Sivaanandalahari - 41

December 7, 2009

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pApotpAta-vimochanAya ruchiraiS^varyAya mRutyuMjaya

stotra-dhyAna-nati-pradakShiNa-saparyAlokanAkarNane |

jihvA-chitta-Siro~g^^ghri-hasta-nayana-SrotrairahaM prArthito

mAmAj~jApaya tan^nirUpaya muhu-rmAmeva mA me & vacha: || 41 ||

Oh Mritunjaya, who won over the lord of death Yama, Please order me to pray

by means of Stotras ( poems in praise of you ), meditation, Namaskaram (

bowing to you), Pradakshinam ( go round oneself in clockwise direction),

Puja ( worship), Darsanam (Seeing) and Sravanam (hearing the name or stories

of God ) with the help of tongue, mind, head, legs, hands, eyes and ears so

as to be relieved of my sins and to become independent. In these aspects

please do ensure it frequently. Let me not spend anytime without using the

tongue for you. Let my tongue and all the Indriyas (six senses) be in your

holy service.

*Commentary

*hE mruthyunjaya = Hey! Mruthyunjaya! i.e. one who has won over yama;

paapOthpaapavimOchnaaya = to remove the afflictions of sins;

ruchiraiswaryaaya = to attain the superior aiswarya;

sthOthra dhyaana nathipradhakshiNa saparyaalOkanaakarNanE = in the matter of

performing sthuthi, dhyaanam, namaskaaram, pradhakshiNam, pooja, dharshanam,

sravaNam.;

jihvaachitthasirOngrihasthanayanasrOthrai: = with tongue, mind, head, feet,

hands, eyes, ears;

aham = I;

praarthitha: = worship;

maam = me;

aagyaapaya = order me;

thath = for that reason;

maam = to me;

muhu; = often;

niroopaya = prove it;

mE = to me;

avacha: = if there is no gnaanam;

maa Eva = do not do at all.

Oh! Mrutunjaya! You won over the lord of death Yama. If only you decide to

have kaarunyam on me that very moment my janmaa will attain its saabhalyam.

When are you going to show me that enormous karuNai on me? Hey!

ParamEswara! In order to remove my paapams done in my many poorva janmas

lock, stock and barrel, in order to attain the superior aiswarya called

mOkshasaamraajyam, in order to praise your mahimaas, in order to do dhyaanam

of your apraahrtha mangala vigraham, in order to do pradhakshiNam of all the

Sivakshethrams of enormous mahimas, in order to do poojanam of your holy

feet that gives mahaa mangalam, in order to do dharsanam of your moorthy of

the greatest mahima, in order to speak of your history that gives

divyaamritham, I have been entreated by my tongue, my mind, my head, my

feet, my hands, my eyes and my ears. But I remain asakthan to fulfil their

very pious requests. It is only you who can shower karuNa on me so I am

able to fulfil these requests. In reality, according to " praNanthum

sthOthum vaa katham akruthapunya: prabhavathi " i.e. having not done smaraNam

in the many thousands of the past janmas, having not accumulated the

mountain like puNya in those past lives how can the praaNis be qualified to

do namaskaaram or do sthuthi with their vaak?

Therefore, as said in soothasamhitha,

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na buddhi: sivaprasaadEna vinaa na yukthi: |

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na siddhi: sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na mukthi: ||

it is clear that the root cause for all sorts of srEyas that has

mOkshaparyantham is Sivaprasaadham only. Hey! PrabhO! even though the

indhriyaas have been praying to me to get them into your layam I am, as

asakthan, unable to fulfil their requests. Because in my poorva janmas I

have only done a mountain of paapas and not even a bit of puNya. The

saasthras declare loudly that by puNya alone you can be attained. On the

other hand I remain the worst sinner. And I remain without a wee bit of

gnaanam. Please, Please ParmEswara! please grant me gnaanOdhayam!

Hey! ParamEswara! according to the pradhigna,

sarvadharmaanparithyajya maamEkam saraNam vraja |

aham thvaa sarvapaapEbhyO mOkshayishyaami maa sucha: ||

please give me your aruL by which all my paapas of many kinds are completely

removed and I become able to experience the mOksha saamraajya aiswaryam. So

far I have not done any puNya karma at all. It is enough, surely enough to

have wasted my janma. No more wasting of this precious janma. Hey!

Paramaanandhaswaroopa! Hey! Mruthyunjaya! Hey! KaruNaajalathE! please

relieve me from this trouble.

The saaraamsam of this slOka is that only those who have done enormous

punyaas in innumerable janmas can enjoy sivaanubhavam. This is certain.

Aum Namasivaaya!

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