from Yoga Vaasishtha of Vaalmiiki

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a prayer to Lord Shiva

 

##Book Four Chapter 22 Verse 42##

 

 

 

 

yasyodayaastamayasaMkalanaakalaasu

 

 

citraasu caaruvibhavaasu jagadgataasu .

 

 

vRRittiH sadaiva sakalaikamateranantaa

 

 

tasmai namaH paramabodhavate shivaaya ..42 ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

## I bow down to that Shiva, of trancendental understanding;

 

whose faculties are wholly engrossed in the meditation of the

 

eternal Being, who presides over the creation, destruction

 

and preservation of the universe, and who is manifest in all

 

the various wonderous and beauteous grandeurs of nature. ##

 

 

 

 

## translation by Vihari Lal Mitra

 

transcribed into Itrans. by J Kalianandaswami ##