Siva Mahimna Stotram part 2 translated by Sri V V B Rama Rao

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Sloka 3.

O Lord! The rich treasure of Vedas, the most sublime, musical and

nectar-like would fill with wonder even Brihaspati, the preceptor of

the angels and deities. With Your blessing I venture to attempt to

sing Your manifold powers and glory. My attempt itself is inspired by

Your Divine grace and I draw courage and strength from the mere

thought of Your compassion.

Sloka. 4

O Shambhu! The ever auspicious and doer of good, giver of all! You

are the splendid combination of the three attributes, sattwa, rajas

and tamo gunas and the unique one combining in Your self the three

deities entrusted with the three acts of Creation, Sustenance and

Destruction. The thickheaded and the faithless attempt to mislead

people around presening the glorious and the most beautiful beliefs

and grace as disagreeable.

Sloka. 5

Atheists and the dull-witted with their garrulousness and devious

logic doubt and question as to how it would be possible for one

without a body, substance or equipment to create sustain and destroy

three worlds. With no understanding they prattle and mislead the

ignorant and the weak-minded.

Sloka. 6

O Mahadeva! The faithless tossed by doubts ask as to how You could

create the fourteen worlds with neither implements nor substance.

Sloka. 7

The faithless unbelievers wonder as to how to choose among the

various darshanas (systems of philosophy like Sankhya, Yoga etc) and

doctrines like Paashupata in Shaivism and Pananchraatra in

Vaishnavism, little realizing that all paths lead to the one and only

ultimate goal, the absolute peace which You are! Don't the sacred

Ganga and all the rivers run to the same destination, the ocean?

Sloka. 8

Wouldn't You strike all the angels and deities aghast with Your

extraordinary richness and limitless divine powers! The wealth of

your tantra powers is in Your persona with an old bull for your

mount, axe, tiger hide, sacred ash, serpents, cot-leg, skull-cup for

your appurtenances. You bless deities like Indra with treasures of

divine powers! Those with devotion to You are not enticed by or

attracted to the mirage of affluence and bliss.