SIVAPARADHA KSHAMAPANASTOTRAM-10

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SIVAPARADHA KSHAMAPANASTOTRAM-10

 

 

Sloka IX) Chandrodbhaasitasekhare smarahare gangaadhare sankare

Sarpairbhusitakantakarnavivare netrotthavaiswaanare

Dantitvakkrtasundaraambaradhare trailokyasaare hare

Mokshartham kuru chittavrttimakhilaamanyaistu kim

karmabhih.

 

Chandra udbhaasita sekhare = one whose matted locks of hair are

illumined by the moon

Smarahare = the destroyer of Cupid

Gangadhare = one who wears the Ganges

Sankare = the bestower of happiness

Sarpaih bhusita kanta karma vivare = one whose neck and ears are

bedecked with serpents;

Netra uttha vaiswaanare = one from whose eyes fire (representing

knowledge) comes out

Danti tvak krta sundara ambaradhare = one who wears the beautiful

garment made of the skin of an elephant;

Trailokyasaare = one who is the essence of the three worlds

Hare = the remover ( of sins and ignorance)

Mokshartham = for gaining liberation

Akhilam chittavrittim kuru = make my mind totally available

Anyaih tu karmabhih kim = of what use are other actions.

 

What else is there to accomplish? Let me turn my mind's entire

attention to the nature of Lord Siva. This is the only way to

liberate myself (mokshartham) from all sorrows around and agonies

within.

 

In order to sharpen the mind's attention before applying it in

contemplation upon the formless, transcendental nature of the

Reality, it has been found useful to let the mind to rest upon the

Lord's form. The divine forms described in the mind is first brought

to rest in devotion on an enchanting form of the Lord, it becomes

calm and serene. With emotions calmed, the intellect turns sharp and

vibrant. Such a dynamic yet quiet intellect can then detect the

significance of the symbol of its worship.

 

Lord Siva is described fully in this verse: He, whose forehead is

adorned with the crescent moon, is the destroyer of all lustful

thoughts on us and is therefore also called Destroyer (Hara); He

carries the Ganges in His head, and is the sole doer of all

auspiciousness (Sankara); He is adorned with serpents round His neck

and ears, and from His eyes blazes fire of destruction. He, the

great Hara, dressed in an elephant skin, is the real Essence behind

this world of change.

 

O Lord, for liberation from all my delusions, make my mind pure and

contemplative. Of what use is all else?

To be contd..

Pranams

Vanaja Ravi Nair