Dosha pariharashtam
(The octet of
antidote to defects)
By
Sridhara Ayyaval
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(The great saint Sridhara Ayyaval was the son Sri Sridhara
Padmanabha who was a high ranking officer in the court of the king of Mysore. He was offered the post of his father , when
his father attained salvation and he rejected that offer
as he was spiritually oriented and took his residence in Thiruvisainallur
in the banks of river Cauvery. You can read about this great savant in http://www.sriayyaval.org/lsdetail.html
. Here is a remarkable stotra , where
he expresses his views on those who only find the defect
of others and tells us , what we should do to get rid of defects
ourselves. The devanagari original of
the stotra can be found in http://www.sriayyaval.org/history/ayyval_works/Slokas/Doshapariharashtakam.pdf)
1.Anyasya dosha
ganana kuthukam samethath,
AAvishkarothi
niyatham mayi doshavathwam,
Dosha punarmayi
na chedakhile satheese,
Dosha graham
kadhumudhethu mamesa thasmin.
I enjoy the
counting of the defect of others,
And it makes clear that
I am one with defect,
Oh Lord Shiva , when all the defects in the world are yourselves,
And where
does your defects lie , oh my God?
2.Yeshaa vyadhethara kruthethi mamesa thasmin,
Kopo yadhi
svapara kama mukha prassootha,
Seyam vydhethi
mayi may
na kadannu kopaa,
Swasya
vyadhaa swa duritha
prabhaavaa hi sarvaa.
Oh God , I
complain that all my problems are created by others,
And if my anger is
born due to my defects like passion,
Why is it that, I
am not getting angry at my problems,
And it is clear to me that all my problem are due to my own defects.
3.Kama prabruthya akhila
dosha nidher mamesha ,
Mayyaha dosham
ithi ko nu duragrahoi asmin,
Heyathwa maalapathi
yoayamalam ne kena,
Vaaryodha sathva
vathi soyam masath kimaha.
Oh God , passion and other defects are all the treasure of my defects,
And why am I am getting angry when others talk of my
defects ,
And they tell others not to come near me and what can I
do about it,
As they have not
talked about anything which is not in me.
4.Yas samsritha
swa hithadhir vyasana athurasthath,
Doshasya tham
prathi vaachoisthu thadanya dosham,
Yaadhchmi
thanmama na kim kshathaye
swadosha,
Chinthaiva may
thadapanodha phalo uchithaath.
Suppose someone approaches me to solve his sorrows and
sufferings,
I can possibly point out to him his defects and more defects,
And will not
pointing out defects of others lead to
my fall due to my defects ,
And so I consider thinking about my defects so that I can remove them , will
be more apt.
5.Dosham parasya
nanugruhnathi mayyanena,
Swathmaisha yeva
para gathra samahathena,
Durvasthuneva
Malini kriyathe thadanya,
Dosha grahadahaha
kim na nirvriuuthithavyam.
When I keep on thinking about the defects of others,
All those defects , which are collected from other people ,
Would become the
bad thing that would dirty my mind,
And so Why should I collect defects
from other persons?
6.Nirdosha bhaavam itharasya sadoshabhavam,
Swasyami
savidhdhathi para doshadhi men,
Aastham iyam
thadh itharaa thu pararthi
mathra,
Hethurvya anukthu na kadham mama
thucha bhavam.
Having a feeling
that I do not have any defects and feel
that others have defects,
And feeling they
only have all the defects
Causes sorrow and
worries to all those persons,
And is this not that
which shows to others my pettiness?
7.Padmadhi sourabha
iva bramarasya harsha,
Hithvaa anyadheeya
sugune punar anya doshe ,
Harsho durartha ivageha keete kimasthe ,
Haa may kadhesa
krupayaavigalethsa yeshaa.
The bee gets joy
due to the sweet smell of the lotus,
And like that if I see greatness of others I should get joy,
And getting joy out
of defects of others is like the pig getting pleasure,
Out of the gutter
and Oh lord when shall I get rid of this
defect by your blessing?
8.Dosha swabaaji
mathi kousalam anya bhaji,
Moudyam gune anya
jushi harshabhara swabhaji ,
Astha prasathir akhileshu
dhaya athyudhara,
Vrutharyojitho
mama kadasthu haranuraga.
Let me see my defects
and let me not have the trick of
finding other’s defects,
Let me be happy of seeing greatness of others and not to that
of mine,
Let there be fame
of my being merciful
and being generous to all others,
When will I increase
my power by being in love with
you?
