterance) and artha (meaning) together infuse a subtle energy either positively or negatively.  The thousand naamas are storehouses of proven spiritual content that can easily uplift our minds.  Indeed the expression NaMa is made up of Na for Naramandala and Ma for manas, our Mind.  NaMa, the chanting of which helps to unite our nervous system and Mind.

The main body of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama consists of 107 stanzas which contain the one thousand names of Sri Maha Vishnu.  Every one of the one thousand names is full of significance and refers to one particular guna (quality, characteristic, or attribute) of Paramatma.  These names invoke a sense of bonding with the Lord.  The meanings of the names give us an understanding and depth of God as there is a deep connection between the name and the named.

 Why were these 1008 names chosen?

Does the Lord get absolutely defined by these one thousand names?  The Vedas affirm that God is neither accessible to words nor to mind.  It is said that you cannot comprehend the Paramatma with the human mind alone, even if you spend all your life trying!  Given this infinite nature of the Paramatma, who is not governed or constrained by any of the physical laws as we know them, the choice of a thousand names of Vishnu by Bhishma should be recognized as a representation of some of his better known qualities that are repeatedly described in our great epics.

Some might say that they do not understand the meaning of the Sanskrit words, and therefore do not feel comfortable chanting them.  But learning the chanting of prayers even without knowing the meaning is a worthwhile act, and can be compared to finding a box of treasure without the key.  As long as we have the box, we can open it whenever we get the key of knowledge later.  The treasure will be there already.

Others might feel that they do not know the correct Sanskrit pronunciation, and do not want to chant incorrectly.  There is an analogy of a mother to whom a child goes and asks for an orange.  The child does not know how to pronounce the word “orange” and so asks for “ange”.  The mother does not turn away the child and does not refuse to give the child the orange just because the child does not know how to pronounce the word.  It is the bhaava (spirit) that matters, and so as long as one chants the name of God with sincerity, considerations such as not knowing the meaning, not knowing the pronunciation, etc, do not matter, and God will confer His blessings on us, there is no way a devotee of Vishnu can meet with any dishonor or disgrace of any kind.

Phala Sruti – The Benefits:

Traditionally our prayers end with a phala sruti – a section on the benefits of reciting the prayer.  The Vishnu Sahasranama is no exception.

The necessity of cleansing our body regularly to maintain hygiene and good health is recognized by everyone.  But with the busy nature of today’s world, we do not see our mind the same way as we see our body.  As a consequence, the need for keeping our minds clean is not appreciated.

Those who do not cleanse their mind on a regular basis become mentally ill over a period of time..  Prayers are a means to mental cleansing when they are chanted with sincerity and devotion.  The importance of chanting Sri Vishnu Sahasranama is that the deity being worshiped is none other than Vasudeva.  Sri Vedavyasa, who was responsible for stringing the naamas together in a poetic form, points out that it is by the power and command of Vasudeva that the Sun, the Moon, the stars, the world and the oceans are controlled.  The whole universe of the Gods, Asuras and Gandharavas is under the sway of Lord Krishna.  In Bhishma’s expert judgment, chanting Vasudevas’s name with devotion and sincerity will ensure relief from sorrows and bondage.  The person who recites is not the only one who benefits, but also those who for whatever reason are unable to chant benefit by just hearing the chanting as well.

VishnuSahasranamam, compiled with 108 slokhas (versus) that contain the 1008 Names of Sri Mahavishnu. I reproduce in the following pages the meaning of each name; the entire graphics were taken from the website: http://www.stephen-knapp.com/sri_vishnu_sahasranam_translations.htm and for the reader's convenience split up into 9 pages, so that the pages load quickly.

My aim and intention is to bring the inner meaning of every ritual and practices to focus; so that the new generation understands the values and continues to follow the Vedic principles. If one knows his/her constellatilon known as Nakshatra and it's Padam (quarter in which they are born of a nakshatra), they can surely find out the related Vishnusahasranama stanza that aptly linked to their star and by reciting it often one would get immense benefits.Please click here to know the related stanza of a linked Nakshatra.

Thanks to every visitor and I Pray Lord Sri Krishna bestows mental peace and happiness to those, who read this Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam Stotras.

TRS Iyengar

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 purity clarity

 ultimate Purity is the pure consciousness, which defines the dharma, the laws of nature governing the universe .

to get clarity on the laws of nature, and life in its totality, purity is essential ,

purity leads to clarity. 

unless purity is gained in the body mind system clarity will not dawn, confusion prevails , persists.

so

acquire the purity by experiencing the pure consciousness, 

and grow in purity day by day by repetitive experience of pure consciousness

as the purity grows in the system, clarity on life and its laws, grows, enabling us to lead our life in its light 

without mistakes and consequent suffering

the precise understanding of the subject is possible with expert master's guidance on theory and practice . 

lesser ones will be in confusion and cause confusion all around

arjuna, unfathomable is the range of karma

so yogastha kuru karmani

so that karma will not bind you and put others to inconvenient

yogah karma sukaushalm

but ignorance leads to death destruction suffering

no one can save you law of karma is infallible

face it

that is why

heyam dukham anagatham

prevent the danger that has not yet arrived

alas, who cares

The mountain and the squirrel

Had quarrel;

And the former called the latter "Little Prig."
Bun replied, "You are doubtless very big;

But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,

To make up a year
And a sphere.

And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.

If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.

I'll not deny you make ,A very pretty squirrel track;
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;

If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let's not belittle any one , is the lesson i learn from the great intellectual emerson

each having its own place with its own strengths and limtations, complementing each other in this universe
i feel pity at the deplorable attitude of ridicule.
but limitations are understandable, even of the greatest masters

The moment we take sides, we are off the track. 

this is exactly the point , 

avoid the thousand distractions , 

assert what is that you have to say straight in brief but direct

with full awareness of the inadequacies existing around, real or perceived

by ridicule you cannot make them to vanish but to floursh 

best to accept and go beyond it , not to focus it , even if of mine, if it distracts