Monday, November 25, 2013

Bhairava Stotram

vyāptacarācarabhāvaviśeṣaṃ
cinmayamekamanantamanādim |
bhairavanāthamanāthaśaraṇyaṃ
tvanmayacittatayā hṛdi vande || 1 ||
He who is involved in the consciousness of
Moving and non moving beings who are spread everywhere,
Who is divine, only one , endless and primeval,
Who is Lord Bhairava who is the support of all orphans ,
I salute him who is in my mind with all my heart.
tvanmayametadaśeṣamidānīṃ
bhāti mama tvadanugrahaśaktyā |
tvaṃ ca maheśa sadaiva mamātmā
svātmamayaṃ mama tena samastam || 2 ||
At the present time , you are completely spread in me,
And to me it appears that with your power of blessing,
You are always the greatest god who has filled up,
My soul which is completely full of yourself.
svātmani viśvaga(ye)te tvayi nāthe
tena na saṃsṛtibhītikathāsti |
satsvapi durdharaduḥkhavimoha-
trāsavidhāyiṣu karmagaṇeṣu || 3 ||
In this world you are the lord of my soul,
And because of that there is no fear in my existence,
And due to that I am not afraid of difficulties and sorrow,
Which are resulting from this cycle of birth and death
antaka māṃ prati mā dṛśamenāṃ
krodhakarālatamāṃ vinidhehi |
śaṅkarasevanacintanadhīro
bhīṣaṇa bhairava śaktimayo.asmi || 4 ||
Oh lord of death do not see me,
Do not give me that very black angry look ,
Oh courageous one who always thinks of serving Shiva,
Oh fearsome Bhairava, make me filled up with strength.
itthamupoḍhabhavanmayasaṃvi-
ddīdhitidāritabhūritamisraḥ |
mṛtyuyamāntakakarmapiśācai-
rnātha namo.astu na jātu bibhemi || 5 ||
Like this for me you please commence,
This mingling with the splendour of light ,
And bring to an end the duties of the ghosts of god of death,
Oh Lord, salutations and please never awaken them.
proditasatyavibodhamarīci-
prekṣitaviśvapadārthasatattvaḥ |
bhāvaparāmṛtanirbharapūrṇe
tvayyahamātmani nirvṛtimemi || 6 ||
Oh ray of light of the awakening truth,
Who is called the universal consciousness of the world,
Who is having a nature filled with the divine nectar.
To you my soul salutes with ecstasy!
mānasagocarameti yadaiva
kleśadaśā.atanutāpavidhātrī |
nātha tadaiva mama tvadabheda-
stotraparāmṛtavṛṣṭirudeti || 7 ||
Assuming that you are attainable by the mind,
Finding that my body is in state of suffering,
Oh Lord, I am raining this nectar like prayer,
So that I would not be different from you.
śaṅkara satyamidaṃ vratadāna-
snānatapo bhavatāpavidāri |
tāvakaśāstraparāmṛtacintā
syandati cetasi nirvṛtidhārām || 8 ||
Oh Lord Shiva , it is true that penance, charity,
Bath in sacred waters and meditation breaks the pain of birth and death,
But the nectar like thought of your divine story,
Would wet the mind with ultimate salvation.
nṛtyati gāyati hṛṣyati gāḍhaṃ
saṃvidiyaṃ mama bhairavanātha |
tvāṃ priyamāpya sudarśanamekaṃ
durlabhamanyajanaiḥ samayajnam || 9 ||
Oh Lord Bhairava it is well known,
That dancing singing and intimate knowledge ,
Of you is measured as the only good acts to be done,
And is not easily available to the bad people at the right time.
vasurasapauṣe kṛṣṇadaśamyāṃ
abhinavaguptaḥ stavamimamakarot |
yena vibhurbhavamarusantāpaṃ
śamayati jhaṭiti janasya dayāluḥ || 10 ||
|| samāptaṃ stavamidaṃ abhinavākhyaṃ padyanavakam ||
Abhinava Guptha wrote this great prayer on the Dasami of the dark fortnight in the month of Pausha, and due to this the Lord due to utmost compassion, quickly destroys all sufferings of people, as He is merciful. Thus ends the prayer of nine stanzas written by Abhinavaguptha.
--- by Abhinavagupta 
Om Hram Kala Bhairavaya Namah
May Lord Kaala Bhairava bless you all !

