Shivananda Lahari -Waves of Bliss
Of Surrender and Mental Talk
What a poem composed by the great master Shankaracharya. As if composed just for the simple minds.. Simple one-on-one talk in the serene space of the mind. Shankara builds a case for himself. Shiva! You must liberate me!
Each of the 100 verses is like a mini poem by itself. There is an element of Kalidasa, Valmiki, and Tagore in this work. It will melt the reader and emit the waves of bliss. Stories of Shiva.. Snippets of Manasa pooja..
It is Spring time.. The Bee and the Flower are busy celebrating. And when Shankara makes such references, it seems the divine pair are bustling at the backyard.
Many Names of Shiva
The conversation is weaved with many names of Shiva used aptly to address the Lord.
परमशिव! कारुण्यजलधे! शम्भो! स्वामिन्!
देव! गौरीप्रिय!
पशुपते! परम! प्रभु!
गिरिश!
राजमौले! राजशेखर! O King adorned with a crescent moon!
प्रसन्नमूर्तिः
स्थाणु! O Absolute!
पशुपते itself occurs about 16 times.. Hey Pashupati.. Tame the animal in me.. Awaken the ignorant me.. जडमतिः जडजनो जडधिया जडता
The words Shankar, Shambo come from the root ‘sham’ meaning auspicious. Sham bhavayati iti shambo’.. ‘Sham karothi shankara’
It felt to me, some of these resonated with Vishnu Sahasranamam.. स्थाणु, शिव, प्रसन्नमूर्तिः/shantamurti, पशुपते/vanamaali
Kilns of Devotion
Presenting a few verses from this work.. The starting and the ending verses.. the midpoint embellishment verse at 50.. And few more.
Shankaracharya outlines different ways of surrender, meditation and devotion that can be performed right in the comfort of the mind by the simple folks, whom he calls सु-मनस.
Based on P R Ramanchandra’s translation, Chaganti Garu’s pravachanams and some Sanskrit help from VyomaLabs.
A Grand Opening.. Waves of Bliss
My salutations to this divine couple sporting in arts.. In my heart fires rapture and ecstasy again and again.. May the river of your glory wash off and liberate my mind.. May the waves of Shivananda Lahari roar in ecstasy..
My salutations to this divine couple sporting in arts.. कलाभ्यां शिवाभ्याम् मे इयं नतिः
whose tresses are adorned with the crescent moon.. चूडालङ्कृतशशिकलाभ्यां
who have earned each other with ardent tapasya.. निजतपःफलाभ्याम्
who provide the bhaktas the fruit of tapasya.. भक्तेषु प्रकटितफलाभ्याम्
who bring auspiciousness to the worlds त्रिभुवनशिवाभ्याम्In my heart fires rapture and ecstasy again and again हृदि पुनर्भवाभ्याम् आनन्दस्फुरदनुभवाभ्यां [1]
Hey शम्भो! May the rivers of your glorious stories [त्वच्चरितसरितः] wash off the dust of impurities [गलन्ती किल्बिषरजो].. May it flow through the channels of my intellect [दलन्ती धीकुल्यासरणिषु] and may it be the antidote for the entanglements of samsaara [संसारभ्रमणपरितापोपशमनं]..
May the waves of Shivananda Lahari residing in the pond of my heart roar in ecstasy [चेतः हृदभुवि शिवानन्दलहरी विजयताम्] [2]
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Hallmark of a Poem
In the ending verses, Shankara signs off and characterizes this poem in the ShragDhaara meter. Certainly an invitation to the reader to note these embellishments in this kaavya.. Why not have a peek at this point?
You must accept my virgin poem.. For it is exquisite.. simple yet delightful.. full of traits, modest and yet praise worthy.
O देव! O गौरीप्रिय!
You must accept my virgin poem.. कविताकन्यकां त्वं गृहाण..
For it is exquisite.. stitched with simple words.. has delightful meters and sounds.. सर्वालङ्कारयुक्तां.. सरलपदयुतां साधुवृत्तां सुवर्णां
It is indeed praiseworthy.. very charming.. and has a distinct character.. सद्भिः संस्तूयमानां.. सरसगुणयुतां.. लक्षितां लक्षणाढ्याम्
It is modest.. It is very auspicious.. विनयां कल्याणीं [98]
A Concluding Argument
Even the Gods have been endlessly scouting for you. You must be considerate and reveal yourself to me.
