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srh.

srmate nigam antamahadesik aya namah.

srm an venkat.anatharyah. kavitarkikakesar

vedantacaryavaryo me sannidhattam. sada hr. di

A step-by-step guide to

laghu bhagavadaradhanakramah.

This document has been prepared by

Sunder Kidambi

with the blessings of

sr ra ngaramanujamahadesikan

His Holiness srmad an.d. avanofsrra ngam

This was typeset using LATEX and the skt font. Help by Chi. Mukund Kidambi for the photographs in this docu-

ment is duly acknowledged.


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FOREWORD

Sriman Sunder Kidambi, tiruvad. iof srmad tirukkud. andai an.d. avan, is very well

known to the astika community in many continents. Over the past few years, Sriman SunderKidambi has been serving the globalastikacommunity tirelessly through his kainkaryams to

create, populate and grow his extraordinary websitewww.prapatti.com. This website has under a

single roof (1) one of the largest collection of texts ofstotras in multiple languages, (2) audio

MP3 recordings of many of the above stotrasand (3) photo galleries of 108 divya desams and

vintage photo images of srmad an.d. avansand ahobila mat. hamJeeyars. The time, energy,

effort and dedication that Sriman Kidambi has brought to bear upon this task is phenomenal and his

yeoman service has been recognized by astikasthirsting for such information around the globe.

All of us owe a deep sense of gratitude to Sriman Sunder Kidambi for his selfless bhagavat-bha-

gavata kai nkaryams.

Most recently, Sriman Kidambi has put together an easy-to-practise laghu aradhana kra-

mamfor the benefit ofastikaswho wish to learn bhagavad aradhanam. It is a pleasure for

me to have the privilege of writing a foreword for this most recent release of Sriman Kidambi in

hiswww.prapatti.comwebsite. Why is this effort so important?

Today, sakti-samprad ayam-sadacaramand praman

.

a jnanamare diminishing. Many

vais. navas are living and working far away from their traditional homes. They are cut off from

their moorings. Traditional routes of learning about our ancient sampradayamat the sacred

feet ofsadacaryas are not available to them. There is a need for addressing these information

needs ofastikas both at home and abroad. Welcome efforts by knowledgeablevais. n.avas fill

the information gap on important vaidika karmaslikebhagavad aradhanamthat are to be

performed every day. These efforts are to supplement the primary efforts ofsadacaryans and

not to replace them.

There are two kinds of bhagavad aradhanams: (1)atmartham(2) parartham. The

atmartha aradhanamis done at home to please the Lord by those who have been blessed with

panca sam. skarams. Theparartha aradhanamis done at the temples and mat. hamsfor

the well being of the world (loka ks. emam). Those who belong to brahmacarya, grahastha,

vanaprasthaand sannyasa asramams are required to perform bhagavdaradhanamafter

being blessed withpanca samskaram. They performaradhanamwithveda mantrams.


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Ladies are eligible for performing vis. n.u pujain the tantric manner. Such is the importance

ofbhagavad aradhanamtasmat anadi-madhyantam nityam aradhayet harim

instructs Sagevyasa(Therefore we should perform aradhanamfor harialways). parasara

samhitaistates that one should not even eat in the villages or homes where vis. n.u aradhanam

is not performed and one should not live in such places even for a day (na kuryat anna-panadi

na tatra divasam vaset) .

Such is the importance of bhagavad aradhanam. vigraha aradhanamis the most

lofty amongaradhanams. There are however a lot of difficulties faced by some in executing it.

Hence the easiersal

agrama ardhanamis recommended by our sadacaryas. When thesa-

l

agrama murtsof the Lord is present in ones home with dvaraka sil a, one has tremendous

sanctity in the house. After the aradhanamis done, perumals srp ada trthamand tulas

is received before partaking thenaivedyampresented to the Lord during the worship.

In view of the significance of both these kinds of aradhanams, vais. navite acarya-

s have written authoritativegranthams on nitya aradhana kramams: Ramanujasnitya

grantham, Vangipuram Nambis karikai, smr. ti ratnakaram, and mumuks. u darpan.am,

Swamy Desikans pancaratra raks. a, Tirukkudandai Desikans ahnika grantham, Srimad

Injimedu Azhagiya Singars sadacara nirn.ayamare some of those sr s uktis focusing on

the important nitya karmaslikebhagavad aradhanam.

Manyvais. navaslong to do perform bhagavad aradhanam; they however do not have

the opportunity to learn it readily from elders or from their acaryas. Many of such aspirants

live overseas and are finding it difficult to learn the correct procedures ( kramams) for per-

forming bhagavad aradhanam. Further, the performance of the traditional ghana ara-

dhanamwith its intricate kramams like bhuta suddhi, bhagavad and devi avahana-

ms, recitation of mantra pus. pam with veda mantrams with the correct svarams, pe-

riya s at. t. rumuraiis not easy for many vais. hn.avas. Two online resources for performingthe ghana aradhanamare available atwww.ramanujamission.org/2000/resources/shtmland

www.srivaishnavam.com/aradhana.htm

In view of the elaborate nature of the ghana aradhanamand the difficulties in performing

them every day in the required manner, our compassionate acaryas have devised a lighterkra-

mamknown as laghu aradhana kramam. This can be done in the morning by one rushing

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to work in the modern day world. Sriman Sunder Kidambi has assembled thislaghu aradhana

kramamfor the benefit ofastikas who wish to learn to perform aradhanamfor the Lord.

