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Shiv Tandav Stotram: Lyrics and Meaning

शिव तांडव स्तोत्र

Traditionally attributed to Ravana

The Shiv Tandav Stotram ("hymn of Shiva's tandava") is a Sanskrit hymn of praise to Shiva as the dancer of the tandava, his fierce and powerful dance. Its verses describe Shiva as the dance goes on: the Ganga running through his matted hair, the serpents round his neck, the fire on his forehead, the crescent moon on his head, and the beat of the damaru drum. It is one of the best-known Shiva hymns, and many families recite it on Mondays, at Pradosh and on Maha Shivaratri.

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Verse 1

जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थलेगलेऽवलम्ब्य लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम् ।डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वयंचकार चण्डताण्डवं तनोतु नः शिवः शिवम् ।

Ja­ta­ta­vi­ga­laj­ja­lap­ra­va­ha­pa­vi­tas­tha­leGalevalambya lambitam bhujangatungamalikamDa­mad­da­mad­da­mad­da­man­ni­na­da­vad­da­mar­va­yamChakara chandatandavam tanotu nah shivah shivam

IAST

ja­ṭā­ṭa­vī­ga­laj­ja­lap­ra­vā­ha­pā­vi­tas­tha­legale’valambya lambitāṃ bhujaṅgatuṅgamālikām |ḍa­maḍ­ḍa­maḍ­ḍa­maḍ­ḍa­man­ni­nā­da­vaḍ­ḍa­mar­va­yaṃcakāra caṇḍatāṇḍavaṃ tanotu naḥ śivaḥ śivam |

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Our explanation The stream of the Ganga runs down from the forest of Shiva's matted hair and makes his neck holy. On that neck hangs a long garland of great serpents. His damaru drum sounds "ḍamaḍ ḍamaḍ ḍamaḍ", and to that sound he danced the fierce tandava. The verse ends with a wish that Shiva may spread what is good (śivam) for all who recite it.

हिंदी अर्थ शिव की जटाओं के वन से गंगा की धारा बहती है और उनके गले को पवित्र करती है। उस गले में बड़े सर्पों की लंबी माला लटकती है। उनका डमरू "डमड् डमड् डमड्" बजता है, और उसी ध्वनि पर उन्होंने प्रचंड तांडव किया। श्लोक इस कामना के साथ समाप्त होता है कि शिव पाठ करने वालों का कल्याण (शिवम्) करें।

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  1. जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले jaṭāṭavīgalajjalapravāhapāvitasthale · on the place made holy by the hair-stream (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: jaṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 409, col. 1 “(ā), f. the hair twisted together”; aṭavi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 11, col. 2 “‘place to roam in,’ a forest”; 1. gal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 350, col. 3 “to drip, drop, ooze, trickle, distil”; 1. jala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 414, col. 2 “water, any fluid”; pra-vāha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 691, col. 2 “a stream, river, current, running water”; pāvita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 623, col. 2 “cleansed, purified”; sthala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1261, col. 3 “soil, ground … place, spot”
  2. गले gale · on the neck (noun, locative singular) Dictionary: 2. gala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 350, col. 3 “‘swallower,’ the throat, neck”
  3. अवलम्ब्य avalambya · having hung (gerund, 'having …') Dictionary: ava-lamb, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 103, col. 2 “Caus. (ind. p. -lambya) to hang up”
  4. लम्बिताम् lambitām · hanging down, long (adjective, accusative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: lambita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 897, col. 2 “hanging down, pendent”
  5. भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम् bhujaṅgatuṅgamālikām · a long garland of serpents (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: bhujaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, snake, serpent-demon”; tuṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “prominent, erect, lofty, high”; mālaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 813, col. 3 “(ikā), f. a garland … a necklace”
  6. डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमरु ḍamaḍḍamaḍḍamaḍḍamanninādavaḍḍamaru · with the damaru sounding ḍamaḍ ḍamaḍ (compound, stem form (read with the next word)) Dictionary: ni-nāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 549, col. 1 “sound, noise, crying, humming”; ḍamaru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 430, col. 2
  7. अयम् ayam · this one (Shiva) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
  8. चकार cakāra · did, performed (verb, perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 300, col. 3
  9. चण्डताण्डवम् caṇḍatāṇḍavam · the fierce tandava dance (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 383, col. 1 “fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry”; tāṇḍava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 3 “dancing (esp. with violent gesticulation), frantic dance (of Śiva and his votaries)”
  10. तनोतु tanotu · may he spread (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 3. tan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 435, col. 1
  11. नः naḥ · for us (pronoun, dative plural) Dictionary: 1. nas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 532, col. 2 “encl. form for acc. gen. dat. pl. of the 1st pers. pron.”
  12. शिवः śivaḥ · Shiva (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “‘The Auspicious one,’ N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity”
  13. शिवम् śivam · good, welfare (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 2 “(am), n. welfare, prosperity, bliss”

Verse 2

जटा­क­टा­ह­सं­भ्र­म­भ्र­म­न्नि­लिं­प­नि­र्झ­री­वि­लो­ल­वी­चि­व­ल्ल­री­वि­रा­ज­मा­न­मू­र्ध­नि।धगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलल्ललाटपट्टपावके किशोरचंद्रशेखरे रतिः प्रतिक्षणं मम॥

Ja­ta­ka­ta­ha­sambh­ra­mabh­ra­man­ni­lim­pa­nir­jha­ri­vi­lo­la­vi­chi­val­la­ri­vi­ra­ja­ma­na­mur­dha­niDha­gad­dha­gad­dha­gajj­va­lal­la­la­ta­pat­ta­pa­va­ke kishorachandrashekhare ratih pratikshanam mama

IAST

ja­ṭā­ka­ṭā­ha­saṃbh­ra­mabh­ra­man­ni­liṃ­pa­nir­jha­rī­vi­lo­la­vī­ci­val­la­rī­vi­rā­ja­mā­na­mūr­dha­ni|dha­gad­dha­gad­dha­gajj­va­lal­la­lā­ṭa­paṭ­ṭa­pā­va­ke kiśoracaṃdraśekhare ratiḥ pratikṣaṇaṃ mama||

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Our explanation Shiva's matted hair is like a great cauldron in which the river of the gods (the Ganga) whirls, and her restless waves shine on his head. On the flat of his forehead a fire blazes, "dhagad dhagad". The young crescent moon is his crown. The singer asks that his joy be in this Shiva at every moment.

हिंदी अर्थ शिव की जटाएँ एक बड़े कड़ाह जैसी हैं जिसमें देवनदी (गंगा) घूमती है, और उसकी चंचल लहरें उनके सिर पर शोभा देती हैं। उनके माथे पर अग्नि "धगद् धगद्" जलती है। बाल चंद्रमा उनका मुकुट है। गाने वाला चाहता है कि ऐसे शिव में उसका आनंद हर क्षण बना रहे।

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  1. जटाकटाहसंभ्रमभ्रमन्निलिंपनिर्झरीविलोलवीचिवल्लरीविराजमानमूर्धनि jaṭākaṭāhasaṃbhramabhramanniliṃpanirjharīvilolavīcivallarīvirājamānamūrdhani · on whose head the Ganga's waves whirl (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: jaṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 409, col. 1 “(ā), f. the hair twisted together”; kaṭāha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “a boiler, caldron, saucepan”; saṃ-bhrama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1179, col. 3 “whirling round, haste, hurry, flurry, confusion, agitation”; bhram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 769, col. 2 “to move to and fro or unsteadily, flicker … to move round, circulate, revolve”; ni-limpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “-nirjharī, f. N. of Gaṅgā”; vi-lola, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 986, col. 1 “moving to and fro or from side to side, rolling, waving, tremulous, unsteady”; vīci, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1004, col. 3 “a wave, ripple”; vallari, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 928, col. 3 “a creeper, any climbing or creeping plant”; vi-rāj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 982, col. 3 “to be illustrious or eminent, shine forth, shine out”; mūrdhan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 826, col. 1 “the forehead, head in general, skull”
  2. धगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलल्ललाटपट्टपावके dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalallalāṭapaṭṭapāvake · on whose forehead fire blazes (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: jval, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 428, col. 2 “to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine”; lalāṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 898, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; paṭṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 579, col. 2 “the flat or level surface of anything (cf. lalāṭa-, śilā-)”; pāvaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 623, col. 2 “fire or the god of fire”
  3. किशोरचंद्रशेखरे kiśoracaṃdraśekhare · crowned with the young moon (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: kiśora, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 284, col. 2 “a colt … a youth, lad”; candra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 3 “glittering, shining (as gold) … m. the moon”; śekhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1088, col. 2 “the top or crown of the head; a chaplet or wreath of flowers”
  4. रतिः ratiḥ · delight, love (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: rati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 3 “pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for”
  5. प्रतिक्षणम् pratikṣaṇam · at every moment (indeclinable) Dictionary: prati-kṣaṇam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 661, col. 3 “ind. at every moment, continually”
  6. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”

Verse 3

धरा­ध­रें­द्र­नं­दि­नी­वि­ला­स­बं­धु­बं­धु­र­स्फु­र­द्दि­गं­त­सं­त­ति­प्र­मो­द­मा­न­मा­न­से।कृपाकटाक्षधोरणीनिरुद्धदुर्धरापदि क्वचिद्दिगंबरे मनो विनोदमेतु वस्तुनि॥

Dha­ra­dha­rend­ra­nan­di­ni­vi­la­sa­ban­dhu­ban­dhu­ras­phu­rad­di­gan­ta­san­ta­tip­ra­mo­da­ma­na­ma­na­seKri­pa­ka­tak­sha­dho­ra­ni­ni­rud­dha­dur­dha­ra­pa­di kvachiddigambare mano vinodametu vastuni

IAST

dha­rā­dha­reṃd­ra­naṃ­di­nī­vi­lā­sa­baṃ­dhu­baṃ­dhu­ras­phu­rad­di­gaṃ­ta­saṃ­ta­tip­ra­mo­da­mā­na­mā­na­se|kṛ­pā­ka­ṭāk­ṣa­dho­ra­ṇī­ni­rud­dha­dur­dha­rā­pa­di kvaciddigaṃbare mano vinodametu vastuni||

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Our explanation Shiva's mind delights in the play of Parvati, daughter of the king of mountains, and the far ends of the directions shine around him. The stream of his kind glances holds back troubles that are hard to bear. The singer asks that his mind find its joy in this Shiva, digambara, "whose garment is the sky". The 1904 printing reads cidambara here, "whose garment is pure awareness".

