Our Lord Shiva,the simpliest,the most powerful above all

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Well we are very very small to describe the character of

Mahadev,example this shloka

& #2350; & #2361; & #2367; & #2350; & #2381; & #2344; & #2307; & #2346; & #2366; & #2352; & #2306;

& #2340; & #2375; & #2346; & #2352; & #2350; & #2357; & #2367; & #2342; & #2369; & #2359; & #2379;

& #2351; & #2342; & #2381; & #2351; & #2360; & #2342; & #2371; & #2358; & #2368;

 

& #2360; & #2381; & #2340; & #2369; & #2340; & #2367; & #2352; & #2381; & #2348; & #2381; & #2352; & #2\

361; & #2381; & #2350; & #2366; & #2342; & #2368; & #2344; & #2366; & #2350; & #2346; & #2367;

& #2340; & #2342; & #2357; & #2360; & #2344; & #2381; & #2344; & #2366; & #2360; & #2381; & #2340; & #2\

381; & #2357; & #2351; & #2367; & #2327; & #2367; & #2352; & #2307; & #2404;

 

& #2309; & #2341; & #2366; & #2365; & #2357; & #2366; & #2330; & #2381; & #2351; & #2307;

& #2360; & #2352; & #2381; & #2357; & #2307;

& #2360; & #2381; & #2357; & #2350; & #2340; & #2367; & #2346; & #2352; & #2367; & #2339; & #2366; & #2\

350; & #2366; & #2357; & #2343; & #2367; & #2327; & #2371; & #2339; & #2344; & #2381;

 

& #2350; & #2350; & #2366; & #2346; & #2381; & #2351; & #2375; & #2359;

& #2360; & #2381; & #2340; & #2379; & #2340; & #2381; & #2352; & #2375; & #2361; & #2352;

& #2344; & #2367; & #2352; & #2346; & #2357; & #2366; & #2342; & #2307;

& #2346; & #2352; & #2367; & #2325; & #2352; & #2307; & #2405; & #2407; & #2405;

Means O, Lord Shiva, remover of all types of miseries, what wonder

is there, if the prayer to you, chanted by one who is ignorant about

your greatness, is worthless! Because, even the utterance ( speech )

of Brahmaa and other gods is not able to fathom your merits ( ie,

greatness ). Hence, if persons with very limited intellect ( and I

am one of them ) try to offer you a prayer, their attempt deserve

your special favour . If it is so, I should not be a exception .

Hence, (thinking like this ) I begin this prayer . (1)

 

Now most of us wear Rudrakshas but have you found one beautiful

thing of Lord Shiva while wearing them?Mostly not,let me explain.

Just go threw all beej mantras of Rudraskhas and

in this mantras you will find woship of other god and godess except

LORD SHIV himself!!Why this is the case?Because Shiva is Mahadev and

as per Shivapurana he created Brahma Vishnu and Mahesh(Lord Shankar

or Rudra),here one sees a definition of GOD-Generator

(Brahma),Organisor(Vishnu)and Destroyer(Rudra)clearly.

Except in 14 mukhi,the most devine Rudraksha's beej Mantra which is

Om Namah we find a naman for Om,well for Om this post will be too

little to explain hence kindly refer ShivaMahaPurana for better

explanation.Perhaps that is why 14 mukhi is the most devine

Rudraksha for Lord Shiv.

Shiv and Shiva(almost all of us use Shiva for Shiv while writing in

English)are same but different.Shiv a male formation where Shiva

means Gauri or Parvati Or the supreme Godess,there is no difference

in Shiv and Shiva as per ShivaMahaPurana,we also know Ardhanareshwar

Rupa of Mahadev.Maa Parvati is so dear to Mahadev that his Ansha

called Rudra also having Parvatiji sitting next to him!!

One more example-- 11 mukhi Rudraksha which represents 11 Rudras

and/Or Shri Hanumanji and its beej Manta is Om Hreem Hoom Namah!!

Again Lord Vishnu and Maa Laxmi in this mantra!!

So this is the character of Mahadev,he will himself never takes any

credits as he is so simple......I am missing words now!!I am too

small to write on Lord Shiv but this I thought to share with members

regarding beej Mantras.