Sri Kidambis presentation of laghu aradhanamis easy to follow with helpful pictures on the

placement of the vessels used in worship as well as the different mudras used at the different

stages of the aradhanam. The Sanskrit text for the veda mantrams with the appropriate

svarams for recital and the clear English text on instructions are very useful to the astikas at

every level of awareness of the kramam. Separate appendix on the taniyansfor the acaryas,

mudras and the often used kramams are a valuable adjunct to learn the laghu aradhana

kramam. There are in all thirty five steps that Sri Sunder Kidambi has focussed on to capture

the essence of laghu aradhanam. With few practise runs, one can become familiar with the

performance ofnityaradhanamfor thedivya dampatisand receive theiranugrahams.

Our hearty congratulations to Sri Sunder Kidambi for a significant contribution to the world

ofatikas and our prayers are to the divya dampatis and acaryas to grow his kainkarya sr

further and further.

narayan. a, narayan. a, narayan. a

dasan

oppiliappan koilvaradacari sad.

agopan

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srh.srmate r amanujaya namah.

srmate nigam antamahadesik aya namah.


1. After performing madhyahnika sandhyavandanam, twoacamanamand twopra-

n.ayamam, recite

om. can.d. adidvarapalebhyo namah.

om. pracan.d. adidvarapalebhyo namah.

thus seeking the permission of the gate-keepers ofvaikun.t. ham.

2. Prostrate in front of the Sanctum and recite

kurmadn divyalokam. tadanu man. i-

mayam. man.t. apam. tatra ses. am.

tasmin dharmadipt.ham. tadupari

kamalam. camaragrahin. sca

vis. n. um. devh. vibhus. ayudha-

gan. amuragam. paduke vainateyam.

senesam. dvarapalan kumudamukha-

gan. an vis. n. ubhaktan prapadye

3. Sit on anasanamor a platform facing north with the Sanctum on your left. Ring the bell

with your left hand, clap three times and recite

yam. vayave namah. vry aya astraya phat.

thus opening the doors of the sanctum sanctorum. Please note that the bell has first to be

accepted with respect with your right hand and then transferred to your left hand before


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ringing it. After ringing the bell it has to be transferred to your right hand before placing it

in the assigned place.

4. Recite thesuprabhatam

kausalya supraja rama purva sandhya pravartate

uttis. t. ha naras ardula kartavyam. daivamahnikam

vra saumya vibudhyasva kausalyanandavardhana

jagaddhi sarvam. svapiti tvayi supte naradipa

5. Now recite thenyasadasakam of sr nigam anta mahadesikan

aham. madraks. an. a bharo madraks. an. a phalam. tatha

na mama srpaterevety atmanam. niks. ipet budhah. 1

nyasyamyakincanah. srman anuk ulonyavarjitah.

visv asa prarthana purvam. atmaraks. a bharam. tvayi 2

svam svases. am. svavasam.

svabharatvena nirbharam

svadatta svadhiya svartham.

svasmin nyasyati mam. svayam 3

srmannabhs. t. a varada tvamasmi saran. am. gatah.

etaddehavasane mam. tvatpadam. prapaya svayam 4

tvacches. atve sthiradhiyam. tvatpraptyeka prayojanam

nis. iddha kamya rahitam. kuru mam. nitya ki nkaram 5

dev bh us. an. a hetyadi jus. t. asya bhagavam. stava

nityam. niraparadhes. u kainkaryes. u niyunks. va mam 6

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mam. madyam. ca nikhilam. cetanacetanatmakam

svakai nkaryopakaran. am. varada svkuru svayam 7

tvadeka raks. yasya mama tvameva karun. akarana pravartaya papani pravr. ttani nivartaya 8

akr. tyanam. ca karan. am. kr. tyanam. varjanam. ca me

ks. amasva nikhilam. deva pran. atartihara prabho 9

srm an niyata panca ngam. madraks. an. a bhararpan. am

ackarat svayam. svasmin atohamiha nirbharah. 10

sam. saravarta vega prasamanasubhadr. g-

desika preks. itoham.

sam. tyaktonyairupayairanucita carites. -

vadya s antabhisandhih.

nih. sa nkastatvadr. s. t.ya niravadhikadayam.

prarthya sam. raks. akam. tvam.

nyasya tvatpadapadme varada nijabharam.

nirbharo nirbhayo smi 11

In case of lack of time to recite nyasadasakam, the following verse can be recited



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6. Prayers are offered to ourguruparamparaby reciting either

asmad desikamasmadya

paramacaryan ases. an gurunsrmallaks. man. a yogipungava

mahapurn. au munim. yamunam

ramam padmavilocanam munivaram

natham. sat.hadves. in. am

senesam. sriyamindir asahacaram

narayan. am. sam. sraye

or

7. Recite the taniyam of youracarya. Taniyans of someacaryas are given in the appendix.

8. Perform three pran.ayamam. This consists of reciting the as. t. aks. ara mantram, i.e.,

om. namo narayan.aya28 times for each pran.ayamam.