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Bhairava Sahasranama Stotram

Swarnaakarshanabhairava sahasranaama stotram

kailaasashikhare ramye devadevam jagadgurum |
prapacCha paarvateekaanta shankaram lokanaayakam || 1 ||
paarvatyuvaacha -
devedeva mahaadeva sarvagya sukhadaayaka |
aapaduhkha daaridryaadi peeDitaanaam nrunaam vibho || 2 ||
advittam sukhasampatti dhanadhaanyakaram sadaa |
visheshato raajakule shaanti pushTi pradaayakam || 3 ||
baalagrahaadi shamanam naanaa siddhikaram nrunaam |
nokta poorvanchayan naatha dhyaana poojaa samanvitam || 4 ||
vaktum arhasya sheshena mamaanandam karam param |
eeshvara uvaacha -
stavaraajam mahaamantram bhairavasya shrunu priye || 5 ||
sarva kaamaarthadam devi raajyabhogyapradam nrunaam |
smaranaat stavaraajasya bhootapreta pishaachakaah || 6 ||
vidravantyabhitobhitaah kaalarudraadiva prajaah |
ekatah pannagaah sarve garuDashchaikatah tathaa || 7 ||
ekato ghanasangaataah chanDavaatoyathaikatah |
ekatah parvataah sarve dambholih tvekah tathaa || 8 ||
ekato daityasanghaataah ekatah syaat sudarshanam |
ekatah kaashThah sanghaataa ekato agni kanoyathaa || 9 ||
ghanaandhakaarastvekatra tapanastvekatah tathaa |
tathaivaasya prabhaavastu smrutamaatre na drushyate || 10 ||
stavaraajam bhairavasya japaat siddhim avaapnuyaat |
likhitvaa yadgruhe devi sthaapitam stavam uttamam || 11 ||
tadgruham naabhibhooyet bhootapretaadibhih grahaih |
saamraajyam sarvasampattih samruddhi labhyate sukham || 12 ||
paarvatyuvaacha -
yah tvayaa kathito deva bhairavah stotram uttamam || 13 ||
aganya mahimaa sindhuh shruto me bahudhaa vibho |
tasya naamaani anantaani prayutaanyarbudaani cha || 14 ||
santi satyam puraa gyaatam mayaa vai parameshvara |
saaraatsaaram samudhrutya teshu naama sahasrakam || 15 ||
broohi me karunaakaanta mamaananda varddhana |
yannityam keertayen martyah sarvaduhkha vivarjitah || 16 ||
sarvaan kaamaanavaapnoti sarvasiddhincha vindati |
saadhakah shraddhayaayuktah sarvaadhikyorka sadyutih || 17 ||
apradhrushashcha bhavati sangraamaangana moorddhati |
na agni chora bhayam tasya graharaaja bhayam na cha || 18 ||
na cha maaree bhayam tasya vyaaghra chora bhayam na cha |
shatrunaam shastra sanghaate bhayam kvaapi na jaayate || 19 ||
aayuraarogyam aishvaryam putra poutraadi sampadah |
bhavati keertanaadyasyat broohi karunaakara || 20 ||
eeshvara uvaacha -
naamnaam sahasram divyaanaam bhairavasya bhavatkrute |
vakshyaami tatvatah samyak saaratsaarataram shubham || 21 ||
sarvapaapaharam punyam sarvopadrava naashanam |
sarvasampatpradam chaiva saadhakaanam sukhaavaham || 22 ||
sarva maangalamaangalyam sarvavyaadhi nivaaranam |
aayuhkaram pushTikaram shreekaram cha yashaskaram || 23 ||
bhairava stavaraajasya mahaadeva rushih smrutah |
bhairavodevataa anushTup Chandashchaiva prakeertitam || 24 ||
sarvakaarya prasiddhyartham preetaye bhairavasyahi |
karishye aham japam iti sankalpyaado pumaansudheeh || 25 ||
rushih shirasi vinyasya Chandastu mukhato nyaset |
devataam hrudayenyasya tato nyaasam samaacharet || 26 ||
bhairavam shirasinyasya lalaaTe bheemadarshanam |
netrayo bhootahananam saarameyaanugam bhruvouh || 27 ||
karnayoh bhootanaatham cha pretavaaham kapolayoh |
naasaapuToshThyoshchaiva bhasmaangam sarvabhooshanam || 28 ||
anaadibhootamaasye cha shakti hastangule nyasyet |
skandhayaih daitya shamanam baahvoh atula tejasam || 29 ||
paanyoh kapaalinam nyasya hrudaye munDamaalinam |
shaantam vakshasthale nyasya stanayoh kaamachaarinam || 30 ||
udare cha sadaatushTam kshetresham paarshvayoh tathaa |