हिंदी अर्थ शिव का मन पर्वतराज की पुत्री पार्वती की लीला में आनंद पाता है, और दिशाओं के छोर उनके चारों ओर चमकते हैं। उनकी कृपा भरी दृष्टि की धारा कठिन विपत्तियों को रोक देती है। गाने वाला चाहता है कि उसका मन ऐसे शिव में आनंद पाए, जो "दिगंबर" हैं, यानी जिनका वस्त्र आकाश है। 1904 की छपाई में यहाँ "चिदंबर" (जिनका वस्त्र शुद्ध चेतना है) है।

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  1. धराधरेंद्रनंदिनीविलासबंधुबंधुरस्फुरद्दिगंतसंततिप्रमोदमानमानसे dharādhareṃdranaṃdinīvilāsabaṃdhubaṃdhurasphuraddigaṃtasaṃtatipramodamānamānase · whose mind delights in Parvati's play (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: dharā-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 510, col. 2 “bearing or sustaining the earth; … a mountain”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1; nandinī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 527, col. 2 “a daughter”; vi-lāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 985, col. 1 “sport, play, pastime, pleasure, diversion”; bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a friend (opp. to ripu)”; 1. bandhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 2 “curved, rounded, pleasant, beautiful, charming … (ifc.) adorned with”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; dig-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 3 “‘the end of the horizon,’ remote distance”; saṃ-tati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1141, col. 3 “stretching or extending along, expanse, continuity, uninterruptedness”; pra-mud, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 686, col. 3 “to become joyful, rejoice greatly, exult, be delighted”; mānasa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 810, col. 1 “n. (ifc. f. ā) the mental powers, mind, spirit”
  2. कृपाकटाक्षधोरणीनिरुद्धदुर्धरापदि kṛpākaṭākṣadhoraṇīniruddhadurdharāpadi · whose kind glances stop hard troubles (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1 “pity, tenderness, compassion”; kaṭākṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “a glance or side look, a leer”; dhoraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 520, col. 2 “(ī), f. an uninterrupted series, tradition”; ni-ruddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 554, col. 1 “held back, withheld, held fast, stopped, shut, closed, confined, restrained”; dur-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 3 “difficult to be carried or borne or suffered, unrestrainable, irresistible”; 2. āpad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 142, col. 3 “misfortune, calamity, distress”
  3. क्वचित् kvacit · in some (one) (indeclinable) Dictionary: kva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 2 “kva cid = kasmiṃś-cid … anywhere, somewhere, to any place, in a certain place”
  4. दिगंबरे digaṃbare · whose garment is the sky (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: dig-ambara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 1 “‘sky-clothed,’ i.e. quite naked”
  5. मनः manaḥ · mind (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
  6. विनोदम् vinodam · joy, delight (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-noda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 972, col. 2 “diversion, sport, pastime, pleasure”
  7. एतु etu · may (it) find (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 5. i, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 163, col. 3 “to arrive at, reach, obtain”
  8. वस्तुनि vastuni · in that being (noun, locative singular) Dictionary: 2. vastu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 932, col. 3 “any really existing or abiding substance or essence, thing, object, article”
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  • The printed edition reads: धराधरेंद्रनंदिनीविलासबंधुबंधुरस्फुरद्दिगंतसंततिप्रमोदमानमानसे।
    कृपाकटाक्षधोरणीनिरुद्धदुर्धरापदि क्वचिच्चिदंबरे मनो विनोदमेतु वस्तुनि॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: …निरुद्धदुर्धरापदि क्वचिच्चिदंबरे मनो विनोदमेतु वस्तुनि॥ The base printing reads चिदंबरे ('whose garment is awareness', leaf n119). The display shows दिगंबरे, which the 1918 printing prints (leaf n41, the dated attestation) and Gita Press prints today (p. 41). sanskritdocuments.org prints both readings (दिगम्बरे, with चिदम्बरे in brackets), so for today's wording only one publisher counts (decision 14 addendum c, batch 7): the word rests on the 1918 printing.

Verse 4

जटा­भु­जं­ग­पिं­ग­ल­स्फु­र­त्फ­णा­म­णि­प्र­भा­क­दं­ब­कुं­कु­म­द्र­व­प्र­लि­प्त­दि­ग्व­धू­मु­खे।मदांधसिंधुरस्फुरत्त्वगुत्तरीयमेदुरे मनो विनोदमद्भुतं बिभर्तु भूतभर्तरि॥

Ja­ta­bhu­jan­ga­pin­ga­las­phu­rat­pha­na­ma­nip­ra­bha­ka­dam­ba­kun­ku­mad­ra­vap­ra­lip­ta­dig­va­dhu­mu­kheMa­dan­dha­sin­dhu­ras­phu­ratt­va­gut­ta­ri­ya­me­du­re mano vinodamadbhutam bibhartu bhutabhartari

IAST

ja­ṭā­bhu­jaṃ­ga­piṃ­ga­las­phu­rat­pha­ṇā­ma­ṇip­ra­bhā­ka­daṃ­ba­kuṃ­ku­mad­ra­vap­ra­lip­ta­dig­va­dhū­mu­khe|ma­dāṃ­dha­siṃ­dhu­ras­phu­ratt­va­gut­ta­rī­ya­me­du­re mano vinodamadbhutaṃ bibhartu bhūtabhartari||

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Our explanation The tawny serpents in Shiva's hair have shining jewels on their hoods. Their light spreads over the faces of the directions, pictured as women, like saffron paste. Shiva wears the gleaming hide of an elephant maddened by rut as his upper cloth. The singer asks that his mind find a wonderful joy in Shiva, the lord of all beings (bhūtabhartṛ).

हिंदी अर्थ शिव की जटाओं में भूरे-पीले सर्प हैं, जिनके फनों पर मणियाँ चमकती हैं। उनका प्रकाश दिशाओं के मुखों पर, जिन्हें स्त्रियों के रूप में देखा गया है, केसर के लेप की तरह फैलता है। शिव मदमस्त हाथी की चमकती खाल को उत्तरीय (ऊपर का वस्त्र) बनाकर ओढ़ते हैं। गाने वाला चाहता है कि उसका मन सब प्राणियों के स्वामी (भूतभर्ता) शिव में अद्भुत आनंद पाए।

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  1. जटाभुजंगपिंगलस्फुरत्फणामणिप्रभाकदंबकुंकुमद्रवप्रलिप्तदिग्वधूमुखे jaṭābhujaṃgapiṃgalasphuratphaṇāmaṇiprabhākadaṃbakuṃkumadravapraliptadigvadhūmukhe · whose serpents' gem-light paints the directions' faces (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: jaṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 409, col. 1 “(ā), f. the hair twisted together”; bhujaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, snake, serpent-demon”; piṅgala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 624, col. 3 “reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; phaṇā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 716, col. 1 “f. of phaṇa, in comp.”; maṇi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 774, col. 3 “a jewel, gem, pearl (also fig.)”; prabhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 683, col. 3 “light, splendour, radiance, beautiful appearance”; kadamba, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 3 “a multitude, assemblage, collection, troop, herd”; kuṅkuma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 287, col. 3 “saffron (Crocus sativus, the plant and the pollen of the flowers)”; drava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 500, col. 3 “flowing, fluid, dropping, dripping, trickling … juice, essence”; pra-lip, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 689, col. 3 “to smear, besmear, stain”; 2. diś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 1 “quarter or region pointed at, direction, cardinal point”; vadhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 917, col. 1 “a bride or newly-married woman, young wife, spouse, any wife or woman”; mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
  2. मदांधसिंधुरस्फुरत्त्वगुत्तरीयमेदुरे madāṃdhasiṃdhurasphurattvaguttarīyamedure · clad in a rutting elephant's shining hide (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 3 “the fluid or juice that exudes from a rutting elephant's temples”; andha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 44, col. 3 “blind; dark”; sindhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 2 “an elephant”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; 2. tvac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 3 “skin (of men, serpents &c.), hide (of goats, cows &c.)”; uttarīya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 179, col. 1 “an upper or outer garment”; medura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 832, col. 3 “smooth, soft, bland, unctuous … thick, dense … thick with, full of”
  3. मनः manaḥ · mind (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
  4. विनोदम् vinodam · joy (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-noda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 972, col. 2 “diversion, sport, pastime, pleasure”
  5. अद्भुतम् adbhutam · wonderful (adjective, accusative singular) Dictionary: adbhuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 19, col. 1 “supernatural, wonderful, marvellous”
  6. बिभर्तु bibhartu · may (it) hold (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 764, col. 3 “to bear, carry, convey, hold”
  7. भूतभर्तरि bhūtabhartari · in the lord of beings (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”; bhartṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 1 “a preserver, protector, maintainer, chief, lord, master”
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  • Word The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: मदान्धसिन्धुरासुरत्वगुत्तरीयमेदुरे मनो विनोदमद्भुतं बिभर्त्तु भूतभर्त्तरि॥ सिन्धुरासुर ('the elephant demon') for सिंधुरस्फुरत् (leaf n41); its footnote gives the स्फुरत् reading as another reading.

