Gajendra Moksha: Today in these distress times of disease and uncertainty reach out to that power for help as when all doors close, that is one window that is always open. Just like on Draupadi’s calling no help came from her relations of the materialistic world but when she called out to Krishna, he came. He will come to your rescue if called with unshaken unconditional faith and complete surrender.
Gajendra is another name for the elephant and moksha means freedom or salvation. This is a stotra which the king of elephants sang as a distress call for help to Lord Vishnu who came to free him from the clutches of the crocodile. It’s symbolic of us as souls or Purush in the process of experiencing Prakriti, get stuck in the expanse of It. We get so engrossed that we forget our true selves.
Then we struggle to free ourselves from it. Sense gratification, ego, duties, fear, attachment all create new karmas which result in karm bandhan. This keeps us chained to the cycle of life and death or the karmic cycle. Only when we call Paramatma into our lives with full surrender and acceptance can we liberate from the misery and pain. This will help us gain consciousness finally connecting us with our true self, removing all the illusions of Maya. This is an excellent chant to relief you of your miseries and to invoke the blessings of Lord Vishnu in your life.
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The legend goes that once a king of elephants lived in a dense forest on a three peaked mountain called the Trikuta. Tri means three. The elephant was enjoying playing with other elephants of the herd in a lake when an crocodile held on to his leg. As a usual reflex he called out to his family and friends who tried to help him using all their might and yet failed terribly. To save their own selves they left his side. Gajendra, the elephant tried to free himself using all the tricks in the book.
The struggle went on for a long period of time. This exhausted him. He had lost a lot of blood and the power as well as the will to fight back. The crocodile was unhurt and powerful. In this difficult and trying moment he was faced with the reality that only Narayan could save him. Desperate to be saved he picked up a lotus from the water below. He then holding the lotus in his trunk, offered it to the Lord and called out to him with all earnestness and emergency. His faith was deep rooted and firm. This undoubted faith compelled Lord Vishnu to come to the elephant’s rescue.
He came riding on his Gadud and saved him from the crocodile by killing him using his Sudershan. Only the Paramatma can kill the darkness of Maya which gives us grief so try to bring him into your life. He has the power to free us from the clutches of the five avidhyas, namely Rag, Dwesh, Abhinavesha, Asmita and Avidhya itself. This will help us come closer to our true self . Symbolically we are the elephant king and these five avidhyas, the crocodile.
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Literally too both the crocodile and elephant were freed from their respective curses. Strangely, the crocodile then took the form of a gandharva whose name was Huhu. He had been cursed by a sage that he would become a crocodile. The sage had told him that he would be freed from the curse by Lord Vishnu himself. His prophecy came true. The elephant on the other hand had earlier been a king named Indradyumna. This king too had been cursed by a sage like the gandharva. He was cursed to be born as an elephant. With this incident Lord Vishnu liberated Indradyumna too from his curse.
