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brag
05-18-2009, 08:25 PM
The Suprabhatam - A Morning Prayer Awaking the Deities (within) in Preparation for the Day's Work Ahead.

Lord Venkateswara is the main diety of the Tirumala temple, Tirupathi. The lord is an incarnation of lord Vishnu. He is worshipped by the people with different names like Balaji, Srinivasa, Govinda. Venkateswara and means the Lord who destroys the sins of the people. According the Hindu scriptures, Vishnu, out of love towards his devotees, incarnated as Venkateshwara and appeared for the salvation and upliftment of humanity in this Kali Yuga and is considered the supreme form of Vishnu in this age.

Suprabhatam (Sanskrit: ????????? “auspicious dawn”) is a name given to Sanskrit hymns recited in the morning to awaken the Lord.

The most famous is the Lord Venkateswara Suprabhatam recited at Tirupati to awaken Venkateswara.

It was composed around 1500 by Sri Prativadi Bhayankaram Annan Swami, a disciple of Sri Manavala Mamuni, who also composed Sri Ranganatha Suprabhatam.

The Venkateswara Suprabhatam, being the morning recital of prayers and songs of awakening, is believed to have been written and sung by one of Ramanujacharya’s disciples who visited the temple with his Guru

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purva sandhya pravartate,
uttistha! narasardula!
kartavyam daivam ahnikam.

O! Rama! Kausalya’s auspicious child! Twilight is approaching in the East. O! best of men (Purushottama)! Wake up, the divine daily rituals have to be performed.

uttisthottistha! govinda!
uttistha garudadhvaja!
uttistha kamalakanta!
trailokyam mangalam kuru.

O! Govinda, wake up! O! Garudadhvaja (one who has Garuda on his flag)! wake up. O! Kamalakanta (the husband of Kamala)! by rising, render the three worlds auspicious.

matas samsastajagatam madhukaitabhareh
vaksoviharini! manohara-divyamurte!
srisvanmini! sritajanapriya-danasile!
sri-venkatesa-dayite! Tava suprabhatam

May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee, O! Lakshmi, the Mother of the Worlds, who dwells on the chest of Vishnu, the enemy of the demons, Madhu and Kaitabha), of attractive and divine form, with the nature of granting what is desired by those seeking refuge!

tava suprabhatam aravindalochane!
bhavatu prasannamukha-chandramandale!
vidhisankarendra-vanitabhir archite!
vrsasailanatha-dayite!dayanidhe

May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee, O! Lakshmi, the beloved of the Lord of Vrsacala, with eyes like lotus petals, with a bright face like the Moon, who is worshipped by Vani, Girija and Pulomaja (the wives of Brahma, Sankara and Indra) and who is very compassionate.

atryadi-saptarsayas samupasya sandhyam
aksasindhu-kamalani manoharani,
adaya padayugam archayitum prapanna sesadri-sekhara-vibho! tava suprabhatam.

Having worshipped the morning twilight and said their morning prayers, called sandhyavandana , the seven sages like Atri, bringing the beautiful lotuses from the divine Ganges, have arrived to worship Thy feet. Lord of Seshachala! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee.

panchananabjabhava sanmukha vasavadyah
traivikramadi charitam vibudhah stuvanti,
bhasapatith pathati vasarasuddhim arat
sesadri-sekhara-vibho! tava suprabhatam .

The Gods, like the five-headed Brahma, the lotus-born Subrahmanya, and the six-headed Indra are praising the deeds of your incarnations as the Trivikramavatara. Nearby is Brhaspati who is reading out the planetary position (called Panchangam) of the day. Lord of Seshachala! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee.

Different Suprabhatams

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brag
05-22-2009, 04:58 AM
Awake! Awake! Awake! Oh Child of Immortality-So Beautiful and So Sweet

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brag
11-20-2009, 07:58 AM
The Suprabhatam (Awakening Hymn) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba

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Every day at the break of dawn, the Morning Prayer ‘Suprabhatam’ is sung at Prasanti Nilayam. Devotees normally start to queue up in front of the Holy temple as early as 3 in the morning.
These devotees wait there in the earnest hope of getting a chance to enter the sacred premises of the Lord Sri Sathya Sai Chandra Bhagawan Varu to listen to the Suprabhatam being sung by a lead singer. They in turn either silently recite the prayer in their heart or they just concentrate on the lyrics with one-pointedness to ‘awake’ the Lord Sai who is reposing in mystic slumber on His serpent couch.

The Morning Prayer in English

O Son of Eeswarammah! You are most beautiful! You are full of Glory!
Source of all wisdom, prosperity, progress and peace
The One who confers all these
Twilight heralds the dawn as it breaks in the East
Awake for the due performance of Your Divine duties!
Most precious Lord Sathya Sai!
Lord of the impermanent world!
Lord of compassion!

For the establishment of Peace and Prosperity
On the wide, peaceful bank of Chittravaati, in Your Abode of Supreme Peace
You carry out the work of granting Darshan to the multitudes that are eager to serve You
The luminosity of the Sun of Sathya Sai illumines the entire universe
O Lord Sathya Sai!
Yours is a Glorious Morning!

To those who take delight in singing the praise of Your Divine Glory
To those who chant Your Divine Name with Love and Piety
O Good-hearted Lord, You shower Your Grace and Mercy
You grant them Your Darshan
O Lord Sathya Sai!
Yours is a glorious morning!

To those who bring heavenly, fragrant, beautiful flowers
With great yearning to worship Your Lotus Feet
In accordance with rites prescribed by the Holy Scriptures
You shower your Grace!
O Lord Sathya Sai!
Yours is a Glorious Morning!

Intellectuals and scholars from all parts of the world,
Who exult in the constant repetition of Vedic Mantras
Have come with great yearning to have your Divine Darshan
O Lord Sathya Sai!
Yours is a Glorious Morning!

Having heard about your wonderful life-story
Your unprecedented fame having spread all over the world
Genuine seekers of truth have come
O Lord Sathya Sai!
Yours is a Glorious Morning!

Women devotees having the purity of Sita and Sati
Filled with piety have come with offerings of exquisite flower garlands for you
O Lord adorned with serpents!
Yours is a Glorious Morning!

Recite the Holy Hymn of dawn daily to gain release from rebirth
Daily repetition of the Hymn helps to attain the Highest Abode
To acquire the Supreme Knowledge and Wisdom
May the Divine Preceptor be auspicious to us!
May the Bestower of Knowledge be auspicious to us!
May the Dweller of Parthi be auspicious to us!
May the Lord Sathya Sai be auspicious to us!
Peace! Peace! Peace!

At the Lotus Feet of SAI
Anita Bacha

brag
11-28-2009, 08:33 AM
Doing the Omkar twenty one times and singing or listening to the Suprabhatam of Sathya Sai Baba (awakening hymn of the Lord) at four o'clock in the morning brings peace and happiness every day.

brag
02-08-2010, 11:12 AM
The Suprabhatam or Awakening Hymn of Kalidasa

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!