Ramayanaparam -29 Anga archana to Lord Rama

8/16/08

Let us finish the month of Karkitakam or Aati (Raamaayana maasam) by offering several lotus flowers, each one representing different limbs or organs of our body, at the Lotus feet of Lord Rama. 

I happened to notice something interesting. Usually Anga pooja is to think of each limb or organ of Bhagavan or Devi and do pooja to each of the limbs or organ. But instead of Anga pooja, Emperor Prithu (because of whom Bhoomi got the name Prithwi) did Anga Archana. This means he imagined each of his own limb or organ as a lotus or kamalam and did archana or offering of those lotuses at the Lotus feet of Bhagavan. (This is different from Anga Pooja which is the worship of Lord. Anga Archana is offering ourselves organ by organ at the feet of Lord.)

Given below are the small manthraas that can be used to offer all angaas and finally ourselves at the feet of the Lord. It is said that when we have ailments of any specific part of our body, we can offer prayer specific to that part and do archana. Repeated chanting of the particular naamam and archana with real flowers or sankalpa pushppam (imaginary lotus flowers) is very auspicious to cure the ailment.

We can change the naamam and do to each one's Ishtadevatha. Emperor Prithu was a great devotee of Bhagavaan and he offered to Lord Krishna.

What given below is the Anga  archanan to  Lord Rama



1. Aham paada (feet) kamalam samarpayami- Om Ahalayaapaapavimochanaaya  Nama:

2. Aham gulpha (ankles)) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raghunaayakaaya Nama:

3. Aham jangha (forelegs) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raamachandraaya  Nama:

4. Aham jaanu (knees) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raavanaanthakaaya Nama:

5. Aham ooru (thighs) kamalam samarpayami- Om Lokapoojyaaya Nama:

6. Aham jaghana (hip) kamalam samarpayami- Om Jaanakeepathaye Nama:

7. Aham kati (waist) kamalam samarpayami- Om Vaasudevaaya Nama:

8. Aham udara (stomach) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raamaaya Nama:

9. Aham hrudaya (heart) kamalam samarpayami- Om Jalada-shyaamaaya Nama:

10. Aham sthana (breast) kamalam samarpayami- Om Lakshmanaagrajaaya  Nama:

11. Aham hastha (hands) kamalam samarpayami- Om Govindaaya Nama:

12. Aham gala (neck) kamalam samarpayami- Om Neelakandhapriyaaya  Nama:

13. Aham mukkha (face) kamalam samarpayami- Om  Sethubandhanaaya Nama:

14. Aham phaala (forhead) kamalam samarpayami- Om Janaardanaaya Nama:

15. Aham nethra (eyes) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raajeevalochanaaya Nama:

16. Aham karna (ears) kamalam samarpayami- Om Raamabhadraaya Nama:

17. Aham naasika (nose) kamalam samarpayami- Om Sreedharaaya Nama:

18. Aham adhara (lips) kamalam samarpayami- Om Prasanna vadanaaya Nama:

19. Aham sira (head) kamalam samarpayami- Om Purushotthamaaya Nama:

20 Aham sarvaanga (whole body given by Him) kamalam samarpayami- Om Sarvashakthaaya Nama:

Manthraheenam kriyaaheenam bhakthiheenam Janaardana! 
Yath poojitham mayaa deva paripoornam thadasthuthe

Lokaa: samasthaa: Sukhino Bhavanthu

Jaanakee jeevanasmaranam ! Sree Rama Rama Rama

Raamaarppanamasthu