yeteeruga nanu

 sri raghunandana seeta ramanaa

stitajana poshaka ramaa
kaarunyalaya bhaktavarada ninu kannadi kaanupu rama
ye teeruga nanu daya juchedavo inavamshottama rama
na taramaa bhavasagarameedanu nalina dalekshana rama
vasava kamala bavaa sura vandita vaaradhi bandhana rama
bhasuravata sadgunamulu galgina bhadradreeshwara rama rama
ye teeruga nanu………

శ్రీ రఘునందన సీతా రమణా
శ్రితజన పోషక రామా
కారుణ్యాలయ భక్తవరద నిను కన్నది కానుపు రామా
ఏ తీరుగ నను దయ జూచెదవో ఇలవంశోత్తమ రామా
నా తరమా భవసాగరమీదను నళిన దళేక్షణ రామా
వాసవ కమల బావా సుర వందిత వారధి బంధన రామా
భాసురవత సద్గుణములు గల్గిన బధ్రాద్రీశ్వర రామా రామా
ఏ తీరుగ నను………

Rama Rama Namosthuthe, jaya Ramabhadra Namosthuthe,
Ramachandra Namosthuthe Jaya Raghavaya Namosthuthe,
Deva deva Namosthuthe, jaya Deva raja Namosthuthe,
Vasudeva Namosthuthe, Jaya Veera raja Namosthuthe || 1 ||

Raghavam, Karunakaram, Munisevitham, Sura vandhitham,
Janaki vadanaravinda divakaram, guna Bhajanam,
Vali soonu Hrudheekshanam, Hanumath priyam, Kamaleshanam,
Yathu Dhana Bhayangaram, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 2 ||

Maithili kucha bhooshanaa amala neelamoukthika meeswaram,
Ravananuja palanam, Raghu pungavam, mama daivatham,
Medhini thanayaa mukhaambuja bodhakari Divakaram,
Surya vamsa vivardhanam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 3 ||

Hema kundala manditha amala ganda desamarindhamam,
Satha Kumbha mayura nethra vibhooshanena vibhooshitham,
Charu noopura hara kouusthubha karna bhooshana bhooshitham,
Bhanu vamsa vivardhanam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 4 ||

Dandakakhya vane ratham, Sura sidha yogi ganasrayam,
Sishta palana thathparam, druthi saali Vali krutha sthuthim,
Kumbhakarna bujaa bujanga vikarthena suvisaradham,
Lakshmananuja vathsalam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 5 ||

Kethaki karaveera jathi suganda malyaa shobhitham,
Sridharam, Mithilathmaja kucha kunkuma aruna vakshasam,
Deva devam asesha bhootha manoharam, jagatham pathim,
Dasa bhootha janaavanam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 6 ||

Yaga dhana Samadhi yoga Japadhi karma karair dwijai,
Veda paragathairaharnisa maadharena supoojitham,
Thatakaa vadha dheera mangadha nadha vali nishoodhanam,
Paithrukoditha palakam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 7 ||

Leelayaa Khara Dhooshanadhi nisachara suvinasanam,
Ravanathakam achyutham, hari yoodha koti samavritham,
Neerajanana ambujangri yugam harim, Buvanasrayam,
Deva Karya Vichakshanam, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 8 ||

Koushikena su sikshithastra kalapamayatha lochanam,
Charu hasam anadha bandhu masesha loka nivasinam,
Vasavadhi surari Ravana sasanam cha gathim,
Neela Megha nibhakruthim, Pranamami Raghava Kunjaram. || 9 ||

Raghavashtaka sidhidham achyuthalaya sadhakam,
Bukthi muthi phala pradham, Dhana dhanya putha vivardhanam,
Ramachandra krupa kadaksha madarena sada padeth,
Ramachandra Padambuja dwaya santhatharpitha Manasa. || 10 ||

Nigama sarasi rathnam, nithya masaktha rathnam,
Nikhila sukruthi rathnam, Janaki roopa rathnam,
Bhuvana valaya rathnam Bhoobruthameka rathnam,
Prakruthi sulabha rathnam, Maithili prana rathnam || 11 ||

Raghava Ashtakam Meaning:

