Tuesday, December 2, 2008

SVS 203 [Amrutyu: - 200] (22.1)

200. OM AMRUTYAVE NAMA: अमृत्यवे नम:
Stops mrityu. That is, the Lord is Death to death.

The Lecture of Divine name, today [2nd December 2008] is from Ahobila Kshetram. Many Divine names in SVS are attributed to Sri Narasimha. Here, Nava Nrusimha is / are gracing. Nava means Nine or New. The Nine images of the Lord are Jwala, Ahobila, Malola, Kroda, Karancha, Bhargava, Yogananda, Chatravata and Pavana. Once this place was difficult to access; but now, thanks to H.H. Jeer of Sri Ahobila Mutt, the place is easy to approach and many facilities are available. Ahirbhudya is one of the names of lord Shiva. Ahirbhudya samhita is the procedure for worship in Panchratra Agama. This samhita is told by lord Shiva and he elaborates on Mantraraja padam [ each word in mantrarajan] in Mantraraja pada stotram.

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