Selections from IshvaragItA - 6

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... shrIH ..

... shrIchandramaulIshvarAya namaH ..

... shrIkAraNaparachidrUpAyai namaH ..

 

tvameva viShNushchaturAnanastva.n

tvameva rudro bhagavAnadhIshaH .

tva.n vishvanAbhiH prakR^itiH pratiShThA

sarveshvarastva.n parameshvaro.asi .. 36 ..

 

You are Visnu, you are the four-faced Brahma; you are

Rudra with six divine powers (Bhagavan); you are the

very center of the universe, the prakrti and the abode

of everything, you are the Lord of all and the Supreme

God.

 

tvAmekamAhuH puruSha.n purANa\-

mAdityavarNa.n tamasaH parastAt.h .

chinmAtramavyaktamachintyarUpa.n

kha.n brahma shUnya.n prakR^iti.n nirguNa.n cha .. 37 ..

 

All say that you are without duality, the Primal Person,

with the sun's radiance, beyond darkness. You are the

Consciousness, the unmanifest, of unconceivable form,

Brahman, space, prakrti and the unqualified (Nirguna,

i.e, free from the three qualities).

 

yadantarA sarvamida.n vibhAti

yadavyaya.n nirmalamekarUpam.h .

kimapyachintya.n tava rUpametat.h

tadantarA yatpratibhAti tattvam.h .. 38 ..

 

You are the person in whom all these are shining, you

are undecaying, pure and one; what a wonderful form you

have !, where all the truths are shining.

 

yogeshvara.n rudramanantashakti.n

parAyaNa.n brahmatanu.n pavitram.h .

namAma sarve sharaNArthinastvA.n

prasIda bhUtAdhipate mahesha .. 39 ..

 

You are the Lord of Yoga, Rudra, with unlimited powers,

the greatest momentum, with Brahman as your form; you

are the purifier. We are seeking shelter unto you.

O Mahesa, O the Lord of elements, be gracious to us.

 

tvatpAdapadmasmaraNAdasheSha\-

sa.nsArabIja.n vilaya.n prayAti .

mano niyamya praNidhAya kAya.n

prasAdayAmo vayamekamIsham.h .. 40 ..

 

O God, the one Lord, when one meditates upon your lotus

feet, the seed of the cycle of rebirth in one dies out.

Therefore, by subduing our minds and prostrating our

bodies, we seek thy grace.

 

namo bhavAyAstu bhavodbhavAya

kAlAya sarvAya harAya tubhyam.h .

namo.astu rudrAya kapardine te

namo.agnaye devaH namaH shivAya .. 41 ..

 

You are Bhava, the origin of the world, Kala (Time

Eternal) Sarva and Hara; we bow down to you. You are

Rudra and Kapardin; we bow down to you. O God, you

are Agni and Siva; we bow down to you.