Read this chant with faith and surrender in these times to ensure divine intervention. It will guide you towards the right cure be it Corona virus or any other issue.
गजेन्द्र मोक्ष स्तोत्र
ओं नमो भगवते तस्मै यत एतच्चिदात्मकम
पुरुषायादिबीजाय परेशायाभिधीमहि ||
यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं येनेदं य इदं स्वयम
योऽस्मात्परस्माच्च परस्तं प्रपद्ये स्वयम्भुवम ||
यः स्वात्मनीदं निजमाययार्पितं क्वचिद्विभातं क्व च तत्तिरोहितम
अविद्धदृक्साक्ष्युभयं तदीक्षते स आत्ममूलोऽवतु मां परात्परः ||
कालेन पञ्चत्वमितेषु कृत्स्नशो लोकेषु पालेषु च सर्वहेतुषु
तमस्तदासीद्गहनं गभीरं यस्तस्य पारेऽभिविराजते विभुः ||
न यस्य देवा ऋषयः पदं विदुर्जन्तुः पुनः कोऽर्हति गन्तुमीरितुम
यथा नटस्याकृतिभिर्विचेष्टतो दुरत्ययानुक्रमणः स मावतु ||
दिदृक्षवो यस्य पदं सुमङ्गलं विमुक्तसङ्गा मुनयः सुसाधवः
चरन्त्यलोकव्रतमव्रणं वने भूतात्मभूताः सुहृदः स मे गतिः ||
न विद्यते यस्य च जन्म कर्म वा न नामरूपे गुणदोष एव वा
तथापि लोकाप्ययसम्भवाय यः स्वमायया तान्यनुकालमृच्छति ||
तस्मै नमः परेशाय ब्रह्मणेऽनन्तशक्तये
अरूपायोरुरूपाय नम आश्चर्यकर्मणे ||
नम आत्मप्रदीपाय साक्षिणे परमात्मने
नमो गिरां विदूराय मनसश्चेतसामपि ||
सत्त्वेन प्रतिलभ्याय नैष्कर्म्येण विपश्चिता
नमः कैवल्यनाथाय निर्वाणसुखसंविदे ||
नमः शान्ताय घोराय मूढाय गुणधर्मिणे
निर्विशेषाय साम्याय नमो ज्ञानघनाय च ||
क्षेत्रज्ञाय नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वाध्यक्षाय साक्षिणे
पुरुषायात्ममूलाय मूलप्रकृतये नमः ||
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणद्रष्ट्रे सर्वप्रत्ययहेतवे
असता च्छाययोक्ताय सदाभासाय ते नमः ||
नमो नमस्तेऽखिलकारणाय निष्कारणायाद्भुतकारणाय
सर्वागमाम्नायमहार्णवाय नमोऽपवर्गाय परायणाय ||
गुणारणिच्छन्नचिदुष्मपाय तत्क्षोभविस्फूर्जितमानसाय
नैष्कर्म्यभावेन विवर्जितागम स्वयंप्रकाशाय नमस्करोमि ||
मादृक्प्रपन्नपशुपाशविमोक्षणाय मुक्ताय भूरिकरुणाय नमोऽलयाय
स्वांशेन सर्वतनुभृन्मनसि प्रतीत प्रत्यग्दृशे भगवते बृहते नमस्ते ||
आत्मात्मजाप्तगृहवित्तजनेषु सक्तैर्दुष्प्रापणाय गुणसङ्गविवर्जिताय
मुक्तात्मभिः स्वहृदये परिभाविताय ज्ञानात्मने भगवते नम ईश्वराय ||
यं धर्मकामार्थविमुक्तिकामा भजन्त इष्टां गतिमाप्नुवन्ति
किं चाशिषो रात्यपि देहमव्ययं करोतु मेऽदभ्रदयो विमोक्षणम ||
एकान्तिनो यस्य न कञ्चनार्थं वाञ्छन्ति ये वै भगवत्प्रपन्नाः
अत्यद्भुतं तच्चरितं सुमङ्गलं गायन्त आनन्दसमुद्रमग्नाः ||
तमक्षरं ब्रह्म परं परेशमव्यक्तमाध्यात्मिकयोगगम्यम
अतीन्द्रियं सूक्ष्ममिवातिदूरमनन्तमाद्यं परिपूर्णमीडे ||
यस्य ब्रह्मादयो देवा वेदा लोकाश्चराचराः
नामरूपविभेदेन फल्ग्व्या च कलया कृताः ||
यथार्चिषोऽग्नेः सवितुर्गभस्तयो निर्यान्ति संयान्त्यसकृत्स्वरोचिषः
तथा यतोऽयं गुणसम्प्रवाहो बुद्धिर्मनः खानि शरीरसर्गाः ||
स वै न देवासुरमर्त्यतिर्यङ्न स्त्री न षण्ढो न पुमान्न जन्तुः
नायं गुणः कर्म न सन्न चासन्निषेधशेषो जयतादशेषः ||
जिजीविषे नाहमिहामुया किमन्तर्बहिश्चावृतयेभयोन्या
इच्छामि कालेन न यस्य विप्लवस्तस्यात्मलोकावरणस्य मोक्षम ||
सोऽहं विश्वसृजं विश्वमविश्वं विश्ववेदसम
विश्वात्मानमजं ब्रह्म प्रणतोऽस्मि परं पदम ||
योगरन्धितकर्माणो हृदि योगविभाविते
योगिनो यं प्रपश्यन्ति योगेशं तं नतोऽस्म्यहम ||
नमो नमस्तुभ्यमसह्यवेग शक्तित्रयायाखिलधीगुणाय
प्रपन्नपालाय दुरन्तशक्तये कदिन्द्रियाणामनवाप्यवर्त्मने ||
नायं वेद स्वमात्मानं यच्छक्त्याहंधिया हतम
तं दुरत्ययमाहात्म्यं भगवन्तमितोऽस्म्यहम ||