Na kasya unnatyai bhavati srirasastvay yavanatih. Na taccitram tasmin varivasitari tvac caranayor Yadriddhim sutramno varada paramo-ccairapi satimĪdhashcakre banah parijana vidheya tribhuvanah, Sthiraya stvad bhaktes tripurahara visphur jitamidam. Sthirah padmasreni racita caranam bhoruhabaleh Afterwards, when they praised You with great faith and devotion, You revealed yourself to them of Your own accord does not surrender to You bear fruit? ॥ 10 ॥ Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 11:Īyatnadapadya tribhuvanama-vairavya-tikaramĭ- ashasyo yadbahun abhrita ranakandu paravashan, O Girisha, when You took the form of a pillar of fire, Brahma trying from above and Vishnu trying from below failed to measure You. Svayam tasthe tabhyam tava kim anuvrittir na phalati. Tato bhakti sraddha bhara-guru-grinad-bhyam girisha yat Paricchett- um yatav anala manala skandha vapushah, Tavaisvaryam yatnad yadupari virincir-hari-radhah Bewildered by all this, I do not feel ashamed to praise You indeed my loquacity is an indication of my boldness. Others still, hold that it is eternal and non-eternal - having different characteristics. O Destroyer of the demon Pura, some say that the whole universe is eternal while others say that all is transitory. Stuvan jihremi tvam na khalu nanu dhrishta mukharata. Samaste’pye tasmin puramathana tair vismita iva Paro dhrau vyadhrauvye jagati gadati vyasta vishaye, ॥ 8 ॥ĭhruvam kascit sarvam sakala mapara stva dhruva midam Indeed one whose delight is in the Self cannot be deluded by the mirage of sense objects. O Giver of boons! A great bull, a wooden hand rest, an axe, a tiger skin, ashes, serpents, a human skull and other such things–these are all You own, though simply by casting Your eyes on gods You gave them great treasures which they enjoy. Na hi svatma ramam vishaya mriga trishna bhramayati. Surastam tamriddhim dadhati tu bhavad bhru pranihitam Kapalam cetiyat tava varada tantro pakaranam, Mahokshah khatvangam parashu-rajinam bhasma haninah 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 ocean. Nrinameko gamyas tvamsasi payasa marnava iva.ĭifferent paths (to realization) arc enjoined by the three Vedas, by Sankhya, Yoga, Pashupata (Shaiva) (doctrine and Vaishnava Shastras. Rucinam vaicitryad riju kutila nana pathajusham Prabhinne prasthane paramidamadah pathyamiti ca, Trayi sankhyam yogah pasupati matam vaishnavamiti O Lord of gods! Can the worlds be without origin, though they have bodies? Is their creation possible without a creator? Who else but God can initiate the creation of the worlds? Because they are fools they raise doubts about Your existence. Yato mandastvam praty-amaravara samsherata ime. ॥ 5 ॥ Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 6:Ījanmano lokah kimavayava vanto’pi jagatamĪdhisthataram kim bhavavidhir-anadritya bhavati,Īnisho va kuryad bhuvana janane kah parikaro To fulfill what desire, assuming what form, with what instruments, support and material does that Creator create the three worlds? This kind of futile argumentation about You whose divine nature is beyond the reach of intellect makes the perverted vociferous and brings delusion to men. Kutarko’yam kamshcin mukharayati mohaya jagatah. Kimadharo dhata srijati kimupadana iti ca,Ītarkyaish varye tvay yanavasara duhstho hatadhiyah Kimihah kimkayah sa khalu kimupaya stribhuvanam O Giver of boons! Some stupid people produce arguments–pleasing to the ignorant but in fact hateful– to refute Your Divinity, which creates, preserves and destroys the world, which is divided into three bodies (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) according to the three gunas, and which is described in the three Vedas. Vihantum vyakrosim vidadhata ihaike jadadhiyah. Trayivastu vyastam tisrishu guna-bhinnasu tanushu,Ībhavyanam asmin varada ramaniyama ramanim Tavaisvaryam yat taj jagadudaya raksa pralayakrit O Brahman! Do even Brihaspati’s praises cause wonder to You, the author of the nectar-like sweet Vedas? 0 destroyer of the three cities, the thought that by praising Your glories I shall purify my speech has prompted me to undertake this work. Punam ityarthe’smin puramathana buddhir vyavasita. Mama tvetam vanim guna kathana punyena bhavatah Tava brahman kim vag api suraguror vismaya padam, Madhu sphita vacah paramam amritam nirmitavatas Who can properly praise that which even the Vedas describe with trepidation, by means of’ ‘neti-neti / not this, not this’? How many qualities does He possess? By whom can He be perceived? Yet whose mind and speech do not turn to the form later taken by Him (saguna) ॥ 2 ॥ Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 3: Your greatness is beyond the reach of mind and speech.