NavaratnaSlokam_Sundarakandam
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Navaratna Slokas from the Sundara Kandam The following nine slokas, taken from different sargams of the Sundara Kandam, are known as the Navaratna slokams. Each of these slokas is considered to have a deep inner meaning, which has been discussed in the link given below. Each sloka here is also believed to be a propitiation for the Navagraha devatas (the nine planetary deities). http://www.indusladies.com/forums/pujas-prayers- and-slokas/2169-valmiki-sundara-kandam-10.html If you register in this forum (btw, one of the largest forums of Indian women, known as Indus Ladies Forum), you can download this word document yourself. The nine slokas have been typed out below. The document above gives the slokas in both the Sanskrit and Tamil fonts.
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The document provides the English transliteration of nine slokas, taken from different sargams of Valmiki's Sundara Kandam. These slokas are called the Navaratna slokas and are also believed to propitiate the nine planetary deities.
Transcript of NavaratnaSlokam_Sundarakandam
Navaratna Slokas from the Sundara Kandam
The following nine slokas, taken from different sargams of the Sundara Kandam, are known as the Navaratna slokams. Each of these slokas is considered to have a deep inner meaning, which has been discussed in the link given below. Each sloka here is also believed to be a propitiation for the Navagraha devatas (the nine planetary deities).
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/pujas-prayers-and-slokas/2169-valmiki-sundara-kandam-10.html
If you register in this forum (btw, one of the largest forums of Indian women, known as Indus Ladies Forum), you can download this word document yourself.
The nine slokas have been typed out below. The document above gives the slokas in both the Sanskrit and Tamil fonts.
Very sincerely
V. Laxmanan April 23, 2011
The first number refers to sargam and the second number to the sloka in that sargam.
Sun – Soorya
Tato Ravana neetaayaah Seetaayaah shatru karshaNahaa lIyesha padam anveshttum charaNaa charate pathi ll 1.1 ll
The above is also the first sloka of the Sundara Kandam and it is said to be placed in the very middle of the entire Valmiki Ramayanam. (The sun is also at the center of the solar system!)
Moon - Chandra
Yasya tvetaani chatvaari vanarendra yathaa tava lSmrutir dhrutir matir daakshyam sa karmasu na seedati ll 1.198 ll
Mars - Angaraka
Anirvedhah shriyor moolam anirvedah param sukham lAnirvedo hi satatam sarvaarteshu pravartakahaa ll 12.10 ll
Mercury – Budha
Namos tu Raamaaya sa LakshmaNaaya Devyai ca tasyai Janakaatmajaayai lNamos tu Rudrendra Yamaanilebhyo Namos tu chandraarka marut ganebhyahaa ll 13.60 ll
Jupiter - Guru
Priyaan-na sambhavet duhkham apriyaad-adhikam bhayam lTaabhyam hi yo viyujyante namasteshaam Mahaatmanaam ll 26.50 ll
This is the divine upadesha of Sitadevi and is also the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita
Venus – Shukra
Raamah Kamalapatraakshaha Sarvabhoota-manoharahaa lRoopa-daakshiNya sampannahaa prasooto Janakaatmaje ll 35.8 ll
Saturn – Shani
Jayatyatibalo Raamo LakshmaNah ca Mahabalahaa lDaasoham Kosalendrasya Raamasya-aklishta-karmaNahaa ll 42.33, 42.34 ll
Rahu
Yadyasti patishushrooshaa yadyasti caritam tapahaa lYadi vaa ekapatneetvam sheeto bhava Hanoomatahaa ll 53.28, 53.29 ll
Ketu
Nivrutta-vanavaasam tam tvayaa-saardham arindamam lAbhishiktam Ayodhyaayaam kshipram drakshyasi Raghavam ll 68.28 ll Ketu
The last sloka here is also the last (actually penultimate) sloka of the Sundara Kandam.
