The Nadi Taratamya

The Nadi or Nadee Taratamya Stotra by Raghavendra Swamy is in Sanskrit and it gives us the names of  many rivers such as Ganga, Cauvery and others in just eight slokas.

Raghavendra Swamy has said in the stotra that while bathing in these rivers, we must give argya to the Nadi Abhimaani Devaru or God. He says we should follow the hierarchy of rivers while giving argya. This is similar to Taratamya of gods.

Raghavendra Swamy has used words such as “nyunaa”, “adhamaa”, “hinaa”, “Unaa”, “nichaa”, in the composition and this has been summarized by him from the Brahmaanda

Purana..

In the Stotra, Raghavendra Swamy makes it clear that Ganga is the holiest among all the rivers and she is the first in the  hierarchy or Taratamya of rivers.

The Godavari comes second in Taratamya.With the exception of the Ganga, many of the rivers share the same Kakshya (In English, this word can be translated to mean class, abode, seat or place).  

 

Ganga	Madhava Roopa
Godavari	Veera Narayana Roopa
Krishnaveni	Janardhana Roopa
Swami Pushkarini	Varaha and  Srinivasa Roopa
Chandra Pushkarini	Vamana Roopa
Manasasarovara	Madhusudhana Roopa
Cauvery	Ranganatha Roopa
Saraswathi	Padmanabha Roopa
Sarayu	Rama Roopa
Tungabhadra	Varaha Roopa
Yamuna	Yamaputra Krishna Roopa
Narmada	Mahavishnu Roopa
Sindhu	Narayana Roopa
Bhavanashini	Narasimha Roopa
Kumadhwati	Trivikrama Roopa
Malaprabha	Janardhana Roopa
Tamraparni	Anantha Namaka Roopa
Bheemarathi	Sridara Roopa
Manjula	Hayagreeva Roopa
Pinakini	Keshava Roopa