kshetrapaalam prushThadesham kshetregyam naabhideshake|| 31 ||
paapoughanaasham kaTyaam baTukam lingadeshake |
gude rakshaakaram nyasya tathorvo raktalochanam || 32 ||
jaanuneeh ghurghuraaraavam janghayo raktapaayinam |
gulphayoh paadupaasiddhidam paadaprushThe sureshvaram || 33 ||
aapaadamastakam chaiva aapaduddhaarakam nyaset |
poorve Damaruhastam cha dakshine danDadhaarinam || 34 ||
khaDGahastam pashchime cha ghanTaavaadinam uttare |
aagneyaam agnivarnam cha nairrutye cha digambaram || 35 ||
vaayavye sarvabhootastam eeshaanye cha ashTasiddhidam |
oordhvam khecharinam nyasya paataale roudraroopinam || 36 ||
evam vinyasya deveshee shaDangeshu tato nyaset |
hrudaye bhootanaathaaya aadinaathaaya moorddhani || 37 ||
aanandapadapoorvaaya naathaayaatha shikhaalaye |
siddhishaambaranaathaaya kavache vinyasyettathaa || 38 ||
sahajaanandanaathaaya anyasen netratraye tathaa |
nihseemaanamdanaathaaya astrai chaiva prayojayet || 39 ||
evam nyaasavidhim krutvaa yathaavat tadanantaram |
dhyaanam tasya pravakshyaami yathaa dhyaatvaa paThennarah || 40 ||
shuddhasphaTika sankaasham sahasraaditya varchasam |
neelajeemoota sankaasham neelaanjana samaprabham || 41 ||
ashTabaahum trinayanam chaturbaahum dvibaahukam |
dashabaahum athogram cha divyaambara parigraham || 42 ||
damshTraakaraalavadanam noopuraarava sankulam |
bhujangamekhalam devam agnivarnam shiroruham || 43 ||
digambaram aakuresham baTukaakhyam mahaabalam |
khaTvaangamashipaasham cha shoolam dakshinabhaagatah || 44 ||
Damarum cha kapaalam cha varadam bhujagam tathaa |
aatmavarna samopetam saarameya samanvitam || 45 ||
evam dhyaatvaa tu samtushTo japaat kaamaan avaapnuyaat |
saadhakah sarvalokeshu satyam satyam na samshayah || 46 ||
aananda sarvageervaana shiroshrungaanga saginah |
bhairavasya padaambhojam bhooyastannaumi siddhaye || 47 ||
oum bhairavo bhootanaathashcha bhootaatmaa bhootabhaavanah |
bhootaavaaso bhootapatih bhoorido bhooridakshinah || 48 ||
bhootaadhyaksho bhoodharesho bhoodharo bhoodharaatmajah |
bhoopatih bhaaskarah bheerurbheemo bhootih vibhootidakah || 49 ||
bhooto bhootakampano bhoomirbhaumo bhootaabhibhaavakah |
bhaganetro bhavo bhoktaa bhoodevo bhagavaanabheeh || 50 ||
bhasmapriyo bhasmashaayee bhasmoddhoolita vigrahah |
bhargah shubhaango bhavyashcha bhootavaahanasaarathih || 51 ||
bhraajishnurbhojanam bhoktaa bhikshurbhaktijanapriyah |
bhaktigamyo bhrungiriTih bhaktyaa veditavigrahah || 52 ||
bhootachaaree nishaachaaree pretachaaree bhayaanakah |
bhaavaatmaa bhoorbhuvolakshmeeh bhaanuh bheemaparaakramah || 53 ||
padmagarbho mahaagarbho vishvagarbhaah svarabhooh |
bhootalobhuvanaadheesho bhootikrut bhraantinaashanah || 54 ||
bhootibhooshita sarvaango bhooshayobhootavaahanah |
kshetragyah kshetrapaalashcha kshetravighna nivaaranah || 55 ||
kshaantah kshudrah kshetrapashcha kshudraghnah kshviyah kshamee |
kshobhano maaranastambhee mohano jrumbhano vashee || 56 ||
kshepanah kshaantidah kshaamah kshamaakshetram ksharoksharah |
kankaalah kaalashamanah kalaakaashTaatanuh kavih || 57 ||
kaalah karaalee kankaalee kapaalee kamaneeyakah |
kaalakaalah kruttivaasaah kapardee kaamashaasanah || 58 ||
kuberabandhuh kaamaatmaa karnikaarapriyah kavih |
kaamadevah kaamapaalah kaameekaantah krutaagamah || 59 ||
kalyaanah prakrutih kalpah kalpaadih kamalekshanah |
kamanDaludharah ketuh kaalayogeetva kalmashah || 60 ||
karanam kaaranam kartaa kailaasapatih eeshvarah |
kaamaarih kashyaponaadi kireeTee koushikastathaa || 61 ||
kapilah kushalah kartaakumaarah kalpavrukshakah |
kalaadharah kalaadheeshah kaalakanThah kapaalabhrut || 62 ||