Verse 5

सह­स्र­लो­च­न­प्र­भृ­त्य­शे­ष­ले­ख­शे­ख­र­प्र­सू­न­धू­लि­धो­र­णी­वि­धू­स­रां­घ्रि­पी­ठ­भूः।भुजंगराजमालया निबद्धजाटजूटकः श्रियै चिराय जायतां चकोरबंधुशेखरः॥

Sa­has­ra­lo­cha­nap­rabh­rit­ya­she­sha­le­kha­she­kha­rap­ra­su­na­dhu­li­dho­ra­ni­vi­dhu­sa­rangh­ri­pi­tha­bhuhBhujangarajamalaya nibaddhajatajutakah shriyai chiraya jayatam chakorabandhushekharah

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sa­has­ra­lo­ca­nap­ra­bhṛt­ya­śe­ṣa­le­kha­śe­kha­rap­ra­sū­na­dhū­li­dho­ra­ṇī­vi­dhū­sa­rāṃgh­ri­pī­ṭha­bhūḥ|bhujaṃgarājamālayā nibaddhajāṭajūṭakaḥ śriyai cirāya jāyatāṃ cakorabaṃdhuśekharaḥ||

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Our explanation Indra, the thousand-eyed, and all the other gods bow at Shiva's feet, and the pollen from the flowers on their crowns turns the footstool of his feet grey. His matted hair is tied up with the king of serpents. He wears on his head the moon, the friend of the chakora bird. The verse asks that he bring lasting good fortune.

हिंदी अर्थ हज़ार आँखों वाले इंद्र और सब देवता शिव के चरणों में झुकते हैं, और उनके मुकुटों के फूलों का पराग शिव के पैरों की चौकी को धूसर कर देता है। उनकी जटाएँ सर्पराज से बँधी हैं। वे सिर पर चंद्रमा धारण करते हैं, जो चकोर पक्षी का मित्र है। श्लोक की कामना है कि वे लंबे समय तक कल्याण और समृद्धि दें।

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  1. सहस्रलोचनप्रभृत्यशेषलेखशेखरप्रसूनधूलिधोरणीविधूसरांघ्रिपीठभूः sahasralocanaprabhṛtyaśeṣalekhaśekharaprasūnadhūlidhoraṇīvidhūsarāṃghripīṭhabhūḥ · whose footstool is grey with gods' flower-pollen (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: sahasra-locana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1196, col. 1 “th°-eyed; m. N. of Indra”; pra-bhṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 685, col. 1 “(ifc. = ‘commencing with’ or ‘et caetera’)”; a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”; lekha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 901, col. 2 “a god, deity”; śekhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1088, col. 2 “the top or crown of the head; a chaplet or wreath of flowers”; pra-sūna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 698, col. 2 “n. (ifc. ā) a flower, blossom”; dhūli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 518, col. 3 “dust (also the dusty soil), powder, pollen”; dhoraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 520, col. 2 “(ī), f. an uninterrupted series, tradition”; vi-dhūsara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 951, col. 1 “‘dust-coloured,’ grey”; aṅghri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 8, col. 3 “a foot; foot of a seat”; pīṭha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 629, col. 1 “a stool, seat, chair, bench”; 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1
  2. भुजंगराजमालया bhujaṃgarājamālayā · with a garland of the serpent king (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhujaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, snake, serpent-demon”; 1. rājan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 874, col. 3 “a king, sovereign, prince, chief”; mālā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 813, col. 3 “a wreath, garland, crown … a string of beads, necklace”
  3. निबद्धजाटजूटकः nibaddhajāṭajūṭakaḥ · whose matted hair is tied up (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: ni-baddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 550, col. 1 “bound, fettered, chained, tied or fastened to”; jaṭā-jūṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 409, col. 1 “the long tresses of hair twisted on the top of the head”; jūṭaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 424, col. 2 “n. id.”
  4. श्रियै śriyai · for good fortune (noun, dative singular) Dictionary: 3. śrī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 3 “prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches”
  5. चिराय cirāya · for a long time (indeclinable) Dictionary: cira, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 2 “long, lasting a long time, existing from ancient times”
  6. जायताम् jāyatām · may he be (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: jan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “to be born or produced, come into existence … to become, be”
  7. चकोरबंधुशेखरः cakorabaṃdhuśekharaḥ · crowned with the moon (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: cakora, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 2 “the Greek partridge”; bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a friend (opp. to ripu)”; śekhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1088, col. 2 “the top or crown of the head; a chaplet or wreath of flowers”
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  • Numbering The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: सहस्रलोचनप्रभृत्यशेषलेखशेखर… The 1918 printing has this verse as its verse 6, after 'ललाटचत्वर…' (our verse 6). It also prints निबद्धजाटजूटकः (leaf n43).

Verse 6

लला­ट­च­त्व­र­ज्व­ल­द्ध­नं­ज­य­स्फु­लिं­ग­भा­नि­पी­त­पं­च­सा­य­कं नमन्निलिंपनायकम्।सुधामयूखलेखया विराजमानशेखरं महाकपालिसंपदे शिरो जटालमस्तु नः॥

La­la­ta­chat­va­raj­va­lad­dha­nan­ja­yas­phu­lin­ga­bha­ni­pi­ta­pan­cha­sa­ya­kam namannilimpanayakamSudhamayukhalekhaya virajamanashekharam mahakapalisampade shiro jatalamastu nah

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la­lā­ṭa­cat­va­raj­va­lad­dha­naṃ­ja­yas­phu­liṃ­ga­bhā­ni­pī­ta­paṃ­ca­sā­ya­kaṃ namanniliṃpanāyakam|sudhāmayūkhalekhayā virājamānaśekharaṃ mahākapālisaṃpade śiro jaṭālamastu naḥ||

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Our explanation Sparks of fire blazing on the broad forehead of Shiva burned up the god of love, who carries five arrows. The king of the gods bows to him, and a streak of the moon shines on his head. The 1904 printing asks that this head with its matted hair, the head of the great skull-bearer, be the source of good fortune for all who recite it. The 1918 printing reads the last line differently, as a wish for splendour (mahaḥ) from the skull-bearer whose matted hair holds the river.

हिंदी अर्थ शिव के चौड़े माथे पर जलती अग्नि की चिंगारियों ने पाँच बाणों वाले कामदेव को भस्म कर दिया। देवताओं के राजा उन्हें प्रणाम करते हैं, और उनके सिर पर चंद्रमा की रेखा शोभा देती है। 1904 की छपाई कामना करती है कि महाकपाली (कपाल धारण करने वाले) शिव का जटाओं वाला सिर पाठ करने वालों के लिए कल्याण का स्रोत बने। 1918 की छपाई की अंतिम पंक्ति अलग है: उसमें कपाली शिव से, जिनकी जटाओं में नदी है, तेज (महः) की कामना है।

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  1. ललाटचत्वरज्वलद्धनंजयस्फुलिंगभानिपीतपंचसायकम् lalāṭacatvarajvaladdhanaṃjayasphuliṃgabhānipītapaṃcasāyakam · who burned Kama with forehead-fire sparks (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: lalāṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 898, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; catvara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 1 “a quadrangular place, place in which many ways meet, cross-way”; jval, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 428, col. 2 “to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine”; dhanaṃ-jaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 508, col. 2 “m. fire”; sphuliṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1271, col. 1 “a spark of fire”; 2. bhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 750, col. 3 “light, brightness, splendour”; ni-pīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 549, col. 3 “drunk in, absorbed, imbibed, drunk up”; pañcan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 578, col. 2 “five”; sāyaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1207, col. 3 “a missile, arrow”
  2. नमन्निलिंपनायकम् namanniliṃpanāyakam · to whom the gods' king bows (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: nam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “to bend or bow … to bow to, subject or submit one's self”; ni-limpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “m. N. of a class of supernatural beings … a god”; nāyaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 536, col. 3 “a guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”
  3. सुधामयूखलेखया sudhāmayūkhalekhayā · with a streak of the moon (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: sudhā-mayūkha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1226, col. 1 “= sudhāṃśu”; lekhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 901, col. 2 “the pale or faintly discernible streak of the young moon's crescent”
  4. विराजमानशेखरम् virājamānaśekharam · whose crown shines (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-rāj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 982, col. 3 “to be illustrious or eminent, shine forth, shine out”; śekhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1088, col. 2 “the top or crown of the head; a chaplet or wreath of flowers”
  5. महाकपालिसंपदे mahākapālisaṃpade · for good fortune; of the great skull-bearer (compound, dative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; kapālin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 250, col. 2 “furnished with or bearing skulls”; sampad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1172, col. 1 “good fortune, prosperity, riches, wealth”
  6. शिरः śiraḥ · head (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: śiras, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1072, col. 2 “the head, skull”
  7. जटालम् jaṭālam · with matted hair (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: jaṭāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 409, col. 2 “= °ṭā-dhārin”
  8. अस्तु astu · may (it) be (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 1
  9. नः naḥ · for us (pronoun, dative plural) Dictionary: 1. nas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 532, col. 2 “encl. form for acc. gen. dat. pl. of the 1st pers. pron.”
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  • Word The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: …विराजमानशेखरं महः कपालि सम्पदे सरिज्जटालमस्तु नः॥ महः कपालि … सरिज्जटालम् for महाकपालि… शिरो जटालम्; this is the 1918 printing's verse 5 (leaf n42).

Verse 7

करा­ल­भा­ल­प­ट्टि­का­ध­ग­द्ध­ग­द्ध­ग­ज्ज्व­ल­द्ध­नं­ज­या­हु­ती­कृ­त­प्र­चं­ड­पं­च­सा­य­के।धरा­ध­रें­द्र­नं­दि­नी­कु­चा­ग्र­चि­त्र­प­त्र­क­प्र­क­ल्प­नै­क­शि­ल्पि­नि त्रिलोचने रतिर्मम॥

Ka­ra­la­bha­la­pat­ti­ka­dha­gad­dha­gad­dha­gajj­va­lad­dha­nan­ja­ya­hu­tik­ri­tap­ra­chan­da­pan­cha­sa­ya­keDha­ra­dha­rend­ra­nan­di­ni­ku­chag­ra­chit­ra­pat­ra­kap­ra­kal­pa­nai­ka­shil­pi­ni trilochane ratirmama

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ka­rā­la­bhā­la­paṭ­ṭi­kā­dha­gad­dha­gad­dha­gajj­va­lad­dha­naṃ­ja­yā­hu­tī­kṛ­tap­ra­caṃ­ḍa­paṃ­ca­sā­ya­ke|dha­rā­dha­reṃd­ra­naṃ­di­nī­ku­cāg­ra­cit­ra­pat­ra­kap­ra­kal­pa­nai­ka­śil­pi­ni trilocane ratirmama||

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Our explanation Into the fire that blazes "dhagad dhagad" on Shiva's fierce forehead, the mighty god of love was offered up, like an oblation. Shiva is also the one artist who paints the fine decorative designs that adorn Parvati, daughter of the king of mountains. The singer says that his delight is in the three-eyed Shiva. The 1904 printing reads "overcome" (adharīkṛta) for "offered up" and "my thought" (matir mama) for "my delight".