Oh Rama, Rama, salutations, Victory to Ramabhadra, salutations,
Oh Ramachandra salutations, Victory to Raghava salutations,
Oh God of Gods salutations, Victory to king of Gods Salutations,
Oh Vasudeva salutations, Victory to valorous king, salutations.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who is of the Raghu clan,
Who is doer of mercy, who is served by sages, who is saluted by devas,
Who is the sun which opens the lotus like face of daughter of Janaka,
Who is the vessel of good characters who is saluted by the son of Vali,
Who is liked by Hanuman, who has lotus like eyes and who is terrible looking to Rakshasas.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who is the God who is,
The pure blue pearl which decorates the breasts of Maithili,
Who looks after Vibheeshana the brother of Ravana, Who is the great one of Raghu clan,
Who is my God, Who is sun who wakes up the lotus like face of daughter of earth,
And who is the one who furthers the clan of the Sun God.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who wears the golden ear globes,
Who has a pure neck and is the killer of his enemies,
Who is ornamented with golden eye similar to pea cock,
Who has pretty anklets, Kausthubha necklace and also ornaments in hands,
And who is the one who furthers the clan of the Sun God.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, Who is pleased by the Dandaka forest,
Who is the support to devas and hoards of Yogis and Sidhas,
Who is interested in supporting people with discipline
Who was praised by Vali, who was speedy by nature,
Who was an expert in cutting the snake like hands of Kumbhakarna,
And who was greatly affectionate towards his younger brother Lakshmana.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who shines wearing scented garlands,
Made of Ketaki, Karaveera and Jathi flowers, who caries Goddess Lakshmi,
Whose chest has a red Kumkum mark from the chest of the daughter of Mithila,
Who is God a of Gods, who is the most pretty among beings, Who is lord of the world,
Who is the protector of all beings who serve him.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who is being worshipped day and night,
By great Brahmin experts in Vedas who do Yaga, Charity, Samadhi, Yoga and other rituals,
Who is the valorous one who killed Thataka, who killed Vali the lord of Angadha,
And who takes care of all that he inherited from his ancestors.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who like a play completely killed,
The Rakshasas called Khara and Dhooshana, who is Lord Vishnu who killed Ravana,
Who is surrounded by millions of monkeys, who is Lord Vishnu,
Who is Lord Hari who has two lotus like feet, who is the support of the world,
And who is clear sighted in looking after the affairs of devas.

I salute the elephant like Raghava, who uses the arrows and quiver,
Given and taught by sage Viswamithra with a very keen eye,
Who has a pretty smile, who is friend of orphans,
Who lives among the entire people of earth,
Who punished Ravana who was the enemy of Indra and devas and gave him salvation,
And who has the form of blue water rich cloud.

This octet on Ravana would make it possible to reach the land of Achyutha,
Would result in pleasures and salvation, increase of wealth properties and sons,
If it is always read with devotion under the merciful look of God Ramachandra,
With the mind completely surrendered to the lotus like feet of Rama.

The gem from lake of Vedas, the gem we get for ever attached,
The gem of all virtues, the gem of the form of Janaki,
The gem that encircles the world, the only gem that carries the world,
The gem that is by nature easy and the life like gem of Maithili.

super moon.

 

The mild Lyrids meteor shower has been gracing our night sky without fanfare every April, for centuries. This year, it has to tussle with a supermoon for attention

It never hurts to look up at the night sky. Stars explode, comets careen, cosmic miracles take place at an inconceivable scale far beyond our line of sight, and the only indication we get is the lightest of twinkles above our heads. Every once in a while, however, one of these phenomena deigns to enter our humble fields of vision. And while the Lyrids meteor shower is not the most exciting of them, it is among the first meteor showers of the year — and one of two reasons for us to keep our eyes trained towards the sky this month.

The showers can be seen at their peak tonight (as well as a few days before and after), but their glow might be dimmed by the other phenomenon of the month: a supermoon on April 26.

“What would have happened is that a comet would have broken up, probably centuries ago. We [the Earth] will be passing through the tail of the comet, or through what is left of it. This particular one is what we pass every year, around the third week of April,” explains Jayant Murthy, a scientist and professor at the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics, over the phone. He adds, “The comet itself came by our solar system in the mid-1800s, and won’t be coming back for a while.”