O परमशिव! O कारुण्यजलधे! O शम्भो! O स्वामिन्!
Even Brahma and Vishnu scouted in vain all the worlds in order to glance your head and toe! हरिब्रह्माणौ .. दिवि भुवि.. चरन्तौ श्रमयुतौ.. पदशिरोदर्शनधियाHow do you think this mortal me will recognize you? कथं मम वेद्योऽसि
Is your act of hiding befitting at all? Tell me! इदं ते युक्तं वा कथय? [99]शम्भो ! While your devotees and Gods [भवत्सेवकाः देवा विरिञ्चादयः] were deliberating, it was realised that you are the foremost.. गणना-प्रसङ्ग-समये त्वामग्रगण्यं विदुः
Like husk blown away from the grains in the process of winnowing, their doubts were indeed blown away ! You are the very core indeed! I conclude my praise. And there is no lie or exagaration here [न मृषा] [100]
Having seen the Grand beginning and ending of Shivananda Lahari, a few more gems.. Verses 50 and 51 which are at the midpoint, have a striking pendent effect in the string of pearls. Do watch out..
The ignorant ‘me’ at your door.. Tame and Protect Me..
I am not clever with smrutis and shastras, nor do I possess the skill of poetry, music and praise. स्मृतौ शास्त्रे वैद्ये शकुनकवितागानफणितौ
Then how could I fall for the outward kings कथं राज्ञां प्रीतिर्भवति मयि..
I don’t even know who I am..
विभो! सर्वज्ञ! पशुपते! Please tame and protect me! कृपया पालय.. [5]
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Embrace the simple path.. Why bother with hard Logic?
Is that a pot or mud, or perhaps just envelope of atoms?
Is that smoke? Perhaps Fire on a mountain?
Is that cloth or just threads?
घटो वा मृत्पिण्डोऽप्यणुरपि
धूमोऽग्निरचलः
पटो वा तन्तुर्वा
Ah these endless debates of तर्कवचसा.. But for a bad throat वृथा कण्ठक्षोभं, is it any good in keeping Yama at Bay?
Instead, pray to Shambhu’s lotus feet.. Quickly you shall attain परमसौख्यं [6]
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Body Mind and Senses at your Contemplation
May this mind dwell on your lotus feet, and my words on your praise..
May these hands dwell on your worship, and ears hearing your holy stories.. May these eyes dwell on your beauty..
मनस्ते पादाब्जे निवसतु
वचः स्तोत्रफणितौ
करौ चाभ्यर्चायां
श्रुतिरपि कथाकर्णनविधौ ।
तव ध्याने बुद्धि
नयनयुगलं मूर्तिविभवे
O परमशिव! I do not see the need for any other books to keep me engaged! [7]
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Offering You the flower of my mind
Ah! For gatheing those flowers.. the dim-wit wanders in the deep lakes.. in the solitude treacherous forests.. and in the rocky mountains.
गभीरे कासारे विशति
विजने घोरविपिने
विशाले शैले च भ्रमति
कुसुमार्थं जडमतिः
Did he not know? He could offer with atmost comfort.. the singular lotus from the lake of his mind!
May I contemplate on You in all lives and stages
What ever be the form man-divine-animal-insect-bird
नरत्वं देवत्वं नगवनमृगत्वं मशकता पशुत्वं कीटत्वं [10]
What ever be the stage of life childhood-householder-retired or ascetic
वटुर्वा गेही वा यतिरपि जटी वा [11]
Where ever be the residence - home or a serene cave or a lush forest or snow capped mountain peaks or water bodies or performing the fires..
गुहायां गेहे वा बहिरपि वने वाऽद्रिशिखरे जले वा वह्नौ
O भव! O शम्भो! O पशुपते!
