Author: S N Sastri
Translator(s): S N Sastri
Publisher: Chinmaya Mission Trust
Year: 2005
Language: multilingual
Pages: 761
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175972661
Description
Srimannarayaniyam is a devotional work of a littleover one thousand verses by the famous devotee-poet Sri Melpathur Narayana Bhattatiri who lived in Kerala in the 16th century A D. This work is acclaimed by scholars as a stotrakavya, a superb outpouring of devotion as well as a literary work of a very high order. It is a masterly condensation of Srimad Bhagavata, considered to be the greatest of all the Puranas. In addition to being a devotional work Srimannarayaniyam contains the gist of all the Upanishads and is therefore, a work of great significance from the Pedantic point of view also.
This commentary in English by S N Sastri conveys to the reader the extraordinary poetic quality of the work and brings out the Vedantic import of the verses in an elaborate and lucid manner. Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda has said in his Foreword to the first edition of this commentary-I am sure the reader will enjoy many flights at superhuman heights in the journey through Sastri’s exposition of immortal Narayaneeyam.
Contents
FOREWORD BY H H SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA
INTRODUCTION
TRANSLITERATION TABLE
DASAKA
The glory of the Lord
The form of the Lord
The qualities of the perfect devotee
Yoga and its attainment
Cosmic Evolution
The Cosmos as the form of the Lord
Brahma’s origin and penance
Description of pralaya
Description of creation
The variety of creation
Entry of Sanaka and others into Vaikuntah
The Boar Incarnation
The slaying of Hiranyaksa
The Kapila Incarnation
The teaching of Kapila
Nara Narayana and Daksayaga
The story of Dhruva
The story of Prthu
The story of Pracetas
The story of Rsabhayogisvara
Mode of worship in Jambudvipa, etc
The story of Ajamila
The stories of Daksa, Citraketu, etc
The story of Prahlada
The Incarnation as Narasimha
The liberation of Gajendra
The churning of the Milk Ocean
The churning of the ocean (contd)
The Mohini incarnation
The humbling of Bali
The Fish incarnation
The story of Ambarisa
The Incarnation as Sri Rama
The Incarnation as Parasurama
The Prelude to the Incarnation as Krsna
The Birth of Sri Krsna
Bringing Yogamaya from Gokulam, etc
The salvation of Putana
The cremation of Putaba, etc
The slaying of Sakatasura
The slaying of Trnavarta
Desctiption of the naming ceremony, etc
Krsna’s Childhood pranks
Revelation of the Cosmic Form
Tying Krshna to the mortar
The Redemption of Nalakubarana dn Manigriva
Journey to Vrndavana
Slaying of Vatsasura and Bakasura
The slaying of Aghasura
The stealing of the calves by Brahma
The slaying of Dhenukasura
The Reason for Kaliya coming to the Yamuna
Krsna’s dance on Kaliya
The lord Blesses Kaliya
The slaying of Pralambasura
Rescue from forest fire
Krsna playing the flute
Stealing the clothes of the Gopikas
Blessing the wives of the performers of Vedic sacrifices
The blocking of the sacrifice to Indra
Holding up the Govardhana mountain
Crowing as Givnda
The Gopikas coming to Krsna
Delighting the gopikas
Disappearance of the Lord, etc
The Gopikas in the Lord’s company
Rasakrida
The salvation of Sudarsana, etc.
The slaying of Kesi nd Vyomasura
Akrura’s journey to Gokula
The Lord leaving for Mathura
The entry of the Lord into Mathura
The slaying of Kamsa
Uddhava sent as messenger to the gopikas
The fight with Jarasandha and others
The Lord’s stay in Dwaraka
The wedding of Rukmini
The story of the Syamntaka jewel
The slaying of Naraksaura
The fight with Bana, etc
The slaying of Paundraka
Pilgimage of Samantapancaka
The slaying of Jarasandha
Slaying of Salva, etc
The Kucela episode
The episode of Santanagopalam
The slaying of Vrkasura
The aim of all the scriptures
The path of Devotion
Bhakti combined with Karma
The lesion from 25 Gurus
The means of enlightenment
The means of liberation
The glories of the Lord
Prayer for Supreme Devotion
Meditation on Nirguna Brahman
Praise of the glory of the Lord
Description of the Vision of the Lord