Neeraj Ladia, head of education organisation SPACE Chennai, explains further: “When the debris is left in space, it has a fixed space in the sky. Due to the Earth’s revolution it will cross the debris that lies in the path of its orbit.” The parts of debris that encounter our atmosphere begin to burn, creating the spectacle of bright, streaking meteors.

Murthy adds that this particular shower does have a few bright fragments, and can be best viewed after midnight on a dark sky, ideally one not lit up by bright city lights. “It will be brightest between April 21 and 23. Look towards the Lyra constellation to spot it,” he suggests.

The constellation, which the meteor shower has been named after, is considered the radiant point of the shower, explains Ladia. In simple terms, as the Earth nears this debris, that constellation is the point from where the shower appears to begin, to us.

Ladia calls this radiant point a meteor shower’s “address in the sky”. Whichever constellation it seems to be coming from, he says, is what the meteor shower is named after: Lyrids for Lyra, Geminids for Gemini, Perseid for Perseus and so on.

How powerful a meteor shower is, depends on a number of factors, such as how numerous the debris is, the size of each individual particle, its luminosity, and its rate per hour. The standard for measuring that last factor, says Ladia, “is zhr or zenithal hourly rate: how many meteors can one person see per hour on a clear night. It is the measure of the quality of a meteor shower.”

Lyrids has a zhr of 15 to 20 on dark skies, adds Ladia: “It isn’t very good, it is considered a fairly normal zhr. Geminids [in December] on the other hand has almost 120 zhr. Perseid, which is coming in August, will have around 80 meteors per hour.”

He further adds that Lyrids might be even less bright this year, because of its close proximity to the supermoon. “There is already a gibbous moon in the sky, which will only set around 1 am or 2 am each night,” he states, adding that post-1 am is the best time to make an attempt if you live close to dark skies.

The biggest danger of the meteor shower being drowned out by luminosity still stems from the supermoon, which also happens to be the first of its kind this year. Supermoons are generally the brightest and largest full moons of the year, and can occur two or three times a year if certain factors fall exactly into place.

Shweta Kulkarni, chief executive officer of Pune-based organisation Astron, which works to spread awareness of astronomy, explains the concept of a supermoon. “The lunar orbit around the Earth is elliptical. So the moon is sometimes very close to the Earth, and sometimes moves further away during its orbit. When it is very close to us and we happen to have a full moon at the same time, we call it a supermoon.”

For any satellite, the closest point of orbit to Earth is termed its perigee. According to NASA, both a new moon and a full moon can be termed a supermoon, as long as it is within 90% of perigee.

So what does this mean in visual terms? According to both Kulkarni and Ladia, it is difficult to gauge the difference between a usual full moon and a supermoon unless you put their photographs side by side.

“The difference in size is just about 10% to 14%, so there isn’t much to notice once it’s up in the sky,” adds Ladia, “You can tell it most drastically when the moon is still rising. Closer to the horizon, with buildings, trees or other structures for reference, it can look amazing.” Space Chennai is organising a photography contest, as well as a Facebook Live on April 26. “Anyone can join in and enjoy it,” adds Ladia.

So you can keep your cameras and telephoto lenses ready, or you can just sit back and watch the sky and all its miracles, letting it provide some of the succour we so desperately need.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

 Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters) is lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (thirty letters) is a mild form of inherited pseudohypoparathyroidism that simulates the symptoms of the disorder but isn’t associated with abnormal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood.

Floccinaucinihilipilification (twenty-nine letters) is the estimation of something as valueless. Ironically, floccinaucinihilipilification is a pretty valueless word itself; it’s almost never used except as an example of a long word.

 Antidisestablishmentarianism (twenty-eight letters) originally described opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, but now it may refer to any opposition to withdrawing government support of a particular church or religion.

What’s the longest word you know? If you watched Mary Poppins as a child, you might quickly think of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (thirty-four letters). Mary Poppins described it as the word to use “when you have nothing to say.” It appears in some (but not all) dictionaries.

Incomprehensibilities set the record in the 1990s as the longest word “in common usage.” How many times have you used this twenty-one-letter term?

Strengths has only nine letters, but all except one of them are consonants! This earns the word a Guinness World Record. It is also one of the longest monosyllabic words of the English language.

Euouae is six letters long, but all of the letters are vowels. It holds two Guinness World Records. It’s the longest English word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. If you are wondering about its meaning, it’s a musical term from medieval times.