If the lotus heart हृत्पद्मं is surrendered to you भवदधीनं.. You ought to help in navigating from the clutches of the world! भवभारं भवसि वहसि [12]
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May you take care of me and change my destiny.. For I’m Your dear one..
Lost in the mortal samsaara, and yet without grasping any real saara.. And away from my own glory.. असारे संसारे निजभजनदूरे
I am Blinded in delusion भ्रमन्तं मामन्धं
O पशुपते! O परम! Awaken this dimwit जड बन्धु of yours. You are adept at protecting from such miserliness कृपणरक्षातिनिपुण [13]
O प्रभु! You are a great friend of the helpless. Isn’t it? दीनानां खलु परमबन्धुः.. Have pity on this greatest बन्धु of yours. O शिव! Forgive me for all my mistakes.. क्षन्तव्याः शिव मदपराधाश्च सकलाः For isn’t this the code of conduct between the close ones? [14]
O पशुपते! I had turned away from your dhyaanam and desired for the wrong things दुराशाभूयिष्ठां.. But then, I am your बन्धु..Do not ignore me.. बन्धु उपेक्षा नो, Can you not change this miserly fate set by Brahma? विधिलिपि किं न हरसि ? [15]
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Tame my wandering Monkey Mind
Wanders my mind in the forest of desires..
O कपालिन् भिक्षो! O शिव विभो!
O Lord who bears the skull for begging.. Please tie my monkey mind with the rope of your affection [For would n’t it be nice to have a dancing monkey for your act of begging?] [20]
सदा मोहाटव्यां चरति
कपालिन् भिक्षो मे हृदयकपिमत्यन्तचपलं
दृढं भक्त्या बद्ध्वा शिव भवदधीनं कुरु विभो ॥ 20 ॥
The 4 kinds of Liberation.. सारूप्यं सामीप्यं सालोक्यं सायुज्यं
After surrendering the mind..
स्वामिन् ! With ardent pooja.. your visual form सारूप्यं is reached.. तव पूजने सारूप्यं
By your constant naama-sankeertana, your proximity सामीप्यं is reached.. हे शिव ! हे महादेव! इति सङ्कीर्तने सामीप्यं
By constant association with shiva bhaktaas, you world सालोक्यं is reached.
भवानीपते ! By contemplating that you are indeed in everything living and non living चराचरात्मकतनुध्याने.. By knowing that you are also in me.. Our union सायुज्यं is reached.. अत्र मम सायुज्यं सिद्धं भवति.. I shall then be fulfilled and content.. अहं कृतार्थः अस्मि [28]
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My limited self at your devotion.
Like the Sun, I do not have a Thousand rayed hands at your service..
Like Vishnu I do not have the power to worship you every where..
Like Vaayu I do not have the power to spread incense गन्ध of sandal in the airs..[30]
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O NeelaKanta
Hey महात्मन् शम्भो.. When all the Devas were fearing the poisonous flames..ज्वालोग्रः सकलामराति-भयदः
How was the scene?
Was it carried by you palm like a Jambu Fruit पक्वजम्बूफलम्?
Did you pop it on you tongue just like a pill prescribed by Sidda doctor सिद्धघुटिका?
And did it appear like a blue gem around your throat? किं ते नीलमणि?
You must tell me.. वद [32]
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Churning the Vedas in the mind
The good-minded people are churning the ocean of Vedas, with the rope of stable devotion, and the churning stick of the attentive mind..
सुमनःसङ्घाः
मन्थानं दृढभक्तिरज्जुसहितं
And are rewarded with bliss.. which is like the Soma, the wish giving kalpa Taru, the wish giving chintAmani gem..
सोमं कल्पतरुं सुपर्वसुरभिं चिन्तामणिं .. नित्यानन्दसुधां [37]
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Cultivating Devotion in the heart. How could I hear Famine?
With the machinery of intellect, with the pot of words.. with the channels of poems and waters of shiva charita.. is cultivated the crop of devotion in the field of the heart.
धीयन्त्रेण.. वचोघटेन.. कविताकुल्यो.. भीतिः कुतः??
How can this servant fear famine ever? [40]
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My mind is your hunting ground
O गिरिश! Dweller of the mountains!