kailaasashikharaavaasah kroorah keertivibhooshanah |
kaalagyaanee kalighnashcha kampitah kaalavigrahah || 63 ||
kavachee kanchukee kunDee kunDalee kaaryakovidah |
kaalabhakshah kalankaarih kinkinee krutavaasukih || 64 ||
ganeshvarashcha goureesho girisho giribaandhavah |
giridhanvaa guho goptaa gunaraashih gunaakarah || 65 ||
gambheero gahano gosaagomaanoomantaa manogatih |
shreesho gruhapatirgoptaa gourogavyamayah khagah || 66 ||
ganagraahi gunagraahee gagano gahvaraashrayah |
agraganyeshvaro yogee khaTvaangee gaganaalayah || 67 ||
amogho amoghaphalado ghanTaaraavo ghaTapriyah |
chandrapeeDah chandramoulih chitraveshah chirantanah || 68 ||
chatuhshayah chitrabaahuh achalah Chinnasamshayah |
chaturvedah chaturbaahuh chaturshchaturapriyah || 69 ||
chaamunDaajanakah chakshushchalachakshura chanchalah |
achintya mahimaachintyah charaachara charitraguh || 70 ||
chandrasanjeevanashchitra aachaaryashcha chaturmukhah |
ojastejodyuti dharojita kaamojanapriyah || 71 ||
ajaatashatruh ojasvee jitakaalo jagatpatih |
jagadaadih ajojaato jagadeesho janaardanah || 72 ||
jananojana janmaadih arjuno janmavijayee |
janmaadhipo jaTih jyotih janmamrutyujaraapaha || 73 ||
jayojayaari jyotishmaan jaanakarno jagaddhitah |
jamadagnih jalanidhih jaTilo jeeviteshvarah || 74 ||
jeevitaantakaro jyeshTho jagannaatho janeshvarah |
trivargasaadhanah taarkshyah tarnih tantuvarddhanah || 75 ||
tapasvee taarakastvashTaa teevrashchaatma samsthitah |
tapanah taapasantushTah aatmayonirateendriyah || 76 ||
uttaarakah timirahaa teevraanandah tanoonapaatoo |
antarhitastamishrashchah tejastejomaya stutih || 77 ||
tarusteerthankarah tvashTaa tatvantva viduttamah |
tejoraashih tumbaveenaastvatithih athitipriyah || 78 ||
aatmayoga samaantaatah teerthadeva shilaamayah |
sthaanadah sthaapitah sthaanuh sthavishTah sthavirah sthitah || 79 ||
trilokeshah trilokaatmaa trishoolah tridashaadhipah |
trilochanah trayeevedyah trivargasthah trivargadah || 80 ||
doorashravaa dushkrutaghno durddharsho duhsahodayah |
druDhapaaree druDhodevo devadevotha dundubhah || 81 ||
deerghaayudho deerghatapo daksho duhsvapnanaashanah |
durlabho durgamo durgo duraavaaso duraasadah || 82 ||
damo damayitaa daanto daataadaanandayaakarah |
durvaasaadrih devakaaryo durgyeyo durbhagodayah || 83 ||
danDidaaho daanavaarih devendrastvarimardanah |
devaasura gururdevo devaasura namaskrutah || 84 ||
devaasura mahaamantro devaasura mahaashrayah |
devaadhidevo devarshi devaasura varapradah || 85 ||
devaasureshvaro devyo devaasurah maheshvarah |
sarvadevamayo danDo devasimho divaakarah || 86 ||
dambho adambho mahaadambho dambhakruddambhamardanah |
darpaghno darpadoddapto durjayo duratikramah || 87 ||
devanaatho duraadharsho daivagyo devachintakah |
dakshaarih devapaalashcha duhkhadaaridryahaarakah || 88 ||
adhyaatmayogarato nirato dharmashatru dhanurdharah |
dhanaadhipo dharmachaaree dharmadhanvaa dhanaagamah || 89 ||
dhyeyo agradhuryo dhaatreesho dharmakruddharmavardhanah |
dhyaanaadhaaro dhanandhyeyo dharmapoojyo atha dhoorjaTih || 90 ||
dharmadhaamaa dhanurdhanyo dhanurvedo dharaatipah |
anantadrushTih aanando niyamo niyamaashrayah || 91 ||
nalo analo naagabhujo nidaadyo neelalohitah |
anaadimadhyanidhano neelakanTho nishaacharah || 92 ||
anagho nartako netaa niyataatmaa nijodbhaTah |
gyaananityaprakaashaatmaa nivrutaatmaa nadeedharah || 93 ||
neetih suneetih unmatto anuttamastva nivaaritah |
anaadinidhano ananto niraakaaro nabhogatih || 94 ||
nityo niyatakalyaano anagonih shreyasaalayah |
nakshatramaalinaakesho naagahaarah pinaakadhruk || 95 ||