हिंदी अर्थ शिव के उग्र माथे पर "धगद् धगद्" जलती अग्नि में प्रचंड कामदेव की आहुति दे दी गई। शिव ही वह अनोखे कलाकार भी हैं जो पर्वतराज की पुत्री पार्वती को सजाने वाले सुंदर चित्र बनाते हैं। गाने वाला कहता है कि उसका प्रेम तीन नेत्रों वाले शिव में है। 1904 की छपाई में "आहुतीकृत" की जगह "अधरीकृत" (पराजित) और "रतिर्मम" की जगह "मतिर्मम" है, यानी प्रेम की जगह मन।

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  1. करालभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलद्धनंजयाहुतीकृतप्रचंडपंचसायके karālabhālapaṭṭikādhagaddhagaddhagajjvaladdhanaṃjayāhutīkṛtapracaṃḍapaṃcasāyake · who offered Kama into his forehead fire (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: karāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 255, col. 2 “formidable, dreadful, terrible”; bhāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; paṭṭaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 579, col. 3 “(ikā), f. a tablet, plate”; jval, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 428, col. 2 “to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine”; dhanaṃ-jaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 508, col. 2 “m. fire”; āhutī-kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 162, col. 3 “to offer as an oblation”; pra-caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 656, col. 3 “excessively violent, impetuous, furious, fierce, passionate, terrible”; pañcan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 578, col. 2 “five”; sāyaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1207, col. 3 “a missile, arrow”
  2. धराधरेंद्रनंदिनीकुचाग्रचित्रपत्रकप्रकल्पनैकशिल्पिनि dharādhareṃdranaṃdinīkucāgracitrapatrakaprakalpanaikaśilpini · sole artist of designs on Parvati's bosom (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: dharā-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 510, col. 2 “bearing or sustaining the earth; … a mountain”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1; nandinī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 527, col. 2 “a daughter”; kucāgra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 287, col. 3 “a nipple”; citra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 396, col. 1 “anything bright or coloured which strikes the eyes … a brilliant ornament”; pattraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 581, col. 3 “n. a leaf … = pattra-bhaṅga”; pattra-bhaṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 581, col. 3 “a decoration consisting in lines or streaks drawn on the face and body”; pra-kalpana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 654, col. 3 “fixing, settlement, allotment”; eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 227, col. 3 “alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only”; śilpin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “m. an artificer, artisan, craftsman, artist”
  3. त्रिलोचने trilocane · in the three-eyed one (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: tri-locana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 460, col. 1 “three-eyed (Śiva)”
  4. रतिः ratiḥ · delight, love (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: rati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 3 “pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for”
  5. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
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  • The printed edition reads: करालभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलद्धनंजयाधरीकृतप्रचंडपंचसायके।
    धराधरेंद्रनंदिनीकुचाग्रचित्रपत्रकप्रकल्पनैकशिल्पिनि त्रिलोचने मतिर्मम॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: करालभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलद्धनंजयाधरीकृतप्रचंडपंचसायके। … त्रिलोचने मतिर्मम॥ The base printing reads अधरीकृत ('overcome') and मतिर्मम ('my thought') (leaf n120). The display follows today's common wording, आहुतीकृत and रतिर्मम; the 1918 printing prints आहुतीकृत (leaf n43) and मतिर्मम.

Verse 8

नवी­न­मे­घ­मं­ड­ली­नि­रु­द्ध­दु­र्ध­र­स्फु­र­त्कु­हू­नि­शी­थि­नी­त­मः­प्र­बं­ध­ब­द्ध­कं­ध­रः।निलिंपनिर्झरीधरस्तनोतु कृत्तिसिंधुरः कलानिधानबंधुरः श्रियं जगद्धुरंधरः॥

Na­vi­na­me­gha­man­da­li­ni­rud­dha­dur­dha­ras­phu­rat­ku­hu­ni­shi­thi­ni­ta­mahp­ra­ban­dha­bad­dha­kan­dha­rahNilimpanirjharidharastanotu krittisindhurah kalanidhanabandhurah shriyam jagaddhurandharah

IAST

na­vī­na­me­gha­maṃ­ḍa­lī­ni­rud­dha­dur­dha­ras­phu­rat­ku­hū­ni­śī­thi­nī­ta­maḥp­ra­baṃ­dha­bad­dha­kaṃ­dha­raḥ|niliṃpanirjharīdharastanotu kṛttisiṃdhuraḥ kalānidhānabaṃdhuraḥ śriyaṃ jagaddhuraṃdharaḥ||

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Our explanation Shiva's neck is bound with darkness, as dark as a new-moon midnight shut in by thick new clouds. He carries the river of the gods, wears an elephant's hide, is made lovely by the moon, and bears the weight of the world. The verse asks that he spread good fortune.

हिंदी अर्थ शिव का कंठ अंधकार से बँधा है, घने नए बादलों से ढकी अमावस की आधी रात जैसा गहरा। वे देवनदी को धारण करते हैं, हाथी की खाल ओढ़ते हैं, चंद्रमा से सुंदर लगते हैं और संसार का भार उठाते हैं। श्लोक की कामना है कि वे समृद्धि और कल्याण फैलाएँ।

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  1. नवीनमेघमंडलीनिरुद्धदुर्धरस्फुरत्कुहूनिशीथिनीतमःप्रबंधबद्धकंधरः navīnameghamaṃḍalīniruddhadurdharasphuratkuhūniśīthinītamaḥprabaṃdhabaddhakaṃdharaḥ · whose neck is bound with moonless-night darkness (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: navīna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 531, col. 1 “new, fresh, young”; megha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 831, col. 2 “‘sprinkler,’ a cloud”; maṇḍala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 775, col. 3 “a multitude, group, band, collection”; ni-ruddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 554, col. 1 “held back, withheld, held fast, stopped, shut, closed, confined, restrained”; dur-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 3 “difficult to be carried or borne or suffered, unrestrainable, irresistible”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; 1. kuhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 299, col. 1 “the new moon (personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras)”; ni-śīthinī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 561, col. 1 “f. night”; tamas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 438, col. 1 “darkness, gloom”; pra-bandha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 683, col. 1 “a connection, band, tie … an uninterrupted connection, continuous series”; baddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 720, col. 2 “bound, tied, fixed, fastened, chained, fettered”; kaṃ-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 250, col. 1 “the neck”
  2. निलिंपनिर्झरीधरः niliṃpanirjharīdharaḥ · bearer of the heavenly river (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: ni-limpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “-nirjharī, f. N. of Gaṅgā”; dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 510, col. 1 “ifc. holding, bearing, carrying, wearing, possessing”
  3. तनोतु tanotu · may he spread (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 3. tan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 435, col. 1
  4. कृत्तिसिंधुरः kṛttisiṃdhuraḥ · wearing an elephant's hide (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: kṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 304, col. 3 “skin, hide … a garment made of skin”; sindhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 2 “an elephant”
  5. कलानिधानबंधुरः kalānidhānabaṃdhuraḥ · lovely with the moon (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: kalā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 261, col. 1 “a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter”; ni-dhāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 548, col. 3 “place for depositing anything, receptacle … a store, hoard, treasure”; 1. bandhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 2 “curved, rounded, pleasant, beautiful, charming … (ifc.) adorned with”
  6. श्रियम् śriyam · good fortune (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 3. śrī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 3 “prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches”
  7. जगद्धुरंधरः jagaddhuraṃdharaḥ · bearer of the world's burden (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”; dhuraṃ-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 517, col. 2 “bearing a yoke or a burden (lit. & fig.)”
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  • The printed edition reads: नवीनमेघमंडलीनिरुद्धदुर्धरस्फुरत्कुहूनिशीथिनीतमःप्रबंधबंधुकंधरः।
    निलिंपनिर्झरीधरस्तनोतु कृत्तिसिंधुरः कलानिधानबंधुरः श्रियं जगद्धुरंधरः॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: …कुहूनिशीथिनीतमःप्रबंधबंधुकंधरः। The base printing reads प्रबंधबंधुकंधरः ('whose neck is akin to the mass of darkness', leaf n120). The display follows today's common wording, प्रबंधबद्धकंधरः.
  • Word The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: निलिम्पनिर्झरीधरस्तनोतु कृत्तिसुन्दरः कलानिधानबन्धुरः श्रियं जगद्धुरन्धरः॥ कृत्तिसुन्दरः ('handsome in his hide') for कृत्तिसिंधुरः ('wearing the elephant's hide') (leaf n44).

Verse 9

प्र­फु­ल्ल­नी­ल­पं­क­ज­प्र­पं­च­का­लि­म­प्र­भा­व­लं­बि­कं­ठ­कं­द­ली­रु­चि­प्र­ब­द्ध­कं­ध­र­म्।स्मरच्छिदं पुरच्छिदं भवच्छिदं मखच्छिदं गजच्छिदांधकच्छिदं तमंतकच्छिदं भजे॥

Pra­phul­la­ni­la­pan­ka­jap­ra­pan­cha­ka­li­map­ra­bha­va­lam­bi­kan­tha­kan­da­li­ru­chip­ra­bad­dha­kan­dha­ramSmarachchhidam purachchhidam bhavachchhidam makhachchhidam gajachchhidandhakachchhidam tamantakachchhidam bhaje

IAST

pra­phul­la­nī­la­paṃ­ka­jap­ra­paṃ­ca­kā­li­map­ra­bhā­va­laṃ­bi­kaṃ­ṭha­kaṃ­da­lī­ru­cip­ra­bad­dha­kaṃ­dha­ram|smaracchidaṃ puracchidaṃ bhavacchidaṃ makhacchidaṃ gajacchidāṃdhakacchidaṃ tamaṃtakacchidaṃ bhaje||

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Our explanation Shiva's neck is bound with the glow of his throat, whose dark lustre is like that of a mass of full-blown blue lotuses. The singer worships him as the one who cut down Kama (the god of love), the three cities (Tripura), the bonds of worldly life, Daksha's sacrifice, the elephant demon, the demon Andhaka, and Death itself (Antaka).