Don’t wander here and there.. मा गच्छ त्वमितस्ततो
भो! Reside in me itself! मय्येव वासं कुरु
In the forest of my mind live many wild animals वर्तन्ते बहुशो मृगा like envy delusion मात्सर्यमोहादय-.. You can enjoy your hunting sport right in my mind and kill the catch! [43]
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You dwell in the cave of my Mind
O गिरिश! Dweller of the mountains!
You protect the deer in your hand and terminate the wild elephant and fierce tiger [demons vyaagraasura, gajaasura] घन-शार्दूल-विखण्डन
Why fear when you are here in the cave of my mind! मे कुतो भीः [44]
Ode to the Srisailam Mountains.. Midpoint Jewel..
This poem was composed in the tranquil hills of Srisailam which is home to Mallikarjuna and Brahmaramba. Shankara crafts his eulogy to Srisailam in the midpoint verses 50 and 51. It is also said Srisailam is the midpoint between Kashi and Rameshwaram.
Reference to Shambu
He who enjoys dancing in the evening.
He who lives in the Upanishads, Vedas and is very handsome,
As he is deeply in love with Bramarambika,
He the Mallikarjuna who lives atop the Sri Sailam mountains,
Would be served by me.
It is Springtime here and the trees are brimming with flowers and bees hovering over. Seems like Shiva and Parvati are enjoying in the backyard.
O Bee, dance in the Lotus of my Mind
May that which likes to dance on seeing the season of spring,
May that which makes a buzzing sound naada,
May that which likes a flowering garden,
May that which can travel everywhere,
Appear and dance on the lotus of my mind.
Stories of Shiva
Until verse 50, there has been references to story segments.
Story of Brahma and Vishnu is search of that infinite pillar of Jyothi in Swan and Boar avatar northbound and southbound..
Brahma cheats and gets ketaki flower as witness that he has seen the crowning tip of the light. Vishnu admits defeat and Shiva then blesses him hence forth Hari will be worshipped like Hara.
Shiva angry with Brahma and clips of his fifth head and holds it as his bowl kapaala... Brahma no more to be worshipped, but will script Vidhi for people.. Brahma created few Gods but they were not multiplying. Shiva tells him about mithuna.. male female coupling and introduces his Ardhanareshwar self so that Brahma can design male and female..
The verse 51 on Srisailam has these story elements.
a) Sage Bhringi is a great devotee of Shiva. Every evening he whips the leash and signals Shiva the start and end of his evening dance.
b) When Gajasura was causing havoc at Kashi, Shiva attacks him with his trishula and goes back into his dhyaanam. In the last moments before dying, Gajasura sings the Saama Gaana and Shiva is impressed. As a blessing, Gajasura wishes that his elephant hyde be used as a garb by Shiva and a linga be dedicated to him in Kashi.
c) Shiva burns Manmada the ‘God of Love’ to ashes when disturbed in his meditation. On Rati Devi’s pleading, Parvathy restores life back to Manmada. However he becomes invisible except to his wife Rati Devi. In his invisible form, he spreads love and aids procreation.. Spring being his chariot and bow and arrows of flowers and bees his fragile machinery.
d) Vishnu asks the Goddess for help and as he has a task to eliminate Bhasmasura. She merges into him in the Vishnu Maya. Seeing Mohini, Shiva falls for her causing the fire of rati to be sparked between them and Ayyappa is born.
May he who likes to dance
As per the wish of sage Bhringi..
May he who tamed Gajasura..
May he whose joy increased
On seeing Vishnu in Mohini form..
May he who was slaved by the arrow
Of the God of love,
May he who lives in the Sri Shaila mountain,
And may he who is the consort of Goddess Bramarambika,
Appear before me and play in the lotus of my mind.
Shiva as a Dark Rain bearing Cloud.. My mind is the Chataka Bird
The parallels between Shiva and the rain-bearing cloud are just beautiful. Like in Meghadootha and Tagore's poems, the rain-bearing cloud quenches the tapas and torment of the Farmers and the parched lands.
The dark color cloud is the harbinger of water Neelaskandara.. With the sun rays falling on its ‘shape-changing form’ making it look like locks of reddish hair chanchala jata mandala.
