শিৱ মানস পূজা

• ৰত্নৈঃ (ratnaiḥ)with jewels
• কল্পিতম্ (kalpitam)made ready
• আসনম্ (āsanam)a seat
• হিমজলৈঃ (himajalaiḥ)with cold water
• স্নানম্ (snānam)a bath
• চ (ca)and
• দিৱ্যাম্বৰম্ (divyāmbaram)divine clothes
• নানাৰত্নৱিভূষিতম্ (nānāratnavibhūṣitam)worked with gems of every kind
• মৃগমদামোদাঙ্কিতম্ (mṛgamadāmodāṅkitam)carrying the scent of musk
• চন্দনম্ (candanam)sandal paste
• জাতীচম্পকবিল্ৱপত্ৰৰচিতম্ (jātīcampakabilvapatraracitam)made of jasmine, champak and bilva leaves
• পুষ্পম্ (puṣpam)flowers
• চ (ca)and
• ধূপম্ (dhūpam)incense
• তথা (tathā)and
• দীপম্ (dīpam)a lamp
• দেৱ (deva)O God
• দযানিধে (dayānidhe)O sea of kindness
• পশুপতে (paśupate)O Pashupati
• হৃত্কল্পিতম্ (hṛtkalpitam)all of it made ready in the heart
• গৃহ্যতাম্ (gṛhyatām)let it be taken

anvaya দেৱ দযানিধে পশুপতে ৰত্নৈঃ কল্পিতম্ আসনম্ হিমজলৈঃ স্নানম্ নানাৰত্নৱিভূষিতম্ দিৱ্যাম্বৰম্ চ মৃগমদামোদাঙ্কিতম্ চন্দনম্ জাতীচম্পকবিল্ৱপত্ৰৰচিতম্ পুষ্পম্ ধূপম্ তথা চ দীপম্ হৃত্কল্পিতম্ গৃহ্যতাম্

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

হৃত্কল্পিতম্ made ready in the heart — Kalpita is what has been put together or arranged. Every offering in this hymn is arranged in the mind, and this word is what holds the whole piece together.

মৃগমদামোদাঙ্কিতম্ carrying the scent of musk — Mṛgamada is musk. Sandal paste for worship is often mixed with it.

বিল্ৱপত্ৰ bilva leaf — The leaf Shiva is worshipped with. Naming it here, among jasmine and champak, marks the worship as his.

পশুপতে O Pashupati — Lord of the paśus, the living beings who are held as if tethered. It is one of Shiva's oldest names.

note The verse walks through the first offerings of a temple puja in their usual order: a seat, water for bathing, clothes, sandal paste, flowers, incense, a lamp. Each one is built in the mind and then handed over.

• সৌৱৰ্ণে (sauvarṇe)in a golden
• নৱৰত্নখণ্ডৰচিতে (navaratnakhaṇḍaracite)inlaid with pieces of the nine gems
• পাত্ৰে (pātre)bowl
• ঘৃতম্ (ghṛtam)ghee
• পাযসম্ (pāyasam)sweet milk-rice
• ভক্ষ্যম্ (bhakṣyam)food
• পঞ্চৱিধম্ (pañcavidham)of five kinds
• পযোদধিযুতম্ (payodadhiyutam)made with milk and curds
• ৰম্ভাফলম্ (rambhāphalam)a plantain
• পানকম্ (pānakam)a sweet drink
• শাকানাম্ (śākānām)of vegetable dishes
• অযুতম্ (ayutam)any number
• জলম্ (jalam)water
• ৰুচিকৰম্ (rucikaram)cool and pleasing
• কৰ্পূৰখণ্ডোজ্জ্ৱলম্ (karpūrakhaṇḍojjvalam)bright with a piece of camphor
• তাম্বূলম্ (tāmbūlam)betel leaf
• মনসা (manasā)in the mind
• মযা (mayā)by me
• ৱিৰচিতম্ (viracitam)put together
• ভক্ত্যা (bhaktyā)with love
• প্ৰভো (prabho)O Lord
• স্ৱীকুৰু (svīkuru)accept it

anvaya প্ৰভো সৌৱৰ্ণে নৱৰত্নখণ্ডৰচিতে পাত্ৰে ঘৃতম্ পাযসম্ পযোদধিযুতম্ পঞ্চৱিধম্ ভক্ষ্যম্ ৰম্ভাফলম্ পানকম্ শাকানাম্ অযুতম্ ৰুচিকৰম্ জলম্ কৰ্পূৰখণ্ডোজ্জ্ৱলম্ তাম্বূলম্ মযা মনসা ভক্ত্যা ৱিৰচিতম্ স্ৱীকুৰু

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

পাযসম্ rice cooked in milk — The sweet dish of rice boiled in milk with sugar, the usual offering at a temple meal.

