Soundarya Lahari : ( 24/04/2013. )

81  (Stopping fire) Guruthvam vistharam ksithidharapathi paravathy nijaath  Nithambha Dhhachhidhya twayi harana roopena nidhadhe  Athasthe vistheerno guruyamasesham vasumathim  Nithambha =praabhara sthagayathi lagutwam nayathi cha  Oh, daughter of the mountain,  Perhaps Himavan , the king of mountains,  Gave readily as dowry to you,  The density and breadth from his bottom,  So that your behinds are broad and dense.  And therefore they both hide all the world,  And make the world light.  82  (Stopping flood, Getting powers like Indhra) Karrendranam sundan kanaka kadhali kaadapatali  Umabhamurubhyam –mubhayamapi nirjithya bhavathi  Savrithabhyam pathyu pranathikatinabham giri suthe  Vidhigne janubhysm vibhudha karikumbha dwayamasi  Oh daughter of the mountain,  Who knows the rules of the Vedas,  Using your two thighs,  You have achieved victory over,  The trunks of the elephant,  And the Golden pseudo stem of group of Banana plants,  And achieved victory over frontal globes,  Of Ira

71.  Getting of wealth: ------------------------------- Nakhanam uddyotai nava-nalina-ragam vihasatham  Karanam te kantim kathaya kathayamah katham Ume;  Kayachid va samyam bhajatu kalaya hanta kamalam  Yadi kridal-lakshmi-charana-tala-laksha-rasa-chanam.  Oh Goddess Uma,  You only tell us ,how,  How we can describe,  The shining of your hands,  By the light of your nails,  Which tease the redness of freshly opened lotus?  Perhaps if the red lotus mixes,  With the liquid lac adorning,  The feet of Lakshmi,  Some resemblance can be seen. 72.  Conquering fear of darkness, Getting grace from Goddess, Making slave of Yakshini: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samam devi skanda dwipa vadana peetham sthanayugam  Thavedham na khedham harathu sathatham prasnutha mukham  Yada loakakhya sankha kulitha hridayo hasa janaka  Swa kumbhou herambha parisrusathi hasthena jhhaddithi  Our Goddess Devi,  Let

61.  Victory over mind, Getting of wealth:- ------------------------------------------------------------- Asau naasa-vamsas tuhina-girivamsa-dhvajapati  Thvadhiyo nedhiyah phalatu phalam asmakam uchitam;  Vahathy anthar muktah sisira-kara-nisvasa galitham  Samruddhya yat tasam bahir api cha mukta-mani-dharah  Oh Goddess , who is the flag of the clan of Himalayas,  Let your nose which is like a thin bamboo,  Give us the blessings which are apt and near.  I feel mother,  That you are wearing a rare pearl,  Brought out by your breath,  Through your left nostril,  For your nose is a storehouse,  Of rarest pearls divine.  62.  Good sleep: -------------------------- Prakrithya'rakthayas thava sudhati dantha-cchada-ruchaih  Pravakshye saadrisyam janayathu phalam vidhruma-latha;  Na bimbam tad-bimba-prathiphalana-raagad arunitham  Thulam adhya'rodhum katham iva bhilajjetha kalaya.  Oh goddess who has beautiful rows of teeth,  I trie

51.  Attracting all people : ------------------------------------- Shive sringarardhra tad-ithara-jane kutsana-paraa  Sarosha Gangayam Girisa-charite'vismayavathi;  Har'ahibhyo bhita sarasi-ruha-saubhagya-janani  Sakhishu smera the mayi janani dristih sakaruna  Mother of all universe,  The look from your eyes,  Is kind and filled with love, when looking at your Lord,  Is filled with hatred at all other men,  Is filled with anger when looking at Ganga,  The other wife of your Lord,  Is filled with wonder , When hearing the stories of your Lord,  Is filled with fear , when seeing the snakes worn by your Lord,  Is filled with red colour of valour of the pretty lotus fine,  Is filled with jollity, when seeing your friends,  And filled with mercy, when seeing me.  52.  Victory in love, Curing of diseases of ears and eye : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathe karnabhyarnam garutha iva pakshmani dhadhati.  Puraam bhetthus chitta-pr