9. Now place the left hand (palm facing upward) over the right thigh, cover it with the right

palm and recite the sa nkalpam

sr bhagavad ajnaya srmann arayan. a prtyartham. ijyakhyam.

bhagavadaradhanam karis. ye



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This is followed by thesattvika tyagam

bhagavaneva svaniyamya svarupasthiti pravr. ttisvases. ataika-

rasena anena atmana kartra svakyaiscopakaran

.

aih

.

svaradha-

naikaprayojanaya paramapurus. ah. sarvases. sriyah. patih. svase-

s. abhutam. idam. ijyaradhanakhyam. karma svasmai svaprtaye

svayameva karayati

10. Nextmanasikaradhanamis performed. This is done by reciting, with folded hands and

contemplating on the services offered to the Lord,

aradhayami hr. di kesavam atmagehe

mayapure hr. dayapa nkajasam. nivis. t.am

sraddh anadvimalacittajalabhis. ekaih.

nityam. samadhikusumaih. apunarbhavaya

sauvarn. e sthalivarye man. igan. a-

khacite goghr. taktan supakvan

bhaks. yan bhojyam. sca lehy an parama-matha haviscos. yamannam. nidhaya

nanas akairupetam. sadadhimadhu-

ghr. tam. ks. rap anyayuktam.

tambulam. catmanesmai pratidivasa-

maham. manasam. kalpayami

11. After completing the manasikaradhanam, bahyaradhanam is performed. This is

begun by reciting

bhagavan pun.d. ark aks. a hr. dyagam. tu maya kr. tam

atmasatkuru devesa bahyaistvam. samyagarcaye



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12. Next patraparikalpanam is performed wherein the vessels are arranged in an order

shown in the Figure 1.

Figure 1: Arrangement of the vessels.

Sacred water is prepared by adding small quantities oftul

as,elaic(cardamon),karpu-

ram(food variety camphor) and kesar (saffron) to the water in the purn.akumbham

(vessel no. 1).

13. Perform sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. to purn.akumbham (see appendix). Now

take a spoonful of water from purn.akumbham(vessel no. 1) in your left hand and position

it at the level of your nose, as shown in Figure 2. Cover the spoon with the fingers on your

right hand and recite seven times

om. namo narayan. aya

and pour this water back into the purn.akumbham(vessel no. 1).

14. Pour water from the purn.akumbham(vessel no. 1) into vessels 2 through 6 such that they

are only quarter full.

15. Next show surabhi mudra(see appendix) to vessels 2 thorugh to 6 while reciting

om. sum. surabhimudrayai namah.

16. Perform astramantram. (see appendix) to 2 through 6, one by one, by reciting



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Figure 2: Covering a spoonful of water from p urn.akum. bham and raising up to the level of the

nose.

om. vry aya astraya phat.

17. Cover arghya patram. (vessel no. 2) with your right palm, as shown in Figure 3, and recite

Figure 3: Covering the vessel with your right palm.

om. namo narayan. aya arghyam. parikalpayami

Coverpadya patram. (vessel no. 3) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya padyam. parikalpayami

Coveracamanya p atram. (vessel no. 4) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya acamanyam. parikalpayami

Coversnanya p atram. (vessel no. 5) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya snanyam. parikalpayami



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Coversarvarthatoya patram. (vessel no. 6) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya sarvarthatoyam. parikalpayami

18. This next stage is themantrasanam. Recite

ijyakalastr. tyoyamahnom. sassamup agatah.

sam. bhr. tascaiva sam. bharah. kalpitanyasanani ca

snanadyarthani devesa taveccha vartate yadi

avalokanadanena tatsarvam. saphalam. kuru

tadartham. saha devbhy am. sanugaissacivaissahamadanugrahaya kr. paya hyatragantumiharhasi

yavadadyasanam. mantrasanantam. pujyase maya

tavatsannidhyamatraiva kurus. va purus. ottama

Offer somepus. pam,tul

asor aks. ataand meditate on the Lord seated on the mantra-

sanamand recite

om. namo narayan. aya mantrasanaya namah. mantrasana-

mala nkurus. va

Offerarghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. (see appendix) to the Lord.

19. The next stage in thebhagavadaradhanam. issnanasanam. . Recite

sphut. kr. tam. maya deva snanasanamidam. mahat

asadayasu sn anartham. madanugrahakamyaya

Offer somepus. pam. oraks. atato the Lord and meditate upon His having accepted sna-

nasanam. and recite

om. namo narayan. aya snanasanaya namah. snanasanama-

la nkurus. va



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20. This is followed by wiping the Lord with theplotavastram. by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya plotavastram. samarpayami

Pour the water collected from the bath and from the other four vessels into the pratigraha

patram. (vessel no. 7).

21. Pour water from the purn.akumbham. (vessel no. 1) into vessels 2 through 6 such that they

are only quarter full.

