Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswati virachita Siva Manasa Puja (Part 1)

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Dear members,

 

This is Siva Manasa Puja composed by the great saint and avadhuta Shri

Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswati Swamigal.

 

This English translation is just my notes that I took down by translating from

Telugu.

 

SIVA MANASA PUJA

 

Anuchita mapalapitam mE

Tvai nanu shambho! tadAgasah shAntyai

archAM kathamapi vihitA

mangIkuru sarvamangaLopEta

 

(O Siva! I have uttered several words that should not have been uttered. To

ward off the sins that I have committed by me, I am performing this Puja.

Yourself alongwith auspicious Parvati, grace me by receiving my worship)

 

dhyAyAmi katha miva tvAm

dhIvarmavidUradivyamahimAnam

AvAhanam vibho stE

dEvAgrya ! bhavEt prabho ! kutah sthAnAt

 

(O foremost among Gods! You stand beyond the reach of Mind and Intellect. How

can I meditate? You are omnipresent. Which place shall I offer to you for

Avahana)

 

kiyadAsanam prakalpyam?

kritAsana syEha sarvato(a)pi shiva !

pAdyam kuto(a)rghya mapivA(a)(a)

pAdhyam sarvatra pANipAdasya

 

(O Siva! All the worlds are your Asana. Hence, how can I offer the Pitha.

You have thousand feet and hands. How can I offer Arghya and Padya)

 

Achamanam tE syAdai

Bhagavan ! bhava ! sarvatomukhasya katham?

Madhuparko vA kathamiha

madhuvairiNi darshita prasAdasya

 

(O Siva! Your face is spread in all directions and hence how can I offer

Achamana? You have graced the Madhuvairi (Vishnu) and hence how can I offer

Madhuparka)

 

snAnEna kim vidhEyam?

salilakritE nEha nityashuddhasya

vastrENapi na kAryam

dEvAdhipatE ! digambarasyEha

 

(O Siva! You are ever drenched with the Ganga Water and hence how can I bath

you with Shuddodaka. All the 8 directions are your clothes and hence how can I

offer the Vastra)

 

sphurati hi sarpAbharaNam

sarvAngE sarvamangaLAkAra !

ativarNAshramiNa stE(a)

styupavIE nEha kastvi dutkarShah?

 

(O Siva! What will you do with ornaments when you are shining with snakes

around your body. You have transcended Varnashrama dharma and hence what will

you do with the Yajnopavita, the sacred thread)

 

gandhavatI hi tanustE

gandhAh kim nEsha ! paunaruktAya

puShkalaphaladAtAram

puShkarakusumEna pUjayE kim tvAm?

 

(O Siva! You body itself gives off sweet scent and odour (the second meaning

is that since earth (bhumi) is the form of Siva and since gandha (odour) is the

tanmatra which is Siva), of what use is applying the Sandal Paste. You confer

the fruits of Karma, what fruit can I offer)

 

shamadhanamUladhanam tvam

sakalEshwara ! bhavasi dhUpitah kEna ?

dIpah katham shikhAvAn

dIpyEta purah svayamprakAshasya

 

(O Siva! Shama, dama and other disciplines are your possessions as riches, in

what form shall I light the incense sticks; you are self-luminous and

self-effulgent, in what form shall I show the Lamp to you)

 

amritAtmaka mapi bhagava

nnashanam kim nAma nityatriptasya

tva yyAmrEDita mEtat

tAmbUlam yadiha sumukharAgE(a)pi

 

(O Siva! You are nitya tripta or ever satisfied so in what form shall I offer

the Naivedya. Endowed with compassion, love towards your devotees, your lips

have turned red and hence what form of Tambula shall I offer)

 

 

 

 

upachArIbhUyA dida

mumEsha ! yasmE vichEShTita mashESham

nIrAjayAmi tam imam

nAnAtmAnam sadAkhilaih karaNaih //10//

 

(O Siva! Whatever I do, let it be the upacharas to you. I offer the Nirajana

with all of my indriyas ie., whatever action I do, let it be offered to you as

the upacharas)

 

 

//……………..TO BE CONTINUED…………//

 

With regards,

sriram

 

 

 

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