Narmad biography in gujarati yamunashtak
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Akalpa kalpadruma malpakalpana Vikalpa jalpa pratikalpa koutukam! Analpa kalpak lama samplavaplavam Mahaprabhoonam charanambujam
vrune!!
Born for a Cause !
Lord Srikrishna in his Bhagavad Gita says: “Dharma Samsthapanaarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge” (“I will reincarnate Myself time and again in every yuga to establish dharma”). God manifested Himself on this earth whenever adharma, false logic, scepticism and foolishness were rampant among people. He will certainly do so in future also. He purifies the hearts of the people through His teachings, messages, actions, and leads them to the righteous path. The divine excellence (vibhuthi) of the Lord manifests itself in every yuga. Such are the great men like Vyasa, Gautama Buddha, Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya who are born for a cause. To this line belongs Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya. The Vaishnavas of Shuddha Advaita Pushti Marga call Srimad Vallabhacharya alone with the appellation, “Mahaprabhu” (Great Lord)
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SHRI MAHAPRABHUJI'S BAITHAK AT GOVIND GHAT, SHRIMAD GOKUL
There are three baithaks at Gokul. The first one is at Govind Ghat on the banks of the holy river Yamuna under a chhonkar tree. Shri Mahaprabhuji visited Gokul during His first pilgrimage to Vraja. He was accompanied by His disciple, Shri Damodardas Harsaniji, whom He lovingly called Damala. On arriving here, Shri Mahaprabhuji saw two identical ghats and got confused which one of them was Govind Ghat and Thakurani Ghat respectively.
At that moment, Shri Yamunaji, looking splendid in gudomlig ornaments, appeared and cleared His doubt. She said that where He was standing was Thakurani Ghat and to HIs left was Govind Ghat.
On seeing Shri Yamunaji, Shri Vallabha sang Yamunashtakam in Her praise. This event took place at Thakurani Ghat on the third day of the brighter half in the lunar month of Shravana (Shravana Shukla 3). This day is also called as Thakurani Teeja.
Then Shri Yamunaji wished that Shri Mahapr
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Narmadashtakam - In sanskrit with meaning
29. YamunashtakamStotras related to Divinity & Nature:
• Aditya Hridayam(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Agni Suktam(RV 1.1)
• Apah Suktam(RV 10.9)
• Bhoomi SuktaExcerpts (AV 12.1)
• Brahma Murari Tripurantakari(VmP 14)
• Gange Ca Yamune Caiva(Snana sloka)
• Ganga Stotram(of Adi Shankaracharya)
• Ganga descent from Srimad Bhagavatam(SB 5.17)
• Ganga description from Ramayana(VR 2.5)
• Krishna & Vrindavana Forest(SB 10.15)
• Kshetrapati Suktam(RV 4.57)
• Narmadashtakam(of Adi Shankaracharya)
• Reva Mahatmya Varnanam(from Skanda Purana - Reva Khanda - Ch 2)
• Samudra Vasane Devi(Kshama Prarthana sloka)
• Shakambhari (Shatakshi) Mahatmyam(DB 7.28)
• Shubham Karoti Kalyanam(Deepa Jyoti sloka)
• Suryashtakam(Stotra on Suryadeva)
• Tulasi Stotram(Stotra on Devi Tulasi)
• Yamunashtakam(of Adi Shankaracharya)