bhargavasarma {nirikhi krishna bhagavan}

Verily a royal lineage all through... > Prahlada > Bahlika > Vyaasaraayaru followed by > Rajaadhiraaja Guru Saarvabhouma Sri Raaghavendra Swamy. Shankukarna in his third incarnation was born in this Kaliyuga as Sri Vyaasaraayaru a great saint and a reputed propagator of Madhva (Dvaita/Tattvavada) philosophy. His guru was another great saint Sri Sreepaadarayaru (Mulabagalu). Sri Vyaasarayaru popularly called as Sri Vyaasarajaru lived in 15th century (1447 - 1539) during the historical days of Vijayanagara (Hampi) empire. He was Raja Guru of Sri Krishnadevaraya , the popular king of Vijayanagara dynasty. He had helped Sri Krishnadevaraya to pass through a major crisis in his life. For a brief period he had even ascended the throne of Vijayanagara Empire in order to protect Sri Krishna Deva Raya from an astrological menace (Kuhu Yoga). At one point of time Sri Vyasarayaru had even conducted the daily pooja rituals of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala temple for...

॥श्रीसूर्याष्टोत्तरशतनामस्तोत्रम् ॥ ಶ್ರೀಸೂರ್ಯಾಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರಶತನಾಮಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್   (Mahabharata Vanaparva) Sūryāṣṭōttaraśatanāmastōtram  ||dhyānam|| dhyēyaḥ sadā savitṛmaṇḍalamadhyavartī nārāyaṇaḥ sarasijāsanasanniviṣṭaḥ| kēyūravān makarakuṇḍalavān kirīṭī hārī hiraṇmayavapurdhṛtaśaṅkhacakraḥ|| ||stōtram|| dhaumya uvāca... sūryō'ryamā bhagastvaṣṭā pūṣā'rkaḥ savitā raviḥ| gabhastimānajaḥ kālō mṛtyurdhātā prabhākaraḥ||1|| pṛthivyāpaśca tējaśca khaṃ vāyuśca parāyaṇam| sōmō bṛhaspatiḥ śukrō budhō'ṅgāraka ēva ca||2|| indrō vivasvān dīptāṃśuḥ śuciḥ śauriḥ śanaiścaraḥ| brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca skandō vai varuṇō yamaḥ||3|| vaidyutō jāṭharaścāgniraindhanastējasāṃ patiḥ| dharmadhvajō vēdakartā vēdāṅgō vēdavāhanaḥ||4|| kṛtaṃ trētā dvāparaśca kaliḥ sarvamalāśrayaḥ| kalākāṣṭhāmuhūrtāśca kṣapā yāmastathā kṣaṇaḥ||5|| saṃvatsarakarō'śvatthaḥ kālacakrō vibhāvasuḥ| puruṣaḥ śāśvatō yōgī vyaktāvyaktaḥ sanātan...