stotraratna contd. 13 through 16.

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Respected members,

 

The Slokhas 13 to 16 of yaamunaacharyas stotraratna is as follows :-

 

slokha 13 :-

 

Ved'aapahaara-gurupaataka-daitya-pidaadiaapad

vimocana mahistha-phala-pradaanaih;

ko'anyah prajaa-pasupati paripaati kasya

paad'odakena sa sivas sva-siro-dhrtena.

 

Who else saves prajapati and pasupati from adversities such as

deprival of the vedas, heavy guilt and harassment by demons, and

bestows upon them the greatest benefits? Who else except you can

make siva deserve to be called siva(the auspicious one) by merely

bearing on his head the water from your feet?.

 

slokha 14 :-

 

Kasy'odare hara-virinca mukhah prapancah

ko raksatim ajanista ca kasya naabheh;

kraantvaa nigirya punar udgirati tvad anyah

kah kena v'aisa paravaan iti sakya sankah.

 

In whose stomach does the universe headed by hara and virincha rest?

Who protects it? From whose navel has it sprung up? Who else but you,

striding over all, absorbs the universe and projects it again? And who

is

there that can, even as a matter of doubt, be said to exist as your

superior?.

 

slokha 15 :-

 

Tvaam sila-rupa-caritaih parama-prakrsta-

sattvena saattvikatayaa prabalais ca saastraih;

prakhyaata-daiva-paramaartha-vidaam matais ca

n'aiv'aasura-prakrtayah prabhavanti boddhum.

 

Those of demoniac nature are not able to recognize you by your easily

accesible disposition, loveliness of form and divine deeds- by your

supremely excellent sattvic nature; by the scriptures authoritative on

account of their being sattvic in character, and by the precepts of the

famous knowers of the supreme truth.

 

slokkha 16 :-

 

Ullanghita-trividha-sima-sam'aatisaayi

sambhaavanam tava pari-bradhima-svabhaavam;

maaya-balena bhavat'aapi niguhya maanam

pasyanti kecid anisam tvad ananyabhaavaah.

 

Some, who are inseperably united with you in thought and feeling,

perceive

and realize your sovereign nature, which transcends considerations of

the

threefold limits(of time, space and causation) and of another one equal

or

superior to them and which by the power of Maya is kept mysterious by

yourself.

 

With Regards

B.N.Suresh