22. Coverarghya patram. (vessel no. 2) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya arghyam. parikalpayami

Coverpadya patram. (vessel no. 3) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya padyam. parikalpayami

Coveracamanya p atram. (vessel no. 4) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya acamanyam. parikalpayami

Coverpanya p atram. (vessel no. 5) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya panyam. parikalpayami

Coversarvarthatoya patram. (vessel no. 6) with your right palm and recite

om. namo narayan. aya sarvarthatoyam. parikalpayami



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23. The next stage inbhagavadaradhanam. is theala nkarasanam. . Recite

deva deva jagannatha bhus. asrakcandanadikam

alankarasanam

.

bhadramadhitis

.

t

.

ha tr

.

tyakam

Offer somepus. pam,tul

asor aks. ataand request the Lord to accept ala nkarasanam.

by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya alankarasanaya namah. alankarasa-

nam alankurus. va

Now offer arghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. to the Lord. Perform so-

s. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. togandham. (san-

dalwood paste). Recite

gandhadvaram. d

uradhars. am. nityap

us. t. am. kars. in.

m

svar

m. sarv

abhutanam. tamihop

ahvaye sriyam

Apply the paste to the Lord by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya divya gandham. samarpayami

24. Perform sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. todhu-

pam. (incense stick). Now ring the bell and move the dhupam. in a clockwise circular

fashion around the Lord and recite

dhur

asi dhurva dhurv

antam. dhurvatam. y

o sman dhurv

ati

tam. dh

urvayam. vayam. dhurv

amastvam. devan

amasi

Now, offer thedhupam. to the Lord by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya divya dhupam. aghrapayami



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25. Perform sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. to

dpam. (lamp). Now ring the bell and move thedpam. in a circular fashion and recite

udd

pyasva j atavedo

paghnannir

r. tim. mam

apasu m. scamahyam av

aha jv

ananca dis

o dasa

Now, offer thedpam. to the Lord by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya divya dpam. darsay ami

26. The next stage in the bhagavadaradhanam. is the mantrapus. pam. . While offering

sometulasor aks. atarecite

harih. om. agnim

l

e puroh

tam. yajnasy

a devamr. tvij

am ho-

t

aram. ratnadhat

amam har

h. om.

harih. om. is. e tvorje tv

a vayav

astho payav

astha devo v

assa-

vita prarp

ayatu sres. t.h

atamaya karm

an. e har

h. om.

harih. om. agna ay

ahi vtay

e gr. n. ano havyad

ataye nihot

a

sathsi barhis.

har

h. om.

harih. om. sann

o devrabhis. t.

aya ap

o bhavantu ptay

e sa-

m. yorabhisr

avantu nah. har

h. om.

harih. om. omity

agre vyaharet nama

ti pasc at narayan. a-

yety

uparis. t. at om

tyekaks. aram nama it

dve aks. are nara-

yan. ayeti panc

aks. aran. i etadvai narayan. asyat. aks.

aram. padam



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yo ha vai narayan. asyat. aks. aram. pad

amadhyeti anupabruva-

ssarvam

ayureti vindate pr

ajapatya m. rayaspos.

am. gaupatyam

tato mr. tatvamasnute tato mr. tatvamasn

uta iti ya

evam. veda

ity

upanis.

at

icchamo hi mahabahum. raghuvram. mahabalam

gajena mahata yantam. ramam. chatravr. tananam

tam. dr. s. t. va satruhant aram. mahars. n. am. sukhavaham

babhuva hr. s. t. a vaideh bhartaram. paris. asvaje

tasamavirabhucchaurih. smayamanamukhambujah.

pt ambaradharah. sragv s aks. anmanmathamanmathah.

vaikun.t. hetu pareloke sriya sardham. jagatpatih.

aste vis. n. uracim. tyatma bhaktairbhagavataissaha

es. a narayan. a srm an ks. r arn. avaniketanah.

naga parya nkamutsr.jya hyagato madhuram. purm

kada punah. sa nkharatha ngakalpaka-

dhvajaravinda nkusavajral anchanam

trivikrama tvaccaran. ambujadvayam.

madyam urdhanamala nkaris.yati



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27. Now arcanais performed with either tul

as orpus. pam. while chanting the following for

narayan.a

om. vasudevaya namah. om. sam. kars. an. aya namah.om. pradyumnaya namah. om. aniruddhaya namah.

om. kesav aya namah. om. narayan. aya namah.

om. madhavaya namah. om. govindaya namah.

om. vis. n. ave namah. om. madhusudanaya namah.

om. trivikramaya namah. om. vamanaya namah.

om. srdhar aya namah. om. hr. s. kes aya namah.

om. padmanabhaya namah. om. damodaraya namah.

om. matsyaya namah. om. kurmaya namah.

om. varahaya namah. om. narasim. haya namah.

om. vamanaya namah. om. bhargavaramaya namah.

om. dasarathar amaya namah. om. balaramaya namah.

om. kr. s. n.aya namah. om. kalkine namah.

and formahalaks. m

sriyai namah. amr. todbhavayai namah.

kamalayai namah. candrasodaryai namah.

vis. n. upatnyai namah. vais. n. avyai namah.

vararohayai namah.

harivallabhayai namah.

sar ngin. yai namah. devadevikayai namah.

surasundaryai namah. mahalaks. myai namah.

srbh unl

adev sameta srmate n arayan. aya namah.



