Daily shlokas-Part 1

 अश्वत्थामा बलिर्व्यासो हनूमांश्च विभीषणः।

कृपः परशुरामश्च सप्तैते चिरजीविनः।।

Ashwatthama, Bali, Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Krupa, Parashurama- these are the seven Chiranjeevins (they are said to be eternal).


अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका।

पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैता मोक्षदायकाः।।

Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar(Maya), Kashi, Kanchi, Ujjain(Avantika), Puri Dwaraka(Dwaravati Puri)- these seven places are called Mokshadayakaha ( where salvation is easily achieved and one can be freed from the cycle of birth and death).


अहल्या द्रौपदी सीता तारा मण्डोदरी तथा।

पञ्चकं ना स्मरेन्नित्यं महापातकनाशनम् ।।

If one remembers these five women everyday, their sins are destroyed. The five women are Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara and Mandodari.


मत्स्यः कूर्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः।

रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्किर्नमोऽस्तु ते।।

In this verse Salutations is offered to the ten main incarnations of Lord Vishnu- Matsya(fish), Kurma(tortoise), Varaha(boar), Narasimha(man lion), Vamana , Parashurama , Shri Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki.

Comments

  1. P M KrishnamoorthySeptember 29, 2020 at 8:12 PM

    Very useful for daily chanting.
    Dhanyavadhaha

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  2. UnknownSeptember 29, 2020 at 10:26 PM

    Though I had read about these Slokas having not chanted regularly I do thank to find same here as I can start regular chanting.
    I would like to point out here to all that it is the practice in Indian tradition to write almost all important literature work by learnt people in Poetric Forms (earlier in sanskrit latet even in regional languages) as for people at large will find very easy to recollect poetry while remembering prose is almost impossible.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2020 at 9:31 PM

    Very nice, informative thank u. God bless u

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  4. Harshada DharmadhikariOctober 1, 2020 at 12:39 AM

    Thank you for sharing this shlokas. They remind of my childhood days when my mom used to teach me them and made sure I chanted them as soon as I woke up.

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