The clouds are addressed as Shambho as it brings relief and goodness. The clouds are partial to the su-manas good-natured farmers, as they are full of devotion towards the clouds and eagerly waiting for them. sumanas paksha sumanas..
Makes me think Shiva and the clouds are no different. The clouds with the help of the Sun, labour the act of drinking the salty waters from the ocean, carry them over miles and showering the purest sweet form of freshwater to the needy.
Hey Shambho , Hey God who has blue neck,
Who showers the nectar like mercy,Who wants to cure painful aches of the mind,
Which are like the trouble caused by heat in summer,Wishing for a heavy harvest of the plant of knowledge,
Who can take any form,
Who has devotees who dance like the peacock,Who lives on mountains,
And who has the waving tuft of hair,My mind which is the Chataka bird,
Desires for you always,
Kilns of intense longing
Just like the swan desires the cluster of lotus flowers,
Just like the Chataka bird intensely longs for the blue dark cloud,
And just like the Chakora bird longs for the moon every day,Just like the man dragged by flood longs for the bank,
Just like the tired traveler longs for the tree shade,
Oh my mind, you long for the lotus feet of Shambhu.
One of the 10 select verses highlighted by Sri Ramana Maharshi on Devotion.
On Guru and Flow of Devotion
Like the seed falls and joins back with the mother tree,
Like the iron needle aligns with the magnet,
Like the tender creeper reaching for nearby trees,
Like the river reaching for the sea,
Like the lady reaches for her Lord,If the spirit of the mind,
Reaches for the lotus feet of Pasupathi,
And stays there always,
Then that state is called devotion
The devotion of hunter Kannapa
The wayfaring sandals become the kusa crown of Pasupathi,
The gargled mouthful of water become the holy water of bath ,
The just tasted pieces of the remaining meat,
Become the holy offering to the Lord,And wonder of wonders, the hunter who lives in the forest
Becomes the king of devotees.
What is there in this world that devotion to the Lord cannot do?
Devotion of Maarkandeya
Like in Chandrashekara Astakam,
Chandrasekhara ma aasraye.. Mama Kim Karishyati Vi yamah..
So what can the God of death do to me?
Nothing impossible is there to attain,
kim durlabhamFor him who sings about your holy feet,
For the god of death runs away,
Afraid of the kick from the Lord’s feet,
Travel in my Mind
Oh, Lord Shambhu,
Always recognize and be pleased to wear,
the gem studded shoes of my ‘mind’
Corresponding Verses
I invoke the The Divine Couple
कलाभ्यां चूडालङ्कृतशशिकलाभ्यां निजतपः-
-फलाभ्यां भक्तेषु प्रकटितफलाभ्यां भवतु मे ।
शिवाभ्यामस्तोकत्रिभुवनशिवाभ्यां हृदि पुन-
-र्भवाभ्यामानन्दस्फुरदनुभवाभ्यां नतिरियम् ॥ 1 ॥River of your glory wash and liberate me.. May the waves dance in Joy
गलन्ती शम्भो त्वच्चरितसरितः किल्बिषरजो
दलन्ती धीकुल्यासरणिषु पतन्ती विजयताम् ।
दिशन्ती संसारभ्रमणपरितापोपशमनं
वसन्ती मच्चेतोह्रदभुवि शिवानन्दलहरी ॥ 2 ॥May I envision your form in my heart.. The locks, the hunting deer, the vedas, the victory in Tripura
त्रयीवेद्यं हृद्यं त्रिपुरहरमाद्यं त्रिनयनं
जटाभारोदारं चलदुरगहारं मृगधरम् ।
महादेवं देवं मयि सदयभावं पशुपतिं
चिदालम्बं साम्बं शिवमतिविडम्बं हृदि भजे ॥ 3 ॥
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The ordinary me.. Not chasing earthly kings.. Protect me
स्मृतौ शास्त्रे वैद्ये शकुनकवितागानफणितौ
पुराणे मन्त्रे वा स्तुतिनटनहास्येष्वचतुरः ।
कथं राज्ञां प्रीतिर्भवति मयि कोऽहं पशुपते
पशुं मां सर्वज्ञ प्रथित कृपया पालय विभो ॥ 5 ॥Analytical Knowledge of Existence Non existence too complicated. Follow the simple blissful path insead.