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28. The next stage inbhagavadaradhanam. isbhojyasanam. . Offer your prayer to accept

thisasanam. by reciting

mr. s. t. amedhya sthirannani bhaks. yabhojyanyanekasah.sampannani jagannatha bhojyasanamupasraya

Offerpus. pam. oraks. atato presentbhojyasanam. by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya bhojyasanaya namah. bhojyasanama-

la nkurus. va

Now offer arghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. (see appendix) to the Lord.

29. Place all thebhojyavastu (eatables) in the pujaarea and place a few tul

as petals on

them. On items like cooked rice, cooked lentils and payasam. (sweet pudding), add a

small quantity of clarified butter. Sprinkle a spoonful of water from arghya patram.

(vessel no. 2) and perform sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astra-

mantram. tobhojyavastu. Recite

asatyamasucim. ncamapar adhaika bhajanamalpasaktim. acaitanyam. anarham. tvatkriyasvapi

mamanadr. tya durbuddhim. svayaiva kr. paya vibho

atiprabhutamatyanta bhaktisnehopapaditam

suddham. sarvagun. opetam. sarvados. a vivarjitam

svanurupam. vises. en. a svadevyoh. sadr. sam. gun. aih.

tvamevedam. havih. kr. tva svkurus. va suresvara

payasannam. gud. annam. ca mudgannam. suddhamodanam

Now offer three spoonfuls of water to the Lord from the panya p atram. (vessel no. 5),

each time reciting



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om. namo narayan. aya arhan. am. bu samarpayami

Ring the bell with your left hand. Configuregrasamudrawith your right hand, as shown

in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Configuringgr asa mudrawith your right hand.

This is done by holding the thumb, middle and ring fingers together and leaving the index

and little fingers free. Now move the right hand with this configuration from the cooked rice

to the Lord and recite

om. namo narayan. aya annam. nivedayami

and undo the grasamudra configuration. Again configure the grasamudraand move

from each item you wish to offer the Lord and recite the appropriate offering mantra and

undo thegrasamudraconfiguration. For example,

om. namo narayan. aya supavyanjanadikam nivedayami

om. namo narayan. aya payasa bhaks. an. ani nivedayami

While you offer the bhojyavastu, offer a spoonful of water from the panya p atram.

(vessel no. 5) from time to time by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya panyam. samarpayami

After offering all thebhojyavastu, recite



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om. namo narayan. aya amr. tapidhanamasi

Now offer a spoonful of water fromsarvathatoya patram. (vessel no. 6) and recite

om. namo narayan. aya gan.d. us. am. samarpayami

Again offer a spoonful of water fromsarvathatoya patram. (vessel no. 6) while reciting

om. namo narayan. aya mukhapraks. al

anam. samarpayami

Offer another spoonful of water from sarvathatoya patram. (vessel no. 6) while reciting

om. namo narayan. aya hastapraks. al

anam. samarpayami

Now offerarghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. to the Lord.

30. The next stage in bhagavadaradhanam. is punarmantrasanam. . Offer tulas for

presentingpunarmantrasanam. and meditate that the Lord, along with His consorts, is

seated on theasanam. .

mam. trasanamidam. tubhyam. maya dattamanuttamam

kurcena sodhitam. vis. n. o punarasadaya prabho

Now offerarghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. to the Lord. Perform the

sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. to the phalata-

mbulam. (plate of fruits, beetle nuts and leaves). Now offer the fruits to the Lord by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya phalatambuladni samarpay ami

Offer three spoonfuls of water from acamanyam p atram. (vessel no. 4) to the Lord,

each time reciting

om. namo narayan. aya acamanyam. samarpayami

Offer theplotavastram. to the Lord by reciting




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31. Perform the sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. to the

lamp lit by karpuram. (camphor) or cotton wig. Wave the camphor light in a clockwise

circular fashion with your right hand while ringing the bell with your left and reciting

tadvis. n.

oh. paramam. pada m. sad

a pasyanti suray

ah. divva

caks. urat

atam tadvipr

aso vipanyav

o jagr. va m. sassam

ndhate

vis. n. oryatp

aramam. padam

pary

aptya an

antarayaya sarv

astomo ti ratra

uttama mah

a-

rbhavati sarvasyaptyai sarv

asya jityai sarv

ameva ten

apnoti

sarv

am.

jayati

Offer thenr ajanam. orma ngal

aratito the Lord by reciting

om. namo narayan. aya divya karpura nr ajanam.

samarpayami

Offer three spoonful of water from acamanyam. patram. (vessel no. 4) to the Lord, each

time reciting


Offer aplotavastram. to the Lord by reciting


32. The next stage in thebhagavadaradhanam. is . Recite



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sarvadesadas akales. vavyahataparakrama

ramanujaryadivyajna vardhatamabhivardhatam

ramanujaryadivyajna prativasaramujjvala

digantavyapin bh uyatsa hi lokahitais. in.



