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--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "M Karpagam" <m_karpagam@xxxx> wrote:
> I read somewhere that the complete
> "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum
> >shashivarnam...... is
> 
> Shuklaambaradaram Vishnum
> shashivarnam chathurbujam
> prasanna vadanam dhiyayethe
> sarva vignopha saanthaye

Dear Sri Karpagam,

The above verse ius believd to be on VishNu only and sahasra nAma 
pArAyaNam starts with it.

The correct transliteration is:

SuklAmbaradharam vishNum
SaSivarNam chaturbhujam
prasanna vadanam dhAyEt
sarva vignhOpaSAntayE

For us, the only remover of obstacles is SrImannArAyaNa.

> 
> Gajanaana padmasana
> gajanaana mahirsham
> ane`ka dantam bakthanaama
> eka dantam upasmayema.

This is a verse on VinAyaka. the correct version is:

agajAnana padmArkam
gajAnanamaharniSam
anEkadam tam bhaktAnAm
EkadantamupAsmahE

Here anEkadam means one who gives many things to his devotees. 
Ekadantam means one who has only on tooth. But people wronlgly 
pronounce it as "anEkadantam" and thus see him first with several 
teeth and then with only one! unforutnate thing is those knowing 
samskrutam very well also do not try to correct people but they 
themsleves chant like that.

Regards
Vishnu







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