Guest guest Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Dear members, This is a wonderful Bhairava Stotra composed by Mahamaheshwara Shri Abhinava Gupata, the great stalwart of Kashmir Shaiva Siddhanta. BHAIRAVA STOTRAM vyApta charAchara bhAvavishESham chinmayamEkamanantamanAdim bhairavanAthamanAtha sharaNyam tvanmayachittayA hridi vandE who pervades the entire world who is the universal consciousness, without a second, eternal, who is the ultimate refuge to the helpless, I offer adoration to Him – Lord Bhairava, from my heart deeply absorbed with concentrated mind. tvanmayamEtadashEShamidAnIm bhAti mama tvadanugrahashaktyA tvam cha mahEsha sadaiva mamAtma svAtmayam mama tEna samastam O Mahesha! With the divine grace of thy kindness this entire universe looks nothing but thy manifestation ie, Bhairava himself is in the form of this universe, and without Bhairava this universe has no existence. Thus wherever I see thee O Bhairava, I see you as my own self and hence this entire universe too seems to be my ownself. svAtmani vishwagatE tvayi nAthE tEna na samsrutibhItih kathAsti stasvapi durdhara dukha vimohatrAsavidhAyiShu karmagaNeShu O lord! This entire universe is thy manifestation and realizing myself as one with the universal being; how can I be frightened by austere and unbearable agony or sorrow as a result of frustration from endless actions that bind us to ceaseless circle of life and death. Antaka mAm prati mA drishyamEnAm krodhakarAla tamAm vidadhIhi Shankara sEvana chintanadhIro bhIShaNa bhairava shaktimayo(a)smi O antaka, the lord of Death! Do not cast your ghastly look upon me in wrath and dreadful posture. Absorbed in dedicated to Lord Shankara and adept in absorbing meditation to Lord Shankara I am guarded with terrible and extraordinary energies of Bhairava, the Lord of Creation, Sustenance and Destruction. itthamupoDa bhavanmaya samvid dIdhitadArita bhUrita mistrah mrityu yamAntaka karma pishAchairnAtha ! namostu na jAtubibhEmi O Lord of the worlds! Salutions to thee. I stand outshining by the rays emanating from thy universal conscious energy and the darkness of ignorance has been completely destroyed yielding to light and spiritual consciousness. The death, the Lord of the Death and the goblins of Karma do not terrify me. prodita satyavibhodha mariachi prokshita vishwa padArtha sa tatvah bhAvaparAmrita nirbharapUrNE tvayyahamAtmani nirvrittimEmi With the dawn of the rays of eternal truth and the universal consciousness, I having realized the basic fundamentals and reality of the objective world, have attained salvation, liberation being full with the nectar flowing from the objects with the complete identification of my soul with the universal consciousness. mAnasagocharamEti yadaiva klEshadashAtanutApa vidhAtrI nAtha tadaiva mama tvadabhEdastotra parAmrita vriShTirudEti The moment the agony of worldly miseries disturb my mind, simultaneously the very moment, the non-dualistic ideas (meditation) resulting in the raining of showers of nectar of oneness destroy all pains and sorrows of mine. shankara! Satyamidam vratadAna snAna tapo bhava tApa vinAshi tAvaka shAstra parAmritachintA syandhati chEtasi nirvritti dhAra O Shankara, Destroyer of all evils! It is a fact and truth that the universal miseries are warded off by observing penances as keeping fasts, by giving dana and taking daily baths. But the meditation upon the devotional scriptures of thy praise bring about the showers of nectar leading to bliss and eternal joy nrityati gAyati hriShyati gADham samvadiyam mam bhairava nAtha tvAm priyamApya sudarshanamEkam durlabhamanyajanaih samayajnam O Bhairava! You are matchless, you have the dearest and beautiful look, easily accessible by devotees, but inaccessible by people devoid of devotion. My consciousness having realized your real nature, enjoy through dancing and singing in ecstasy. vasurasapauShE kriShNadashamyAm abhinavaguptah stavamimamkarot yEna vibhurbhavamarusantApam shamayati jhaTiti janasya dayAluh Abhinava Gupta – the great acharya composed this hymn in the month of Pausha on 10th day of the dark fortnight in the year 68 SE (900 AD) and owing to this hymn, all pervading Bhairava, being merciful, destroys all the world miseries of his devotees, instantaneously out of compassion //*********// With regards, sriram Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Dear Sriram, Somewhere I also read that Sri Adi Shankara met and debated with Abhinava Gupta, as a result of