SRIMAHASUDARSHANAHOMAM

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SrIsudarSanaAzhwAr ThirumOghUrdivyadeSam SrI sudarSana homam is a powerful and grand homam consisting of the recitation of many VedamantramsprecededbybeejAksharamsandprayOgams. AbriefsequenceforsudarSanahomamaccordingtoonesampradAyamisasfollows: 1. sudarSana mantra japam with kara nyAsam, hrdayAdi nyAsam, dhyAanam, viniyOgam 2. sudarSana ashTottaram starting with (praNavam) sudarSanAya nama: andconcludingwith(praNavam)nArAyaNakrpAvyUhatejasccakrAyanama: 3. SrIsudarSanahomamahAsankalpam

4. kumbha AavAhanam: In that kumbham, varuNan, lakshmi nArAyaNan, sudarSananareinvokedandshODaSopacAraAarAdhanamisperformed 5. agnipratishTai 6. homamwiththefollowingmantrams: SrIsudarSanashaDAkshari(108times)withaahuti SrIsudarSanagAyatri SrIsudarSanaMaalAmantram SrInrsimhamanthram SrInrsimhagAyatri SrIvishNugAyatri SrIlakshmIgAyatri SrIlakshmiImantrahomam SrIdhanvantrimantraprayOgam SrIpAncajanyagAyatri pUrNAhUti

All(theFourparticipants)/rtviks)andthespectatorsgoaroundtheagnikuNThamandrecite SrIsudarSanAshtakam.Thebasmam(saampal)fromthehomamiswornontheforeheadfor auspiciousnessandprotection. Thehomamconcludeshere. In this homam, if Lord sudarSana is pleased, you may get a glimpse of sudarSana bhagavAn inthesaptajihvA(Seventongued)ofagniJwAlai. Optional: sudarSana ShaDgam can be recited here followed by SrI sudarSana Satakam of SrI kUra nArAyaNajeeyar.Thisisapowerfulstotram. 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 thecakramand26onthedescriptionandsalutationofsudarSanamahApurushanpresiding overthismahAcakram). In conclusion, swAmi nammAzhwAr's tiruvAimozhi decad 7.4 can be recited for general auspiciousnessandtowardoffanyamangalams. ThisdecadstartswiththepAsuram: AazhiyezhaSankumvillumezha,thisai vaazhiyezhattaNDumvaaLUmezha,aNDam mOzhaiyezhamuDipaadamezha,appan oozhiyezhaulahamkoNDavArE

Invocatorybenedictions 1)soudarSanijwAlAbhavatAmabheepsitAnivitaratu! (MaythemostbeautifultobeholdjwAlaiofsudarSanargrantYouallwhatYoudesire). 2.cakrammaha:bhUtayeva:sphuratu! (Maythetejas/radianceofsudarSanabhagavAnremoveallkindsofpovertyandgrantgreat wealth). 3.jyotibhavatAmpraharshampradiSatu! (MaytheeffulgenceofSrIsudarSanarremoveallworriesandgrantyouhappiness). 4100:TherearesimilarbenedictionsthatgowitheveryslOkamofSrIsudarSanaSatakamto giveusanunderstandingofthemahAmangaLamsarisingfromSrIsudarSanamantrajapam, homakAryamandstotrapaTanam. eBooksonSrIsudarSanaAzhwAr: 1)SwamideSikansSrIsudarSanAshTakam:www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook7.htm
2)SrIsudarSanavaibhavam:www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook93.htm 3)pancAyudastotram:www.ahobilavalli.org/5ayudam.pdf 4)SrIkUranArAyaNajIyarssudarSanaSatakam: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

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