Lord Shiva

śrī mahānyāsam - 3. aṅganyāsaḥ

(Sri Mahanayasa - 3. Anganyasa in English (IAST))

From Yajurveda (Sri Rudram)

Also known as ya te rudra siva tanuraghora papakasini

Anganyasa is the essential third component of the Sri Mahanayasa, a sacred procedure involving the ritual placement of mantras onto various limbs of the body. By invoking the supreme energy of Lord Shiva through the resonance of the Sri Rudram, this practice purifies the physical frame and prepares the devotee for deeper meditation. It serves as an act of divine fortification, sanctifying the practitioner as a living temple. Regular performance is believed to bestow spiritual protection, mental clarity, and the profound grace of the Rudra, aligning the individual consciousness with the cosmic vibration of the deity.

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yā tḙ rudra śivā tanūraghorā-'pā̭pakāśinī |
tayā̭ na stanuvā śanta̭mayā giri̭śantābhi cā̭kaśīhi |
śikhāyai namaḥ | 1
asmi-nma̭hatya̭rṇave-'ntari̭kṣe bhavā adhi̭ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane-'vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
śirase namaḥ | 2
sahasrā̭ṇi sahasraśo ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasra-yojane-'vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
lalāṭāya namaḥ | 3
hagṃsa-śśṷciṣa-dvasṷrantarikṣasaddhotā̭ vediṣadati̭thi-rduroṇasat |
nṛṣadva̭ra-sadṛ̭ta-sadvyo̭ma sadabjā gojā ṛ̭tajā a̭drijā ṛta-mbṛhat |
bhruvormaddhyāya namaḥ | 4
trya̭baṅkaṃ-ya~jāmahe sugandhi-mpṷṣṭivardha̭nam |
urvārukami̭va bandha̭nān
mṛtyo-rmṷkṣīya mā-'mṛtāt |
netrābhyā-nnamaḥ | 5
nama-ssrutyā̭ya ca pathyā̭ya ca namaḥ̭ kāṭyā̭ya ca nīpyā̭ya ca |
karṇābhyā-nnamaḥ | 6
mā na̭stoke tana̭ye mā na āyṷṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśvḙṣu rīriṣaḥ |
vīrānmāno̭ rudra bhāmito va̭dhīr-haviṣma̭nto nama̭sā vidhema te |
nāsikābhyā-nnamaḥ | 7
avatatya dhanustvagṃ saha̭srākṣa śatḙṣudhe |
niśīrya̭ śalyānā-mmukhā̭ śivo naḥ̭ sumanā̭ bhava |
mukhāya namaḥ | 8
nīla̭grīvā śśitikaṇṭhā-śśarvā adhaḥ, kṣa̭mācarāḥ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane-' vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
kaṇṭhāya namaḥ | 9.1
nīla̭grīvā-śśitikaṇṭhā divagṃ̭ rudrā upa̭śritāḥ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane-' vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
upakaṇṭhāya namaḥ | 9.2
nama̭ste astvāyṷdhāyā-nā̭tatāya dhṛṣṇave |
ubhābhyā̭muta te namo̭ bāhubhyā-ntava dhanva̭ne |
bāhubhyā-nnamaḥ | 10
yā tḙ heti-rmī̭ḍhuṣṭama hastḙ babhūva̭ te dhanuḥ̭ |
tayā-'smān viśvatastva-ma̭yakṣmayā pari̭bbhuja |
upabāhubhyā-nnamaḥ | 11
pari̭ṇo rudrasya̭ heti-rvṛ̭ṇaktu pari̭tveṣasya̭ durmatira̭ghāyoḥ |
ava̭ sthirā maghava̭dbhyaḥ tanuṣva mīḍhva̭stokāya tana̭yāya mṛḍaya |
maṇibandhābhyā-nnamaḥ | 12
ye tīrthāni̭ pracara̭nti sṛkāva̭nto niṣaṅgiṇaḥ̭ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane-' vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
hastābhyā-nnamaḥ | 13
sadyo jāta-mpra̭padyāmi sadyo jātāya vai namo namaḥ̭ |
bhave bha̭ve nāti̭ bhave bhavasva mām | bhavo-dbha̭vāya namaḥ̭ ||
aguṃṣṭhābhyā-nnamaḥ | 14.1