which Adi Shankara composed Subramanya bhujangam? Is that right? Regards, Raghav [Abhinavagupta lived some 150 years after Shankara. There is a " story " which says Navagupta debated with Shankara and lost, and the rest of the story is anybody's guess...It reminds me of some low budget Telugu movies where the plot is anybody's guess. :-)) - Satish] On 11/4/08, venkata sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > > > Dear members, > > This is a wonderful Bhairava Stotra composed by Mahamaheshwara Shri > Abhinava Gupata, the great stalwart of Kashmir Shaiva Siddhanta. > > BHAIRAVA STOTRAM > > vyApta charAchara bhAvavishESham chinmayamEkamanantamanAdim > bhairavanAthamanAtha sharaNyam tvanmayachittayA hridi vandE > > who pervades the entire world who is the universal consciousness, without a > second, eternal, who is the ultimate refuge to the helpless, I offer > adoration to Him ? Lord Bhairava, from my heart deeply absorbed with > concentrated mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Dear raghu, This is absolute nonsense. When i read the biography of abhinava gupta i become very emtional. Such a wonderful scholar he was. reg, sriram , Raghavendra <mkraghavendra wrote: > > Dear Sriram, > > Somewhere I also read that Sri Adi Shankara met and debated with Abhinava > Gupta, as a result of which Adi Shankara composed Subramanya bhujangam? Is > that right? > > Regards, > Raghav > > [Abhinavagupta lived some 150 years after Shankara. There is a " story " which says Navagupta debated with Shankara and lost, and the rest of the story is anybody's guess...It reminds me of some low budget Telugu movies where the plot is anybody's guess. :-)) - Satish] > > On 11/4/08, venkata sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear members, > > > > This is a wonderful Bhairava Stotra composed by Mahamaheshwara Shri > > Abhinava Gupata, the great stalwart of Kashmir Shaiva Siddhanta. > > > > BHAIRAVA STOTRAM > > > > vyApta charAchara bhAvavishESham chinmayamEkamanantamanAdim > > bhairavanAthamanAtha sharaNyam tvanmayachittayA hridi vandE > > > > who pervades the entire world who is the universal consciousness, without a > > second, eternal, who is the ultimate refuge to the helpless, I offer > > adoration to Him ? Lord Bhairava, from my heart deeply absorbed with > > concentrated mind. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Dear raghav, The " krama stotra " is supposed to the last composition of Mahameshwara Acharya Abhinava Gupta. The Acharya Abhinava mentions the date of composition of the composition of Krama Stotra which is 990 AD. So, it is stated by kashmiri scholars that acharya was born in between 955 AD – 960 AD. Now, Acharya Sankara took birth some 100-150 years before the birth of Abhinava Gupta. Acharya Sankara lived for 32 years. So, where is the question of debates and polemics between Sankara and Abhinava Gupta. The dhyana sloka of abhinava is just marvelous that describes the brahmic and ecstatic state of abhinava. Always rolling in spiritual ecstasy, forehead besmeared with bhasma and his body adorned with rudraksha. He had long overflowing hair and beard. He looked like adhora shiva or dakshinamurthy. With regs, sriram , Raghavendra <mkraghavendra wrote: > > Dear Sriram, > > Somewhere I also read that Sri Adi Shankara met and debated with Abhinava > Gupta, as a result of which Adi Shankara composed Subramanya bhujangam? Is > that right? > > Regards, > Raghav > > [Abhinavagupta lived some 150 years after Shankara. There is a " story " which says Navagupta debated with Shankara and lost, and the rest of the story is anybody's guess...It reminds me of some low budget Telugu movies where the plot is anybody's guess. :-)) - Satish] > > On 11/4/08, venkata sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear members, > > > > This is a wonderful Bhairava Stotra composed by Mahamaheshwara Shri > > Abhinava Gupata, the great stalwart of Kashmir Shaiva Siddhanta. > > > > BHAIRAVA STOTRAM > > > > vyApta charAchara bhAvavishESham chinmayamEkamanantamanAdim > > bhairavanAthamanAtha sharaNyam tvanmayachittayA hridi vandE > > > > who pervades the entire world who is the universal consciousness, without a > > second, eternal, who is the ultimate refuge to the helpless, I offer > > adoration to Him ? Lord Bhairava, from my heart deeply absorbed with > > concentrated mind. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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