Adhi Sankara’s Dasa Sloki Sthuthi Lord Shambhu

Adhi Sankara’s Dasa  Sloki  Sthuthi Lord Shambhu

 

By

Adhi Sankaracharya

 

Translated by

P.R,Ramachander

 

(Here is a prayer  in which Adhi Sankara tries to prove ultimate  superiority of  Lord Shiva)

 

 

 

1.Saambo  na  Kula deivatham, pasupathe Saamba   thwadheeyaa  vayam

SAmbam sthomi surasuro  raga ganaa saambena   santhaarithaa

Saambaayasthu namo mayaa virachitham saambath param  no bhaje

Saambasyaa anucharo asmyaham mama  Rathi , Saambe  Parabrahmani

 

Is not Shiva with Amba  my clan deity, Oh  Lord of all beings, Oh Shiva, we are  yours,

I Pray  Samba, because the devas, asuras and serpents  attained  progress  by saluting to him

I salute   Samba and I do not pray    anyone   beyond  the God Samba

I am a servant  of Samba and my interest is in Samba, the divine  Brahmam

 

2,Vishnavaadhyascha  pura thrayam suragana  jethum na  ssakthaa  swayam,

Yam Shambhum bhagawan vayam thu pasvo asmaakam thwameveswara

Swa swa  sthaana  niyojithaa sumanasa swasthaa  bhabhuvusthatha,

Sthasmin may  hrudayam sukhena ramathaam Saambe  Para brahmani

 

Lord Vishnu   and other devas   were  not capable of winning  the Tripuras

But it was won by  Lord Shambhu himself and so I along   with other beings  consider him as our god,

And all those  who were  appointed by him were good minded, peaceful,

And so my heart  with pleasure plays    with Samba   the   divine  Brahman

 

3.Sreni yasya radhoradhangam  yugalam chandraka  bimba  dhwayam

Kodanda  kanakachalou hareerabhoodwaano vidhi   saaradhi

Thooneero  jalagirhayaa sruthichayo  mourvi   bhujangaadhipa

Sthasminmay hrudhayam sukhena ramathaam saambe  para brahmani

 

Victory  to the chariot  whose   two wheels   were  sun  and the moon,

The golden mountain  was its bow, lord  Vishnu  the arrow, Lord  Brahma the charioteer

The ocean was its quiver, the Vedas were  its horses, the bow  string was  Adhi sesha,

And in that my  heart  pleasantly   rejoices, Oh Sambhu  who is Para Brahman

 

4.Yenaa padhitha manga janga bhasitham , divyangaragai   samam

Yena sweekrutham abja sambhava   sira  souvarna  partthyai samam

Yenaangee krutha machyuthasya nayanam pooja  aravindai  samam

Thaasmin may   hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam  saambe  parabrahmani

 

He anointed  himself   with sacred ash using the ash  got  by burning manmatha

He accepted    the  skull pot  of lord  Brahma  as equal to golden vessel

He   approved, the eye  of lord   Vishnu as lotus  for worshipping him

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

 

5.Govindhadhikam, na  deivatham ithi proddharyaa hastha vubhou

Udhuthyaaha  Shivasya sannidhigatho  Vyaso  muneenaam   vara

Yasya sthambitha panir anathikruthaa  nandheeswarenaa  bhava,

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

Lifting   his arms  up and proclaiming  there is no other God   superior to Vishnu

The  greatest  among sages  Vyasa came  before   lord Shiva’s presence

And Nandhikeswara  benumbed   those  unjustified   arms of the sage

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

 

6.AAkaasath chikuraayathe dasa dhisaa  bhogo dukoolaayathe

Seethamsu  prasavaayathe sthiratharaananda swaroopaayathe

Vedantho  nilayaayathe suvinayo yasya   swabhaavayathe

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

His   hair  is the sky   and the  ten directions   garment  he wears

The moon  provides  flowers  bringing eternal joy as his  form,

The vedanthas  are  the  residence  , making   humility  as his nature

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

 

7,Vishnur yasya sahasra naamaa niyamaadh amboruhaan   archayan

Yeko nopa chitheshu nevra  kamalam naijam padaabja   dwaye

Sampoojyaasura samhathim vidhalayam trilokya paalo  abhavath

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

Lord Vishnu   worshipped  him  with his thousand names with lotus flowers

When there  was  a shortage of one flower   for worshipping  his lotus like feet

He  took out his eye as lotus and worshipped and became  protector of three  worlds

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

                       

8.SAurim saathyagiram  varaha  vapusham padambujadarasane

Chakre yo   dhayayaa samastha  jagathaam naadham    siro    Darsane

Mithyaa  vaachamapoojyameva  sathatham hamsa  swaroopam   vidhim

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

Lord Vishnu  told the truth when  in form of varaha he  searched  for his lotus like feet

And  so he   was  made  as the  Lord of the universe , but as for seeing his head

Lord Brahma   who  searched  in the form of a swan and so worship to him  was banned,

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

 

9.Yasyaa sandharanee jalaagni pavana  vyoma arka  chandraadhayo

Vikhyaathastha navoshatadhaa parinathaa naanyathaatho varthathe

Omkarartha vivevichini sruthiriyam chaachashta  thurya   shivam

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

He was the  joining  of water  , fire, wind,  sky  , sun  and moon,

And has been famous as the eight  fold entity and had   existence  other than this

And when the Vedas  examined  The  word OM, They  found  he was the fourth   state of all beings  , the Shiva

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman

 

10.Vishnu Brahma  Suradhipa  prabruthaya   sarvopi devaa  Yadhaa

SAmbhoothaanchalathe  vishaath  paribhavam prapthasthadhaa  sathvaram

Thaanaarthaan saranagathab nithi suraanyo arakshadha garshana

THwasminmay hrudhayam sukhena  ramathaam   saambhe  parabrahmani

 

Vishny Brahma Indra  , and all the devas were  taken aback,

At the poison that arose from the churning and  immediately  reached,

And he knowing that they  are depended  on him for protection, protected  them,

And because  of that my heart is with pleasure enjoying  SAmbhu  who is para  Brahman