हिंदी अर्थ शिव के कंठ की आभा उनकी गर्दन को घेरे है, और उसकी साँवली चमक खिले हुए नीले कमलों के समूह जैसी है। गाने वाला उनकी उपासना करता है, जिन्होंने कामदेव, त्रिपुर (तीन नगरों), संसार के बंधन, दक्ष के यज्ञ, गज-असुर, अंधक असुर और स्वयं मृत्यु (अंतक) का अंत किया।

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  1. प्रफुल्लनीलपंकजप्रपंचकालिमच्छटाविडंबिकंठकंधरारुचिप्रबंधकंधरम् praphullanīlapaṃkajaprapaṃcakālimacchaṭāviḍaṃbikaṃṭhakaṃdharāruciprabaṃdhakaṃdharam · whose throat glows dark as blue lotuses (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: praphulla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 683, col. 1 “blooming forth, blooming, blown”; nīla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 566, col. 1 “of a dark colour, (esp.) dark-blue or dark-green or black”; paṅka-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 574, col. 2 “‘mud-born,’ a species of lotus”; pra-pañca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 681, col. 3 “expansion, development, manifestation”; kāliman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “blackness”; chaṭā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 404, col. 1 “a mass, lump, assemblage, number … a collection of rays, lustre”; vi-ḍambin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 962, col. 1 “imitating, copying, bearing a striking resemblance”; kaṇṭha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 245, col. 3 “the throat, the neck”; kaṃ-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 250, col. 1 “the neck”; ruci, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 882, col. 2 “light, lustre, splendour, beauty”; pra-bandha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 683, col. 1 “a connection, band, tie … an uninterrupted connection, continuous series”; kaṃ-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 250, col. 1 “the neck”
  2. स्मरच्छिदम् smaracchidam · destroyer of Kama (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: smara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1272, col. 1 “Kāma-deva (god of love)”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”
  3. पुरच्छिदम् puracchidam · destroyer of the three cities (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. pura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 635, col. 3 “fortress, castle, city, town”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”
  4. भवच्छिदम् bhavacchidam · who cuts the bonds of birth (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 3 “coming into existence, birth, production, origin … being, state of being, existence, life”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”
  5. मखच्छिदम् makhacchidam · destroyer of (Daksha's) sacrifice (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. makha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 772, col. 1 “a sacrifice, sacrificial oblation”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”
  6. गजच्छिदांधकच्छिदम् gajacchidāṃdhakacchidam · slayer of the elephant demon and Andhaka (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: gaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 1 “an elephant”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”; andhaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 1 “N. of an Asura (son of Kaśyapa and Diti)”
  7. तम् tam · him (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  8. अंतकच्छिदम् aṃtakacchidam · destroyer of Death (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”; 2. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “cutting, cutting off … destroying, annihilating, removing”
  9. भजे bhaje · "I worship" (verb, present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
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  • The printed edition reads: प्रफुल्लनीलपंकजप्रपंचकालिमच्छटाविडंबिकंठकंधरारुचिप्रबंधकंधरम्।
    स्मरच्छिदं पुरच्छिदं भवच्छिदं मखच्छिदं गजच्छिदांधकच्छिदं तमंतकच्छिदं भजे॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: प्रफुल्लनीलपंकजप्रपंचकालिमच्छटाविडंबिकंठकंधरारुचिप्रबंधकंधरम्। The base printing reads कालिमच्छटाविडंबिकंठकंधरारुचिप्रबंध ('whose dark lustre mocks …', leaf n120). The display follows today's common wording, which the 1918 printing also prints (leaf n45; its footnote 3 gives the 1904 reading as another reading).
  • Spelling The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: गजच्छिदन्धकच्छिदं गजच्छिदन्धक (short a) for गजच्छिदांधक (leaf n45); its footnote (4) gives 'गजच्छिदान्धकच्छिदं' as another reading.

Verse 10

अख­र्व­स­र्व­मं­ग­ला­क­ला­क­दं­ब­मं­ज­री­र­स­प्र­वा­ह­मा­धु­री­वि­जृं­भ­णा­म­धु­व्र­त­म्।स्मरांतकं पुरांतकं भवांतकं मखांतकं गजांतकांधकांतकं तमंतकांतकं भजे॥

Akhar­va­sar­va­man­ga­la­ka­la­ka­dam­ba­man­ja­ri­ra­sap­ra­va­ha­ma­dhu­ri­vij­rim­bha­na­ma­dhuv­ra­tamSmarantakam purantakam bhavantakam makhantakam gajantakandhakantakam tamantakantakam bhaje

IAST

akhar­va­sar­va­maṃ­ga­lā­ka­lā­ka­daṃ­ba­maṃ­ja­rī­ra­sap­ra­vā­ha­mā­dhu­rī­vi­jṛṃ­bha­ṇā­ma­dhuv­ra­tam|smarāṃtakaṃ purāṃtakaṃ bhavāṃtakaṃ makhāṃtakaṃ gajāṃtakāṃdhakāṃtakaṃ tamaṃtakāṃtakaṃ bhaje||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Shiva is like a bee that drinks the sweet nectar flowing from the great (akharva) flower-cluster of the arts of Sarvamangala (Parvati). The 1904 printing begins "agarva", "free of pride", in place of "akharva". The singer worships him as the ender of Kama, of Tripura, of worldly bondage, of Daksha's sacrifice, of the elephant demon, of Andhaka, and of Death.

हिंदी अर्थ शिव उस भौंरे जैसे हैं जो सर्वमंगला (पार्वती) की कलाओं की महान (अखर्व) मंजरी से बहते मधुर रस का पान करता है। 1904 की छपाई "अखर्व" की जगह "अगर्व" (अहंकार रहित) से शुरू होती है। गाने वाला उनकी उपासना करता है, जो कामदेव, त्रिपुर, संसार के बंधन, दक्ष के यज्ञ, गज-असुर, अंधक और मृत्यु का अंत करने वाले हैं।

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  1. अगर्वसर्वमंगलाकलाकदंबमंजरीरसप्रवाहमाधुरीविजृंभणामधुव्रतम् agarvasarvamaṃgalākalākadaṃbamaṃjarīrasapravāhamādhurīvijṛṃbhaṇāmadhuvratam · a bee at the nectar of Parvati's arts (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: a-garva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 4, col. 3 “free from pride”; sarva-maṅgala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1186, col. 3 “universally auspicious; (ā), f. N. of Durgā”; kalā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 261, col. 1 “any practical art, any mechanical or fine art”; kadamba, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 3 “Nauclea Cadamba (a tree with orange-coloured fragrant blossoms)”; mañjarī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 774, col. 1 “a cluster of blossoms … a flower, bud”; rasa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 869, col. 2 “the sap or juice of plants, juice of fruit, any liquid or fluid”; pra-vāha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 691, col. 2 “a stream, river, current, running water”; mādhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 808, col. 3 “(ī), f. sweetness, amiableness, loveliness, charm”; vi-jṛmbhaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 960, col. 3 “opening, expanding, blossoming, budding”; madhu-vrata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 780, col. 3 “m. a large black bee”
  2. स्मरांतकम् smarāṃtakam · ender of Kama (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: smara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1272, col. 1 “Kāma-deva (god of love)”; 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”
  3. पुरांतकम् purāṃtakam · ender of the three cities (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. pura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 635, col. 3 “fortress, castle, city, town”; 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”
  4. भवांतकम् bhavāṃtakam · ender of worldly bondage (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 3 “coming into existence, birth, production, origin … being, state of being, existence, life”; 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”
  5. मखांतकम् makhāṃtakam · ender of (Daksha's) sacrifice (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. makha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 772, col. 1 “a sacrifice, sacrificial oblation”; 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”
  6. गजांतकांधकांतकम् gajāṃtakāṃdhakāṃtakam · ender of the elephant demon and Andhaka (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: gaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 1 “an elephant”; 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”; andhaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 1 “N. of an Asura (son of Kaśyapa and Diti)”
  7. तम् tam · him (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  8. अंतकांतकम् aṃtakāṃtakam · ender of Death (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. antaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 1 “making an end, causing death; (as), m. death”
  9. भजे bhaje · "I worship" (verb, present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
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  • The printed edition reads: अगर्वसर्वमंगलाकलाकदंबमंजरीरसप्रवाहमाधुरीविजृंभणामधुव्रतम्।
    स्मरांतकं पुरांतकं भवांतकं मखांतकं गजांतकांधकांतकं तमंतकांतकं भजे॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: अगर्वसर्वमंगलाकलाकदंबमंजरी… The base printing reads अगर्व ('free of pride', leaf n120). The display shows अखर्व, which the 1918 printing prints (as अखर्व्वसर्व्व…, leaf n46, the dated attestation) and Gita Press prints today (p. 44). sanskritdocuments.org prints both readings (अखर्व, with अगर्व in brackets), so for today's wording only one publisher counts (decision 14 addendum c, batch 7): the word rests on the 1918 printing.

