શિવ માનસ પૂજા

• રત્નૈઃ (ratnaiḥ)with jewels
• કલ્પિતમ્ (kalpitam)made ready
• આસનમ્ (āsanam)a seat
• હિમજલૈઃ (himajalaiḥ)with cold water
• સ્નાનમ્ (snānam)a bath
• ચ (ca)and
• દિવ્યામ્બરમ્ (divyāmbaram)divine clothes
• નાનારત્નવિભૂષિતમ્ (nānāratnavibhūṣitam)worked with gems of every kind
• મૃગમદામોદાઙ્કિતમ્ (mṛgamadāmodāṅkitam)carrying the scent of musk
• ચન્દનમ્ (candanam)sandal paste
• જાતીચમ્પકબિલ્વપત્રરચિતમ્ (jātīcampakabilvapatraracitam)made of jasmine, champak and bilva leaves
• પુષ્પમ્ (puṣpam)flowers
• ચ (ca)and
• ધૂપમ્ (dhūpam)incense
• તથા (tathā)and
• દીપમ્ (dīpam)a lamp
• દેવ (deva)O God
• દયાનિધે (dayānidhe)O sea of kindness
• પશુપતે (paśupate)O Pashupati
• હૃત્કલ્પિતમ્ (hṛtkalpitam)all of it made ready in the heart
• ગૃહ્યતામ્ (gṛhyatām)let it be taken

anvaya દેવ દયાનિધે પશુપતે રત્નૈઃ કલ્પિતમ્ આસનમ્ હિમજલૈઃ સ્નાનમ્ નાનારત્નવિભૂષિતમ્ દિવ્યામ્બરમ્ ચ મૃગમદામોદાઙ્કિતમ્ ચન્દનમ્ જાતીચમ્પકબિલ્વપત્રરચિતમ્ પુષ્પમ્ ધૂપમ્ તથા ચ દીપમ્ હૃત્કલ્પિતમ્ ગૃહ્યતામ્

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

હૃત્કલ્પિતમ્ 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.

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

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

પશુપતે 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.

• સૌવર્ણે (sauvarṇe)in a golden
• નવરત્નખણ્ડરચિતે (navaratnakhaṇḍaracite)inlaid with pieces of the nine gems
• પાત્રે (pātre)bowl
• ઘૃતમ્ (ghṛtam)ghee
• પાયસમ્ (pāyasam)sweet milk-rice
• ભક્ષ્યમ્ (bhakṣyam)food
• પઞ્ચવિધમ્ (pañcavidham)of five kinds
• પયોદધિયુતમ્ (payodadhiyutam)made with milk and curds
• રમ્ભાફલમ્ (rambhāphalam)a plantain
• પાનકમ્ (pānakam)a sweet drink
• શાકાનામ્ (śākānām)of vegetable dishes
• અયુતમ્ (ayutam)any number
• જલમ્ (jalam)water
• રુચિકરમ્ (rucikaram)cool and pleasing
• કર્પૂરખણ્ડોજ્જ્વલમ્ (karpūrakhaṇḍojjvalam)bright with a piece of camphor
• તામ્બૂલમ્ (tāmbūlam)betel leaf
• મનસા (manasā)in the mind
• મયા (mayā)by me
• વિરચિતમ્ (viracitam)put together
• ભક્ત્યા (bhaktyā)with love
• પ્રભો (prabho)O Lord
• સ્વીકુરુ (svīkuru)accept it

anvaya પ્રભો સૌવર્ણે નવરત્નખણ્ડરચિતે પાત્રે ઘૃતમ્ પાયસમ્ પયોદધિયુતમ્ પઞ્ચવિધમ્ ભક્ષ્યમ્ રમ્ભાફલમ્ પાનકમ્ શાકાનામ્ અયુતમ્ રુચિકરમ્ જલમ્ કર્પૂરખણ્ડોજ્જ્વલમ્ તામ્બૂલમ્ મયા મનસા ભક્ત્યા વિરચિતમ્ સ્વીકુરુ

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

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

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

અયુતમ્ 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.

• છત્રમ્ (chatram)an umbrella
• ચામરયોઃ (cāmarayoḥ)of two yak tails
• યુગમ્ (yugam)a pair
• વ્યજનકમ્ (vyajanakam)a fan
• ચ (ca)and
• આદર્શકમ્ (ādarśakam)a mirror
• નિર્મલમ્ (nirmalam)spotless
• વીણાભેરિમૃદઙ્ગકાહલકલાઃ (vīṇābherimṛdaṅgakāhalakalāḥ)the arts of vina, kettledrum, mridanga and horn
• ગીતમ્ (gītam)song
• ચ (ca)and
• નૃત્યમ્ (nṛtyam)dance
• તથા (tathā)and
• સાષ્ટાઙ્ગમ્ (sāṣṭāṅgam)touching the ground at eight points
• પ્રણતિઃ (praṇatiḥ)a bow
• સ્તુતિઃ (stutiḥ)praise
• બહુવિધા (bahuvidhā)of many kinds
• હિ (hi)indeed
• એતત્ (etat)this
• સમસ્તમ્ (samastam)all of it
• મયા (mayā)by me
• સઙ્કલ્પેન (saṅkalpena)by the resolve alone
• સમર્પિતમ્ (samarpitam)offered
• તવ (tava)to you
• વિભો (vibho)O you who are everywhere
• પૂજામ્ (pūjām)the worship
• ગૃહાણ (gṛhāṇa)take
• પ્રભો (prabho)O Lord