nyaayanirvaahako nyaayo nyaayagamyo niranjanah |
niraavarana vigyaano naarasimho nipaatanah || 96 ||
nandeenandeeshvaro nagno nagnabrahma dharonarah |
dharmado nirahankaaro nirmoho nirupadravah || 97 ||
nishTakanTakah krutaanando nirvyaajo vyaajamardanah |
anagho nishkalo nishTho neelagreevo niraamayah || 98 ||
aniruddhastvanaadyanto naikaatmaa naikamarmakrut |
nagaretaanagee nandeetdyaananda vardhanah || 99 ||
yogee viyogee khaTvaangee jhaDgee shrungee khareegaree |
raagee viraagee samraagee tyaagee goureevaraangadee || 100 ||
Damaroomaruka vyaaghrahastaaghrah chandrakhanDabhrut |
taanDavaaDambararuchee runDamunDapanDitah || 101 ||
parameshvarah pashupatih pinaakee purashaasanah |
puraatano devakaaryah parameshThee paraayanah || 102 ||
panchavimshatitattvagyah panchayagyaprabhanjanah |
pushkarancha parambrahmapaarijaatah paraatparah || 103 ||
pratishThitah pramaanagyah pramaanam paramtapah |
panchabrahma samutpattih paramaatmaa paraavarah || 104 ||
pinaakapaanih praamshushchapratyayah parameshvarah |
prabhaakarah pratyayashcha pranavashcha puranjayah || 105 ||
pavitrapaanih paapaarih prataapaarchirapaamnidhih |
pulastyah pulahogastyo puruhootah purushTutah || 106 ||
padmaakarah paranjyotih paraaparaphalapradah |
paraaparagyah paradah parashatru parampadah || 107 ||
poornah poorayitaapunyah punyashravanakeertanah |
purandarah punyakeertih pramaadee paapanaashanah || 108 ||
parasheelah paragunah paanDuranga purandarah |
paraarthavruttih prabhavah purushah poorvajah pitaa || 109 ||
pingalah pavanah prekshah prataptah pooshadantahaa |
paramaarthaguruh preetah preetimaamshcha prataapanah || 110 ||
paraasharah padmagarbhah parah parapuranjayah |
upadravah padmakarah paramaarthaika panDitah || 111 ||
maheshvaro mahaadevo mudgalo madhuromruduh |
manahshaayee mahaayogee mahaakarmaa mahoushadham || 112 ||
maharshih kapilaachaaryo mrugavyaadho mahaabalah |
mahaanidhih mahaabhootih mahaaneetih mahaamatih || 113 ||
mahaahrudo mahaagarto mahaabhooto mrutopamah |
amrutaamshomrutavapuh mareechirma himaalayah || 114 ||
mahaatamo mahaakaayo mrugabaanaarpanomalah |
mahaabalo mahaatejo mahaayogee mahaamanah || 115 ||
mahaamaayo mahaasatvo mahaanaado mahotsavah |
mahaabuddhih mahaaveeryo mahaashaktih mahaadyutih || 116 ||
unmattakeertih unmatto maadhaveenamitomatih |
mahaashrungo amrutomantro maangalyo mangalapriyah || 117 ||
amoghadanDo madhyasto mahendro amoghavikramah |
ameyo arishTamathano mukundastvamayaachalah || 118 ||
maataamaho maatarishchaa manipooro mahaashayah |
mahaashrayo mahaagarbho mahaakalpo mahaadhanuh || 119 ||
mano manojavo maanee merumedyo mrudomanuh |
mahaakosho mahaagyaanee mahaakaalah kalipriyah || 120 ||
mahaabaTuh mahaatyaagee mahaakosho mahaagatih |
shikhanDee kavachee shoolee jaTee munDee cha kunDalee || 121 ||
mekhalee kanchukee khaDgee maalee maayee mahaamanih |
maheshvaaso maheebhartaa mahaaveero maheebhujah || 122 ||
makhakartaa makhadhvamsee madhuro madhurapriyah |
brahmasrushTih brahmaveeryo baanahasto mahaabalee || 123 ||
kaalaroopo balonmaadee brahmanyo brahmavarchasee |
bahuroopo bahumaayo brahmaa vishnu shivaatmakah || 124 ||
brahmagarbho bruhadgarbho bruhadjyotih bruhattarah |
beejaadhyaksho beejakartaa beejaango beejavaahanah || 125 ||
brahma brahmavido brahmajyotih bruhaspatih |
beejabuddhi brahmachaaree brahmanyo braahmanapriyah || 126 ||
yugaadikrudyugaavarto yugaadhyaksho yugaapahaa |
yagyo yagyapatiryajvaa yagyaango yagyavaahanah || 127 ||
yogaachaaryo yogagamyo yogee yogashcha yogavit |
yogaango yogasaarango yakshoyuktiryamoyamee || 128 ||