তাম্বূলম্ betel leaf with areca nut — Offered at the end of a meal, which is where it comes in the puja too.

অযুতম্ ten thousand — Used here for a great number of vegetable dishes rather than a count.

note This is the naivedya, the meal. It runs from ghee and sweet rice through savoury dishes and cool water to the betel leaf a meal ends with. All of it, the verse says again, was put together in the mind.

• ছত্ৰম্ (chatram)an umbrella
• চামৰযোঃ (cāmarayoḥ)of two yak tails
• যুগম্ (yugam)a pair
• ৱ্যজনকম্ (vyajanakam)a fan
• চ (ca)and
• আদৰ্শকম্ (ādarśakam)a mirror
• নিৰ্মলম্ (nirmalam)spotless
• ৱীণাভেৰিমৃদঙ্গকাহলকলাঃ (vīṇābherimṛdaṅgakāhalakalāḥ)the arts of vina, kettledrum, mridanga and horn
• গীতম্ (gītam)song
• চ (ca)and
• নৃত্যম্ (nṛtyam)dance
• তথা (tathā)and
• সাষ্টাঙ্গম্ (sāṣṭāṅgam)touching the ground at eight points
• প্ৰণতিঃ (praṇatiḥ)a bow
• স্তুতিঃ (stutiḥ)praise
• বহুৱিধা (bahuvidhā)of many kinds
• হি (hi)indeed
• এতত্ (etat)this
• সমস্তম্ (samastam)all of it
• মযা (mayā)by me
• সঙ্কল্পেন (saṅkalpena)by the resolve alone
• সমৰ্পিতম্ (samarpitam)offered
• তৱ (tava)to you
• ৱিভো (vibho)O you who are everywhere
• পূজাম্ (pūjām)the worship
• গৃহাণ (gṛhāṇa)take
• প্ৰভো (prabho)O Lord

anvaya ৱিভো প্ৰভো ছত্ৰম্ চামৰযোঃ যুগম্ ৱ্যজনকম্ নিৰ্মলম্ আদৰ্শকম্ চ ৱীণাভেৰিমৃদঙ্গকাহলকলাঃ গীতম্ নৃত্যম্ চ তথা সাষ্টাঙ্গম্ প্ৰণতিঃ বহুৱিধা স্তুতিঃ হি এতত্ সমস্তম্ মযা সঙ্কল্পেন তৱ সমৰ্পিতম্ পূজাম্ গৃহাণ

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

চামৰযোঃ যুগম্ a pair of yak-tail whisks — Waved beside a deity or a king as a mark of honour.

সাষ্টাঙ্গম্ প্ৰণতিঃ the bow that touches down at eight points — Feet, knees, hands, chest, head all meet the ground, with the words and the mind joined to it.

সঙ্কল্পেন by the resolve alone — Saṅkalpa is the intention a rite opens with. Here it is the whole rite, since nothing is set out by hand.

note The honours given to a deity after the meal: umbrella, whisks, fan, mirror, then music, dance, a full bow and praise. The verse ends by handing over everything at once as the puja itself.

