Lord Shani

ಶನಿಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್

(Sanimangalastotram in Kannada)

Also known as shani mangala stotram · sanimangalastotra · jyotisiya svarupa

A hymn for the propitiation of Saturn that opens as a page of astrology rather than as praise. Manda is dark as black, west-facing, of the Saurāṣṭra country and the Kāśyapa lineage; lord of Capricorn and Aquarius; Budha and Śukra are his friends and Aṅgiras is neutral to him; his quarter is the west, Prajāpati and Yama his deities, his seat the shape of a bow; placed in the sixth or the third he does good. Only after the chart is drawn does the tone change into the confession that the graha hymns use — I do not know how to invite you and I do not know how to send you away; I do not know worship at all; forgive me, supreme lord. Setting the technical description first and the helplessness second is what distinguishes the maṅgala form: it is the prayer of somebody who has consulted an almanac and then come to the shrine anyway.

॥ ಶ್ರೀಶನಿಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ ॥
ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷೀಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪ (Astrological Nature)
ಮನ್ದಃ ಕೃಷ್ಣನಿಭಸ್ತು ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಮುಖಃ ಸೌರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕಃ ಕಾಶ್ಯಪಃ ।
ಸ್ವಾಮೀ ನಕ್ರಭಕುಮ್ಭಯೋರ್ಬುಧಸಿತೌ ಮಿತ್ರೇ ಸಮಶ್ಚಾಽಙ್ಗಿರಾಃ ॥ ೧॥
ಸ್ಥಾನಂ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮದಿಕ್ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ ಯಮೌ ದೇವೌ ಧನುಷ್ಯಾಸನಃ ।
ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿಸ್ಥಃ ಶುಭಕೃಚ್ಛನೀ ರವಿಸುತಃ ಕುರ್ಯಾತ್ಸದಾ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ ೨॥
ಕ್ಷಮಾ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನಾ (Prayer for Forgiveness)
ಆವಾಹನಂ ನ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ನ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ವಿಸರ್ಜನಮ್ ।
ಪೂಜಾಂ ನೈವ ಹಿ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರ ॥ ೧॥
ಮನ್ತ್ರಹೀನಂ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಹೀನಂ ಭಕ್ತಿಹೀನಂ ಸುರೇಶ್ವರ ।
ಯತ್ಪೂಜಿತಂ ಮಯಾ ದೇವ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣಂ ತದಸ್ತು ಮೇ ॥ ೨॥
ಪ್ರಣಾಮ ಮಂತ್ರ (Salutation)
ಕೋಣನೀಲಾಞ್ಜನಪ್ರಖ್ಯಂ ಮನ್ದಚೇಷ್ಟಾಪ್ರಸಾರಿಣಮ್ ।
ಛಾಯಾಮಾರ್ತಣ್ಡಸಮ್ಭೂತಂ ತಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಮ್ ॥ ೩॥
ಸಮರ್ಪಣ ಏವಂ ಮಂತ್ರ (Offering & Mantra)
ಓಂ ಅನಯಾ ಪೂಜಯಾ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಃ ಪ್ರೀಯತಾಮ್ ।
ಓಂ ಮನ್ದಾಯ ನಮಃ । ಓಂ ಘಟನಾಥಾಯ ನಮಃ । ಓಂ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಾಯ ನಮಃ ।
॥ ಓಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿಃ ॥
॥ ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಶನಿಮಙ್ಗಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ॥

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