Eulogy of Vamana by Brahma

Eulogy of Vamana by Brahma [brahmakrta vamanastutih] / With notes by A. S. Gupta / 2-6

brahmakrta vamanastutih ( gadye ) ( vama0 pu0 pathasamiksatmaka samskaranam, a0 66 ) om namaste devadhideva ' vasudeva S 2 ekasrnga bahurupem vrsakape bhutabhavana 7 surasuravrsa surasuramathana pitavasah 6 6 srinivasa " asuranirmitanta " amita nirmita ' kapila " mahakapila " visvaksena " narayana ' 17 18 12 16 20 dhruvadhvana satyadhvana khadgadhvaja " taladhvana 22 23 vaikuntha " purusottama varenya visno aparajita 26 jaya jayanta vijaya krtavarta mahadeva 32 anade " ananta adyantamadhyanidhana 34 35 36 20 25 [5] 33 37 [10] puramjaya dhanamjaya sucisrava prsnigarbha 38 36 kamalagarbha - kamalayataksa " sripate " visnumula " 42 . 43 muladhivasa dharmadhivasa dharmavasa 45 46 47 dharmadhyaksa pranadhyaksa gadadhara 50 sridhara " srutidhara " vanamalaghara * laksmighara " dharanidhara " padmanabha 55 53 44 virice astisena mahasena senadhyaksa 58 59 . purustuta- bahukalpa " mahakalpa 62 60 63 57 kalpanamukha " aniruddha sarvaga sarvatman 65 dvadasatmaka suryatmaka somatmaka 66 kalatmaka vyomatmaka bhutatmaka 67 106 64 [15] [20]

Jan., 1970] 71 72 brahmakrta vamanastutih rasatmaka paramatman sanatana 73 73 77 munjakesa harikesa " gudakesa kesava ¨ ලද. nila suksma sthula pita " rakta 2 F 3 sveta svetadhivasa raktambara priya * pritikara pritivasa hamsa To nilavasa siradhvaja sarvalokadhivasa 62 3 61 kusesaya adhoksana govinda 4 janardana 96 97 madhusudana vamana namaste | 68 3 [25] 65 sahasrasirso'si sahasradrgasi sahasrapado 'si 101 102 100 tvam kamalo'si mahapuruso 'si sahasrabahura si sahasramurttirasi " tvam devah prahuh sahasravadanam te namaste | 107 105 om namaste visvadevesa visvabhuh visvatmaka 109 106 110 108 103 visvarupa visvasambhava | tvatto visvamidamabhavad brahmanastvanmukhebhyo'bhavan ksatriya doh sambhutah uruyugmadviso'bhavan sudrascarana kamalebhyah nabhya bhavato 'ntariksamajayata indragni vaktrato netrad bhanurabhunmanasah sasankah aham prasadajastava krodhat tryambakah pranajjato bhavato matarisva siraso dyaurajayata srotrad diso bhuriyam carana- 111 dabhut srotrodbhava diso bhavatah svayambho naksatrastenodbhavah murttayascamurttayasca sarve tvattah samudbhutah 112 ato visvatmako'si om namaste | 114 115 puspahaso'si ' _113 117 116 mahahaso'si paramo'si omkaro'si vasatkaro 'si * 116 120 svahakaro'si = vausatakaro'si svadhakaro'si 20 .121 22 vedamayo'si tirthamayo'si yajamanamayo'si 123 [30] [35] [40] [45]

4 124 puranam - PURANA 125 yajnamayo'si sarvadhata'si yajnabhoktta'si 26 127 9128 S 928 9130 121 [Vol. XII, No. 1 sukradhata'si bhurda bhuvarda svarda svarnada goda 133 134 amrtado 'siti om brahmadirasi brahmamayo'si ' 127 138 135 yajno'si vedakamo'si vedyo'si yajnadharo'si 136 140 641 mahamino 'si mahaseno'si mahasira asi 42 144 146 132 136 [50] nrkesaryasi hota'si homyo'si havyo'si huyamano'si 146 145 150 hayamedho'si pota'si pavayita'si puto'si 148 152 156 153 154 154 pujyo'si data'si hanyamano'si hanyamano'si hriyamano'si 157 158 hartta'siti 6 om | nitirasi neta'si agryo'si 160 161 162 visvadhama'si sragbhando'si dhruvo'si araneyo'si 167 -55 156 162 dhyano'si dhyeyo'si jneyo'si jnano'si yasta'si 164 166 170 166 171 175 172 dano'si bhuma'si iksyo'si brahma'si hota'si 174 udgata'si gatimatam gatirasi jnaninam jnanamasi yoginam yogo'si moksagaminam mokso'si 177 176 180 178 .181 182 176 147 [55] 168 173 srimatam srirasi grhyo'si pata'si paramasi || [50] 184 1 =5 186 somo 'si suryo'si diksa'si daksina'si naro'si 183 188 161 trinayano'si mahanayano'si adityaprabhavo'si 10 186 162 surottamo'si sucirasi sukro'si namo'si 165 166 .163 167 201 iso'si urja'si urjo'si so'si namasyo'si iso'si 166 sahasyo'si tapo'si tapasyo'si madhurasim 203 204 187 194 168 [65] 206 madhavo'si kalo'si samkramo'si vikramo'si 208 parakramo'si asvagrivo'si mahamegho'si 207 210 216 212 205 206 213 216 samkaro'si harisvaro'si sambhurasi " brahmeso'si 215 suryo'si 4 mitravaruno'si pragvamsakayo 'si 217 218 bhrtadirasi mahabhuto'si urdhvakarma'si kartta'si .221 222 sarvapapavimocano'si trivikramo'si om namaste || 220 [70]