45. Blessing of Goddess of wealth, Your word becoming a fact -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aralaih swabhavyadalikalabha-sasribhiralakaih  Paritham the vakhtram parihasati pankheruha-ruchim;  Dara-smere yasmin dasana-ruchi-kinjalka-ruchire  Sugandhau madhyanti Smara-dahana-chaksur-madhu-lihah.   By nature slightly curled,  And shining like the young honey bees  Your golden thread like hairs,  Surround your golden face.  Your face makes fun of the beauty of the lotus.  And adorned with slightly parted smile,  Showing the tiers of your teeth,  Which are like the white tendrils,  And which are sweetly scented.  Bewitches the eyes of God,  Who burnt the god of love.   46.  Getting blessed with a son ------------------------------------------------ Lalatam lavanya-dyuthi-vimalamaabhati tava yath  Dvithiyam tan manye makuta-ghatitham chandra-sakalam;  Viparyasa-nyasad ubhayam api sam

44.  curing of all diseases: ---------------------------------------- Tanothu kshemam nas tava vadhana-saundarya lahari  Parivaha-sthrotah-saraniriva seemantha-saranih  Vahanti sinduram prabala-kabari-bhara-thimira-  Dvisham brindair bandi-krtham iva navin'arka kiranam;  Oh mother, let the line parting thine hairs,  Which looks like a canal,  Through which the rushing waves of your beauty ebbs,  And which on both sides imprisons,  Your Vermillion , which is like a rising sun  By using your hair which is dark like,  The platoon of soldiers of the enemy,  Protect us and give us peace.

43. Victory over all: --------------------------- Dhunotu dhvaantam nas tulita-dalit'endivara-vanam  Ghana-snigdha-slakshnam chikura-nikurumbham thava sive;  Yadhiyam saurabhyam sahajamupalabdhum sumanaso  Vasanthyasmin manye vala-madhana-vaati-vitapinam. Oh, Goddess , who is the consort of Shiva,  Let the darkness of our mind be destroyed,  By the crowning glory on your head,  Which is of like the forest of opened blue lotus flowers,  And which is soft , dense and shines with luster.  I believe my mother,  That the pretty flowers of Indra’s Garden,  Are all forever there,  To get the natural scent of thine hair.

    42. Attracting everything, Curing diseases caused by water : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathair manikyatvam gagana-manibhih-sandraghatitham.  Kiritam te haimam himagiri-suthe kirthayathi yah;  Sa nideyascchaya-cchurana-sabalam chandra-sakalam  Dhanuh saunasiram kim iti na nibadhnati dhishanam.    Hey daughter of the ice mountain,  He who chooses to describe,  Your crown ,bedecked with shining jewels,  Which are but the transformed form,  And arranged very close to one another,  Of the twelve holy suns,  Will see the crescent in your crown,  In the dazzling light of those jewels,  And think them as a rainbow,  Which is but the bow of Indra.

41.  Seeing of the Goddess in person, curing of sexual diseases : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thavadhare mole saha samayaya lasyaparaya  Navathmanam manye navarasa maha thandava natam  Ubhabhya Methabhyamudaya vidhi muddhisya dhayaya  Sanadhabyam jagne janaka jananimatha jagathidam.  I pray in your holy wheel of Mooladhara,  You who likes to dance,  And calls yourself as Samaya,  And that Lord who performs the great vigorous dance,  Which has all the shades of nine emotions.  This world has you both as parents,  Because you in your mercy, wed one another,  To recreate the world,  As the world was destroyed in the grand deluge.

40.  Blessings from Lakshmi, realization of good dreams, Not seeing bad dreams : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thatithwantham shakthya thimira paree pandhi sphuranaya  Sphuranna na rathnabharana pareenedwendra dhanusham  Thava syamam megham kamapi manipooraika sharanam  Nisheve varshantham haramihira thaptham thribhuvanam.    I bow before that principle,  Which is in your wheel of Manipooraka,  Which as Parashakthi shines like the enemy of darkness,  Which is with the streak of lightning,  Which is with the shining jewels of precious stones of lightning,  Which is also black as night,  Which is burnt by Rudhra like the sun of the deluge,  And which cools down the three worlds like a strange cloud.  

