‘SrI nrsimha seva rasikan’ Oppiliappan Koil SrI varadAchAri SaThakOpan ****
SrI sudarSana AzhwAr ThirumOghUr divyadeSam SrI sudarSana homam is a powerful and grand homam consisting of the recitation of many Veda mantrams preceded by beejAksharams and prayOgams. A brief sequence for sudarSana homam according to one sampradAyam is as follows: 1. sudarSana mantra japam with kara nyAsam, hrdayAdi nyAsam, dhyAanam, viniyOgam 2. sudarSana ashTottaram starting with (praNavam) sudarSanAya nama: and concluding with (praNavam) nArAyaNakrpAvyUha tejasccakrAya nama: 3. SrI sudarSana homa mahA sankalpam
4. kumbha AavAhanam: In that kumbham, varuNan, lakshmi nArAyaNan, sudarSanan are invoked and shODaSopacAra AarAdhanam is performed 5. agni pratishTai 6. homam with the following mantrams:
SrI sudarSana shaDAkshari (108 times)with aahuti SrI sudarSana gAyatri SrI sudarSana MaalA mantram SrI nrsimha manthram SrI nrsimha gAyatri SrI vishNu gAyatri SrI lakshmI gAyatri SrI lakshmiI mantra homam SrI dhanvantri mantra prayOgam SrI pAncajanya gAyatri pUrNAhUti
All (the Four participants)/rtviks) and the spectators go around the agni kuNTham and recite SrI sudarSanAshtakam. The basmam (saampal) from the homam is worn on the forehead for auspiciousness and protection. The homam concludes here. In this homam, if Lord sudarSana is pleased, you may get a glimpse of sudarSana bhagavAn in the sapta jihvA (Seven tongued) of agni JwAlai. Optional: sudarSana ShaDgam can be recited here followed by SrI sudarSana Satakam of SrI kUra nArAyaNa jeeyar. This is a powerful stotram. This stotram is about the fierce and yet auspicious sudarSana JwAlai and the other parts of sudarSana cakram. SrI kUra nArAyaNa Jeeyar has blessed us with 100 Slokams on Lord sudarSana (24 on the sudarSana jwAlai, 14 on the nemi of sudarSanA, 12 on the arams of sudarSanA, 11 Slokams on the naabhi of sudarSana cakram, 13 Slokams on the aksham of the cakram and 26 on the description and salutation of sudarSana mahA purushan presiding over this mahA cakram). In conclusion, swAmi nammAzhwAr's tiruvAimozhi decad 7.4 can be recited for general auspiciousness and to ward off any amangalams. This decad starts with the pAsuram: Aazhiyezha Sankum villumezha, thisai vaazhiyezhat‐taNDum vaaLUmezha, aNDam mOzhaiyezha muDipaadamezha, appan oozhiyezha ulaham koNDavArE
Invocatory benedictions 1) soudarSani jwAlA bhavatAm abheepsitAni vitaratu! (May the most beautiful to behold jwAlai of sudarSanar grant You all what You desire). 2. cakram maha: bhUtaye va: sphuratu ! (May the tejas/radiance of sudarSana bhagavAn remove all kinds of poverty and grant great wealth). 3. jyoti bhavatAm praharsham pradiSatu! (May the effulgence of SrI sudarSanar remove all worries and grant you happiness). 4‐100: There are similar benedictions that go with every slOkam of SrI sudarSana Satakam to give us an understanding of the mahA mangaLams arising from SrI sudarSana mantra japam, homa kAryam and stotra paTanam. e‐Books on SrI sudarSana AzhwAr: 1) Swami deSikan’s SrI sudarSanAshTakam: www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook7.htm 2) SrI sudarSana vaibhavam: www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook93.htm 3) pancAyuda stotram: www.ahobilavalli.org/5ayudam.pdf 4) SrI kUranArAyaNa jIyar’s sudarSana Satakam: http://www.srihayagrivan.org/html/ebook073.htm
YouTube Video link (by SrI V Ramaswamy) for sudarSana hOmam at SrI ahobilam maTham: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqYm0K8h3XA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFLQtYNQjA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGxSJ6MDFo&feature=related
SrI vijayavallee sameta SrI sudarSana parabrahmaNe nama: dAsan, Oppiliappan Koil varadAchAri SadagOpan