Verse 11

जय­त्व­द­भ्र­वि­भ्र­म­भ्र­म­द्भु­जं­ग­म­श्व­स­द्वि­नि­र्ग­म­त्क्र­म­स्फु­र­त्क­रा­ल­भा­ल­ह­व्य­वा­ट्।धि­मि­द्धि­मि­द्धि­मि­ध्व­न­न्मृ­दं­ग­तुं­ग­मं­ग­ल­ध्व­नि­क्र­म­प्र­व­र्ति­त­प्र­चं­ड­तां­ड­वः शिवः॥

Ja­yat­va­dabh­ra­vibh­ra­mabh­ra­mad­bhu­jan­ga­mash­va­sad­vi­nir­ga­matk­ra­mas­phu­rat­ka­ra­la­bha­la­hav­ya­vatDhi­mid­dhi­mid­dhi­midh­va­nanm­ri­dan­ga­tun­ga­man­ga­ladh­va­nik­ra­map­ra­var­ti­tap­ra­chan­da­tan­da­vah shivah

IAST

ja­yat­va­dabh­ra­vibh­ra­mabh­ra­mad­bhu­jaṃ­ga­maś­va­sad­vi­nir­ga­matk­ra­mas­phu­rat­ka­rā­la­bhā­la­hav­ya­vāṭ|dhi­mid­dhi­mid­dhi­midh­va­nan­mṛ­daṃ­ga­tuṃ­ga­maṃ­ga­ladh­va­nik­ra­map­ra­var­ti­tap­ra­caṃ­ḍa­tāṃ­ḍa­vaḥ śivaḥ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Glory to Shiva. Serpents whirl about him in the wide sky, and the fire on his fierce forehead, fanned by the serpents' breath, flares out in turn. The 1904 printing has "dhagad dhagad", the sound of the blaze, in place of the serpents' breath. His fierce tandava keeps time with the loud, auspicious beat of the mridanga drum, "dhimid dhimid dhimi".

हिंदी अर्थ शिव की जय हो। विशाल आकाश में सर्प उनके चारों ओर घूमते हैं, और सर्पों की साँस से भड़की उनके उग्र माथे की अग्नि क्रम से बाहर फैलती है। 1904 की छपाई में सर्पों की साँस की जगह "धगद् धगद्", यानी आग के जलने की आवाज़, है। उनका प्रचंड तांडव मृदंग की ऊँची और मंगल ध्वनि "धिमिद् धिमिद् धिमि" की ताल पर चलता है।

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  1. जयतु jayatu · may he be victorious (verb, imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  2. अदभ्रविभ्रमभ्रमद्भुजंगमस्फुरद्धगद्धगद्विनिर्गमत्करालभालहव्यवाट् adabhravibhramabhramadbhujaṃgamasphuraddhagaddhagadvinirgamatkarālabhālahavyavāṭ · whose fierce forehead fire flares amid whirling serpents (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: a-dabhra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 18, col. 1 “not scanty, plentiful; strong”; vi-bhrama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 979, col. 2 “moving to and fro, rolling or whirling about, restlessness, unsteadiness”; bhram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 769, col. 2 “to move to and fro or unsteadily, flicker … to move round, circulate, revolve”; bhujaṃ-gama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, serpent-demon”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; vi-nir-gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 970, col. 3 “to go out or away, depart or escape from”; karāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 255, col. 2 “formidable, dreadful, terrible”; bhāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; havya-vāh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1294, col. 1 “bearing the oblation (to the gods); fire or the god of fire”
  3. धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमिध्वनन्मृदंगतुंगमंगलध्वनिक्रमप्रवर्तितप्रचंडतांडवः dhimiddhimiddhimidhvananmṛdaṃgatuṃgamaṃgaladhvanikramapravartitapracaṃḍatāṃḍavaḥ · whose fierce tandava keeps the drum's beat (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. dhvan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 522, col. 2 “to sound, roar, make a noise, echo, reverberate”; mṛdaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 830, col. 2 “a kind of drum, tabour”; tuṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “prominent, erect, lofty, high”; maṅgala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 772, col. 3 “happiness, felicity, welfare, bliss … mf(ā)n. auspicious, lucky”; dhvani, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 522, col. 2 “sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder”; krama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 319, col. 3 “a step … going, proceeding, course”; pra-vartita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 693, col. 3 “caused to roll on or forwards, set in motion, set on foot”; pra-caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 656, col. 3 “excessively violent, impetuous, furious, fierce, passionate, terrible”; tāṇḍava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 3 “dancing (esp. with violent gesticulation), frantic dance (of Śiva and his votaries)”
  4. शिवः śivaḥ · Shiva (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “‘The Auspicious one,’ N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity”
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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: जयत्वदभ्रविभ्रमभ्रमद्भुजंगमस्फुरद्धगद्धगद्विनिर्गमत्करालभालहव्यवाट्।
    धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमिध्वनन्मृदंगतुंगमंगलध्वनिक्रमप्रवर्तितप्रचंडतांडवः शिवः॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: जयत्वदभ्रविभ्रमभ्रमद्भुजंगमस्फुरद्धगद्धगद्विनिर्गमत्करालभालहव्यवाट्। The base printing reads स्फुरद्धगद्धगद्विनिर्गमत् (leaf n120). The display follows today's common wording, श्वसद्विनिर्गमत्क्रमस्फुरत्, which the 1918 printing also prints (leaves n46–n47; its footnote gives the 1904 reading as another reading).
  • Spelling The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: धिमिन्धिमिन्धिमिन्ध्वनन्मृदङ्गतुङ्गमङ्गल… धिमिन्धिमिन्धिमिन् for धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमि (leaf n47); its footnote (6) gives 'धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमिध्वनन्मृदङ्गतुङ्गमङ्गल' as another reading.

Verse 12

दृ­ष­द्वि­चि­त्र­त­ल्प­यो­र्भु­जं­ग­मौ­क्ति­क­स्र­जो­र्ग­रि­ष्ठ­र­त्न­लो­ष्ठ­योः सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः।तृणारविंदचक्षुषोः प्रजामहीमहेंद्रयोः समप्रवृत्तिकः कदा सदाशिवं भजाम्यहम्॥

Dri­shad­vi­chit­ra­tal­pa­yor­bhu­jan­ga­mauk­ti­kas­ra­jor­ga­rish­tha­rat­na­losh­tha­yoh suhridvipakshapakshayohTrinaravindachakshushoh prajamahimahendrayoh samapravrittikah kada sadashivam bhajamyaham

IAST

dṛ­ṣad­vi­cit­ra­tal­pa­yor­bhu­jaṃ­ga­mauk­ti­kas­ra­jor­ga­riṣ­ṭha­rat­na­loṣ­ṭha­yoḥ suhṛdvipakṣapakṣayoḥ|tṛṇāraviṃdacakṣuṣoḥ prajāmahīmaheṃdrayoḥ samapravṛttikaḥ kadā sadāśivaṃ bhajāmyaham||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The singer asks: when will he worship Sadashiva, acting alike towards all things: a stone and a fine bed, a snake and a pearl necklace, a precious jewel and a clod of earth, a friend and an enemy, a blade of grass and a lotus-eyed beauty, ordinary people and a great king?

हिंदी अर्थ गाने वाला पूछता है कि वह कब सब चीज़ों के प्रति समान व्यवहार रखते हुए सदाशिव की उपासना करेगा: पत्थर और सुंदर शय्या, सर्प और मोतियों की माला, बहुमूल्य रत्न और मिट्टी का ढेला, मित्र और शत्रु, तिनका और कमल जैसी आँखों वाली सुंदरी, साधारण प्रजा और महान राजा?

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  1. दृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोः dṛṣadvicitratalpayoḥ · toward a stone and a fine bed (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: dṛṣad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 1 “a rock, large stone, mill-stone”; vi-citra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 959, col. 1 “variegated, many-coloured, motley, brilliant”; talpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 1 “a couch, bed, sofa”
  2. भुजंगमौक्तिकस्रजोः bhujaṃgamauktikasrajoḥ · a snake and a pearl necklace (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: bhujaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, snake, serpent-demon”; mauktika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 2 “a pearl”; sraj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1274, col. 1 “a wreath of flowers, garland, chaplet worn on the head”
  3. गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोः gariṣṭharatnaloṣṭhayoḥ · a precious gem and a clod (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: gariṣṭha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 348, col. 3 “(superl. fr. guru …) heaviest, excessively heavy … most venerable”; ratna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 864, col. 2 “a jewel, gem, treasure, precious stone”; loṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 908, col. 2 “a lump of earth or clay, clod”
  4. सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः suhṛdvipakṣapakṣayoḥ · the side of friend and of foe (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: su-hṛd, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1239, col. 3 “‘good-hearted,’ ‘kind-hearted,’ ‘well-disposed,’ a friend, ally”; vi-pakṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 973, col. 1 “‘being on a different side,’ an opponent, adversary, enemy”; pakṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 573, col. 2 “the flank or side or the half of anything”
  5. तृणारविंदचक्षुषोः tṛṇāraviṃdacakṣuṣoḥ · grass and a lotus-eyed woman (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: tṛṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 453, col. 1 “grass, herb, any gramineous plant, blade of grass, straw”; aravinda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 2 “a lotus”; cakṣus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 382, col. 1
  6. प्रजामहीमहेंद्रयोः prajāmahīmaheṃdrayoḥ · common people and a great king (compound, locative dual) Dictionary: prajā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 658, col. 2 “people, subjects (of a prince)”; mahī-mahendra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 803, col. 2 “‘great Indra of the e°,’ a king”
  7. समप्रवृत्तिकः samapravṛttikaḥ · acting alike (towards all) (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. sama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 1; pra-vṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 694, col. 1 “activity, exertion, efficacy, function”
  8. कदा kadā · when? (indeclinable) Dictionary: kadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 1 “when? at what time?”
  9. सदाशिवम् sadāśivam · Sadashiva, the ever-gracious Shiva (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: sadā-śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 3 “alw° kind &c. … m. N. of Śiva”
  10. भजामि bhajāmi · "shall I worship" (verb, present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
  11. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I’”
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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: दृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोर्भुजंगमौक्तिकस्रजोर्गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोः सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः।
    तृष्णारविंदचक्षुषोः प्रजामहीमहेंद्रयोः समं प्रवर्तयन्मनः कदा सदाशिवं भजे॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: तृष्णारविंदचक्षुषोः The base printing's word (leaf n121, read at high zoom). तृष्णा ('craving') makes the first syllable long where the panchachamara metre needs a short one, and breaks the pairs of opposites; the display follows the 1905 printing's तृण ('grass').
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: समं प्रवर्तयन्मनः कदा सदाशिवं भजे॥ The base printing's last quarter (leaf n121): 'keeping the mind even … when shall I worship Sadashiva'; the 1905 printing has the same. The display shows समप्रवृत्तिकः … भजाम्यहम्, which the 1918 printing prints (leaf n47, the dated attestation) and Gita Press prints today (p. 44). sanskritdocuments.org prints both (this quarter, with the 1904 quarter in brackets), so for today's wording only one publisher counts (decision 14 addendum c, batch 7): the words rest on the 1918 printing.

