Monday, October 6, 2014

One Destination

Photo by Sebastian Meckelmann

From the Shiva Mahimna Stotram (full text is here) composed by Pushpadanta.

trayī sāṅkhyaṃ yōgaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti
prabhinnē prasthānē paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca|
rucīnāṃ vaicitryādṛjukuṭila nānāpathajuṣāṃ
nṛṇāmēkō gamyastvamasi payasāmarṇava iva
Different paths (to realization) enjoined by the three Vedas, by Sankhya, Yoga, Pashupata (Shaiva) and Vaishnava Shastras. People follow different paths, straight or crooked, according to their temperament, depending on which they consider best, or most appropriate – and reach You alone just as rivers enter the great ocean.

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

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