vāmadevāya namo jyeṣṭhāya namaḥ̭ śreṣṭhāya namo̭ rudrāya namaḥ kālā̭ya namaḥ kala̭vikaraṇāya namo bala̭vikaraṇāya namo balā̭ya namo bala̭pramathanāya nama-ssarva̭bhūtadamanāya namo̭ manonma̭nāya namaḥ̭ |
tarjanībhyā-nnamaḥ | 14.2
aghorebhyo 'thaghorebhyo ghoraghora̭tarebhyaḥ |
sarvebhya-ssarva śarvebhyo nama̭ste astu rudra rṷ̄pebhyaḥ ||
maddhyamābhyā-nnamaḥ | 14.3
tatpurṷṣāya vidmahḙ mahādevāya̭ dhīmahi |
tanno̭ rudraḥ pracodayāt ||
anāmikābhyā-nnamaḥ | 14.4
īśāna-ssarva̭vidyānā-mīśvara-ssarva̭bhūtānāṃ
rahmādhi̭pati-rbrahmaṇo 'dhi̭pati-rbrahmā̭ śivo mḙ astu sadāśivom ||
kaniṣṭhikābhyā-nnamaḥ | 14.5
namo̭ vaḥ kirikebhyo̭ devānāgṃ hṛda̭yebhyaḥ |
hṛdayāya namaḥ | 15
namo̭ gaṇebhyo̭ gaṇapa̭tibhyaśca vo namaḥ̭ |
pṛṣṭhāya namaḥ | 16
namo hira̭ṇyabāhave senānyḙ diśāñca pata̭ye namaḥ̭ |
pārśvābhyā-nnamaḥ | 17
vijya-ndhanuḥ̭ kapardino viśa̭lyo bāṇa̭vāgṃ uta |
anḙśannasyeṣa̭va ābhura̭sya niṣaṅgathiḥ̭ |
jaṭharāya namaḥ | 18
hiraṇyagarbha ssama̭vartatāgrḙ bhūtasya̭ jātaḥ patireka̭ āsīt |
sadā̭dhāra pṛthivī-ndyāmutemā-ṅkasmai̭ devāya̭ haviṣā̭ vidhema |
nābhyai namaḥ | 19
mīḍhṷṣṭama śiva̭tama śivo na̭ssumanā̭ bhava |
parame vṛkṣa āyṷdha-nnidhāya kṛttiṃ-va~sā̭na āca̭ra pinā̭ka-mbibhradāga̭hi |
kaṭhyai namaḥ | 20
ye bhūtānā-madhi̭patayo viśikhāsaḥ̭ kapardi̭naḥ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
guhyāya namaḥ | 21
ye annḙṣu vividdhya̭nti pātrḙṣu piba̭to janāṋ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane-' vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
aṇḍābhyā-nnamaḥ | 22
sa śirā jātavḙdā akṣara̭-mparama-mpadam |
vedā̭nāgṃ śira̭si mātā āyuṣmanta̭-ṅkarotu mām |
apānāya namaḥ | 23
mā no̭ mahānta̭muta mā no̭ arbhaka-mmā na ukṣa̭ntamuta mā na̭ ukṣitam |
mā no̭ vadhīḥ pitara-mmota mātara̭-mpriyā mā na̭stanuvo̭ rudra rīriṣaḥ |
ūrubhyā-nnamaḥ | 24
eṣa tḙ rudrabhāga-stañjṷṣasva tenā̭vasena̭ paro
mūja̭vato-'tīhyava̭tata-dhanvā pinā̭kahastaḥ kṛtti̭vāsāḥ |
jānubhyā-nnamaḥ | 25
sagṃ sṛṣṭajithso̭mapā bā̭hu-śardhyūrdhva dha̭nvā prati̭hitā-bhirastā |
bṛha̭spate pari̭dīyā rathḙna rakṣohā-'mitrāgṃ̭ apabādha̭mānaḥ |
jaṅghābhyā-nnamaḥ | 26
viśva̭-mbhūta-mbhuva̭na-ñcitra-mba̭hudhā jāta-ñjāya̭māna-ñca yat |
sarvo hyḙṣa rudra-stasmai̭ rudrāya namo̭ astu ||
gulphābhyā-nnamaḥ | 27
ye pathā-mpa̭thirakṣa̭ya ailabṛdā yavyudhaḥ̭ |
teṣāgṃ̭ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
pādābhyā-nnamaḥ | 28
addhya̭voca-dadhivaktā pra̭thamo daivyo̭ bhiṣak |
ahīg̭śca sarvān jabhaṃya~-nthsarvāśca yātu dhānyaḥ̭ |
kavacāya hum | 29
namo̭ bilminḙ ca kavacinḙ ca
namaḥ̭ śrutāya̭ ca śrutasenāya̭ ca |
upakavacāya hum | 30
namo̭ astu nīla̭grīvāya sahasrākṣāya̭ mīḍhuṣe |
atho ye a̭sya satvā̭no-'ha-ntebhyo̭-'karannamaḥ̭ |
tṛtīya netrāya namaḥ | 31
pramṷñca dhanva̭nastva-mubhayo-rārtni̭yorjyām |
yāśca̭ te hasta iṣa̭vaḥ parā tā bha̭gavo vapa |
astrāya phaṭ | 32
ya etāva̭ntaśca bhūyāgṃ̭saśca diśo̭ rudrā vi̭tasthire |
teṣāgṃ̭̭ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvā̭ni tanmasi |
iti digbandhaḥ | 33
-----------iti prathama nyāsaḥ------------
(śikhādi astraparyantaṃ ekatriṃśadaṅganyāsaḥ digbandha sahitaḥ prathamaḥ)

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