Verse 13

कदा निलिंपनिर्झरीनिकुंजकोटरे वसन्विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरःस्थमंजलिं वहन्।विमुक्तलोललोचनाललामभाललग्नकः शिवेति मंत्रमुच्चरन्कदा सुखी भवाम्यहम्॥

Kada nilimpanirjharinikunjakotare vasanvimuktadurmatih sada shirahsthamanjalim vahanVi­muk­ta­lo­la­lo­cha­na­la­la­ma­bha­la­lag­na­kah shiveti mantramuchcharankada sukhi bhavamyaham

IAST

kadā niliṃpanirjharīnikuṃjakoṭare vasanvimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥsthamaṃjaliṃ vahan|vi­muk­ta­lo­la­lo­ca­nā­la­lā­ma­bhā­la­lag­na­kaḥ śiveti maṃtramuccarankadā sukhī bhavāmyaham||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The singer asks: when will he be happy, living in a hollow in the groves by the river of the gods, free of wrong thoughts, always holding his joined hands above his head, and saying the mantra "Shiva"? The words about the eyes and the forehead are read in more than one way. Printed as one word, as here (vimuktalolalocanālalāmabhālalagnakaḥ), they can mean "no longer drawn to the adorned forehead of a woman with restless eyes". The 1905 printing divides them "vimuktalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ", "with eyes no longer restless, and attention fixed on the mark on the forehead"; today's Gita Press text reads "vilolalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ", "his eyes moving and restless with feeling, his mind fixed on the one with the mark on his forehead".

हिंदी अर्थ गाने वाला पूछता है कि वह कब सुखी होगा, देवनदी के किनारे के कुंजों में किसी कोटर में रहते हुए, बुरे विचारों से मुक्त, सदा सिर पर हाथ जोड़े हुए, और "शिव" मंत्र बोलते हुए? आँखों और माथे के बारे में आए शब्द एक से अधिक तरह से पढ़े जाते हैं। यहाँ की तरह एक शब्द में (विमुक्तलोललोचनाललामभाललग्नकः) इसका अर्थ हो सकता है "चंचल आँखों वाली स्त्री के सजे माथे के आकर्षण से मुक्त"। 1905 की छपाई इन्हें "विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः" बाँटती है, यानी "जिसकी आँखें अब चंचल नहीं, और जिसका ध्यान माथे के तिलक-चिह्न पर लगा है"; आज के गीता प्रेस के पाठ में "विलोललोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः" है, यानी "भाव से चंचल आँखों के साथ, माथे पर तिलक-चिह्न वाले शिव में मन लगाए हुए"।

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  1. कदा kadā · when? (indeclinable) Dictionary: kadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 1 “when? at what time?”
  2. निलिंपनिर्झरीनिकुंजकोटरे niliṃpanirjharīnikuṃjakoṭare · in a hollow of groves by the Ganga (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: ni-limpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “-nirjharī, f. N. of Gaṅgā”; ni-kuñja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 544, col. 3 “an arbour, a bower, thicket”; koṭara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 312, col. 3 “the hollow of a tree … cave, cavity”
  3. वसन् vasan · living (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: 5. vas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 932, col. 2 “to dwell, live, stop (at a place), stay”
  4. विमुक्तदुर्मतिः vimuktadurmatiḥ · free of wrong thoughts (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-mukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 980, col. 2 “set free, liberated, freed or delivered or escaped from”; dur-mati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “bad disposition of mind, envy, hatred”
  5. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  6. शिरःस्थम् śiraḥstham · placed on the head (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: śiras, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1072, col. 2 “the head, skull”; stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1262, col. 3 “standing, staying, abiding, being situated in, existing or being in or on or among”
  7. अंजलिम् aṃjalim · joined hands (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: añjali, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 11, col. 1 “the open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed”
  8. वहन् vahan · holding (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. vah, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 933, col. 2 “to carry, transport, convey”
  9. विमुक्तलोललोचनाललामभाललग्नकः vimuktalolalocanālalāmabhālalagnakaḥ · no longer drawn by restless eyes (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-mukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 980, col. 2 “set free, liberated, freed or delivered or escaped from”; lola, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 905, col. 1 “moving hither and thither, shaking, rolling, tossing, dangling, swinging, agitated, unsteady, restless”; locana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 907, col. 3 “‘organ of sight,’ the eye”; lalāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 898, col. 2 “having a mark or spot on the forehead … beautiful, charming … m. n. ornament, decoration”; bhāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; 1. lagna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 893, col. 2 “adhered, adhering or clinging to, attached to … fixed on, intent on”
  10. शिव śiva · Shiva (the name) (the name as said, before iti) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “‘The Auspicious one,’ N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity”
  11. इति iti · thus (ends the quoted name) (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  12. मंत्रम् maṃtram · mantra (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: mantra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 786, col. 1 “a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. Om Śivāya namaḥ)”
  13. उच्चरन् uccaran · saying aloud (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: uc-car, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 173, col. 2 “to emit (sounds), utter, pronounce”
  14. कदा kadā · when? (indeclinable) Dictionary: kadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 1 “when? at what time?”
  15. सुखी sukhī · happy (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: sukhin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1222, col. 1 “possessing or causing happiness or pleasure, happy, joyful, pleasant, comfortable, easy”
  16. भवामि bhavāmi · "shall I be" (verb, present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1
  17. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I’”
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  • Word The 1905 Bombay printing reads: कदा निलिंपनिर्झरीनिकुंजकोटरे वसन्विमुक्तदुर्गतिः सदा शिरःस्थमंजलिं वहन्॥ विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः शिवेति मंत्रमुच्चरन्कदा सुखी भवाम्यहम्॥ दुर्गतिः ('misfortune') for दुर्मतिः, and लोचनो ललाम… as two words (p. 29, leaf n64).
  • Word The 1918 Calcutta printing reads: …विलोललोललोचनाललामभाललग्नकं शिवेति मन्त्रमुच्चरन् सदा सुखी भवाम्यहम्॥ विलोललोललोचनाललामभाललग्नकं as one word, and सदा for कदा in the last quarter (leaf n48); its footnote gives 'विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः' as another reading.
  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: विलोललोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः शिवेति मन्त्रमुच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्यहम् Today's text from Gita Press (p. 45) divides the third quarter विलोललोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः. sanskritdocuments.org prints this too but gives the 1904 single word (…लोचनाललामभाललग्नकं) in brackets, so it prints both readings and counts for neither: only one publisher, so the 1904 reading is shown again (decision 14 addendum c, batch 7, 15 Oct 2026).

Verse 14

इमं हि नित्यमेवमुक्तमुत्तमोत्तमं स्तवं पठन्स्मरन्ब्रुवन्नरो विशुद्धिमेति संततम्।हरे गुरौ सुभक्तिमाशु याति नान्यथा गतिं विमोहनं हि देहिनां सुशंकरस्य चिंतनम्॥

Imam hi nityamevamuktamuttamottamam stavam pathansmaranbruvannaro vishuddhimeti santatamHare gurau subhaktimashu yati nanyatha gatim vimohanam hi dehinam sushankarasya chintanam

IAST

imaṃ hi nityamevamuktamuttamottamaṃ stavaṃ paṭhansmaranbruvannaro viśuddhimeti saṃtatam|hare gurau subhaktimāśu yāti nānyathā gatiṃ vimohanaṃ hi dehināṃ suśaṃkarasya ciṃtanam||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that whoever reads, remembers or recites this best of hymns every day is always made pure, and soon comes to true devotion to Hara (Shiva), the teacher; there is no other way. It says that thinking of Shankara (Shiva) frees embodied beings from delusion. These are the hymn's own words.

हिंदी अर्थ स्तोत्र कहता है कि जो इस उत्तम स्तोत्र को रोज़ पढ़ता, याद करता या बोलता है, वह सदा शुद्ध होता है और जल्दी ही गुरु रूप हर (शिव) में सच्ची भक्ति पाता है; इसके सिवा और कोई गति नहीं। पाठ कहता है कि शंकर (शिव) का चिंतन देहधारियों का मोह दूर करता है। ये स्तोत्र के अपने शब्द हैं।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

Word by word

Every word, with its dictionary page

Word by word

  1. इमम् imam · this (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
  2. हि hi · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because … indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly”
  3. नित्यम् nityam · daily, always (indeclinable) Dictionary: nitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 2 “(am), ind. always, constantly, regularly”
  4. एवम् evam · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner”
  5. उक्तम् uktam · spoken (adjective, accusative singular) Dictionary: ukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 3 “uttered, said, spoken”
  6. उत्तमोत्तमम् uttamottamam · best of the best (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: uttamottama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 178, col. 1 “the best among the best, the very best”
  7. स्तवम् stavam · hymn of praise (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. stava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 1 “praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn, panegyric”
  8. पठन् paṭhan · reading (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: paṭh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 580, col. 1 “to read or repeat aloud, to recite, rehearse”
  9. स्मरन् smaran · remembering (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. smṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1271, col. 3 “to remember, recollect, bear in mind, call to mind, think of”
  10. ब्रुवन् bruvan · saying (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: brū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 742, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell”
  11. नरः naraḥ · a person (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person (pl. men, people)”
  12. विशुद्धिम् viśuddhim · purity (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-śuddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 991, col. 2 “complete purification, purity (also fig.), holiness, virtue”
  13. एति eti · gains (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 5. i, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 163, col. 3 “to arrive at, reach, obtain”
  14. संततम् saṃtatam · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: saṃ-tata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1141, col. 3 “(ibc. or am, ind. ‘continually, uninterruptedly, incessantly’)”
  15. हरे hare · in Hara (Shiva) (noun, locative singular) Dictionary: hara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1289, col. 1 “m. ‘Seizer,’ ‘Destroyer,’ N. of Śiva”
  16. गुरौ gurau · in the teacher (noun, locative singular) Dictionary: guru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 359, col. 2 “a spiritual parent or preceptor”
  17. सुभक्तिम् subhaktim · true devotion (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 5. su, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very”; bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to … trust, homage, worship, piety”
  18. आशु āśu · soon (indeclinable) Dictionary: āśu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 157, col. 3 “(u), ind. quickly, quick, immediately, directly”
  19. याति yāti · reaches (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach”
  20. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  21. अन्यथा anyathā · otherwise (indeclinable) Dictionary: anya-thā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 3 “otherwise, in a different manner”
  22. गतिम् gatim · way, refuge (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: gati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 3 “going, moving, gait, deportment, motion in general”
  23. विमोहनम् vimohanam · freeing from delusion (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-mohana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 980, col. 3
  24. हि hi · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because … indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly”
  25. देहिनाम् dehinām · of embodied beings (noun, genitive plural) Dictionary: dehin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 497, col. 1 “having a body, corporeal; m. a living creature, man”
  26. सुशंकरस्य suśaṃkarasya · of the kind Shankara (compound, genitive singular) Dictionary: 5. su, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very”; śaṃ-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1054, col. 3 “causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent … m. N. of Rudra or Śiva”
  27. चिंतनम् ciṃtanam · thinking of (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: cintana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “thinking, thinking of, reflecting upon”