Unimaginatively has lots of vowels—eight in total, if you count the final y. What’s neat about this word is that its vowels and consonants alternate. It’s not the longest word with alternating consonants and vowels, though. That position is held by honorificabilitudinitatibus, a twenty-seven-letter way of saying “with honorableness.”

chit

Chitta Chora Yashoda Ke Bal Navanita Chora Gopal
Gopal Gopal Gopal Govardhana Dhara Gopal
Gopal Gopal Gopal Gopal Govardhana Dhara Gopal

Yaaridam murai iduven

 By

Thanjavur  Sankara  iyer

 Ragam Malaya marutha

Thalam aadhi

 

Pallavi

Yaaridam murai iduven , nadha

Edhum ariyene, endhan murugane

 

Oh Lord   whom will I appeal to ,

I do not know anything, My  Muruga

 

Anupallavi

Par pugazhum  pazhani  malayil,

Uraibhavanai  padham  paninthene

Paaduven  unnaye

 

I  saluted  the  feet of Lord   who lives,

In  Pazhani mountain, praised by the world

I will   sing about you

 

Charanam

Vanthu adainthorgalai , kathu  arulbhavane

Vaan pugazh  kondavane, varam tharubhavane

Enthan kuraigalai  theerthu  arulbhavane

Yen indha  thamadham  yezhai ariyene

 

He who protects and blesses  those who come

Who has sky high fame, who grants  boons

He who puts an end   to my worries

Why this delay? This poor one  does not know

enta ruchi

 P : Sri rama nee namamemi ruchi ra! O rama nee nAmam enta ruchi ra!

A: enta rucirA rAma Emi rucirA rAma O rAmA nI nAmam enta ruchi ra!
C1: madhu rasamulakaNTE dadhi ghrtamulakanTE atirasamagu nAmamEmi ruchi ra!
C2: navarasa paramAnna navanItamulakaNTE nadhikamau nI nAmamEmi ruchi ra!
C3: drAkSA phalamu kanna nikSurasamu kanna pakSivAha nI nAma ruchi ra!
C4: anjanA tanaya hrtkanja dalamunandu ranjillu nI nAmamEmi ruchi ra!
C5: sadAshivuDu ninnu sadA bhajinchEDi sadAnanda nAmam enta ruchi ra! ; sadAnanda nAmam enta ruchi ra! ; P

C6: sAramu lEni samsAramunaku santArakamagu nAmamEmi ruchi ra!

C7: sharaNanna janamula saraguna rakSincu birudu galgina nAmamEmi ruchi ra!
C8: karirAja prahlAda dharaNIja vibhIShanulu gAchina nI nAmam enta ruchi ra!
C9: kadaLI kharjUra(di) phala mula-kadhikamu patita pAvana nAmamEmi ruchi ra! ; patita pAvana nAmam enta ruchi ra! ; P
C10: tumburu nAradulu Dambu mIraga gAnambu jEsEDi nAmamEmi ruchi ra!

C11: panasa jambU drAkSA phalarasa sukhakaNTE nadhikamau nI nAma ruchi ra!
C12: anaya bhadrAcaladAma shrI rAmadAsuni nElina nI nAmamEmi ruchi ra! ; nElina nI nAmam enta ruchi ra! ; P ; P

Thalli

 Nannu Kanna Thalli

Saint tyagaraja.

Raga Kesari
Thala Aadhi

Pallavi

Nannu kanna thalli bhagyama,
Narayani , Dharmambige

Anupallavi

Kanakangi , Rama pathi sodhari,
Kavave nannu kathyayani

Charanam

Kavu Kavumani ne mora pettaga,
Kamala lochani karaguchundaga,
Neevu brovakonte yevaru brotharu,
Sada varambosagyu Thyagaraja nuthe

English Translation

Pallavi
Oh my dear mother. Oh my luck,
Oh Narayani , Oh mother of Dharma

Anupallavi
Oh Goddess with golden limbs. Oh sistrer of Consrt of Lakshmi,
Please protect me oh Katyayani

Charanam
When I entreat you “save me” , “save me”
Oh lotus eyed one if your mind does not melt,
And you do not protect me, who else will do it?
Please shower boons on me prays Thyagaraja