Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 39

Stotra

bhinnebhakumbhagaladujjvalashonitaakta-

muktaaphalaprakarabhuushitabhuumibhaagah

baddhakramah kramagatam harinaadhipopi

naakraamati kramayugaacalasamshritam te [39]

Pronounciation

bhinnebhakumbhagaladujjvalazoNitAkta-

muktAphalaprakarabhUSitabhUmibhAgaH

baddhakramaH kramagataM hariNAdhipo'pi

nAkrAmati kramayugAcalasaMzritaM te [39]

Meaning

Even the fiercest lion, who tears apart with its claws,

The very temples of a rutting elephant

And strews the earth with the pearls found in its forehead,

Even such a lion, ready to pounce on its victim,

Shall never attack those,

Who seek the shelter of the twin mountains of your feet,

Even when they are within his grasp.

{*It is a poetic convention that the forehead of an elephant holds pearls. Hence, the poetic imagery that the earth lay strewn with the pearls that fell out from the ripped temples of an elephant when a fierce lion attacked it.}

English translation by Manish Modi

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 38

Stotra

shcyotanmadaavilavilolakapolamuula-

mattabhramadbhramaranaadavivrddhakopam

airaavataabhamibhamuddhatamaapatantam

drshtvaa bhayam bhavati no bhavadaashritaanaam [38]

Pronounciation

zcyotanmadAvilavilolakapolamUla-

mattabhramadbhramaranAdavivRddhakopam

airAvatAbhamibhamuddhatamApatantaM

dRSTvA bhayaM bhavati no bhavadAzritAnAm [38]

Meaning

Those who worship your feet,

Fear not the headlong charge of a rutting elephant,

Even though it may be as large as the Airavata*

And be maddened by the buzzing of bees around its temples.

English translation by Manish Modi

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 37

Stotra

ittham yathaa tava vibhuutirbhuujjinendra

dharmopadeshanavidhau na tathaa parasya

yaadrkprabhaa dinakrtah prahataandhakaaraa

taadrkkutograhaganasya vikaashinopi [37]

Pronounciation

itthaM yathA tava vibhUtirbhUjjinendra

dharmopadezanavidhau na tathA parasya

yAdRkprabhA dinakRtaH prahatAndhakArA

tAdRkkutograhagaNasya vikAzino'pi [37]

Meaning

O lord, the miracles that have occurred in the course of your religious sermons,

Did not take place elsewhere.

Just as the stars and planets cannot match the darkness destroying sun for radiance,

None can match the majesty of your sermons.

English translation by Manish Modi

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 36

Stotra

unnidrahemanavapankajapunjakaantii

paryullasannakhamayuukhashikhaabhiraamau

paadau padaani tava yatra jinendra dhattah

padmaani tatra vibudhaah parikalpayanti [36]

Pronounciation

unnidrahemanavapaGkajapuJjakAntI

paryullasannakhamayUkhazikhAbhirAmau

pAdau padAni tava yatra jinendra dhattaH

padmAni tatra vibudhAH parikalpayanti [36]

Meaning

Radiant like the blossoming petals of a lotus,

Your toenails emit brilliant rays of lustre.

And wherever you are about to place your feet,

Demigods place divine lotuses beneath them.

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 35

Stotra

svargaapavargagamamaargavimaarganeshtah

saddharmatattvakathanaikapatustrilokyaah

divyadhvanirbhavati te vishadaarthasarva-

bhaashaasvabhaavaparinaamagunaih prayojyah [35]

Pronounciation

svargApavargagamamArgavimArgaNeSTaH

saddharmatattvakathanaikapaTustrilokyAH

divyadhvanirbhavati te vizadArthasarva-

bhASAsvabhAvapariNAmaguNaih prayojyaH [35]

Meaning

Communicating the path to heaven and liberation,

Unsurpassed in the three worlds as the purveyor of true religion

And comprehensible in all languages of the world,

Your divine speech conveys the profoundest meaning of all reality.

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 34

Stotra

shumbhatprabhaavalayabhuurivibhaa vibhoste

lokatrayadyutimataam dyutimaakshipantii

prodyaddivaakaranirantarabhuurisankhyaa

diiptyaa jayatyapi nishaamapi somasaumyaa [34]

Pronounciation

zuMbhataprabhAvalayabhUrivibhA vibhoste

lokatrayadyutimatAM dyutimAkSipantI

prodyaddivAkaraniraMtarabhUrisaMkhyA

dIptyA jayatyapi nizAmapi somasaumyA [34]

Meaning

O lord, your halo is more radiant than

Any other luminous body in the three worlds.

Brighter than several, dense, incandescent suns,

It dispels the darkness of the night, despite being as soothing as the moon.

Bhaktamar Stotra by Acarya Manatunga # 33

Stotra

mandaarasundaranamerusupaarijaata-

santaanakaadikusumotkaravrshtiruddhaa

gandhodabindushubhamandamarutprapaataa

divyaa divah patati te vacasaam tatirvaa [33]

Pronounciation

mandArasuMdaranamerusupArijAta-

saMtAnakAdikusumotkaravRSTiruddhA

gandhodabinduzubhamandamarutprapAtA

divyA divaH patati te vacasAM tatirvA [33]

Meaning

O lord, are these your very words raining down gently?

Or are they auspicious flowers

Cascading down from the trees of paradise? 

Impelled by a gentle perfumed breeze.