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rodhastoyahRta: Sramena pathikasCAyAm, tarorvRuShTito

bhIta: svasthagRuham gRuhathamatithirdIna: prabhum dhArmikam

dIpam santamasaakulaScha shikhinam SItAvRutastvam tathA

ceta: sarvabhayApaham vraja sukham Sambho: padAmbhoruham || 60 ||

 

 

Just like the man dragged by flood longs for the bank,

Just like the tired traveler longs for the tree shade,

Just like the one who is afraid of rain longs for a pleasant home,

Just like the traveling guest longs for the sight of hospitable householder,

 

Just like the poor longs for the charitable rich,

Just like the one terrified by darkness longs for the light,

And just like one suffering from biting cold longs for the open fire,

Oh my mind, you long for the lotus feet of Shambhu.

Which removes all fears and phobias and gives pleasure.

 

*Commentary

 

**hE chEtha:* = Hey! Mind!

*thOyahrutha:* = a man pulled by the swift current;

*rOdha:* = the bank of the river;

*pathika:* = vazhippOkkan; traveller;

*sramENa* = by tiredness;

*tharO:* = of a tree;

*schaayaam* = shade;

*vrushtitha:* = rain;

*bheetha:* = afraid of;

*swasthagruham* = own house;

*athithi:* = the guest;

*gruhastham* = samsaari; householder;

*dheena:* = the poor man;

*prabhum* = rich giver;

*santhamasaa* = by the darkness;

*aakula* = troubled;

*dheepam* = light;

*seethaavrutha:* = who is suffering from cold;

*chikinam cha* = fire;

*yathaa *= that way he surrenders;

*thatthaa* = that way;

*thwam* = you;

*sarvanhayaapaham* = removing all fears;

*sukham* = that is of nithya sukhaswaroopam;

*sambO:* = Sambu the cause of that Sukham;

*padhaambhOruham* = lotus like feet;

*vraja* = reach.

 

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O! Mind!

 

A man being drawn away by the swift currents of a surging river finds the

bank and gets over his fear of drowing. A man walking on a hot dessert for a

very long time finds an oasis and shade of a tree to escape from thirst and

scorching sun. A hungry man finds a dhaarmic grihasthaa who follows:

 

sandhyaa snaanam japO hOmO dEvathaanaam cha poojanam |

aadhithyam vaichvadhEvam cha shatkarmaaNi dhinE dhinE ||

 

and gets a great meal to satisfy his hungy stomach. A man of poverty

reaching a prabhu who is the 'dheenaan dhaanEna Raaghava: |' and gets over

his wants. A man lost in terrible darkness finds light to overcome his

fears. A man shivering in cold weather finds heat to get over his fear of

being fronzen. Therefore O! Mind! You should find the feet of Shiva and

surrender there to get over the endless death you suffer in samsaara. Do

not indulge in the kutharkam such as " Haribrahmaathi devathaas are there and

I can reach them to remove my fear. What logic is there that I can overcome

fear only at the feet of ParamEswara. " You do not know what these holy feet

of mahaakailaasaadhipathi Sambhu can do. O! Mind! Let me tell the paadha

mahimaa of Sambhu. Listen to me patiently.

 

O! Mind! Agni has the only sakthi to generate heat. It does not have the

sakthi to give the coolness of the moon. Likewise the Brahmaathi devathaas

have the ability only remove your fear. However they will test you in so

many ways to see if you have deep bhakthi for them. On the other hand

Sambhu's feet not only removes your troubles but also gives paramasukham.

That is, O! Mind! chathrubhayam, maraNabhayam, bhavabhayam and so many other

bhayams are removed by Sambhu's feet. Not only that, these holy feet create

in you the puNyas needed for mOkshasukham and they can immerse you in the

endless ocean of Aanandha! Thus Sambhu's feet hold the two sakthis called

sarvasankata nivardhanam and sarvasukha pravardhanam.

 

O! Mind! When MaarkandEya who was afflicted by the fear of death hugged the

Sivallingam and cried " Hey! ChandrasEkhara!Hey! ChandrasEkhara! Save me!

Save me! " , ParamEswara not only released him from mruthyubhayam but made the

saasthra " jaathasthu hi dhruvO mruthyu: druvam janma mruthasya cha | "

ineffective. This sasthra says that everyone who is born should die but in

the case of MarkandEya, Siva made him Chiranjeevi! Is not this mrithyunjaya

leela alone is enough to prove his two sakthis - sarvasankata nivardhanam

and sarvasukha pravardhanam? Therefore O! Mind! atleast hereafter reach

Sambhu's paadhaabjam and get your janma saabalyam. Bhagavathpaadhaal

describes only this mahimaa of Sambhu's paadhaabjam in this sloka as:

'sarvabhayaapaham vraja sukham SambhO: padhaambhOruham'. The saaraamsam of

this sloka is that Sambhu's paadhakamalam rings bukthi and mukthi.

 

SambO Siva SambO!