      39.  To see in the dream what we think about : --------------------------------------------------------------- Thava swadhishtane huthavahamadhishtaya niratham  Thameede sarvatha janani mahathim tham cha samayam  Yadhaloke lokan dhahathi mahasi krodha kalithe  Dhayardhra ya drushti sishiramupacharam rachayathi  Mother ,think and worship I ,of the fire,  In your holy wheel of Swadishtana,  And the Rudra who shines in that fire,  Like the destroying fire of deluge,  And you who shine there as Samaya.  When that angry fire of look of Rudhra,  Burns the world ,  Then your look drenches it in mercy,  Which treats and cools it down.  

 37. Removal of Bhootha , Pretha Pisacha and Brahma Rakshasa: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vishuddhou the shuddha sphatika visadham vyoma janakam  Shivam seve devimapi siva samana vyavasitham  Yayo kaanthya sasi kirana saaroopya sarane  Vidhoo thantha dwarvantha vilamathi chakoriva jagathi  I bow before the Shiva ,  Who is of the pure crystal form,  In thine supremely pure wheel  And who creates the principle of ether,  And to you my mother,  Who has same stream of thought as Him.  I bow before you both,  Whose moon like light,  Forever removes the darkness of ignorance,  Forever from the mind,  And which shines like the Chakora* bird ,  Playing in the full moon light.

36. Curing of all diseases : --------------------------------------- Tavaagna chakrastham thapana shakthi koti dhyudhidharam,  Param shambhum vande parimilitha –paarswa parachitha  Yamaradhyan bhakthya ravi sasi suchinama vishaye  Niraalokeloke nivasathi hi bhalokha bhuvane  The one who worships Parameshwara,  Who has the luster of billions of moon and sun  And who lives in thine Agna chakra- the holy wheel of order,  And is surrounded by thine two forms,  On both sides,  Would forever live,  In that world where rays of sun and moon do not enter,  But which has its own luster,  And which is beyond the sight of the eye,  But is different from the world we see.

      35. Curing of Tuberculosis : --------------------------------------   Manas tvam vyoma tvam marud asi marut saarathir asi  Tvam aastvam bhoomis tvayi parinathayam na hi param;  Tvam eva svatmanam parinamayithum visva-vapusha  Chidanand'aakaram Shiva-yuvati-bhaavena bibhrushe.   Mind you are, Ether you are,  Air you are, Fire you are,  Water you are, Earth you are,  And you are the universe, mother,  There is nothing except you in the world,  But to make believe your form as the universe,  You take the role of wife of Shiva,  And appear before us in the form of ethereal happiness

      34.  Development of mutual liking : ---------------------------------------------   Sariram twam sambhoh sasi-mihira-vakshoruha-yugam  Tav'atmanam manye bhagavati nav' atmanam anagham;  Atah seshah seshityayam ubhaya-saadharana taya  Sthitah sambandho vaam samarasa-parananda-parayoh.   Oh goddess supreme,  I always see in my minds eye,  That your body with sun and moon,  As busts is the body of Shiva,  And his peerless body with nine surrounding motes,  Is your body, my goddess.  And so the relation of,” that which has”, And” he who has”, Becomes the one perfect relation of happiness,  And becomes equal in each of you.  

  "33. All benefits :"     Smaram yonim lakshmim trithayam idam adau tava manor  Nidhay'aike nitye niravadhi-maha-bhoga-rasikah;  Bhajanti tvam chintamani-guna-nibaddh'aksha-valayah  Sivagnau juhvantah surabhi-ghrta-dhara'huti-sataih.      Oh, mother who is ever present,  Those who realize the essence ,  Of the limitless pleasure of the soul you give,  And who add the seed letter “Iim” of the god of love,  The seed letter “Hrim” of the goddess Bhuavaneswaree,  And the seed letter “Srim” of the goddess Lakhmi,  Which are the three letter triad,  Wear the garland of the gem of thoughts,  And offer oblations to the fire in triangle of Shiva,  With the pure scented ghee of the holy cow, Kamadhenu,  Several times and worship you.    

