Prātah Smaranam(2)- प्रातःस्मरणम्

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प्रातर्देवेति कृष्णेति गोविन्देति च जल्पतां I
मध्यान्ने अपरान्नेच योवसादः स उच्यताम् II

Praatar deveti krishneti govindeti jalpataam I
Madhyaanne aparaannecha yovasaadah sa uchyataam II
At the break of dawn, recall the names of the lord as Deva, Krishna, Govinda. Also, it shall be recalled at noon or at other times, it will protect you from all difficulties. - Prahladaa

Morning prayer to the Planets, Rishis, etc.

( This is also a work attributed to Sri Sankara Bhagavad Pada )

ब्रह्मा मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी
भानुः शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च ।
गुरुश्च शुक्रः शनिराहुकेतवः
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥१॥
Brahmaa Muraaris-Tripuraantakaarii
Bhaanuh Shashii Bhuumisuto Budhash-Ca |
Gurush-Ca Shukrah Shani-Raahu-Ketavah
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||1||
The gods Brahma, Murari and Tripurantkari
(the one who destroyed the Tripurasuras), the planets Bhanu (Sun),
Shashi (Moon), Bumisuta (Mars) and Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter),

Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu, everyone make my morning auspicious.
भृगुर्वसिष्ठः क्रतुरङ्गिराश्च
मनुः पुलस्यः पुलहश्च गौतमः ।
रैभ्यो मरीचिश्च्यवनश्च दक्षः
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥२॥
Bhrgur-Vasisstthah Kratur-Anggiraash-Ca
Manuh Pulasyah Pulahash-Ca Gautamah |
Raibhyo Mariicish-Cyavanash-Ca Dakssah
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||2||
The sages Bhrigu, Vasistha, Kratu and Angira,
Manu, Pulasya, Pulaha and Gautama,
Raibhya, Marichi, Chyavana and Daksha,
Everyone make my morning auspicious.
सनत्कुमारः सनकः सनन्दनः
सनातनोऽप्यासुरिपिङ्गलौ च ।
सप्त स्वराः सप्त रसातलानि
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥३॥
Sanatkumaarah Sanakah Sanandanah
Sanaatano[a-A]py[i]-Aasuri-Pinggalau Ca |
Sapta Svaraah Sapta Rasaatalaani
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||3||
The Sages Sanatkumara, Sanaka, Sanandana,
Sanatana, Asuri and Pingala,
The seven Swaras (musical notes) and the seven lower worlds,
May everyone make my morning auspicious.

सप्तार्णवाः सप्त कुलाचलाश्च
सप्तर्षयो द्वीपवनानि सप्त ।
भूरादिकृत्वा भुवनानि सप्त
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥४॥
Sapta-[A]arnnavaah Sapta Kula-Acalaash-Ca
Sapta-Rssayo Dviipa-Aanaani Sapta |
Bhuur-Aadi-Krtvaa Bhuvanaani Sapta
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||4||
Seven seas, seven dynasties seven sacred mountains,
Saptarishi (seven sages), seven islands and forests,
The seven lokas begin with Bhur loka,
Everyone make my morning a good one.

पृथ्वी सगन्धा सरसास्तथापः
स्पर्शी च वायुर्ज्वलितं च तेजः ।
नभः सशब्दं महता सहैव
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥५॥
Prthvii Sa-Gandhaa Sa-Rasaas-Tatha-Apah
Sparshii Ca Vaayur-Jvalitam Ca Tejah |
Nabhah Sa-Shabdam Mahataa Sahai[a-E]va
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||5||
The fragrant earth, the waters of reservoirs,
the touch of the wind, the brilliance of the fire and
the great voice of the akasa –
may all of them make my morning propitious.

इत्थं प्रभाते परमं पवित्रं
पठेत् स्मरेद्वा शृणुयाच्च भक्त्या ।
दुःस्वप्ननाशस्त्विह सुप्रभातं
कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥६॥
Ittham Prabhaate Paramam Pavitram
Patthet Smared-Vaa Shrnnuyaac-Ca Bhaktyaa |
Duhsvapna-Naashastv-Iha Suprabhaatam
Kurvantu Sarve Mama Suprabhaatam ||6||
So, at dawn, this purifying hymn,
by reciting, remembering or listening with devotion,
has the quality of destroying bad dreams and making the morning propitious,
make the morning auspicious by the grace of  Shri Bhagwan.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH
 

Prātah Smaranam- प्रातःस्मरणम्

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प्रात: कर-दर्शनम्-
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मी:, करमध्ये सरस्वती ।
कर मूले तु गोविन्द:, प्रभाते करदर्शनम ॥१॥

The fingertips of the palm is the dwelling of (Goddess) Shri Lakshmi Devi, the central portion of the palm is of (Goddess) Shri Saraswathi Devi and the base of the palm of Deity Shri Govindah; hence, one should look at the palms immediately after waking up in the morning.

