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Shiva Manasa Puja Roman

शिवमानसपूजा

5 lines · Adi Shankaracharya; Stotra Ratnavali, Gita Press

Shiv ji

Shiv ji

The still centre; Monday's deity

1

ratnaih kalpitamaasanan himajalaih snaanan ch divyaambaran naanaaratnavibhooshitan mrigamadaamodaankitan chandanam. jaateechampakabilvapatrarachitan pushpan ch dhoopan tathaa deepan dev dayaanidhe pashupate hritkalpitan grihyataam.

Pashupati, store of mercy — a throne set with jewels, a bath of cool water, heavenly cloth bright with many gems, sandal touched with musk, an offering of jasmine and champak and bel leaf, incense and the diya: take all of this, made in the heart.

2

sauvarne navaratnakhandarachite paatre ghritan paayasan bhakshyan panchavidhan payodadhiyutan rambhaaphalan paanakam. shaakaanaamayutan jalan ruchikaran karpoorakhandojjvalan taamboolan manasaa mayaa virachitan bhaktyaa prabho sveekuru.

In a gold dish inlaid with new jewels: kheer rich with ghee, five kinds of food with milk and curd, plantain, sherbet, many greens, sweet water made clear and scented with camphar, and paan — all of it I have made in the mind and offer with love. Shiv ji, accept it.

3

chhatran chaamarayoryugan vyajanakan chaadarshakan nirmalan veenaabherimridangakaahalakalaa geetan ch nrityan tathaa. saashtaangan pranatih stutirbahuvidhaa hyetatsamastan mayaa sankalpen samarpitan tav vibho poojaan grihaan prabho.

A parasol, two chamaras, a fan, a clear mirror; the vina, the bheri, the mridanga and the kahala, song and dance; the full prostration and praise of many kinds — all of this I offer you by sankalp. Shiv ji, accept this puja.

4

aatmaa tvan girijaa matih sahacharaah praanaah shareeran grihan poojaa te vishayopabhogarachanaa nidraa samaadhisthitih. sanchaarah padayoh pradakshinavidhih stotraani sarvaa giro yadyatkarm karomi tattadakhilan shambho tavaaraadhanam.

Shambhu — you are my self, my understanding is Girija, my breaths your companions, my body your house; every enjoyment of sense is your puja, sleep is samadhi, my walking is the circling of you, and all my words are your stotras. Whatever act I do, the whole of it is your worship.

5

karacharanakritan vaakkaayajan karmajan vaa shravananayanajan vaa maanasan vaaparaadham. vihitamavihitan vaa sarvametatkshamasv jay jay karunaabdhe shreemahaadev shambho.

Whatever wrong I have done by hand or foot, by speech or body, by act, by ear or eye or mind; whether laid down or not laid down — forgive it all. Victory, victory, ocean of mercy, Mahadev Shambhu.