anvaya વિભો પ્રભો છત્રમ્ ચામરયોઃ યુગમ્ વ્યજનકમ્ નિર્મલમ્ આદર્શકમ્ ચ વીણાભેરિમૃદઙ્ગકાહલકલાઃ ગીતમ્ નૃત્યમ્ ચ તથા સાષ્ટાઙ્ગમ્ પ્રણતિઃ બહુવિધા સ્તુતિઃ હિ એતત્ સમસ્તમ્ મયા સઙ્કલ્પેન તવ સમર્પિતમ્ પૂજામ્ ગૃહાણ

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

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

સાષ્ટાઙ્ગમ્ પ્રણતિઃ 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.

સઙ્કલ્પેન 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.

• આત્મા (ātmā)the self
• ત્વમ્ (tvam)you
• ગિરિજા (girijā)Girija
• મતિઃ (matiḥ)the mind
• સહચરાઃ (sahacarāḥ)companions
• પ્રાણાઃ (prāṇāḥ)the breaths
• શરીરમ્ (śarīram)the body
• ગૃહમ્ (gṛham)the house
• પૂજા (pūjā)worship
• તે (te)of you
• વિષયોપભોગરચના (viṣayopabhogaracanā)the use I make of the things I enjoy
• નિદ્રા (nidrā)sleep
• સમાધિસ્થિતિઃ (samādhisthitiḥ)being settled in samadhi
• સઞ્ચારઃ (sañcāraḥ)walking about
• પદયોઃ (padayoḥ)of the feet
• પ્રદક્ષિણવિધિઃ (pradakṣiṇavidhiḥ)the circling of the shrine
• સ્તોત્રાણિ (stotrāṇi)hymns
• સર્વાઃ (sarvāḥ)all
• ગિરઃ (giraḥ)words
• યદ્યત્ (yadyat)whatever
• કર્મ (karma)work
• કરોમિ (karomi)I do
• તત્તત્ (tattat)all of that
• અખિલમ્ (akhilam)every bit of it
• શમ્ભો (śambho)O Shambhu
• તવ (tava)your
• આરાધનમ્ (ārādhanam)worship

anvaya શમ્ભો ત્વમ્ આત્મા ગિરિજા મતિઃ પ્રાણાઃ સહચરાઃ શરીરમ્ ગૃહમ્ વિષયોપભોગરચના તે પૂજા નિદ્રા સમાધિસ્થિતિઃ પદયોઃ સઞ્ચારઃ પ્રદક્ષિણવિધિઃ સર્વાઃ ગિરઃ સ્તોત્રાણિ યદ્યત્ કર્મ કરોમિ તત્તત્ અખિલમ્ તવ આરાધનમ્

chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas

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

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

પ્રદક્ષિણવિધિઃ 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.

• કરચરણકૃતમ્ (karacaraṇakṛtam)done by hands and feet
• વાક્કાયજમ્ (vākkāyajam)coming of speech or body
• કર્મજમ્ (karmajam)coming of what I did
• વા (vā)or
• શ્રવણનયનજમ્ (śravaṇanayanajam)coming in through ear or eye
• વા (vā)or
• માનસમ્ (mānasam)staying in the mind
• વા (vā)or
• અપરાધમ્ (aparādham)the wrong
• વિહિતમ્ (vihitam)what I did
• અવિહિતમ્ (avihitam)what I left undone
• વા (vā)or
• સર્વમ્ (sarvam)all
• એતત્ (etat)of this
• ક્ષમસ્વ (kṣamasva)forgive
• જય (jaya)victory to you
• જય (jaya)victory
• કરુણાબ્ધે (karuṇābdhe)O sea of kindness
• શ્રી (śrī)Shri
• મહાદેવ (mahādeva)Mahadeva
• શમ્ભો (śambho)O Shambhu

anvaya શ્રી મહાદેવ શમ્ભો કરુણાબ્ધે કરચરણકૃતમ્ વાક્કાયજમ્ કર્મજમ્ વા શ્રવણનયનજમ્ વા માનસમ્ વા વિહિતમ્ અવિહિતમ્ વા અપરાધમ્ એતત્ સર્વમ્ ક્ષમસ્વ જય જય

chandas Mālinī, 15 syllables in each of 4 pādas

વિહિતમ્ અવિહિતમ્ 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.

કરુણાબ્ધે 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.