roudro rudra rushee raahoo ruchirtva ranapriyah |
arogo rogahaaree cha rudhiro ruchiraangadee || 129 ||
lohitaaksho lalaaTaaksho lokado lokakaarakah |
lokabandhuh lokanaatho lakshanah gyothalakshanah || 130 ||
lokamaayo lokakartaa loulyo lalita eva cha |
vareeyaanoo varado vandyo vidvaana vishvaamareshvarah || 131 ||
vedaantasaarasandeho veetaraago vishaaradah |
vishvamoortih vishvavedyo vaamadevo vimochakah || 132 ||
vishvaroopo vishvapaksho vaageesho vrushavaahanah |
vrushaankotha vishaalaaksho vishvadeeptih vilochanah || 133 ||
viloko vishvadrugvishvo vijitaatmaalayah pumaan |
vyaaghracharmadharovaangee vaanmayaika vidhirvibhuh || 134 ||
varnaashrama guruvarnee varado vaayuvaahanah |
vishvakarmaa vineetaatmaa vedashaastraartha tatvavit || 135 ||
vasurvasumanaa vyaalo viraamo vimadah kavih |
vimochakashchavijayo vishishTo vrushavaahanah || 136 ||
vidyesho vibudho vaadee vedaango vedavinmutih |
vishveshvaro veerabhadro veeraasana vidhirviraaTa || 137 ||
vyavasaayo vyavasthaanah veerachooDaamanirvarah |
vaalakhilyo vishvadeho viraamo vasudovasuh || 138 ||
virochano vararuchirvedyo vaachaspatirgatih |
vidvattamo veetabhayo vishrutih vimalodayah || 139 ||
vaivasvato vasishThashcha vibhootih vigatajvarah |
vishvahartaa vishvagoptaa vishvaamitro dvijeshvarah || 140 ||
vishvotpattih vishvasaho vishvaavaaso vasushravaah |
vishvaroopo vajrahasto vipaako vishvakaarakah || 141 |||
vrushadarshvo vyaasakalpo vikalpo lokashalyahrut |
viroopo vikruto vegee viranchih vishTarashravaah || 142 ||
avyaktalakshano vyakto vyaktaa avyakto vishaampatih |
vibuddho agrakaro vedo vishvagarbho vichakshanah || 143 ||
vishmaaksho vilomaaksho vrushabho vrushavardhanah |
vittaprado vasantashcha vivasvaan vikramottamah || 144 ||
vedyo vaidyo vishvaroopo vivikto vishvabhaajanam |
vishayasCho viviktasCho vidyaaraashih viyatpriyah || 145 ||
shivah sarvah sadaachaarah shambhureeshaana eeshvarah |
shrutidharmaanasamvaadee sahasraakshah sahasrapaat || 146 ||
sarvagyah sarvadevashcha shankarah shooladhaarakah |
sushareerah skandaguruh shreekanThah sooryataapanah || 147 ||
eeshaano nilayah svasti saamavedastvatharvavit |
neetih suneetih shraddhaatmaa somah somatarah sukhee || 148 ||
somapaamrutapah saumyah sootrakaarah sanaatanah |
shaakho vishaakho sambhaavyah sarvadah sarvagocharah || 149 ||
sadaashivah samaavruttih sukeertih Chinnasamshayah |
sarvaavaasah sadaavaasah sarvaayudhavishaaradah || 150 ||
sulabhah suvratah shoorah shubhaangah shubhavigrahah |
suvarnaangah svaatmashatruh shatrujicChatrutaapanah || 151 ||
shanih sooryah sarvakarmaa sarvaloka prajaapatih |
siddhah sarveshvarah svasti svastikrutsvasti bhoosvadhaa || 152 ||
vasurvasumanaasatyah sarvapaapa haroharah |
sarvaadih siddhidah siddhih satvaavaasashchatushpathah || 153 ||
samvatsarakarah shreemaana shaantah samvatsarah shishuh |
spashTaaksharah sarvahaaree sangraamah samaraadhikah || 154 ||
ishTovishishTah shishTeshTah shubhadah sulabhaayanah |
subrahmanyah suragano susharanyah sudhaapatih || 155 ||
sharanyah shaashvatah skandah shipivishTah shivaashrayah |
samsaarachakrabhrutsaarah shankarah sarvasaadhakah || 156 ||
shastram shaastram shaantaraagah savitaasakalaagamah |
suveerah satpathaachaarah shaDvimshah saptalokadhruk || 157 ||
samraaTa suveshah shatrughno asurashatruh shubhodayah |
samarthah sugatah shakrah sadyogee sadasanmayah || 158 ||
shaastranetram mukham shmashru svaadhishThaanam shaDaashrayah |
abhooh satyapatih vruddhah ahamanah shikhisaarathih || 159 ||
suprateekah suvruddhaatmaa vaamanah sukhavaaridhih |
