SIVAPARADHA KSHAMAPANASTOTRAM-13

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SIVAPARADHA KSHAMAPANASTOTRAM-13

 

Sloka XII) Karacharanakrtam vak kaayajam karmajam va

Sravananayanajam va maanasam vaaparaadham

Vihitam avihitam va sarvametat kshamasva

Jaya Jaya karunaabdhe Sri Mahadeva Sambho.

 

Karacharanakrtam = done by (my) hands or feet

Vaak-kayajam karmajam vaa = (or) born of the organ of speech, the

body or action

Sravana-nayanajam vaa = (or) born of the eyes or ears

Maanasam vaa = (or) born of the mind

Vihitam avihitam vaa = (or) born of the performance of duties either

enjoined or not enjoined (in the scriptures)

Sarvam etat aparaadham kshamasva = forgive all my sins

Jaya jaya karunaabdhe Sri Mahadeva Sambho = glory unto Sri Mahadeva,

Sambho, who is the ocean of kindness.

 

For all mistakes arising from my actions, performed by my organs of

action (such as hands or legs or organ of speech); by my sense

organs of perception (such as ears or eyes); and by my mind – O

Lord! All omissions in performing the good and commissions of

pursuing the bad for all of them, O Parameshwara, forgive me,

forgive me, fully.

 

To act against our own convictions is sin. Very often, tempted by

enchanting sense objects, in our lust and greed our minds go out to

strive, to acquire, and to enjoy the impermanent objects of the

sense world. This we often do, ignoring the warnings of our own

intellect, its wisdom and wise commands. After our indulgence, the

tired and exhausted mind always has to return to our bosom. Where

else can the mind go? When it returns, our intellect insultingly

criticizes it. Such self-insulting actions are called sins.

 

The desires in us and our clinging attachments to them are

our `lustful urges'. Seduced by them, the mind, deaf to the warnings

of the intellect, rushes out to indulge in the objects of its desire

and thus enjoy the gratification of its sensuous appetites.

 

This mighty force of the enchanting attraction for sense objects is

defined as the Love-God (Kandarpa). Lord Siva had once destroyed

this Cupid, the blind Bow-Man, who uses flowers for his arrows

(Kandarpa-Darpa-Hari). Hence Siva is called Hara, the Destroyer.

 

To save me from my own mental entanglements, forged by my own

lustful identifications, I need Your forgiveness and blessings, O

Lord. I glorify You and invite You into my heart.

 

Glory, glory! O Ocean of Mercy, Lord of Lords, the One from whom

comes all auspiciousness! Forgive me. Help me to save myself from my

own delusory attachments!

 

 

AUM TAT SAT.