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Sri
Sivastakam
(Eight
prayers glorifying Lord Shiva, spoken by Sriman Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Recorded in Murari Gupta's "Sri Caitanya Carita Mahakavya")
1)
namo namaste tri-dasheshvaraya
bhutadi
nathaya mridaya nityam
gagga-taraggotthita-bala-chandra-
chudaya
gauri-nayanotsavaya
"I
repeatedly offer my obeisances unto you, the controller of the
thirty primal demigods; unto you, the original father of all created
beings; unto you, whose character is gracious; unto you, whose
head is crested by the sickle moon arisen from the waves of the
Ganga and unto you, who are a festival for the eyes of the fair
goddess Gauri."
2)
sutapta chamikara-chandra-nila-
padma-pravalambuda-kanti-vastraih
sa
nritya-raggesta-vara-pradaya
kaivalya-nathaya
vrisa-dhvajaya
"I
offer my obeisances unto you, who are dressed in garments resembling
molten gold, the moon, blue lotuses, coral, and dark rain clouds;
unto you, who bestow the most desirable boons on your devotees
by means of your delightful dancing; unto you, who are the master
of the impersonalists and unto you, whose flag bears the image
of the bull."
3)
sudhamzu-suryagni-vilochanena
tamo-bhide
te jagatah shivaya
sahasra-shubhramshu-sahasra-rashmi-
sahasra-sajjit-tvara-tejase'stu
"I
offer my obeisances unto you, who dispells darkness with your
three eyes - the moon, the sun and fire; unto you, who causes
auspiciousness for all the living entities of the universe and
unto you, whose potency easily defeats that of thousands of moons
and suns."
4)
nageza-ratnojjvala-vigrahaya
shardula-charmamzuka-divya-tejase
sahasra-patropari
samsthitaya
varaggada-mukta-bhuja-dvayaya
"I
offer my obeisances unto you, whose form is brilliantly illuminated
by the jewels of Ananta, the king of snakes; unto you, who are
clothed by a tiger-skin and thus radiate divine effulgence; unto
you, who sits upon a thousand-petalled lotus and unto you, whose
two arms are adorned bylusterous
bangles."
5)
su-nupura-ragjita-pada-padma
ksarat-sudha-bhritya-sukha-pradaya
vichitra-ratnaugha-vibhusitaya
premanam
evadya harau videhi
"I
offer my obeisances unto you, who brings happiness to your servitors,
as you pour on them the liquid nectar from your two reddish lotus
feet, which ring with charming anklebells. Obeisances unto you,
who is adorned with an abundance of gems - please endow me with
pure love for Lord Hari."
6)
sri rama govinda mukunda shaure
sri
krishna narayana vasudeva
ity-adi
namamririta-pana-matta-
bhriggadhi-payakhila-dukha-hantre
"O
Shri Rama, O Govinda, O Mukunda, O Shauri, O Shri krsna, O Narayana,
O Vaasudeva!' I offer my obeisances unto you, Lord Shiva, the
monarch of intoxicated bee-like devotees, maddened by drinking
the nectar of these and other holy names of the Lord. Obeisances
unto you, the destroyer of all grief."
7)
sri naradadyaih satatam sugopya-
jijjasita-yashu
vara-pradaya
tebhyo
harer bhakti-sukha-pradaya
shivaya
sarva-gurave namo namaha
"I
offer my respectful obeisances again and again unto you, who is
forever enquired of confidentially by Shri Narada and other sages;
unto you, who also grants favors to them very quickly; unto you,
who bestows the happiness of Hari-bhakti; unto you, who creates
auspiciousness and unto you, who is the guru of everyone."
8)
sri gaura-netrosava-maggalaya
tat-prana-nathaya
rasa-pradaya
sada
samutkantha-govinda-lila-
gana-pravinaya
namo'stu tubhyam
"I
offer my obeisances unto you, who are a festival of auspiciousness
for the eyes of Goddess Gauri; unto you, who is the monarch of
her life-breath; unto you, who is capable of bestowing transcendental
rasa and unto you, who is expert in forever singing songs of the
pastimes of Lord Govinda with great longing."
9)
etat shivasyastakam adbhutam mahat
shrinvan
hari-prema labheta shighram
jjanam
ca vijjanam apurva-vaibhavam
yo
bhava-purnah paramam samadaram
"A
person, filled with loving feelings, who hears with rapt attention
this wonderful eight-fold prayer to Lord Shiva, can quickly gain
Sri Hari-prema as well as transcendental knowledge, the realization
of that knowledge, and unprecedented powers."
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