घटो वा मृत्पिण्डोऽप्यणुरपि च धूमोऽग्निरचलः
पटो वा तन्तुर्वा परिहरति किं घोरशमनम् ।
वृथा कण्ठक्षोभं वहसि तरसा तर्कवचसा
पदाम्भोजं शम्भोर्भज परमसौख्यं व्रज सुधीः ॥ 6 ॥May my body mind and senses be at your contemplation
मनस्ते पादाब्जे निवसतु.. वचः स्तोत्रफणितौ
करौ चाभ्यर्चायां.. श्रुतिरपि कथाकर्णनविधौ ।
तव ध्याने बुद्धिर्नयनयुगलं मूर्तिविभवे
परग्रन्थान्कैर्वा परमशिव जाने परमतः ॥ 7 ॥Offering you the flower of my mind
गभीरे कासारे विशति विजने घोरविपिने
विशाले शैले च भ्रमति कुसुमार्थं जडमतिः ।
समर्प्यैकं चेतः सरसिजमुमानाथ भवते
सुखेनावस्थातुं जन इह न जानाति किमहो ॥ 9 ॥
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May I contemplate on you in all lives and stages
नरत्वं देवत्वं नगवनमृगत्वं मशकता
पशुत्वं कीटत्वं भवतु विहगत्वादि जननम् ।
सदा त्वत्पादाब्जस्मरणपरमानन्दलहरी-
-विहारासक्तं चेद्धृदयमिह किं तेन वपुषा ॥ 10 ॥वटुर्वा गेही वा यतिरपि जटी वा तदितरो
नरो वा यः कश्चिद्भवतु भव किं तेन भवति ।
यदीयं हृत्पद्मं यदि भवदधीनं पशुपते
तदीयस्त्वं शम्भो भवसि भवभारं च वहसि ॥ 11 ॥गुहायां गेहे वा बहिरपि वने वाऽद्रिशिखरे
जले वा वह्नौ वा वसतु वसतेः किं वद फलम् ।
सदा यस्यैवान्तःकरणमपि शम्भो तव पदे
स्थितं चेद्योगोऽसौ स च परमयोगी स च सुखी ॥ 12 ॥
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May you take care of me and change my destiny.. I’m Your dear one..
असारे संसारे निजभजनदूरे जडधिया
भ्रमन्तं मामन्धं परमकृपया पातुमुचितम् ।
मदन्यः को दीनस्तव कृपणरक्षातिनिपुण-
-स्त्वदन्यः को वा मे त्रिजगति शरण्यः पशुपते ॥ 13 ॥प्रभुस्त्वं दीनानां खलु परमबन्धुः पशुपते
प्रमुख्योऽहं तेषामपि किमुत बन्धुत्वमनयोः ।
त्वयैव क्षन्तव्याः शिव मदपराधाश्च सकलाः
प्रयत्नात्कर्तव्यं मदवनमियं बन्धुसरणिः ॥ 14 ॥उपेक्षा नो चेत्किं न हरसि भवद्ध्यानविमुखां
दुराशाभूयिष्ठां विधिलिपिमशक्तो यदि भवान् ।
शिरस्तद्वैधात्रं ननखलु सुवृत्तं पशुपते
कथं वा निर्यत्नं करनखमुखेनैव लुलितम् ॥ 15 ॥
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My wandering monkey mind
सदा मोहाटव्यां चरति युवतीनां कुचगिरौ
नटत्याशाशाखास्वटति झटिति स्वैरमभितः ।
कपालिन् भिक्षो मे हृदयकपिमत्यन्तचपलं
दृढं भक्त्या बद्ध्वा शिव भवदधीनं कुरु विभो ॥ 20 ॥
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The 4 kinds of Liberation.. सारूप्यं सामीप्यं सालोक्यं सायुज्यं
सारूप्यं तव पूजने शिव महादेवेति सङ्कीर्तने
सामीप्यं शिवभक्तिधुर्यजनतासाङ्गत्यसम्भाषणे ।
सालोक्यं च चराचरात्मकतनुध्याने भवानीपते
सायुज्यं मम सिद्धमत्र भवति स्वामिन् कृतार्थोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ 28 ॥
Story of NeelaKanta
ज्वालोग्रः सकलामरातिभयदः क्ष्वेलः कथं वा त्वया
दृष्टः किं च करे धृतः करतले किं पक्वजम्बूफलम् ।
जिह्वायां निहितश्च सिद्धघुटिका वा कण्ठदेशे भृतः
किं ते नीलमणिर्विभूषणमयं शम्भो महात्मन् वद ॥ 32 ॥
Churning the vedas in your mind
आम्नायाम्बुधिमादरेण सुमनःसङ्घाः समुद्यन्मनो
मन्थानं दृढभक्तिरज्जुसहितं कृत्वा मथित्वा ततः ।
सोमं कल्पतरुं सुपर्वसुरभिं चिन्तामणिं धीमतां
नित्यानन्दसुधां निरन्तररमासौभाग्यमातन्वते ॥ 37 ॥
Cultivating Devotion in the heart. How could I hear Famine?