    32. long life, Attracting of everything:   Sivah saktih kamah kshitir atha ravih sithakiranah  Smaro hamsah sakrastadanu cha para-mara-harayah;  Amee hrllekhabhis tisrbhir avasanesu ghatitha  Bhajante varnaste tava janani nam'avayavatham.      She who is mother of us all,   The seed letter “ka” of my lord Shiva,  The seed letter “a” of goddess Shakthi,  The seed letter “ee” of the god of love,  The seed letter “la” of earth,  The seed letter “ha” of the sun god,  The seed letter “sa” of the moon with cool rays,  The seed letter “ka” of again the god of love,  The seed letter ”ha” of the sky,  The seed letter “la” of Indra , the king of devas,  The seed letter “sa” of Para,  The seed letter “ka” of the God of love,  The seed letter “la” of the Lord Vishnu,  Along with your seed letters “Hrim”, Which joins at the end of each of the three holy wheels,  Become the holy word to worship you.     This stanza gives indirectly the most holy Pancha dasakshari mant

31. Attraction of everything   Cautuh-shashtya tantraih sakalam atisamdhaya bhuvanam Sthitas tat-tat-siddhi-prasava-para-tantraih pasupatih; Punas tvan-nirbandhad akhila-purusarth'aika ghatana- Svatantram te tantram khsiti-talam avatitaradidam.     The Lord of all souls, Pasupathi*, Did create the sixty four thanthras, Each leading to only one desired power, And started he his relaxation.. But you goaded him mother, To create in this mortal world. Your thanthra called Sri vidya. Which grants the devotee, All powers that give powers, Over all the states in life.

30. Entering to another body : Sva-deh'odbhutabhir ghrnibhir animadyabhir abhito  Nishevye nitye tvamahamiti sada bhavayati yah;  Kim-ascharyam tasya tri-nayana-samrddhim trinayato  Maha-samvartagnir virchayati nirajana-vidhim.   It is not surprising to know, Oh mother,  Who does not have birth and death,  And who is most suitable to be served,  That the destroying fire of the deluge,  Shows prayerful harathi to the one.  Who considers you,  (Who is of the form of rays,  And is surrounded on all four sides,  By the angels of power called Anima,)  As his soul always,  And who considers the wealth of the three eyed God,  As worthless and as equal to dried grass.  

29.  Avoiding of abortions, Taming bad people:   Kiritam vairincham parihara purah kaitabha bhidah  Katore kotire skalasi jahi jambhari-makutam;  Pranamreshwateshu prasabha mupayatasya bhavanam  Bhavasy'abhyutthane tava parijanoktir vijayate.  Yours escorts divine,  Shout with concern at thee. “Avoid the crown of Brahma,  You may hit your feet,  At the hard crown of Vishnu,  Who killed the ogre Kaidaba,  Avoid the crown of Indra”, When you get up and rush in a hurry,  To receive thine lord who comes to your place.  

28.  Fear of poison, Untimely death: Sudham apy asvadya pratibhaya-jaraa-mrtyu-harinim  Vipadyante visve Vidhi-Satamakhadya divishadah;  Karalam yat ksvelam kabalitavatah kaala-kalana  Na Sambhos tan-mulam tava janani tadanka-mahima.    Oh, mother mine,  Gods like Indra and brahma,  Who have drunk deep the nectar divine,  Which removes the cruel aging and death,  Do die and disappear.  But Shambu thy consort,  Who swallowed poison that is potent,  Does never die,  Because of the greatness ,  Of thine ear studs.  

27. Realisation of self and ultimate truth: Japo jalpah shilpam sakalam api mudra-virachana  Gatih pradaksinya-kramanam asanady'ahuti-vidhih;  Pranamah samvesah sukham akilam atmarpana-drsa  Saparya-paryayas tava bhavatu yan me vilasitam.    Let the mutterings that I do,  With the sacrifice in my soul.  Become chanting of your name,  Let all my movements become thine Mudhras,  Let my travel become perambulations around thee,  Let the act of eating and drinking become fire sacrifice to thee,  Let my act of sleeping becomes salutations to you ,  And let all actions of pleasure of mine,  Become parts of thine worship.

  26. Destruction of enemies:   1. The creator reaches the dissolution, 2. The Vishnu attains death, 3. The god of death even dies, 4. Kubera the lord of wealth expires, 5. The Indras close their eyes one after one, 6. And attain the wake less sleep,   7.During the final deluge, 8. But you my chaste mother, 9. Play with your consort the Sadashiva.  

                                                                                         25. Getting higher posts and power: -------------------------------------------------- 1. Consort of Shiva, ---------------------------- 2.The worship done at the base of your feet, 3. Is the worship done to the holy Trinity, 4. Born based on your trine properties . 5. This is so true, oh mother, 6. Because don’t the trinity, 7. Always stand with folded hands, 8. Kept on their crown. 9.Near the jeweled plank, 10. Which carries thine feet.  