- 1 devatideva ; devadevaya - 11 - 14 bhadrakapila . - 18-20 taladhvaja pathantarani (v. 1. ) surasurapatinirmita - 12 vasu nirmita . niladhvaja ; vrsadhvajah bhaladhvajah jayadhvaja . - - - - 26 krtavartta krtantah krsnavartta, -- 32 anantara . - -33 anadyanta- kartta'si . - 158 madhyanidhana - 36 prthusravah . 37 vrsnigarbha - 38 hiranyagarbhah hiranyagarbha kamala- garbha . - 41 visvamula ; kamalalayapriya . - 42 vrsnimulah ghrsnimula muladhivasa . -45 svargadhyaksa ; bhutadhivasa - 46 vargadhyaksa . - 57 senadhyaksa, suradhyaksa . - 58 paristuta . --67 sarvatmaka . - 68 kalatmaka ; kamalatmaka . - 71 ramatmaka . - 72 kalandhaka paramatman . - 76 hrsikesah hrsikesa gudakesa . -77 ketuman ; kesava ketuman . - -84 svetavasa . - 88 hamsa hamsa . 86 niladhvaja . - 60 sridhvaja . - 68 hayasirso'si . - 101 tvam kamalasi ; adhomukho'si . - 105 vedah ('devah ' iti sthane ) . - 106 visvedeva ; visvadeva . - 107 visvabhutah visvabhrt . - 112 visvatmana dyaurasi0 - 120 svadhamayo'si, - 121 devamayo'si . - 122 brahmamayo'si tirthamayo'si - 124 yajnapuruso'si - 127 satadharo'si . - 137 vedakarmasi - 140 matarisvasi - 147 pata'si ; hota'si . - pathita'si - 153 hanta'si - 155 kriyamano'si - 156 dhirasi ; medha'si ; cetasi0 - 156 agudho'sih asirasi ; mukhyo'si - 160 vasisthadhama si . - 160 - 163 paramadhamasi srugbhando'si, suvasa, aranisa srarani- yo'si . - 167 jnano'si, jnata'si . - 170 parasurasi bhuma'si - 171 dakso'si iso'si - 172 yupo'si brahmasi dharmo'si pujyo'si ijyo'si parasurasi isto'si brahma'si - 174 gata'si udgatasi - 175 yajamano'si gatimanasih jayamano'si matimatam matirasi . 178 moksakaminam mokso'si - 176 tapasvinam tapo'si srimatam srirasi . - 180 guhyo'si grhyo'si - 182 paramo'si --- 186 daksina'si diksito'si . 160 adityaprabhavo'si . - 161 nabhasyakhyo'si - 168 maho'si . -212 sattvamasi, - 213 brahmano'si ; brahmacaryo'si, brahmavarco'si - 214 svarasi . 216 pragvamsa- karyasi ; pragvamsaprakaso'si . - 216 uccaih karma'si urdhvakarma'si vyapto'si, vyapta'si vyaptirasi -- 221 sarvapapakarmavimocako'si |

NOTE ON THE VAMANA-STUTI This Vamana-stuti was uttered by Brahma when God Vamana after giving the heaven to Indra renounced his dwarf-form and went to the abode of Brahma (Brahma-sadana). There he showed to Brahma at his request his cosmic form embracing all the gods in it (). It is primarily the nama.stuti of Vamana-Visnu, it praises the God by reciting his different names or epithets which are expressive of his various qualities. Such nama-stutis are very popular in sanskrit religious literature, for they give a glimpse to the nature of the Reality represented by the Deity so praised. Of the available nama-stutis some are in verse, such as the famous Visnusahasra-nama-stotra (Mbh. XIII. 149), Siva-sahasra-nama-stotra by Tandi (Mbh. XIII 17), Devi (Parvati)-Sahastra-nama-stotra by Daksa (Kurma-P., I. 12), etc., and some are in prose, such as the present Vamana-stuti by Brahma. There are three more parallel nama-stutis of Visnu in prose. The four prose nama-stutis contain the different numbers of the epithets of Visnu, as noted below :- 1. Vamana-stuti by Brahma in Vam.-P. (V), Adh. 66. (222 epithets). 2. Visnu-stuti by Kasyapa in Vam.-P., Saro-mahatmya (S), Adh. 5. (131 epithets). 3. Visnu-stuti by Narada in Mbh. (M), XII. 338. (199 epithets). 4. Visnu-stuti by Vasudha (Earth) in Visnu-Smrti (VS). Adh. 98, (100 epithets). These four prose nama-stutis of Visnu contain many common and similar epithets of Visnu. In this Vamana-stuti of the Vam.-P. (Adh. 66) as published here the epithets have been numbered for the sake of reference, while in the Visnu-stuti by Narada in the Mbh. (Chitrasala-Press Edn.) and in the Visnu-stuti by Vasudha in the Visnu-Smrti (Edn. Adyar Library, Madras, 1964) the epithets have already been numbered. The Visnu-stuti by Kasyapa of the Saro-mahatmya of the Vam.-P. (Critical Edn.) is reproduced below for numbering the epithets contained there-in, for the sake of reference.