धीयन्त्रेण.. वचोघटेन.. कविताकुल्योपकुल्याक्रमै-
-रानीतैश्च सदाशिवस्य चरिताम्भोराशिदिव्यामृतैः ।
हृत्केदारयुताश्च भक्तिकलमाः साफल्यमातन्वते
दुर्भिक्षान्मम सेवकस्य भगवन्विश्वेश भीतिः कुतः ॥ 40 ॥
My mind is your hunting ground
मा गच्छ त्वमितस्ततो गिरिश भो मय्येव वासं कुरु
स्वामिन्नादिकिरात मामकमनःकान्तारसीमान्तरे ।
वर्तन्ते बहुशो मृगा मदजुषो मात्सर्यमोहादय-
-स्तान्हत्वा मृगयाविनोदरुचितालाभं च सम्प्राप्स्यसि ॥ 43 ॥
Why fear? You dwell in the cave of my Mind
करलग्नमृगः करीन्द्रभङ्गो
घनशार्दूलविखण्डनोऽस्तजन्तुः ।
गिरिशो विशदाकृतिश्च चेतः-
-कुहरे पञ्चमुखोऽस्ति मे कुतो भीः ॥ 44 ॥
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Please accept this virgin poem of mine
इदं ते युक्तं वा परमशिव कारुण्यजलधे
गतौ तिर्यग्रूपं तव पदशिरोदर्शनधिया ।
हरिब्रह्माणौ तौ दिवि भुवि चरन्तौ श्रमयुतौ
कथं शम्भो स्वामिन्कथय मम वेद्योऽसि पुरतः ॥ 99 ॥
Even the Gods have not been able to scout. You must reveal to me.
स्तोत्रेणालमहं प्रवच्मि न मृषा देवा विरिञ्चादयः
स्तुत्यानां गणनाप्रसङ्गसमये त्वामग्रगण्यं विदुः ।
माहात्म्याग्रविचारणप्रकरणे धानातुषस्तोमव-
-द्धूतास्त्वां विदुरुत्तमोत्तमफलं शम्भो भवत्सेवकाः ॥ 100 ॥
Citations
- Chaganti Koteshwara Rao’s Pravachanam
- English Translation
- Sanskrit word by word commentary Youtube
- Devanagiri lyrics with word breaks
Compositions Mentioned
Shiva manaasa pooja
Bhavani Astakam
Chandrashekara Astakam
Saundarya Lahari
Raama Naama payasake by Purandara dasa
Meghadootha and Cloud by Kalidasa
Nilo Anjano Ghano punjana by Tagore: On the blue cloud, Joy and ripening of EarthUseful Resources
- Bhakthi Lahari Kannada T series
- Bala Murali Krishna Rendering
- Shivananda Lahari Chant (Raga Yaman / Kalyani) The chant is in different meters. All of them beautifully rendered in one raaga
- Bhakta Kannapa
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandeya