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& #2340; & #2357; & #2330; & #2350; & #2361; & #2367; & #2350; & #2366;

& #2357; & #2366; & #2329; & #2381; & #2350; & #2344; & #2360; & #2351; & #2379; & #2307;

 

& #2309; & #2340; & #2342; & #2381; & #2357; & #2381; & #2351; & #2366; & #2357; & #2371; & #2340; & #2\

381; & #2340; & #2381; & #2351; & #2366; & #2351; & #2306;

& #2330; & #2325; & #2367; & #2340; & #2350; & #2349; & #2367; & #2343; & #2340; & #2381; & #2340; & #2\

375; & #2358; & #2381; & #2352; & #2369; & #2340; & #2367; & #2352; & #2346; & #2367; & #2404;

 

& #2360; & #2325; & #2360; & #2381; & #2351;

& #2360; & #2381; & #2340; & #2379; & #2340; & #2357; & #2381; & #2351; & #2307;

& #2325; & #2340; & #2367; & #2357; & #2367; & #2343; & #2327; & #2369; & #2339; & #2307;

& #2325; & #2360; & #2381; & #2351; & #2357; & #2367; & #2359; & #2351; & #2307;

 

& #2346; & #2342; & #2375;

& #2340; & #2381; & #2357; & #2352; & #2381; & #2357; & #2366; & #2330; & #2368; & #2344; & #2375;

& #2346; & #2340; & #2340; & #2367; & #2344; & #2350; & #2344; & #2307;

& #2325; & #2360; & #2381; & #2351; & #2344; & #2357; & #2330; & #2307; & #2405; & #2408; & #2405;

 

O, Great God, so great is your majesty that it cannot be reached by

speech and mind . Even the Vedas also, having become surprised,

confirm your greatness by only saying `Neti', `Neti' (not this, not

this) while describing you . Who can praise this type of greatness

of yours? With how many qualities is it composed? Whose subject of

description can it be ? And yet even then whose mind and speech are

not attached to your this new Saguna

form ? (2)

 

& #2350; & #2343; & #2369; & #2360; & #2381; & #2347; & #2368; & #2340; & #2366;

& #2357; & #2366; & #2330; & #2307;

& #2346; & #2352; & #2350; & #2350; & #2350; & #2371; & #2340; & #2306;

& #2344; & #2367; & #2352; & #2381; & #2350; & #2367; & #2340; & #2357; & #2340; & #2307;

 

& #2340; & #2357; & #2348; & #2381; & #2352; & #2361; & #2381; & #2350; & #2344; & #2381;

& #2325; & #2367; & #2306; & #2357; & #2366; & #2327; & #2346; & #2367;

& #2360; & #2369; & #2352; & #2327; & #2369; & #2352; & #2379; & #2352; & #2381; & #2357; & #2367; & #2\

360; & #2381; & #2350; & #2351; & #2346; & #2342; & #2350; & #2381; & #2404;

 

& #2350; & #2350; & #2340; & #2381; & #2357; & #2375; & #2340; & #2366; & #2306;

& #2357; & #2366; & #2339; & #2368; & #2306;

& #2327; & #2369; & #2339; & #2325; & #2341; & #2344; & #2346; & #2369; & #2339; & #2381; & #2351; & #2\

375; & #2344; & #2349; & #2357; & #2340; & #2307;

 

& #2346; & #2369; & #2344; & #2366; & #2350; & #2368; & #2340; & #2381; & #2351; & #2352; & #2381; & #2\

341; & #2375; & #2365; & #2360; & #2381; & #2350; & #2367; & #2344; & #2381;

& #2346; & #2369; & #2352; & #2350; & #2341; & #2344;

& #2348; & #2369; & #2342; & #2381; & #2343; & #2367; & #2352; & #2381; & #2357; & #2381; & #2351; & #2\

357; & #2360; & #2367; & #2340; & #2366; & #2405; & #2409; & #2405;

 

O, Paramaatmaa (Greatest Soul), as you are the very creator of

speech of the Vedas, which is like highest type of nectar and as

sweet as honey, how can even the speech of Brahaspati (Guru, or

spiritual guide of gods) surprise you ? (ie, the speech of even

Brahaspati is worthless before you). O, Destroyer of Three Cities of

the demons, thinking that my speech may become purified by this act,

my intellect (Buddhi) has become prepared to sing your

greatness . (3)

 

 

Now this shloka explains some part of Shiv below,

& #2358; & #2381; & #2350; & #2358; & #2366; & #2344; & #2375; & #2359; & #2381; & #2357; & #2366; & #2\

325; & #2381; & #2352; & #2368; & #2337; & #2366;

& #2360; & #2381; & #2350; & #2352; & #2361; & #2352;

& #2346; & #2367; & #2358; & #2366; & #2330; & #2366; & #2307;

& #2360; & #2361; & #2330; & #2352; & #2366; & #2307;

 

& #2330; & #2367; & #2340; & #2366;- & #2349; & #2360; & #2381; & #2350; & #2366; & #2354; & #2375; & #\

2346; & #2307; & #2360; & #2381; & #2352; & #2327; & #2346; & #2367;

& #2344; & #2371; & #2325; & #2352; & #2379; & #2335; & #2368;- & #2346; & #2352; & #2367; & #2325; & #\

2352; & #2307; & #2404;

 

& #2309; & #2350; & #2329; & #2381; & #2327; & #2354; & #2381; & #2351; & #2306;

& #2358; & #2368; & #2354; & #2306; & #2340; & #2357; & #2349; & #2357; & #2340; & #2369;

& #2344; & #2366; & #2350; & #2376; & #2357; & #2350; & #2326; & #2367; & #2354; & #2306;

 

& #2340; & #2341; & #2366; & #2346; & #2367;

& #2360; & #2381; & #2350; & #2352; & #2381; & #2340; & #2372; & #2339; & #2366; & #2306;

& #2357; & #2352; & #2342; & #2346; & #2352; & #2350; & #2306;

& #2350; & #2329; & #2381; & #2327; & #2354; & #2350; & #2360; & #2367; & #2405;

& #2408; & #2410; & #2405;

 

O,boon giver! O,destroyer of Cupid! You play in the burning ghats .

your friends are the ghosts . Your body is smeared with the ashes of

the dead bodies . Your garland is of human skulls . Every aspect of

your character is thus inauspicious . Let it be . It does not

matter . Because, with all these known oddness, you are quick to

grant all auspicious things to the people who just think of you .

(It is interesting to note here that in his Devi aparaadha

kshamApana stotra Shankaracharya says that,despite his poor and

deficient possessions,Shiva got the power to grant boons entirely

because because of his having taken the hand of Parvathi in

marriage; in the previous shloka, Pushhpadanta calls it naive on the

part of Parvati, if she thinks that Shiva is attracted by her charm

simply because he is sharing half the body with her.This dichotomy

etc . is due to the custom that when a particular lord is to be

extolled, the other gods are to be belittled to some

extent).

 

 

Vaishnavas sometime don't worship Lord Shiv or Shiva,I shall not

write much instead one more shloka here.

 

 

 

& #2340; & #2381; & #2352; & #2351; & #2368;

& #2360; & #2366; & #2329; & #2381; & #2326; & #2381; & #2351; & #2306;

& #2351; & #2379; & #2327; & #2307;

& #2346; & #2358; & #2369; & #2346; & #2340; & #2367; & #2350; & #2340; & #2306;

& #2357; & #2376; & #2359; & #2381; & #2339; & #2357; & #2350; & #2367; & #2340; & #2367;

 

& #2346; & #2381; & #2352; & #2349; & #2367; & #2344; & #2381; & #2344; & #2375;

& #2346; & #2381; & #2352; & #2360; & #2381; & #2341; & #2366; & #2344; & #2375;

& #2346; & #2352; & #2350; & #2367; & #2342; & #2350; & #2342; & #2307;

& #2346; & #2341; & #2381; & #2351; & #2350; & #2367; & #2340; & #2367; & #2330; & #2404;

 

& #2352; & #2369; & #2330; & #2368; & #2344; & #2366; & #2306;

& #2357; & #2376; & #2330; & #2367; & #2340; & #2381; & #2352; & #2381; & #2351; & #2366; & #2342; & #2\

371; & #2332; & #2369; & #2325; & #2369; & #2335; & #2367; & #2354;

& #2344; & #2366; & #2344; & #2366; & #2346; & #2341; & #2332; & #2369; & #2359; & #2366; & #2306;

 

& #2344; & #2371; & #2339; & #2366; & #2350; & #2375; & #2325; & #2379;

& #2327; & #2350; & #2381; & #2351; & #2360; & #2381; & #2340; & #2381; & #2357; & #2350; & #2360; & #2\

367; & #2346; & #2351; & #2360; & #2366; & #2350; & #2352; & #2381; & #2339; & #2357;

& #2311; & #2357; & #2405; & #2413; & #2405;

 

The different practices based on the three Vedas, SaMkhya, Yoga,

Pashupata-mata, VaishhNava-mata etc . are but different paths (to

reach to the Greatest Truth) and people on account of their

different aptitude choose from them whatever they think best and

deserved to be accepted . But as the sea is the final resting place

for all types of streams , You are the only reaching place for all

people whichever path,straight or zigzag, they may accept .

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To end this post I would like to post links of Shri Mahimna Stotra

for members-all above shlokas I have taken from it and it is the

most powerful,most holy chant for Lord Shiv written by Gandharvaraj

Pushpadanta.,these are Video Files and one can play them and listen

in your P.C-shloka will come on Screen one by one,sung by none other

than our great Shri Rameshbhaiji Oza and this stotra is 3 parts,go

and get it on Ganesh Chaturthi's day,a gift to all from me.Har Har

Mahadev,Jay Ganesha.

 

http://www.4shared.com/file/34297903/60ed3073/A-

Shiva_Mahimna_Stotra_Part_1.html

 

http://www.4shared.com/file/34299002/f8e44c59/B-

Shiva_Mahimna_Stotra_2.html

 

http://www.4shared.com/file/34300223/515347d/C-

Shiva_Mahimna_Stotra_3.html