sukhaaneeDah sunishpannah surabhih srushTiraatmakah || 160 ||
sarvadevamayah shailah sarvashastra prabhanjanah |
shivaalayah sarvaroopah sahasramukhanaasikaa || 161 ||
sahasrabaahuh sarveshaam sharanyah sarvalokadhruk |
indreshah surasavyaasah sarvadevottamottamah || 162 ||
shivadhyaanaratah shreemaana shikhishree chanDikaapriyah |
shmashaananilayah setuh sarvabhoota maheshvarah || 163 ||
suvishTah suraadhyakshah sukumaarah sulochanah |
sakalah svargatah svargah sargah svaramayah svanah || 164 ||
saamagah sakalaadhaarah saamagaanapriyah shuchih |
sadgatih satkrutih shaantasadbhootih satparaayanah || 165 ||
shuchismitah prasannaatmaa sarvashastramrutaamvarah |
sarvaavaasah stutastvashTaa satyavrataparaayanah || 166 ||
shreevallabhah shivaarambhah shaantabhadrah sumaanasah |
satyavaana saatvikah satyah sarvajit shrutisaagarah || 167 ||
sahasraarchih saptajivhah saptaavara muneeshvarah |
samsaarasaarathih shuddhah shatrughnah shatrutaapanah || 168 ||
sureshah sharanam sharma sarvadevah sataangatih |
saddhruttovrata siddhishcha siddhidah siddhisaadhanah || 169 ||
shaantabuddhih shuddhabuddhih srashTaasto ataastavapriyah |
rasagyah sarvasaaragyah sarvasatvaalambanah || 170 ||
sthoolah sookshmah susookshmashcha sahasraakshah prakaashakah |
saarameyaanugah subhrooh prouDhabaahuh sahasradruk || 171 ||
gruhaatmako rudraroopee vashaT svaramayah shashee |
aadityah sarvakartaa cha sarvaayuh sarvabuddhidah || 172 ||
samhrushTastu sadaapushTo ghurghuro raktalochanah |
paadukaasiddhidah paataa paarushya vinishoodanah || 173 ||
ashTasiddhih mahaasiddhih parah sarvaabhichaarakah |
bhootavetaalaghaatee cha vetaalaanucharoravih || 174 ||
kaalaagnih kaalarudrashcha kaalaadityah kalaamayah |
kaalamaalee kaalakanThah tryambakah tripuraantakah || 175 ||
sarvaabhichaareehantaa cha tathaa krutyaanishoodanah |
aantramaalee ghanTamaalee svarnaakarshanabhairavah || 176 ||
naamnaam sahasram divyaanaam bhairavasya mahaatmanah |
mayaa te kathitam devi rahasyam sarvakaamadam || 177 ||
bhairavasya varaarohe varam naama sahasrakam |
paThate paaThayedyastu shrunuyaatsu samaahitah || 178 ||
na tasya duritam kinchinnamaaree bhayamevacha |
na cha bhootabhayam kinchinna rogaanaam bhayam tathaa || 179 ||
na paatakaadbhayam chaiva shatruto na bhayam bhavet |
maareebhayam chorabhayam naagnivyaaghraadijam bhayam || 180 ||
outpaatikam mahaaghoram paThate yo vileeyate |
duhsvapne raajabhaye vipattou ghoradarshane || 181 ||
stotram etat paThet vidvaana sarvaduhkhoughanaashanam |
sarvaprashamamaayaati sahasraparikeertanaat || 182 ||
ekakaalam dvikaalam vaa trikaalam athavaa nishee |
paThedyo niyataahaarah sarvasiddhi cha vindati || 183 ||
bhoomikaamo bhootikaamah shanmaasam cha japetsudheeh |
pratikrutyaa vinaashaartham japet trishatam uttamam || 184 ||
maasatrayena sarveshaam ripoonaam antako bhavet |
maasatrayam japet devi nishinishchalamaanasah || 185 ||
dhanam putraan tathaadaaraan praapnuyaannaatra samshayah |
mahaakaaraagruhe baddhapishaachaih parivaaritah || 186 ||
nigaDaih shrunkhalaabhishcha bandhanam paramam gatah |
paThet devi divaaraatrou sarvaan kaamaan avaapnuyaat || 187 ||
shatamaavartanaat devi purashcharanamuchyate |
yam yam kaamayate kaamam tam tam praapnoti nishchitam || 188 ||
satyam satyam punah satyam satyam satyam punah punah |
sarva kaamah prado devi bhairavah sarvasiddhidah || 189 ||
satkuleenaaya shaantaaya rushaye satyavaadinah |
stotradaanaatsu prahrushTo bhairavobhoonmaheshvarah || 190 ||
|| iti shree uDDaamaratantre umaamaheshvara samvaade bhairava sahasranaama
stotram sampoornam ||

