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Shiva K Shama
Shiva K Shama
Shiva K Shama
7.
I have not bathed Thine image with milk and honey, with butter and other obalations;
I have not decked it with fragrant sandal-paste;
I have not worshipped Thee with golden flowers, with incense, with camphor flame and savoury
offerings.
Therefore, O Siva, O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray for my transgressions.
8.
I have not made rich gifts to the brahmins, cherishing in my heart,O Mahadeva! Thy hollowed
form.
I have not made, in the sacred fire, million obalations of butter,
Repeating the holy mantra given me, by the guru.
Never have I done penance along the Ganga with japa and study of the Vedas.
Therefore, O Siva, O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray for my transgressions.
9.
I have not sat in the lotus-posture, nor have I ever controlled the Prana along the sushumna,
repeating the syllable Aum;
Never have I suppressed the turbulent waves of my mind,nor merged the self-effulgent Aum,
In the ever-shining Witness-Consciuisness, whose nature is that of the highest Brahman;
Nor have I, in Samadhi, meditated on Sankara, dwelling in every form as the Inner Guide;
Therefore, O Siva, O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray for my transgressions.
10.
Never, O Siva! have I seen Thee, the Pure the Unattached, the Naked One.
Beyond the three gunas, free from delusion and darkness, absorbed in meditation.
And ever aware of the true nature of the world;
Nor, with a longing heart, have I meditated on Thine asupicious and sin-destroying form.
Therefore, O Siva, O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray for my transgressions.
11.
O Mind, to gain Liberation, concentrate wholly on Siva,
Thy sole Reality underlying the worlds, the Giver of good;
Whose head is illumined by he crescent moon and in whose hair the Ganga is hidden.
Whose fire-darting eyes consumed the god of earthly love;
whose throat and ears are decked with snakes;
Whose upper garment is a comely elephant's skin,
Of what avail are all these rituals?
12.
O Mind, of what avail are wealth or horses, elephants or a kingdom?
Of what avail is a son, the wife, a friend, cattle the body and the home?
Know all these to be transitory, and quickly shun them;
Worship Siva, as your guru instructs you, for the attaining of Self-Knowledge.
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