GAJENDRA MOKSHAM

Courtesy:Sri.Rotarian Sundaram Iyer

Given below is the rare divine mantra Gajendra Moksham which is a part of Srimad Bhagawatham.   Given below are following. Pl forward this to your near and dear ones.

1) Link for listening to the Divine Gajendra Moksham

2) Significance of Gajendra Moksham

3) Lyrics of Gajendra Moksham

LINK FOR DIVINE GAJENDRA MOKSHAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVEAf0AoU4Y

 

SIGNIFICANCE OF GAJENDRA MOKSHAM

By chanting Gajendra Moksham continuously; over a period of time one would get liberated from various types of entanglements in which human beings are unknowingly entangled.   When a human being is entangled, he does not even know that he is entangled.  To become aware that he is entangled; divine wisdom is required. Once a person becomes aware about this; that becomes the first step towards progress and liberation.  Some of the entanglements include :

·        Emotional entanglements (Expectations / Feeling rejected / etc..)

·        Financial entanglements (Loans / Liabilities)

·        Pride Entanglements (craving for name & recognition) 

·        Power Entanglements (craving for power & position) 

·        Doership entanglements (I am the doer)

·        Ownership entanglements (I am the owner)

 ·      Selfpity entanglements (I am responsible for this or that)

·        Lust entanglements (craving for sensual pleasures)

  ·      Anger Entanglements (Uncontrollable anger / agitation)

One may chant this divine gajendra moksham / listen to the same and can feel the happy difference in life in due course of time.  One can experience inner peace & harmony by regularly chanting / listening to this divine mantra.

There was a beautiful mountain named Trikuta. The waves of the ocean lapped at the foot of Trikuta. There were thick forests on the mountain. And in the forests there lived a king of elephants named Gajendra. He ruled over all the other elephants in the herd. 

One day Gajendra was playing with his family & friends, the other elephants in a lake in the forest. Suddenly, a crocodile that lived in the pond caught Gajendra by his leg. Gajendra, in spite of being an elephant could not break free. He then, called out for help. All his friends, the other elephants gathered around him and tried to help, but in vain. The crocodile was stronger than all the elephants put together. They gave up. Gajendra tried for a long time (several years) to escape from the crocodile. He trumpeted until he was hoarse. The crocodile simply would not let go. 

The elephant and the crocodile struggled for a thousand years. When a thousand years over, the elephant began to tire, although the crocodile's strength was still undiminished. Gajendra lost a lot of blood and he became very weak. He finally realized that only God could help him and called out to Lord Narayana. 

The elephant started to pray to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu heard Gajendra's cries for help and appeared on his vehicle, Garuda. He sent the Sudarshana Chakra whirling down. The Chakra killed the crocodile and set Gajendra free. Gajendra offered Lord Narayana a Lotus and thanked him for saving his life. 

Strange as it may seem, the crocodile then adopted the form of a gandharva. His name was Huhu. He had been cursed by a sage that he would become a crocodile. And the sage had told him that he would be freed from the curse by Lord Vishnu. That had now happened. In fact. the elephant had earlier also been a king named Indradyumna. And he had been cursed by a sage that he would be born as an elephant. Indradyumna too was freed from his curse and became Vishnu's companion. 

LYRICS OF DIVINE GAJENDRA MOKSHAM STOTHRAM

 

1.Om namo bhagawathe thasmai  yathayetha chidhathmakam,

Purushaa yaadhi bheejaaya  paresayaabhi dheemahi.

 

Salutations to the all powerful divine God  denoted by "OM",

Due to whom   the body and mind  are made  conscious,

 And he  also exists  within them  in the form of the seed for the spirit.

 

2.Yasmin idham  yatha schedham tyenedham  ya idham swayam,

Yoasmath  parasamacha  parastham prapadhye  swayambhuvam.

 

I surrender to that God  in whom this universe

Was born, exists in essence  and was made in to  thedivine,

Who  becomes all the world that we see,

And who is different from it in his physical and spiritual form.

 

3.Ya swathmaneedham nija mayayaa arpitham,

Kwachid vibhatham kwa cha  thath thirohitham,

Aviddha druk  saksha yubhayam thadheekshathe  sa,

Aathma moolo avathu  maam parathpara.

 

May I be protected by the God who revealed himself,

Who reveals himself  as the universe  at times of creation,

Who keeps the universe as an illusion at the times of deluge,

Thus revealing himself sometimes and hiding himself at other times,

And who sees them  as a witness in both these states.

 

4.Kaalena panchathwamitheshu kruthsnasao,

Lokeshu paleshu cha sarva hethushu,

Thamas thadha  aaseed gahanam gabheeram,

Yasthasya parebhi virajathe Vibhu.

