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DharmaRaja kruta Sri DurgaStavam (MahaBharata - VirataParva)

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DharmaRaja kruta Sri DurgaStavam (VirataParva) In the Epic Mahabharatha Yudhistira (Dharma Raja) and Arjuna pray to Goddess Durga and recite Durga Stothra on two different occasions. Before entering into Viraatanagara for commencing their Agnaathavaasa, Dharmaraja prays Goddess Durga with a stothra which is popularly known as Dharmaraja Krutha Durgaastavam that appears in Viraataparva of the epic Mahabharatha. Pleased with the prayers made by Dharmaraja, Goddess Durga appears before him and assures him that whoever prays her with this prayer sloka with sincere devotion, their sins will get diluted, will be blessed with longevity, bestowed with good health, progeny, wealth and prosperity, get rid of troubles from enemies. This prayer is very effective when one is travelling or in the midst of enemies or in a battle field or struck in the midst of a forest or entering a foreign land, when one is in great fear or calamity and would be bestowed with success in all their endeavors. ಧರ್ಮರಾಜ...

Saraswathi Namasthubhyam

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सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूपिणि । विद्यारम्भं करिष्यामि सिद्धिर्भवतु मे सदा ॥ Goddess Saraswathi, the presiding deity of learning, knowledge and wisdom is also referred to as Vaakk Devi, the Goddess of Speech. For any student, poet, writer, analyst, journalist, astrologer, musician, singer, preacher, philosopher, etc… to become proficient and to excel in their field, Divine blessings and Grace of Vaakk Devi is very much essential. Saraswathi worship is necessary for spiritual enlightenment. In HarikathaAmruthasaara (Mangalacharana Sandhi - sloka # 5) Sri Jagannatha Dasaru eulogizes Goddess Saraswathi as follows.... ಚತುರವದನನ ರಾಣಿ ಅತಿರೋ | ಹಿತ ವಿಮಲ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ ನಿಗಮ | ಪ್ರತತಿಗಳಗಭಿಮಾನಿ ವೀಣಾಪಾಣಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣಿ | ನುತಿಸಿ ಬೇಡುವೆ ಜನನಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ | ಪತಿಯ ಗುಣಗಳ ತುತಿಪುದಕೆಸ | ನ್ಮತಿಯ ಪಾಲಿಸಿ ನೆಲೆಸು ನೀ ಮದ್ವದನ ಸದನದಲಿ || चतुरवदनन राणि अतिरो | हित विमल विज्ञानि निगम | प्रततिगळगभिमानि वीणापाणि ब्रह्माणि | नुतिसि बेडुवॆ जननि लक्ष्मि | पतिय गुणगळ तुतिपुदकॆस | न्मतिय पालिसि नॆलॆसु नी मद्वदन सदनदलि || చ...