However, in the literature based upon Veda-s i. Got it? Well, words are limited as you surely know, but I hope that you have understood the core of my explanation. And now, the hymn. Important: All that is in brackets and italicized within the translation has been added by me in order to complete the sense of a particular phrase or sentence. In turn, all that is between double hyphen Now and then, some important terms may be highlighted with color.
Oh Brahma --the Absolute-- brahman! Oh grantor da of boons vara! Is there kim Oh Destroyer mathana of the three cities pura! Having eliminated all hostile penetration --i. After that, oh Destroyer hara of the three tri cities pura! Oh three-eyed One trinayana! Ah aho! Introduction, transliteration, and translation by. Devendraray V. Bhatt and S. Introduction :. The legend about the circumstances leading to the composition of this Stotra is as follows.
A king named Chitraratha had constructed a nice garden. There were beautiful flowers in this garden. These flowers were used every day by the king in worshipping Lord Shiva.
One day a Gandharva Singer in the court of Indra, the Lord of the Heaven named Pushhpadanta being fascinated by the beautiful flowers, began to steal them, as a consequence of which king Chitraratha could not offer flowers to Lord Shiva. He tried very hard to capture the thief, but in vain, because the Gandharvas have divine power to remain invisible.
Finally the king spread the Shiva Nirmaalya in his garden. Shiva Nirmaalya consists of the Bilva leaves, flowers, et cetera which have been used in worshipping Lord Shiva. The Shiva Nirmaalya is considered holy. The thief Pushhpadanta, not knowing this, walked on the Shiva Nirmaalya, and by that he incurred the wrath of Lord Shiva and lost the divine power of invisibility. He then designed a prayer to Lord Shiva for forgiveness. In this prayer he sung the greatness of the Lord.
Lord Shiva became pleased by this StotraM, and returned Pushhpadanta's divine powers. The legend has some basis since the name of the author is mentioned in verse number 38 of the stotraM. The recital of this stotra is very beneficial, and Shri Ramakrishna, one of the famous saints of the nineteenth century, went into samadhi just by reciting a few verses from this hymn. Let its recitation be beneficial to you as well!
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. O, Great God, so great is your majesty that it cannot be reached by speech and mind.
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?
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? 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. O, Giver of Boons, your greatness is the cause of creation, maintenance, and destruction of the whole universe; this is supported by three Vedas ie, Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Saamaveda ; it is distributed in the three qualities ie, Satva, Rajas and Tamas and three bodies of Brahmaa, VishhNu and Mahesha.
Such is your greatness but certain stupid persons in this world are trying to destroy it by slander, which may be delightful to them but is really undelightful. If the Paramaatmaa the Greatest Soul creates the three worlds ie, thewhole Universe , what is his gesture? What is his body? What is his plan? What is his basis support? What are his means instruments,resources? These are the useless questions raised by some stupid critics, in order to mislead people, against one i.
Was the birth of the Universe independent of its Lord ie, You? If it was so, then what were the means by which it was created that the stupid critics are creating doubts about you? 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.
O, Giver of the Boons, the bull, the parts of a cot, chisel, the elephant-skin, Ashes, the serpent, the skull : these are the articles of your house-hold.
And yet gods get all their riches merely by the movement of your eye-brows. Really, false desires for worldly things do not deceive mislead one who is always is absorbed in his soul ie, the Yogi- in fact You. O, Destroyer Of Three Cities, some persons call this Universe eternal ever lasting , others call it temporary, and yet others call it both eternal and temporary.
Hence, being surprised perplexed by these contradictory opinions on this subject, I am really becoming immodest in loquaciously praising You. Brahma and VishhNu wanted to measure your wealth i. You took the form of Fire and your whole body was a column of fire extending over space. While Brahma took the form of a swan and flew high to see the top head , VishhNu took the form of a boar and dug up downwards to see the bottom feet.
Neither could succeed. While VishhNu confessed the truth, Brahma falsely claimed that he had found the top and persuaded the Ketaki flower to bear false witness. Shiva punished Brahma by removing one of his 5 heads and ordered that henceforth the Ketaki flower should not be used for his worship. When ultimately both praised you with full devotion and faith, you stood before them revealing your normal form. O, mountain-dweller, does not toeing your line always bear fruit?
Oh,destroyer of the three cities! The effortless achievement of the ten-headed Ravana in making the three worlds enemyless having conquered and his arrant eagerness for further fight by stretching his arms,are but the result of his constant devotion to your lotus feet at which he ever laid the lotus garland consisting of his 10 heads! Having obtained all his prowess through worshipping you, RavaNa once dared to test the power of his arms at your own dwelling place Kailas Mountain.
When he tried to lift it up, you just moved a toe of your foot on a head of his and lo! Ravana could not find rest or peace even in the nether-world.
Surely, power maddens the wicked. Finally RavaNa reestablished his faith in you. Oh boon-giver! BaaNa, the demon king made all the three worlds serve him with all their attendants and even the greatest wealth of Indra was a trifle for him. The gods as well as the demons were stunned at the prospect of the entire universe coming to an end, O, three-eyed lord, who is ever compassionate and engaged in removing the fear of the world, you took it poison on yourself by consuming it.
It is strange that this stain in your neck, though appearing to be a deformity, actually adds to your richness and personality. However O, master! Insulting, masters who have controlled their senses , does one no good.
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