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srman srra ngasriyamanupadrav a-

manudinam. sam. vardhaya

srman srra ngasriyamanupadrav a-

manudinam. sam. vardhaya

namo ramanujaryaya vedantarthapradrayine

atreyapadmanabharyasutaya gun. as aline

ramanujadayapatram. jnanavairagyabhus. an. am.

srmadve nkat.anatharyam. vande vedantadesikam.



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33. Next stage in thebhagavadaradhanakramam. isparya nkasanam. .

deva svamin jagannatha sriy a bhumya ca nl

aya

jagadraks. an. ajagaryam. yoganidramupakuru

Offer some tulas or pus. pam. to present the paryankasanam. and meditate that the

Lord and His consorts have graced theasanam. and recite

om. namo narayan. aya parya nkasanaya namah. parya nkasa-

namala nkurus. va

Now offerarghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. to the Lord.

34. Next recite

ajnanadathava jnanadasubham. yanmaya kr. tam

ks. antumarhasi tatsarvam. dasyena ca gr. han. a mam

jnanato jnanato vapi vihitam. yanmaya subham

tatsarvam. purn. amevastu prto bhava janardana

upacarapadesena kr. tanaharaharmaya

apacaraniman sarvan ks. amasva purus. ottama

Prostrate before the Lord. Then salagrama (or idols used for the bhagavadara-

dhanam. ) should be replaced in their original box(es). This is usually done with closed

eyes.



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35. The last stage in the bhagavadaradhanam. is the satvika tyagam. . This is done by

reciting

bhagavaneva svaniyamya svarupasthiti pravr. tti svases. atai-ka rasena anena atmana kartra svakyaisca upakaran. aih. sva-

radhanaika prayojanaya paramapurus. ah. sarvases. sriyah. patih.

svases. a bhutamidam bhagavat ijyaradhanakhyam. karma sva-

smai svaprtaye svayameva karitavan

Offer all the fruits of this bhagavadaradhanam. to the Lord by reciting

sarvam srkr. s. n. arpan. amastu

The left over water in vessels 2 through 6 should be poured into pratigraha patram.

(vessel no. 7). The performer must first accept thetrtham. (water) frompratigraha pa-

tram. (vessel no. 7) and then offer it to other members in the family.

36. If time permits, you could recite sr desika ma ngal

amwhile offering the trtham. to

others.

srmallaks. man. a yogndra siddhanta vijayadhvajam

visv amitra kulodbhutam. varadaryamaham. bhaje

sarvatantra svatantraya sim. haya kavivadinam

vedantacarya varyaya venkat.es aya mangalam

nabhasyamasi sron

.

ayam avatrn

.

aya suraye

visv amitranvayayastu ve nkat.es aya mangalam

pita yasyanantasurih. pun.d. ark aks. a yajvanah.

pautro yastanayastotarambayastasya ma ngal

am



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ve nkat.es avataroyam. tadghan.t. am. so

thava bhavet

yatndr am. sothavetyevam. vitarkyayastu mangal

am

srbh as. yakarah. panthanam atmana darsitam. punah.

uddhartumagato nunam ityuktayastu mangal

am

yo balye varadaryasya pracaryasya param. dayam

avapya vr. ddhim. gamitah. tasmai yogyaya mangalam

ramanujaryadatreyat matulat sakalah. kalah.

avapa vim

.

satyabde yah

.

tasmai prajnaya mangal

am

srutaprak asik a bhumau yenadau pariraks. ita

pravartita ca patres. u tasmai sres. t. haya mangalam

sam. skr. tbhirdr amid. bhih. bahvbhih. kr. tibhirjanan

yassamujjvay amasa tasmai sevyaya mangal

am

yah. khyati labha pujasu vimukho vais. n. ave janekrayan. ya das am. praptah. tasmai bhavyaya mangal

am

yasmadeva maya sarvam. sastramagrahi nanyatah.

tasmai ve nkat.anathaya mama nathaya mangalam

pitre brahmopades. t. re me gurave daivataya ca

prapyaya prapakayastu venkat.es aya mangal

am

yah. kr. tam. varadaryen. a vedantacarya mangalam

as aste nudinam. sopi bhaven ma ngal

a bhajanam

bhadrapadamasagata vis. n. uvimalarks. e

ve nkat.amahdhrapati trthadinabh ute



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pradurabhavajjagati daitya ripughan.t. a

hanta kavitarkika mr. gendra gurumurtya

sasa nkhacakralanchanah. sadurdhvapun.d. raman.d. itah.

sakan.t.halagnasattulasyanargha padmamalikah.

sitantarya s uttarya yaj nasutra sobhitah.

mamavirastu manase guruh. sa venkat.esvarah.

ananta suri sunave bhinandyamana vaibhavad

diganta vadiham. sa jaitrakalamegha desik at

upatta sarvas asanaya hanta vars. a vim. sataupunah. punarnamaskriya

stu venkat.esa s uraye

kavitarkika kalabhavraja kabalkr. tisim. ham.

kamalapati karun. arasa parivardhita bodham

yatinayaka padapa nkaja yugal paratantram.