श्रीविष्णोः प्रातःस्मरणम्

प्रातः स्मरामि भवभीतिमहार्त्तिशान्त्यै
     नारायणं गरुडवाहनमब्जनाभम् ।
ग्राहाभिभूतवरवारणमुक्तिहेतुं
     चक्रायुधं तरुणवारिजपत्रनेत्रम् ॥ १॥

I remember at the break of dawn, Lord Narayana, who rides on top of Garuda, who has a  lotus emerging from his navel, who is the cause of liberation to the mighty elephant who was caught in the clutches of a crocodile, who wields the sudharsana chakra, and who has a lotus petals like eyes inorder to pacify the fears and great sorrows of existance.

प्रातर्नमामि मनसा वचसा च मूर्ध्ना
     पादारविन्दयुगलं परमस्य पुंसः ।
नारायणस्य नरकार्णवतारणस्य
     पारायणप्रवणविप्रपरायणस्य ॥ २॥

I bow down at the break of dawn, with my mind, speech, and head to the lotus like pair of feet of Narayana, who is the lord of the beyond, who takes us across the ocean of sufferings, who is the ultimate refuge of those pious men who are immersed in the chanting of his names.

प्रातर्भजामि भजतामभयङ्करं तं
     प्राक्सर्वजन्मकृतपापभयापहत्यै ।
यो ग्राहवक्त्रपतिताङ्घ्रिगजेन्द्रघोर-
     शोकप्रणाशनकरो धृतशङ्खचक्रः ॥ ३॥

I worship at the break of dawn, that lord who grants fearlessness to his devotees, and who destroyed the terrible grief of the lord of elephants who caught in a crocodile's grip, in order to remove the fears caused due to the sins committed in my previous lives.

PRATAH- SAMARANA STOTRAM- 

This is a prayer composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya consisting of three stanzas in which the mind (manas)speech (vak), and body (kaya)of the individual are sought to be dedicated to the supreme Spirit. The prayer at dawn is profoundly significant in that the dawn is the outer symbol of the inner awakening.

प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं
सच्चित्सुखं परमहंस-गतिं तुरीयम्।
यत्स्वप्न-जागर-सुषुप्तमवैति नित्यं
तद् ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घः ॥१॥
prātaḥ smarāmi hṛdi saṃsphuradātmatattvaṃ
saccitsukhaṃ paramahaṃsa-gatiṃ turīyam.
yatsvapna-jāgara-suṣuptamavaiti nityaṃ
tad brahma niṣkalamahaṃ na ca bhūtasaṅghaḥ ..1..
At dawn I remember the Reality which is the Self, shining brilliantly in the heart, existence-consciousness-happiness, the goal of Paramahamsasannyasins (sages), the Fourth; That which knows always the states of dream, waking and deep-sleep, that Brahman which is partless I am, not the cluster of elements.

प्रातर्भजामि मनसा वचसामगम्यं
वाचो विभान्ति निखिला यदनुग्रहेण।
यं नेति नेति वचनैर्निगमा अवोचुः
तं देव-देवमजमच्युतमाहुरग्रयम्॥२॥
prātarbhajāmi manasā vacasāmagamyaṃ
vāco vibhānti nikhilā yadanugraheṇa.
yaṃ neti neti vacanairnigamā avocuḥ
taṃ deva-devamajamacyutamāhuragrayam..2..
At dawn I sing the praise of That which is unattainable by mind and speech, but by the grace of which all words shine. That which the scriptures declares through the words `not this’, `not this’- That God of gods, they say, is unborn and un-changing.

प्रातर्नमामि तमसः परमर्कवर्ण शार
पूर्ण सनातनपदं पुरुषोत्तमाख्यम्।
यस्मिन्निदं जगदशेषमशेषमूर्ती
रज्ज्वां भुजङ्गम इव प्रतिभासितं वै ॥३॥
prātarnamāmi tamasaḥ paramarkavarṇa śāra
pūrṇa sanātanapadaṃ puruṣottamākhyam.
yasminnidaṃ jagadaśeṣamaśeṣamūrtī
rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgama iva pratibhāsitaṃ vai ..3
At dawn I bow to that which is called the Highest Self which is beyond darkness, of the hue of the Sun the ancient goal which is the plenum – That, the residue less form (i.e. the whole) in which the entire universe is made manifest like a serpent in a rope.

श्लोकत्रयमिदं पुण्यं लोकत्रय-विभूषणम्।
प्रातःकाले पठेद्यस्तु स गच्छेत्परमं पदम् ॥
ślokatrayamidaṃ puṇyaṃ lokatraya-vibhūṣaṇam.
prātaḥkāle paṭhedyastu sa gacchetparamaṃ padam ..
This meritorious triad of verses, the ornament of the three words – he who reads at the time of dawn goes to the supreme goals. This is the pahala-sruti (description of the fruit) of this Vedantic prayer. It is an eulogy of the prayer whose purpose is to consecrate the thoughts, words, and deeds of the individual so that the final goal may eventually be gained.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH