Lord Murugan or Subramanya is the elder son of Shiva and Parvati and hence the brother of Sri Ganesha. Sri Subramanya Ashtakam, also known as Swaminatha Karavalambam is an octet composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya, praising Lord Subramanya. Shri Subramanya Ashtakam is recited to get rid of all present and past birth sins. The stotra is an octet composed by Sri Guru Adi Shankaracharya, praising Lord Subrahmanya. Swaminatha Ashtakam has 8 stanzas similar to Astakams and each stanza ends with a sentence Vallisa Nadha Mama Dehi Karavalambam asking Lord Murugan to extend a hand of support and save the devotee. Sri Subramanya is worshipped on Tuesday and Sunday for getting rid of Kuja – Mars dosha, Sarpa Dosha in one’s horoscope. Married couples desiring progeny generally offer prayers to Subramanya in serpent form.
Sri Subrahmanya Ashtakam (Karavalamba Stotram) in Gujarati:
॥ શ્રીસુબ્રહ્મણ્યાષ્ટકમ્ અથવા શ્રીસુબ્રહ્મણ્ય કરાવલમ્બસ્તોત્રમ્ ॥
હે સ્વામિનાથ! કરુણાકર દીનબન્ધો
શ્રીપાર્વતીશમુખપઙ્કજપદ્મબન્ધો ।
શ્રીશાદિદેવગણપૂજિતપાદપદ્મ
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૧ ॥
દેવાધિદેવસુત દેવગણાધિનાથ
દેવેન્દ્રવન્દ્યમૃદુપઙ્કજમઞ્જુપાદ ।
દેવર્ષિનારદમુનીન્દ્રસુગીતકીર્તે
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૨ ॥
નિત્યાન્નદાનનિરતાખિલરોગહારિન્
ભાગ્યપ્રદાનપરિપૂરિતભક્તકામ ।
શૃત્યાગમપ્રણવવાચ્યનિજસ્વરૂપ
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૩ ॥
ક્રૌઞ્ચાસુરેન્દ્રપરિખણ્ડન શક્તિશૂલ-
ચાપાદિશસ્ત્રપરિમણ્ડિતદિવ્યપાણે । var પાશાદિશસ્ત્ર
શ્રીકુણ્ડલીશધરતુણ્ડશિખીન્દ્રવાહ var ધૃતતુણ્ડ
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૪ ॥
દેવાધિદેવરથમણ્ડલમધ્યવેઽદ્ય
દેવેન્દ્રપીઠનકરં દૃઢચાપહસ્તમ્ ।
શૂરં નિહત્ય સુરકોટિભિરીડ્યમાન
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૫ ॥
હારાદિરત્નમણિયુક્તકિરીટહાર
કેયૂરકુણ્ડલલસત્કવચાભિરામમ્ ।
હે વીર તારકજયામરવૃન્દવન્દ્ય
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૬ ॥
પઞ્ચાક્ષરાદિમનુમન્ત્રિતગાઙ્ગતોયૈઃ
પઞ્ચામૃતૈઃ પ્રમુદિતેન્દ્રમુખૈર્મુનીન્દ્રૈઃ ।
પટ્ટાભિષિક્તહરિયુક્ત પરાસનાથ
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૭ ॥
શ્રીકાર્તિકેય કરુણામૃતપૂર્ણદૃષ્ટ્યા
કામાદિરોગકલુષીકૃતદુષ્ટચિત્તમ્ ।
સિક્ત્વા તુ મામવ કલાધરકાન્તિકાન્ત્યા
વલ્લીશનાથ મમ દેહિ કરાવલમ્બમ્ ॥ ૮ ॥
સુબ્રહ્મણ્યાષ્ટકં પુણ્યં યે પઠન્તિ દ્વિજોત્તમાઃ ।
તે સર્વે મુક્તિમાયાન્તિ સુબ્રહ્મણ્યપ્રસાદતઃ ॥
સુબ્રહ્મણ્યાષ્ટકમિદં પ્રાતરુત્થાય યઃ પઠેત્ ।
કોટિજન્મકૃતં પાપં તત્ક્ષણાદેવ નશ્યતિ ॥
॥ ઇતિ શ્રીસુબ્રહ્મણ્યાષ્ટકં અથવા
શ્રીસુબ્રહ્મણ્ય કરાવલમ્બસ્તોત્રં સમ્પૂર્ણમ્ ॥
Sri Subrahmanya Ashtakam / Karavalamba Stotram Meaning:
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who is the chief of gods, who is merciful,
Who is friend of the oppressed,
Who is the son of the lotus faced lord of goddess Parvathi,
And whose lotus feet is worshipped
By all gods and also by Lord of Goddess Lakshmi. || 1 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who is the son of God of gods, who is the chief of all gods,
Whose soft lotus like feet is worshipped by Devendra,
And whose fame is sung by deva sage Narada and others. || 2 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who gives food daily in charity, which cures all prevalent diseases,
Who bestows luck, which fulfills all wishes of devotees,
And whose real form is the pranava given in Vedas. || 3 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who is the Lord of mountains, who holds,
Shakthi, Soola, bow and arrows in his holy hands,
Who wears ear rings and who rides the fast moving peacock. || 4 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who is the god o gods,
Who rides the central Chariot among a group of chariots,
Who prevents problems for Devendra,
Who can send arrows very fast,
And who by killing Sura became,
The object of adulation of billions of devas. || 5 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who wears crowns and chains with diamonds and gems,
Who wears armlet, earrings and strong armour,
And who is the valorous one who killed Tharaka,
And was saluted by the groups of devas. || 6 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who was crowned as their leader by Indra,
With the chanting of the holy five letters,
With the bathing of the holy water of Ganga,
After strengthening it further by holy chants,
And who was anointed with the five holy nectars,
By very learned and holy sages. || 7 ||
Extend a hand of support, Oh Lord of Valli,
Who is known as Karthikeya, who with his,
Fully nectar like looks of mercy cures,
Passion, diseases and mind which has made been dirty
Who is the treasure house of arts and
Who shines like billions of suns. || 8 ||
The twice born who reads this octet on Subrahmanya,
Would attain salvation by the grace of Lord Subrahmanya,
And for him who reads this octet on Subrahmanya, as soon as,
He gets up in the morning, the sins committed in billions,
Of previous births will vanish in a second. || 9 ||
Sri Subrahmanya Karavalamba Stotram Benefits:
- Subramanya Ashtakam helps one to get relieved from their Kuja Dosha / Chevvai Dosham.
- Those who have Kuja Dosha or Sevvai Dosham can chant Subramanya ashtakam to reduce their problems related to Marriage and Marriage Life.
- It helps to remove health problems of you & your family
- It is an armor that protects you thru out.
- Helps to remove your Sins.
- All the obstacles will vanish.
- For A-Z problems in day to day life, you can read this Subramanya ashtakam
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