Pitru Matru Stuti – Brihad Dharma Puranam

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K. Muralidharan (kmurali_sg@yahoo.com)

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The following is a rare hymn on Pitrus by Lord Brahma and appears in Chapter 2 of

Brihad Dharma Puranam.

Lord Brahma declares that one should chant this stotram every day morning, the days

of Shraddha for Pitrus and one’s own birthdays. This could also be chanted in front of one’s

father as an obeisance to him. One who does so never faces any misfortune. Even if one has

done all sorts of bad deeds, the mere chanting of this hymn will measure upto a

Prayashchitta (atonement) and will please Pitrus to bestow all comforts and wealth.

This is followed by Sage Vyasa’s Matru Stotram describing the greatness of Matru and

21 sacred names of mother. In this hymn, Sage Vyasa declares that a mother is greater than

father for she takes care of the baby in the womb during Garbha. There is no greater Guru

in all the worlds than mother in the same way as there is no holier water than Ganga,

greater Prabhu (Lord) than Vishnu, greater Pujaniya (venerable) Lord than Lord Shambhu

(Lord Shiva), greater Vrata than Ekadashi, etc.

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ந : - ₃ - ₃ - | ₂ ₃ || 1 ||

- - ₃ ₂ | - ₂ - ₃ || 2 ||

ந : ₃ (அ) ந : | ₃(அ) ₄- ₂ ₂ ₃ || 3 ||

₃ ₄ ₃ ₃ ₄ : | ₄ ₄ ₂ ந ந : || 4 ||

₂ ₃ ₃ | ₃ ₃ ந ந : || 5 ||

: | அ ₄ ந ந : || 6 ||

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இ ₃ : : ₂ ந : | ₂ ₃ ₄ ₃ (அ) || 7 ||

- ₃ ₃ ₂ (அ) | ந ₃ ₄ ₃ ₂ || 8 ||

ந (அ) : : | ₄ ₄ ₂ ₄ |

: ந - ₂ || 9 ||

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₄ ₃ ₄- ₄ - | அ ந ₃ : || 10 ||

ந ₃ ₃ ₂ ந : ₄: | ந ₄ : ந ₃ : || 11 ||

ந ₃ | ந ந ₃ : || 12 ||

ந ₄ ந : : | ந ₄ ₃ ந ₃ : || 13 ||

ந ந ₃ | ந ₄ ₃ ₃ ₄ ந ₃ : || 14 ||

₃ ₃ ₃ : ₂ ₃ ₃ | ₃ : ₂ ₃ ₃ || 15 ||

: ₄ | ₄ ₃ : : || 16 ||

₄ ₃ ₄ | ₃ || 17 ||

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₄ ₃ ₃ ₃ | ₃ ₄ : ₂ ந ₃ ₃: ₂ || 18 ||

ஆ ₄ ₃ : ₄ : | ₄ ₃ ₃ || 19 ||

₃: ₂- ந | ₂ : ₃: ₂ || 20 ||

₃: ₂ ₃ ₄ ₃ (அ) ₃ | ₃ ₄ : ₃ || 21 ||

இ ₂ ₃ | ₂ || 22 ||

₃ ₄: ₄ | ₄ ₄ ந ₄: || 23 ||

₄ : | || 24

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