• আত্মা (ātmā)the self
• ত্ৱম্ (tvam)you
• গিৰিজা (girijā)Girija
• মতিঃ (matiḥ)the mind
• সহচৰাঃ (sahacarāḥ)companions
• প্ৰাণাঃ (prāṇāḥ)the breaths
• শৰীৰম্ (śarīram)the body
• গৃহম্ (gṛham)the house
• পূজা (pūjā)worship
• তে (te)of you
• ৱিষযোপভোগৰচনা (viṣayopabhogaracanā)the use I make of the things I enjoy
• নিদ্ৰা (nidrā)sleep
• সমাধিস্থিতিঃ (samādhisthitiḥ)being settled in samadhi
• সঞ্চাৰঃ (sañcāraḥ)walking about
• পদযোঃ (padayoḥ)of the feet
• প্ৰদক্ষিণৱিধিঃ (pradakṣiṇavidhiḥ)the circling of the shrine
• স্তোত্ৰাণি (stotrāṇi)hymns
• সৰ্ৱাঃ (sarvāḥ)all
• গিৰঃ (giraḥ)words
• যদ্যত্ (yadyat)whatever
• কৰ্ম (karma)work
• কৰোমি (karomi)I do
• তত্তত্ (tattat)all of that
• অখিলম্ (akhilam)every bit of it
• শম্ভো (śambho)O Shambhu
• তৱ (tava)your
• আৰাধনম্ (ārādhanam)worship

anvaya শম্ভো ত্ৱম্ আত্মা গিৰিজা মতিঃ প্ৰাণাঃ সহচৰাঃ শৰীৰম্ গৃহম্ ৱিষযোপভোগৰচনা তে পূজা নিদ্ৰা সমাধিস্থিতিঃ পদযোঃ সঞ্চাৰঃ প্ৰদক্ষিণৱিধিঃ সৰ্ৱাঃ গিৰঃ স্তোত্ৰাণি যদ্যত্ কৰ্ম কৰোমি তত্তত্ অখিলম্ তৱ আৰাধনম্

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

গিৰিজা Parvati — The mountain's daughter. She is matched here with mati, the thinking mind, as Shiva is matched with the self.

সমাধিস্থিতিঃ staying in samadhi — Sleep is read as the mind settled and still, which is what samadhi is.

প্ৰদক্ষিণৱিধিঃ the circling of the shrine — Walking round a shrine with the right side turned towards it. Here every step taken anywhere counts as that.

note The turn of the whole hymn. Having offered a puja in the mind, the poet finds that the puja was already going on: the body is the shrine, sleep is meditation, walking is circumambulation, speech is praise, and whatever he does is worship.

• কৰচৰণকৃতম্ (karacaraṇakṛtam)done by hands and feet
• ৱাক্কাযজম্ (vākkāyajam)coming of speech or body
• কৰ্মজম্ (karmajam)coming of what I did
• ৱা (vā)or
• শ্ৰৱণনযনজম্ (śravaṇanayanajam)coming in through ear or eye
• ৱা (vā)or
• মানসম্ (mānasam)staying in the mind
• ৱা (vā)or
• অপৰাধম্ (aparādham)the wrong
• ৱিহিতম্ (vihitam)what I did
• অৱিহিতম্ (avihitam)what I left undone
• ৱা (vā)or
• সৰ্ৱম্ (sarvam)all
• এতত্ (etat)of this
• ক্ষমস্ৱ (kṣamasva)forgive
• জয (jaya)victory to you
• জয (jaya)victory
• কৰুণাব্ধে (karuṇābdhe)O sea of kindness
• শ্ৰী (śrī)Shri
• মহাদেৱ (mahādeva)Mahadeva
• শম্ভো (śambho)O Shambhu

anvaya শ্ৰী মহাদেৱ শম্ভো কৰুণাব্ধে কৰচৰণকৃতম্ ৱাক্কাযজম্ কৰ্মজম্ ৱা শ্ৰৱণনযনজম্ ৱা মানসম্ ৱা ৱিহিতম্ অৱিহিতম্ ৱা অপৰাধম্ এতত্ সৰ্ৱম্ ক্ষমস্ৱ জয জয

chandas Mālinī, 15 syllables in each of 4 pādas

ৱিহিতম্ অৱিহিতম্ what was laid down and what was not — Vihita is what the rules ask for. The pair covers both a duty left undone and a thing done that should not have been.

কৰুণাব্ধে O sea of kindness — Abdhi is the sea, what holds the waters. The address answers the plea for pardon in the same breath.

note The closing verse asks pardon for every wrong, counted by the part of the person it came through: hands and feet, speech, body, deeds, ears, eyes, mind. The metre changes to Mālinī here, so the verse is heard as a different movement from the four before it.