Lord Budha (Mercury)

ಬುಧಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್

(Budhamangalastotram in Kannada)

Also known as budhamangalastotra · saumyodanmukhapitavarnamagadhascatreyagotrodbhavo

Not a hymn so much as the closing packet of a Wednesday worship, and its first two verses are astrology rather than praise. Budha is set out as a graha is set out in a handbook: gentle, north-facing, yellow, lord of Magadha, born in the Atreya gotra, holding the north-east; friend to Saturn and Venus and always the enemy of the cold-rayed one, which is to say of the Moon, who is his own father. Lord of Virgo and of Gemini, with Vishnu for his presiding deity. Only after that does anyone address him, and what comes then is the universal apology: I do not know how to invoke you, I do not know how to dismiss you, I do not know worship at all, forgive me. Then one direct request, that he who begets intelligence should give the understanding of what is real, and the offering is made over.

॥ ಶ್ರೀಬುಧಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ ॥

ಸ್ವರೂಪ ವರ್ಣನ (Description of Budha)

ಸೌಮ್ಯೋದಙ್ಮುಖ-ಪೀತವರ್ಣ-ಮಗಧಶ್ಚಾತ್ರೇಯಗೋತ್ರೋದ್ಭವೋ ।
ಬಾಣೇಶಾನದಿಶಃ ಸುಹೃಚ್ಛನಿಭೃಗುಃ ಶತ್ರುಃ ಸದಾ ಶೀತಗುಃ ॥ ೧॥
ಕನ್ಯಾ ಯುಗ್ಮಪತಿರ್ದಶಾಷ್ಟಚತುರಃ ಷಣ್ನೇತ್ರಕಃ ಶೋಭನೋ ।
ವಿಷ್ಣುಃ ಪೌರುಷದೇವತೇ ಶಶಿಸುತಃ ಕುರ್ಯಾತ್ಸದಾ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ ೨॥

ಕ್ಷಮಾ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನಾ ಏವಂ ಸ್ತುತಿ (Prayer for Intelligence)

ಆವಾಹನಂ ನ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ನ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ವಿಸರ್ಜನಮ್ ।
ಪೂಜಾಂ ನೈವ ಹಿ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರ ॥ ೧॥
ಮನ್ತ್ರಹೀನಂ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಹೀನಂ ಭಕ್ತಿಹೀನಂ ಸುರೇಶ್ವರ ।
ಯತ್ಪೂಜಿತಂ ಮಯಾ ದೇವ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣಂ ತದಸ್ತು ಮೇ ॥ ೨॥
ಬುಧ ತ್ವಂ ಬುದ್ಧಿಜನನೋ ಬೋಧವಾನ್ ಸರ್ವದಾ ನೃಣಾಮ್ ।
ತತ್ತ್ವಾವಬೋಧಂ ಕುರು ಮೇ ಸೋಮಪುತ್ರ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ ೩॥

ಸಮರ್ಪಣ (Offering)

ಅನಯಾ ಪೂಜಯಾ ಬುಧದೇವಃ ಪ್ರೀಯತಾಮ್ ।
ಓಂ ಬುಧಾಯ ನಮಃ । ಓಂ ಆತ್ರೇಯಾಯ ನಮಃ । ಓಂ ಸೋಮಪುತ್ರಾಯ ನಮಃ ।
॥ ಓಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ॥
॥ ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಬುಧಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ॥

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