 

5.Na yasya devaa rishaya  padam vidhu,

Janthu puna ko arhathi ganthu meerithum,

Yadhaa natasya aakruthibhir vicheshtatho,

Durathya anukramana  sa maavathu.

 

Over time when all the worlds and their guardians,

Are reduced to the five elements  and all their causes,

Only Impenetrable and fathomless darkness , remains,

Coming out of that darkness  ,  the divine Lord shines  from within that.

And his form thus exhibited is not understood even by  the devas and sages,

Like the actual form of the actor in a drama is not known to the spectator,

And definitely the ordinary beings is at a loss to describe it,

Thus making his actions unfathomable and let that God protect me.

 

6.Dhidrukshavo  yasya padam su mangalam,

Vimuktha sanghaa  munaya  susaadhava,

Charanthya loka  Vrutha mavranam vane,

Bhoothama bhoothaa  shrudh  sa may gathi.

 

He whose auspicious feet  is desired even  by,

The great sages who are bereft of any attachments ,

Who have benevolent feeling towards all  beings,

And observe penance and sacred vows in the forest,

Is the divine one who is in all beings ,

And is my only source  of support.

 

7.Na vidhyathe  yasya cha janma karma vaa,

Na naama roope guna dosha yeva vaa,

Thadhapi lokaapya  ya sambhavaya  ya,

Swa  mayaya thaanyunukala  mruchathi.

 

He does not have either birth or Karmas,

He does not have any name  or properties,

And he does not have any faults as he is beyond nature,

And in spite of that he assumes several  forms,

At different times to carry out the creation and upkeep of the world.

 

8.Thasmai nama paresaaya  Brahmane anatha shakthaye,

Aroopyo roopaya nama aascharya karmane.

 

Salutations to him who  does wonderful acts,

Who is beyond birth and death and theBrahman,

The one without endless power  and one  who ,

Neither has a form or is formless.

 

9.Nama aathma pradheepaya  sakshine paramathmane,

Namo giraam vidhooraya maanasa schethasam api.

 

My salutations to  him who shines within himself,

Who is the witness for all, who is the divine soul,

My salutations to him who is far, far away,

From  the activities of the mind and its faculties.

 

10.Sathvena  prathi labhyaya  naishkarmyena  vipaschitha,

Nama  kaivalya nadhaya  nirvana sukha samvidhe.

 

Salutations  to him who gives us Kaivalya ,

And who makes us realize the infinite joy of salvation,

And one who can be seen  by the real sages  with purity of mind,

By the  constant practice of  detached  activity .

 

11.Nama santhaya ghoraya , moodaaya guna dharmine,

Nirviseshaya  samyaya  namo Jnana ganaya cha.

 

Salutations to the one who  appears to be serene , ferocious and foolish ,

But really the one  who is devoid  of any qualities and is always alike.

Salutations to the great treasure of wisdom.

12.Kshethragnaya  namasthubhyam  Sarvadhyakshaya sakshine ,

Purushaa yaathma moolaya  moola prakruthaye nama.

 

Salutations to one who knows the form ,

Who is lord  and witness of everything,

Who is the Purusha  and who is the seed of every being,

And salutations to the basic nature which exists.

 

13.Sarvendrye guna drushte sarva prathyaya hethave ,

Asathaa cchaya yokthaya  sadaa basaaya they nama.

 

Salutations to one who watches the health of all senses,

And also the objectives of all such senses,

And to him who  is the one who activates,

The immobile nature that follows you like a shadow.

 

14.Namol namasthe  akhila kaaranaya  nish kaaranaaya  adbhutha kaaranaya,

Sarvaa gamaamnaya  maharnavaya namo apavargaya  parayanaya.

 

Salutations  fo him who is the cause of everything,

To him who is not caused by anything and also,

The wonderful cause  which does not become what it causes,

Salutations to him who is the ocean of Thanthras,

To the personification of saintliness and refuge of the great.

 

15.Gunarani cchanna  chidooshmapaaya,

Thathkshobha  visphoorjitha  manasaya,

Naishkarmya bhavena  vivarjithagama,

Swayam prakasaya namaskaromi.

 

Salutations to him who hides similar   to the fire  of consciousness,

That is hid in a piece of wood of qualities and characters ,

Whose creative mind is aroused when  the characters are disturbed,

Who comes shining before those who do detached actions.

 

16. Madruk prapanna  pasu pasa vimokshanaya,

Mukthaaya  bhoori karunaya namo aalayaaya,

Swaamsena  sarva thanu  brun manasi pratheetha,

Prathyag druse bhagwathe  bruhathe namasthe.

 

 Salutations  to the God of boundless compassion,

Who frees those ignorant beings from the ties of this world,

As soon as they surrender  to him  though ,

He himself  is  ever free and is endowed  to the  great mercy,

And he  also shines in the minds of all as their own soul,

Though  he himself  is the limitless Para Brahman.