bhaja manasa budhave nkat.apatidesikamanisam

kalaye satatam. karun. a jaladhim.

karun. a vis. ayam. kamaladhipateh.

kali vairi sat. hari vaco rasikam.

kavitarkika kesari suri gurum

gurau vadiham. sambudacaryasis. ye

jana bhaktihn a yatndr apriyah. syuh.

yatndr apriya vis. n. u karun. yadurah.kuto muktivarta hi tadr. gvidhanam

vede sanjata khede munijana

vacane praptanityavamane

sam. krn. e sarvavarn. e sati tadanu-



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gun. e nis. praman. e puran. e

mayavade samode kalikalus. a

vas acchunyavade vivade

dharmatran. aya yobhut sa jayati

bhagavan vis. n. u ghan.t. avatarah.

kavitarkikasim. haya kalyan. agun. as aline

srmate ve nkat.es aya vedantagurave namah.

vadidvipasirobha ngapancananaparakramah.

srm an venkat.anatharyah. ciram. vijayatam. bhuvi



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Procedure for performing

sos. an. am. -dahanam. -plavanam.

or

sos. an. am. -dahanam. -plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram.

to the item under consideration

Either imagine the word yam. written on your right palm or scribe the wordyam. , in the script

you are comfortable with, on your right palm with your left index figure, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5: Scribingyam. on your right palm with the left index finger.

Show the right palm to the item under consideration (IUC) and recite

yam. vayave namah. sos. ayami

Now, again imagine the wordram. written on your right palm with the left index finger. Show the

right palm to the IUC and recite

ram. agnaye namah. dahayami

Now imagine the word vam. written on your left palm or scribe the wordvam. , on your left palm

with your right index figure, as shown in with your right index finger, as shown in Figure 6.

Show the left palm to the IUC and recite

vam. amr. taya namah. plavayami



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Figure 6: Scribingvam. on your left palm with the right index finger.

Develop the surabhi mudraon your hands as shown in Figure 7. This is done by touching your

left little and right ring fingers, left ring and right little fingers, left index and right middle fingers,

and left middle and right index fingers.

Figure 7: Configuringsurabhi mudrawith the right hand.

Show this posture to the IUC and recite

om. sum. surabhimudrayai namah.

Now snap with your hand over the IUC, as shown in Figure 8 while moving your hand in a clock-

wise circular fashion and recite

vry aya astraya phat.

The procedure of doing sos. an.am. , dahanam. and plavanam. to the IUC will be referred to

as sos. an.am. -dahanam. -plavanam. to that IUC, for brevity. Similarly the procedure of doing

sos. an.am. , dahanam. and plavanam. to the IUC, showing the surabhi mudrato the IUC



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Figure 8: Snapping above the vessel.

and performing theastramantram. over the IUC will be referred to as sos. an.am. -dahanam. -

plavanam. -surabhimudra-astramantram. to that IUC, for brevity.



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Procedure for offering

arghyam. -padyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram.

to the Lord

Hold a spoonful of water from the arghya patram. (vessel no. 2) in your right hand while ringing

the bell with your left hand and offer it to the Lord while reciting

om. namo narayan. aya arghyam. samarpayami

Visualize His having accepted your offering in His right hand and pour this water into the prati-

graha patram. (vessel no. 7). Hold a spoonful of water from the padya patram. (vessel no. 3).

in your right hand while ringing the bell with your left hand and offer it to the Lords feet while

reciting

om. namo narayan. aya padyam. samarpayami

and pour this water into the pratigraha patram. (vessel no. 7). This must be done twice. Now,

hold a spoonful of water from the acamanya p atram. (vessel no. 4). in your right hand while

ringing the bell with your left hand and offer it to the Lords right hand while reciting


and pour this water into the pratigraha patram. (vessel no. 7). This must be done three times.

Show plotavastram. (a piece of sanctified cloth used exclusively for the Lord or salagrama) to

the Lord and recite


This combination of offering of water from the arghya patram. (vessel no. 2) once, from the

padya patram. (vessel no. 3) twice and fromacamanya p atram. (vessel no. 4) three times

followed by showing plotavastram. will be referred to as the process of offering arghyam. -pa-

dyam. -acamanyam. -plotavastram. to the Lord, for brevity.



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Taniyans of someacaryas of

srra ngam. srmad an.d. avan asramam

srved anta ramanuja mahadesikan

srmadved anta ramanuja muni

karun. alabdha vedanta yugmam

srmad srv asayogsvara

gurupadayorarpita svatma bharam

srmad srra nganathahvaya

munikr. paya prapta moks. asramam tam.srmad ved anta ramanuja muni-

maparam sam. sraye desikendram

srsrniv asa ramanuja mahadesikan

srmat srv asayogsvara

munikarun. alabdha vedantayugmam

srmat ved antaramanuja

gurupadayorarpitasvatmabharam

srmat srutyanta r amanuja

yatinr. pateh. prapta moks. asramam tam.

srmat srv asaramanujamunim

sam. sraye j nanavardhitam

srra ngaramanuja mahadesikan

vedanta laks. man. a munndra kr. patta bodham

tatpada yugmasarasruha bhr. ngarajam

trayyanta yugma kr. tabhuri parisramam tam.