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Stay your Feet, my Love

Poem by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor

Stay your feet, my love, to let me kiss them
With my life. O, listen to my tale of woe !

You know no kindness, pity, mercy, faith !
How strange, my sweetheart ! O, turn back
From your cruel sport of inflicting pain !

Being an artless woman, not knowing where to go,
I can do no more than nurse the pain of love.

Pouring out my woes, when we met long ago,
Made me feel so light, all anger melting away.

As modesty dictates, I confined the fire
To my bosom; but couldn't his heart soften,
Knowing what thorns I have borne ?

The dark wine cups of your eyes promised
Unearthly bliss. False hope ! Couldn't they
At least desist from slaying hearts ?

He revealed his radiant form just to show
That he could overpower running game and kill,
Like one would fell a cypress !

I can't bear the agony, and will run after my love,
Track him in every street, seek him in every shop.

Stop, Mahjoor ! Who'll read these tales of love ?
Keep love in your heart, for love is not for sale.
---Translated by: Triloki Nath Raina

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Story of the Butterfly

Brad Kunkle “Cocoon”
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn’t go further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.

What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.

Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Playing Dice

dyUtaM chalayatAmasmi tejastejasvinAmaham
jayo 'smi vyavasAyo 'smi sattvaM sattvavatAmaham
Of those things which deceive I am the dice, and splendor itself among splendid things. I am victory, I am perseverance, and the goodness of the good. (Bhagavad Gita,10.36)

 One of the rituals traditionally associated with Diwali is gambling. It is believed that on this night, Goddess Parvati played dice with her husband Lord Shiva (a scene superbly sculpted at Kailash temple, Ellora) and she decreed that whosoever gambled on Diwali night would prosper throughout the ensuing year. As if they held the fate of masses of mankind in their hands, they let fly dice which thundered across the heavens. It is a Divine Play. But this game of gods is not always safe for mortals.  The great gambling match of the Mahabharata epic was precipitated as the tragic consequence of a cruel conspiracy to ruin Yudhishthira, a kindly warrior and the eldest of the legendary Pandavas. After he had gambled and lost even his own person, the crafty Sakuni said to him: "You have done a bad act, Yudhishthira, in gaming away yourself and becoming a slave".
From the standpoint of symbolism the dice in this story are truly instruments of karmic necessity. In his fall Yudhishthira becomes the die tumbling out on the board, each toss cutting a swath through the multi-layered veil of destiny surrounding him and his brothers and all those whom they will oppose in the field of battle.   The throwing of the die signifies the manifesting of fate. Each roll or shot, toss or cast sets the stage for the next step in the pattern revealing itself as one goes along with the game.  If all in the world could be lost in such a game, so too could the ashtapada (board) be likened to all the world. In ancient India dice were sometimes used to move figures around on a board marked with longitudinal and latitudinal lines likened to sections of the known world.
 A die is a cube, the symbol of Earth. Three dimensions to the square can represents equality, justice and the law. Its three-dimensionality signifies these principles made manifest in the earthly realm. For to rise over this world, the person throws again and again. We become each and every piece within the game called life. As Shakespeare has told: and all the men and women merely players... we do indeed throw the dice, but we should take all karma in our stride and to bear our responsibility to what seem at a personal level to be blind forces of chance. When a person both refuses to accept karma and becomes entirely fixated on the continual play of chance, he or she is in the grips of a blind fascination. When a person's spiritual will is dormant, it is easy to become both a slave to another and a traitor to one's own higher Self.
And what about Divine Play? What can we tell here? One of Albert Einstein's most famous statements is "God does not play dice with the universe". On one occasion Bohr answered, "Einstein, stop telling God what to do."  :)

HAPPY DIWALI!

Lakshmi and Lotus

Om Padmapriyai namaha 
Om Padmashyai namaha 
Om Padmasundryai namaha
Lotus-born, Sri Lakshmi is Padmasambhava. As it is described in Ramayana:
The gods, the Asuras and the Gandharvas, again agitating the sea, after a long time appeared the great goddess, inhabiting the lotus, clothed with superlative beauty, in the first bloom of youth, covered with ornaments, and bearing every auspicious sign; adorned with a crown, with bracelets on her arms, her jetty locks flowing in ringlets, and her body, which resembled burning gold, adorned with ornaments of pearl. This great goddess appeared with four arms, holding a lotus in her hand; her countenance incomparable in beauty. Thus was produced the goddess Padma, or Shri, adored by the whole universe, Padma by name.
In Her names the lotus is very frequent and its symbolism is closely connected with it.
She is Padmamesthita (standing on a lotus), to be Padmavarna (lotus-coloured), Padmauru (lotus-thighed), Padmakshi (lotus-eyed), Padmini Pushkarini (abounding in lotuses), Padmapriya (the goddess to whom the lotus is dear). Her lotus pedestal has become attached to other deities both Hindu and Buddhist, and her characteristic attitude, known as padma hasta, or padmapani (lotus in hand), was taken over in the iconography of Mahayana Buddhism and can be seen in images of Padmapani. 
Lotus-born is a title of profoundly sacred significance throughout the East. At the creation of the world Brahma was born from a lotus rising from the navel of Vishnu. Lotus crowns were worn by kings, and numerous gods and goddesses of India, Egypt and the Far East are shown bearing emblems of open lotus flowers or sitting upon lotus thrones. In Buddhist tradition, the Buddha is related to the lotus and its petals are likened to the rays of the sun.
Lakshmi Devi is a force which transforms the visible energy of the Sun (of God) into action. The response to the sun's rays is the opening out of the lotus petals. But  opening up her petals to the illusory world, Devi is always focused at the feet of her Lord, at the Center.
The Lotus is the divine bridge between heaven and earth. And man is intended to manifest the flower that will reflect the Sun.
Om Padmayai namaha


HAPPY DIWALI!