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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 108d"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 108d

Guru’s appeal to Lord Śiva for forgiving the wrong; mollification of the curse; continuation of Kākabhuśuṇḍi’s narrative

**छं०** 
> नमामीशमीशान निर्वाणरूपं। विभुं व्यापकं ब्रह्म वेदस्वरूपं॥  
> निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं। चिदाकाशमाकाशवासं भजेऽहं॥१॥

**छं०** 
> निराकारमोंकारमूलं तुरीयं। गिरा ग्यान गोतीतमीशं गिरीशं॥  
> करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालं। गुणागार संसारपारं नतोऽहं॥२॥

**छं०** 
> तुषाराद्रि संकाश गौरं गभीरं। मनोभूत कोटि प्रभा श्री शरीरं॥  
> स्फुरन्मौलि कल्लोलिनी चारु गंगा। लसद्भालबालेन्दु कंठे भुजंगा॥३॥

**छं०** 
> चलत्कुंडलं भ्रू सुनेत्रं विशालं। प्रसन्नाननं नीलकंठं दयालं॥  
> मृगाधीशचर्माम्बरं मुण्डमालं। प्रियं शंकरं सर्वनाथं भजामि॥४॥

**छं०** 
> प्रचंडं प्रकृष्टं प्रगल्भं परेशं। अखंडं अजं भानुकोटिप्रकाशं॥  
> त्रयःशूल निर्मूलनं शूलपाणिं। भजेऽहं भवानीपतिं भावगम्यं॥५॥

**छं०** 
> कलातीत कल्याण कल्पान्तकारी। सदा सज्जनानन्ददाता पुरारी॥  
> चिदानंदसंदोह मोहापहारी। प्रसीद प्रसीद प्रभो मन्मथारी॥६॥

**छं०** 
> न यावद् उमानाथ पादारविन्दं। भजंतीह लोके परे वा नराणां॥  
> न तावत्सुखं शान्ति सन्तापनाशं। प्रसीद प्रभो सर्वभूताधिवासं॥७॥

**छं०** 
> न जानामि योगं जपं नैव पूजां। नतोऽहं सदा सर्वदा शंभु तुभ्यं॥  
> जरा जन्म दुःखौघ तातप्यमानं। प्रभो पाहि आपन्नमामीश शंभो॥८॥

Meaning: ‘I adore You, the guardian of the north-east quarter and Ruler of the whole universe, eternal, bliss personified, the omnipresent and all-pervading Brahma manifest in the form of the Vedas. I worship Lord Śiva, shining in His own glory, beyond the Guṇas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas), undifferentiated, desireless, all-pervading consciousness, having nothing to wrap about Himself except ether (or enveloping ether itself). (1)

‘I bow to the supreme Lord, who is devoid of form, transcendent and extra-cosmic, beyond speech, understanding and sense perception, terrible yet gracious, the seed of the mystic syllable OṀ, the Ruler of Kailāsa, the Devourer even of the great Time-Spirit and the abode of virtues. (2)

‘Who is deeply thoughtful, and is possessed of a form white as the snowclad Himālaya, radiant with the beauty of a myriad Cupids, whose head sparkles with the lovely stream of the Gaṅgā, whose brow is adorned by the crescent moon and neck bedecked by serpents. (3)

‘I adore the all-merciful Śaṅkara, the universal Lord, who is loved by all, who has tremulous pendants dangling from His ear-lobes, is possessed of beautiful eyebrows and large eyes, who has a cheerful countenance and a blue speck on His throat, and who has a lion-skin wrapped round His waist and wears a garland of skulls round His neck. (4)

‘I take my refuge in Bhavānī’s Spouse, the supreme Lord, terrible, exalted, intrepid, indivisible, unborn and invested with the glory of a myriad suns, who roots out the threefold agony and holds a trident in His hand and who is accessible only through love.(5)

‘Limitless (beyond digits), ever blessed, bringing about universal destruction at the end of each round of creation, a source of perpetual delight to the virtuous, Slayer of the demon Tripura, Consciousness and Bliss personified, dispeller of delusion, be propitious, my Lord, be propitious, O Destroyer of Cupid. (6)

‘So long as they worship not the lotus-feet of Umā’s lord, there is no happiness nor peace nor cessation of suffering for men either in this world or in the next. Therefore, be propitious, my lord, dwelling as You do in the heart of all living beings. (7)

‘I know not Yoga (concentration), nor Japa (the muttering of prayers) nor ritual. I simply bow to you at all times and at every moment, O Śambhu! Pray, protect me, my lord, miserable and afflicted by sufferings attendant on old age and birth (and death) as I am, O Lord Śambhu!’ (8)

**श्लोक** 
> रुद्राष्टकमिदं प्रोक्तं विप्रेण हरतोषये।  
> ये पठन्ति नरा भक्त्या तेषां शम्भुः प्रसीदति॥९॥

Meaning: This hymn of eight verses was recited by the Brāhmaṇa in order to propitiate Lord Śiva. Śrī Śambhu is pleased with those men who devoutly recite it. (9)

**दो०** 
> सुनि बिनती सर्बग्य सिव देखि बिप्र अनुरागु।  
> पुनि मंदिर नभबानी भइ द्विजबर बर मागु॥१०८ (क)॥

**दो०** 
> जौं प्रसन्न प्रभु मो पर नाथ दीन पर नेहु।  
> निज पद भगति देइ प्रभु पुनि दूसर बर देहु॥१०८ (ख)॥

**दो०** 
> तव माया बस जीव जड़ संतत फिरइ भुलान।  
> तेहि पर क्रोध न करिअ प्रभु कृपा सिंधु भगवान॥१०८ (ग)॥

**दो०** 
> संकर दीनदयाल अब एहि पर होहु कृपाल।  
> साप अनुग्रह होइ जेहिं नाथ थोरेहीं काल॥१०८ (घ)॥

Meaning: “The all-wise Śiva heard the Brāhmaṇa’s prayer and saw his devotion. An ethereal voice issued from the temple again: ‘Ask for a boon, O virtuous Brāhmaṇa.’ (108 A)

“If, my lord, you are pleased with me and if, my master, You are affectionate to me, the meek, first bless me with devotion to Your feet and then grant me another boon. (108 B)

“Overcome by Your Māyā (delusive power), the stupid Jīva (individual embodied soul) constantly wanders (from one womb to another) in delusion. Therefore, O all-merciful Lord, be not angry with him. (108 C)

“Now be gracious to this fellow, O Śaṅkara, compassionate as You are to the meek, so that your curse’s agony may be over in a short time and he be blessed by Your grace.(108 D)

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