Verse 15

पूजावसानसमये दशवक्त्रगीतं यः शंभुपूजनपरं पठति प्रदोषे।तस्य स्थिरां रथगजेंद्रतुरंगयुक्तां लक्ष्मीं सदैव सुमुखीं प्रददाति शंभुः॥

Pujavasanasamaye dashavaktragitam yah shambhupujanaparam pathati pradosheTasya sthiram rathagajendraturangayuktam lakshmim sadaiva sumukhim pradadati shambhuh

IAST

pūjāvasānasamaye daśavaktragītaṃ yaḥ śaṃbhupūjanaparaṃ paṭhati pradoṣe|tasya sthirāṃ rathagajeṃdraturaṃgayuktāṃ lakṣmīṃ sadaiva sumukhīṃ pradadāti śaṃbhuḥ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that whoever reads this hymn, sung by the ten-headed one (Ravana) and given to the worship of Shambhu, at the end of a puja in the Pradosh hour of the evening, is given by Shambhu (Shiva) steady prosperity, with chariots, fine elephants and horses, always kindly disposed. These are the hymn's own words, in the style of its time; they describe what the text claims, not a result anyone can promise.

हिंदी अर्थ स्तोत्र कहता है कि जो दस मुखों वाले (रावण) के गाए, शंभु की पूजा को समर्पित इस स्तोत्र को पूजा के अंत में, प्रदोष के समय, पढ़ता है, उसे शंभु (शिव) रथ, श्रेष्ठ हाथी और घोड़ों सहित स्थिर और सदा अनुकूल लक्ष्मी (समृद्धि) देते हैं। ये स्तोत्र के अपने शब्द हैं, अपने समय की शैली में; पाठ यह दावा करता है, कोई इसका वचन नहीं दे सकता।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

Word by word

Every word, with its dictionary page

Word by word

  1. पूजावसानसमये pūjāvasānasamaye · at the end of worship (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: pūjā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 641, col. 1 “honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration”; 2. ava-sāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 105, col. 2 “conclusion, termination, cessation”; sam-aya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1164, col. 1
  2. दशवक्त्रगीतम् daśavaktragītam · sung by the ten-faced (Ravana) (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. daśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 471, col. 3 “ifc. (tri-, dvi-, nir-) & in comp. for °śan”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”; 2. daśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 471, col. 3 “‘ten-necked,’ Rāvaṇa”; gīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 356, col. 1 “sung, chanted, praised in songs”
  3. यः yaḥ · whoever (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  4. शंभुपूजनपरम् śaṃbhupūjanaparam · given to the worship of Shambhu (compound, accusative singular (with the hymn)) Dictionary: śambhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1055, col. 1 “granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent, helpful, kind”; pūjana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 641, col. 1 “reverencing, honouring, worship, respect, attention”; 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 2 “given up to, occupied with, engrossed in, intent upon”
  5. पठति paṭhati · reads (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: paṭh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 580, col. 1 “to read or repeat aloud, to recite, rehearse”
  6. प्रदोषे pradoṣe · at Pradosh, at dusk (noun, locative singular) Dictionary: 2. pra-doṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 680, col. 2 “the first part of the night, evening”
  7. तस्य tasya · to him (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  8. स्थिराम् sthirām · steady (adjective, accusative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: sthira, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 3 “firm, hard, solid, compact, strong … constant, steadfast, resolute”
  9. रथगजेंद्रतुरंगयुक्ताम् rathagajeṃdraturaṃgayuktām · with chariots, elephants and horses (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ratha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 865, col. 2 “‘goer,’ a chariot, car, esp. a two-wheeled war-chariot”; gaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 1 “an elephant”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1; turaṃ-ga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 451, col. 1 “‘going quickly,’ a horse”; yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “joined, united, connected, combined … furnished or endowed or filled or supplied or provided with”
  10. लक्ष्मीम् lakṣmīm · prosperity (Lakshmi) (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: lakṣmī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 892, col. 3 “a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness”
  11. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  12. एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  13. सुमुखीम् sumukhīm · kindly disposed (adjective, accusative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: su-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1231, col. 2 “fair-faced, handsome; … gracious, favourable, kind to”
  14. प्रददाति pradadāti · gives (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: pra-dā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 679, col. 2 “to give away, give, offer, present, grant, bestow”
  15. शंभुः śaṃbhuḥ · Shambhu (Shiva) (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: śambhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1055, col. 1 “granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent, helpful, kind”
2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: पूजावसानसमये दशवक्त्रगीतं यः शंभुपूजनमिदं पठति प्रदोषे।
    तस्य स्थिरां रथगजेंद्रतुरंगयुक्तां लक्ष्मीं सदैव सुमुखीं प्रददाति शंभुः॥
  • Word The 1904 Bombay printing reads: पूजावसानसमये दशवक्त्रगीतं यः शंभुपूजनमिदं पठति प्रदोषे। The base printing reads शंभुपूजनमिदं ('this worship of Shambhu', leaf n121). The display follows today's common wording, शंभुपूजनपरं.

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1918 Calcutta printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes

Learn by heart: Shiv Tandav Stotram

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How to read these English letters (IAST)

About the Shiv Tandav Stotram

The printings name Ravana, the king of Lanka in the Ramayana, as its maker ("rāvaṇakṛta", "rāvaṇaviracita"), and its last verse calls it "sung by the ten-headed one". This is a traditional attribution. In the tradition Ravana was a great devotee of Shiva, and many families tell the hymn with a story: Ravana tried to lift Mount Kailasa, Shiva pressed the mountain down with his toe, and Ravana sang this hymn in praise. The printings shown here give the attribution but do not tell the story.

The hymn has fifteen verses here. The first thirteen praise Shiva. The last two are the hymn's own words about what reciting it brings, and they are marked as such. All but the last verse are in the panchachamara metre: sixteen syllables to a line, short and long by turns, which gives the hymn its drum-like beat. The last verse is in a different metre (vasantatilaka).

Verses 2 to 15 are read from a Bombay anthology of Sanskrit hymns printed in 1904. That printing does not have the verse that most printings today put first ("jaṭāṭavīgalajjala…"), so verse 1 is read from a Calcutta collection printed in 1918, which has it. The 1918 book also has two more verses after verse 13 ("nilimpanāthanāgarī…" and "pracaṇḍavāḍavānala…"); some printings today include them, but the 1904 printing does not, and they are not shown. Present-day texts differ here too: one present-day printing has the same fifteen verses as ours, while other present-day texts, and Wikipedia, give seventeen. The two old printings differ in many words. In verses 3, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 the text follows words that the 1918 printing prints, and in verses 7, 8, 9, 11 and 15 words that two present-day publishers print; the 1904 words are shown under each verse with every other difference. Verse 13 keeps the 1904 wording, because only one present-day publisher prints the other.

Under each verse, a word-by-word list gives every word of the verse with a short meaning in English and Hindi, and its entry in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), with the page and column, so the meaning can be checked in the printed book.

How to say it

The 1904 printing writes a nasal before a consonant as a dot (anusvāra, ं), as Bombay printings of the time did, so the IAST line shows saṃbhrama, kaṃṭha and paṃca. In recitation the dot is said as the nasal of the next consonant's group: sambhrama, kaṇṭha, pañca. The IAST line follows the printed letters. Verse 1, from the 1918 printing, writes the nasals in full (भुजङ्ग, ताण्डव). Recite in the metre's beat: a short syllable, then a long one, sixteen to a line; a syllable is long if its vowel is long or if two consonants follow it.

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Who wrote the Shiv Tandav Stotram?

Traditionally attributed to Ravana.

Which text does this page follow?

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1918 Calcutta printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source

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Text
Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (बृहत्स्तोत्ररत्नाकरः), illustrated (सचित्रः), an anthology of 180 Sanskrit hymns; fifth edition (Nirnaya Sagar Press (Tukaram Javaji), Bombay, 1904). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
Dated witness
Stava-samudra, first part (স্তব-সমুদ্রঃ প্রথম-প্রবাহঃ), Sanskrit hymns in Devanagari with Bengali transliteration and Bengali verse renderings, edited by Purna Chandra De Kavyaratna Udbhatasagar (Purna Chandra De (Kavibhushan, Kavyaratna, Udbhatasagar), B.A., Haridas Chattopadhyay (Gurudas Chattopadhyay and Sons), Calcutta, 1918). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 3 words follow today's common wording, checked against Gita Press, Gorakhpur and sanskritdocuments.org.
Our explanation
Explanation written for this site from the sources listed here, and checked against the cited edition. It is not a translation and not the only way to read the text. Free to quote with credit.
Checked
Checked against the cited edition, October 15, 2026.

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