 

17.Athma athmajaaptha Gruha vitha janeshu  saakthai,

Dush praapaanaaya  guna sanghaa vivarjithaaya,

Nukthaathmabhi swahrudaye pari bhavithaya,

Jnanathmane  bhagwathe nama Ishwaraya.

 

Salutations to that God ,who  is not attainable to those,

Who are attached to themselves, their sons, house , wealth and friends,

Who himself is completely free of all attachments to senses,

And who is brought in to their own hearts by his devotees,

 

18. Yam dharma  kama artha vimukthi kaama,

Bhajantha ishtaam  gathi mapnuvanthi,

Kim thwaasisho rathyapi deha mavyayam,

Karothu  may adha brudhayo vimokshanam.

 

Whosoever prays you for Dharma,

Desire , wealth or salvation,

They get  their desires fulfilled,

And even when your devotees ,

Do not ask anything from you,

You give them  an imperishable body ,

And I request from you  salvation for me.

 

19.Yekanthino  yasya na kanchanarrdhaa,

Vanchasnthi  ye vai Bhagawat  prapanna,

Athyadbhutham  thaccharitham sumangalam,

Gayantha  AAnanda samudhra magnaa.

 

Those devotees  who in lonliness , pray you ,

Without wanting  gold or similar things,

And are  not even desirous of salvation,

And sing  your wonderful  story,

Drown themselves in the ocean of bliss.

 

20.Thamaksharam  brahma param paresam,

Avyaktha madhyathmika  yoga gamyam,

Athheendriyam  sookshma  mivathi dhooram,

Anantha maadhyam paripoorna meede.

 

I sauté that complete God who never dies,

Who is the divine God much beyond Lord Brahma,

Who is not clear  and is available for spiritual seekers,

Who is beyond senses like  the very micro things,

And who does not have an end and is primeval.

 

21.Yasya Brahmadayo deva  loka scharachara,

Nama roopa vibheedheena  phalgvyaa cha kalaya krutha.

 

I salute him from whose very micro form  are created.

Brahma and others, devas, all worlds , all moving and stable beings,

Assuming very different names and bear fruit.

 

22.Yadharchisho agne savithur gabhasthayo,

Niryanthi samyaanthya sakruth swarochisha,

Thadhaa  yathoyam  guna sampravaho,

Budhir mana kaani sareera sargaa.

 

Similar to the  heat generating  from the fire,

And rays generating from Sun  ,ultimately ,

Merges  in to the form from where they came ,

Wisdom, mind , senses  and the body,

Originate  from you and merge in you.

 

23.Sa vain a  devaa asura marthaya thiryang,

Na Sthree na shando  na puman na janthu,

Naayam  guna karma na sanna na chasath,

Nishedha  sesho jayathad asesha.

 

He is not god , asura  or man or  animal,

He is not woman, eunuch or man or animal,

He is not characteristic, nor mobile or immobile,

And he is what is remaining after all these negations.

 

24.Jeejee vishe  naaha mihaamuyaa kim,

Anthar bahi schavrutha ye bhayonyaa,

Icchami kalena  na yasya viplava,

Thasya aathma loka  varanasya moksham.

 

I do not desire to survive for what I have to do here,

As an elephant enveloped inside out , by ignorance,

I do desire that this veil of ignorance is lifted,

And I get salvation from this world as an elephant.

 

25.Soham viswa srujam visamam aviswam  Viswa vedhasam ,

Vishwathamanam ajam Brahma  pranathosmi  param padam.

 

I salute that God  who created the universe ,

Who is the universe  but is different from it,

Who knows the universe, who is the soul of the universe,

Who is devoid of birth  and is the divine Brahmam.

 

26.Yoga randhitha karmaano ,

Hrudhi yoga  Vibhavithe,

Yogino yam prapasyanthi,

Yogesam tham  nathosyam aham

 

I worship that  God of Yoga,

Whom  only the Yogis who have burnt their Karma,

Can visualize by their heart,

And  see  him by  the practice of yoga.

 

27.Namo namasthubhyam  asahya veda Shakthi  thrayaya  akhiladhi gunaaya,

Prapanna paalaya durantha shakthaye kadheendriyaanamana vapya vaathmane.

 

Salutations  to him whose three fold power is unstoppable ,

Who has all the characteristics , Who protects those who surrender to him,

And who cannot be attained  by those who have not won over their senses.

 

28.Nayam Veda swamaathmaanam  yacchakthyaa hamdhiyaa hatham,

Tham durathyaya maahatmyam  bhagawantha mitho asmyaham.

 

I am searching  that God, whose power can never be surpassed,

And due to the illusion of ego created by him ,  people think that ,

Their body is their soul  and are not able to understand their real soul.

 

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