srra nga laks. man. amunim saran. am prapadye



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ahobila mat. ham

srvrar aghava sat.hakopa yatndra mahadesikan

srmat srra ngapr. thvsvara-

sat. haripun. a sam. yamndren. a dr. s. t. am.

nyastatmanam. nr. sim. he narahari-

sat. hajityoginetuh. prasadat

prajnasrra ngakariprabhava-

yatipateh. praptalaks. mnr. sim. ha-

sthanam. seve yatndram. sakalagun. a-

nidhim. vraraghvt. chat. harim

srved anta desika yatndra mah adesikan

srra nganathasat.hakopayatndradr. s. t. am.

laks. mnr. sim. hasat.hajitkarun. aikapatramsrra ngavraraghur at.sat. hakopahr. dyam.

vedantadesikayatndramaham. prapadye

srn arayan. a yatndra mah adesikan

srmadra ngasat.hari sam. yamivarallabdhagamantadvayam

srmadvraraghudvah adyasat.hajitpadaravindasrayam

srmadvedavatam. sadesikayateh. karun. yavks. aspadam

seve rangadhurn. as asanavasam. narayan. am. yoginam



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agnihotram tatadesikan sam. pradayam

srsail arya samudbhutam. vatsalyadi gun. arn. avam

sundararya vande vedantadvayadesikam

srsail aryatanubhavasya tanayam. srvedac ud. aguroh.

srmatsundarat atadesikapada dvandvasrayam. nirmalam

santiks. anti gun. akaram. munivaradvedantaramanujat

sam. praptatrirahasyasarahr. dayam. srve nkat.esam. bhaje

srv asatatamahivarya kr. patta mantram.

tate agnihotra niratatmani tatayarye

nyastatmabharam. amalam. paripurn. a bodham.

ramanujarya guruvaryamaham. prapadye



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paun.d. arkapuram. an.d. avan asramam

srmad srniv asa mahadesikan

srn arayan. a yogindra varadarya kr. pasrayam

ra ngesap ada vinatam. srniv asa munim. bhaje

srmad srra nganatha mahadesikan

adyasrnidhiyogi labdhamanur at srv asaramanujatsam. prapta nkanamantrajatamapara srv asayogsvar at

praptyantasrama vedamaul

iyugal

am. tenarpitam. srpatau

jnanabdhim. sugun. akaram. munivaram. srra nganatham.

bhaje

srmad srniv asa mahadesikan

narayan. akhya yatiraja padabjabhr. nga

srv asayogi gurun.arpita bharamse

bhaktyadi purn. a varadarya kr. pattacihnam

sr srniv asa munivaryamaham. prapadye

srmad gop aladesika mah adesikan

srv asa ra nga parakala munitrayaptalaks. matma raks. an. a yatitva yugagamantam

acarya bhakti pariputam. anargha slam

gopaladesika munim. gurum. asray amah.



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parak ala mat. ham

srmadabhinava ra nganatha brahmatantra parakala mahadesikan

srkr. s. n.abrahmatantrottama

gurun. avapta cakra nkabhas. yam

vairagyacaravardho varadapadmuke

laks. man. e nyastabharam

srv ags attaturyam. sat.haripu-

yatirad. veda cud. aryamurtim

nutnam srra nganatham. kaliripu-

managham. brahmatantram. sray amah.

srturagavadana p adusantataparicaran. amatra paramarthah.

jayatu srmanabhinava ra ngendrabrahmatantra parakalah.

srmadabhinava srniv asa brahmatantra parakala mahadesikan

srkr. s. n. a brahmatantrabhidhakalimatha-

nallabdhacakra nka bhas. yam

navya srra nganathe kalimathanagura-

varpitatmyabh aram

taddks. alabdhaturyam. hayavadana

padatran. asevadhurn. am

dhyayeyam. brahmatantram. kalimathana-

gurum. srniv asam. navnam

srmallaks. m hayagrva p aduka divya sevako vas

jyannavya srniv asa parakala guruttamah.



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srmadabhinava r amanuja brahmatantra parakala mahadesikan

nutna srra nganathagrimapada-

kalijillabdhacakra nkanasr trayyantadvandva tatvam. tadanagha-

caran. anyastabharam. yatndr at

pratyagra srniv asat samadhigata-

tury asramam. sam. sray amah.

navyam. ramanujakhyam. kalimathana-

gurum. brahmatantra svatantram

laks. mhay asya paduvarivasyai kantamanasassatatam

jayatu srmadabhinava ramanuja yogndra parakalah.

srmadabhinava v agsa brahmatantra parak ala mahadesikan

srmann utana ra nganatha

yatiradat patma vidyalayam

srmann utana laks. man. arya yatirajatsamprapta turyasramam

srv asendra kat. aks. a santata-

sudhalaks. yatmayegancitam

srmann utana vagadhsayaminam.

bhaktasray amogurum

navya vagsayogndra hay asyapadasevinam

brahmatantra svatantraryam. bhajamassvatmasampadam

laghu_aaraadhanam

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