      24. Management of fear of Bhoothas, Prethas and Pishachas :   1. Brahma creates the world, 2. Vishnu looks after it, 3.  Shiva destroys it, 4.  Easwaran makes them disappear, 5.  And also disappears himself, 6.  And Sadashiva blesses them all, 7.  By your order given to him, 8. By a momentary move of your eyebrows.

23. Getting of all riches Your form in my mind,  Is the colour of red of the rising sun,  Is adorned with three eyes,  Has two heavy busts,  Is slightly bent,  And wears a crown with the crescent moon,  And hence arises a doubt in me,  That you were not satisfied ,  By half the body of Shambu that he gave,  And occupied all his body.

        22. Getting of all powers:   If any one has wish in his mind to pray, “You , Bhavani , my mother,  Please shower on me, a part of your merciful look”, Even before he says, “You Bhavani”, You my goddess, Would give to him the water,  Falling from the crowns ,  Of Vishnu, Rudra and Brahma, At your feet,  And grant him, the eternal life in your world.

    21.Attracting every one, Making everyone happy : -----------------------------------------------------------------     1. Those souls great, 2.  Who have removed all the dirt from the mind, 3.  And meditate on you within their mind, 4. Who is of the form of sun and moon,  5. And living in the forest of lotus,  6. And also above the six wheels of lotus,  7. Enjoy waves after waves,  8. Of happiness supreme.  

20-Curing of all poisons and curing of all fevers:   He who meditates in his mind,  On you who showers nectar from all your limbs,  And in the form which resembles,  The statue carved out of moonstone,  Can with a single stare,  Put an end to the pride of snakes,  And with his nectar like vision,  Cure those afflicted by fever.

  Victory of Love:     18. He who meditates on,  The luster of your beautiful body,  Which is blessed by the rising sun,  And which dissolves the sky and the world,  In light purple hue,  Makes celestial damsels like Uravasi and others,  Who have eyes like the wild startled deer,  Follow him like slaves.       19.  Hey, Mother who is Goddess of all universe,  He who meditates on you ,  As the crescent of love of our lord great,,  On the dot of the holy wheel,  Your two busts just below,  And you as the half of Shiva our lord,  Not only Creates waves of emotion in ladies,  But charms the world, which has moon and sun as busts.  

  17. mastery over words, Knowledge of science:   Savitribhir vacham Chasi-mani-sila-bhanga-rucibhir  Vasiny'adyabhis tvam saha janani samchintayati yah;  Sa karta kavyanam bhavati mahatam bhangi-rucibhih  Vacobhi vagdevi-vadana-kamal'amoda madhuraii..    Oh, mother holy,  He who worships you,  Along with the goddess like Vasini,  Who are the prime source of words,  And you who are having the great luster,  Got by breaking the moon stone,  Becomes the author of great epics,  Which shine like those written by great ones,  And which have the sweet scent  Of the face of the goddess of knowledge

16. Mastery of Vedas : Kavindranam chetah-kamala-vana-baal'atapa-ruchim  Bhajante ye santah katichid arunameva bhavatim;  Virinchi-preyasyas tarunatara sringara-lahari-  Gabhirabhi vagbhir vidadhati satam ranjanamami.    She who is the purple luster of the dawn,  To the lotus forest like mind,  Of the kings of poets of the world,  And thus called Aruna-the purple coloured one,  Creates happiness in the mind of the holy,  With tender passionate wave of words ,  (Of Sarswathi the darling of Brahma,)  Which are royal and youthful.  

    Saraj-jyotsna-shuddham sasi-yuta-jata-juta-makutam  Vara-traasa-traana-sphatika-ghutika-pustaka karaam;  Sakrn na thva nathva katham iva sathaam sannidadhate  Madhu-kshira-drakhsa-madhurima-dhurinah phanitayah.       Sweetest words rivaling the honey, milk and grapes,  Can only Come to the thoughts of the devotee,  Who once meditates on your face,  Which is like the white autumn moon,  On your head with a crown with the crescent moon and flowing hair,  And hands that shower boons and give protection,  Which hold the crystal chain of beads and books.