ನಾನಾರತ್ನ ವಿಭೂಷಿತಂ ಮೃಗಮದಾಮೋದಾಙ್ಕಿತಂ ಚನ್ದನಮ್ ।
ಜಾತೀ ಚಮ್ಪಕ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರ ರಚಿತಂ ಪುಷ್ಪಂ ಚ ಧೂಪಂ ತಥಾ
ದೀಪಂ ದೇವ ದಯಾನಿಧೇ ಪಶುಪತೇ ಹೃತ್ಕಲ್ಪಿತಂ ಗೃಹ್ಯತಾಮ್ ॥ 1 ॥
- ರತ್ನೈಃ (ratnaiḥ)with jewels
- ಕಲ್ಪಿತಮ್ (kalpitam)made ready
- ಆಸನಮ್ (āsanam)a seat
- ಹಿಮಜಲೈಃ (himajalaiḥ)with cold water
- ಸ್ನಾನಮ್ (snānam)a bath
- ಚ (ca)and
- ದಿವ್ಯಾಮ್ಬರಮ್ (divyāmbaram)divine clothes
- ನಾನಾರತ್ನವಿಭೂಷಿತಮ್ (nānāratnavibhūṣitam)worked with gems of every kind
- ಮೃಗಮದಾಮೋದಾಙ್ಕಿತಮ್ (mṛgamadāmodāṅkitam)carrying the scent of musk
- ಚನ್ದನಮ್ (candanam)sandal paste
- ಜಾತೀಚಮ್ಪಕಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರರಚಿತಮ್ (jātīcampakabilvapatraracitam)made of jasmine, champak and bilva leaves
- ಪುಷ್ಪಮ್ (puṣpam)flowers
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಧೂಪಮ್ (dhūpam)incense
- ತಥಾ (tathā)and
- ದೀಪಮ್ (dīpam)a lamp
- ದೇವ (deva)O God
- ದಯಾನಿಧೇ (dayānidhe)O sea of kindness
- ಪಶುಪತೇ (paśupate)O Pashupati
- ಹೃತ್ಕಲ್ಪಿತಮ್ (hṛtkalpitam)all of it made ready in the heart
- ಗೃಹ್ಯತಾಮ್ (gṛhyatām)let it be taken
anvaya ದೇವ ದಯಾನಿಧೇ ಪಶುಪತೇ ರತ್ನೈಃ ಕಲ್ಪಿತಮ್ ಆಸನಮ್ ಹಿಮಜಲೈಃ ಸ್ನಾನಮ್ ನಾನಾರತ್ನವಿಭೂಷಿತಮ್ ದಿವ್ಯಾಮ್ಬರಮ್ ಚ ಮೃಗಮದಾಮೋದಾಙ್ಕಿತಮ್ ಚನ್ದನಮ್ ಜಾತೀಚಮ್ಪಕಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರರಚಿತಮ್ ಪುಷ್ಪಮ್ ಧೂಪಮ್ ತಥಾ ಚ ದೀಪಮ್ ಹೃತ್ಕಲ್ಪಿತಮ್ ಗೃಹ್ಯತಾಮ್
chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಹೃತ್ಕಲ್ಪಿತಮ್ 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.
ಮೃಗಮದಾಮೋದಾಙ್ಕಿತಮ್ carrying the scent of musk — Mṛgamada is musk. Sandal paste for worship is often mixed with it.
ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರ bilva leaf — The leaf Shiva is worshipped with. Naming it here, among jasmine and champak, marks the worship as his.
ಪಶುಪತೇ 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.
ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಂ ಪಞ್ಚವಿಧಂ ಪಯೋದಧಿಯುತಂ ರಮ್ಭಾಫಲಂ ಪಾನಕಮ್ ।
ಶಾಕಾನಾಮಯುತಂ ಜಲಂ ರುಚಿಕರಂ ಕರ್ಪೂರ ಖಣ್ಡೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಂ
ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲಂ ಮನಸಾ ಮಯಾ ವಿರಚಿತಂ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಪ್ರಭೋ ಸ್ವೀಕುರು ॥ 2 ॥
- ಸೌವರ್ಣೇ (sauvarṇe)in a golden
- ನವರತ್ನಖಣ್ಡರಚಿತೇ (navaratnakhaṇḍaracite)inlaid with pieces of the nine gems
- ಪಾತ್ರೇ (pātre)bowl
- ಘೃತಮ್ (ghṛtam)ghee
- ಪಾಯಸಮ್ (pāyasam)sweet milk-rice
- ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಮ್ (bhakṣyam)food
- ಪಞ್ಚವಿಧಮ್ (pañcavidham)of five kinds
- ಪಯೋದಧಿಯುತಮ್ (payodadhiyutam)made with milk and curds
- ರಮ್ಭಾಫಲಮ್ (rambhāphalam)a plantain
- ಪಾನಕಮ್ (pānakam)a sweet drink
- ಶಾಕಾನಾಮ್ (śākānām)of vegetable dishes
- ಅಯುತಮ್ (ayutam)any number
- ಜಲಮ್ (jalam)water
- ರುಚಿಕರಮ್ (rucikaram)cool and pleasing
- ಕರ್ಪೂರಖಣ್ಡೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಮ್ (karpūrakhaṇḍojjvalam)bright with a piece of camphor
- ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲಮ್ (tāmbūlam)betel leaf
- ಮನಸಾ (manasā)in the mind
- ಮಯಾ (mayā)by me
- ವಿರಚಿತಮ್ (viracitam)put together
- ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ (bhaktyā)with love
- ಪ್ರಭೋ (prabho)O Lord
- ಸ್ವೀಕುರು (svīkuru)accept it
anvaya ಪ್ರಭೋ ಸೌವರ್ಣೇ ನವರತ್ನಖಣ್ಡರಚಿತೇ ಪಾತ್ರೇ ಘೃತಮ್ ಪಾಯಸಮ್ ಪಯೋದಧಿಯುತಮ್ ಪಞ್ಚವಿಧಮ್ ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಮ್ ರಮ್ಭಾಫಲಮ್ ಪಾನಕಮ್ ಶಾಕಾನಾಮ್ ಅಯುತಮ್ ರುಚಿಕರಮ್ ಜಲಮ್ ಕರ್ಪೂರಖಣ್ಡೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಮ್ ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲಮ್ ಮಯಾ ಮನಸಾ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ವಿರಚಿತಮ್ ಸ್ವೀಕುರು
chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಪಾಯಸಮ್ rice cooked in milk — The sweet dish of rice boiled in milk with sugar, the usual offering at a temple meal.
ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲಮ್ betel leaf with areca nut — Offered at the end of a meal, which is where it comes in the puja too.
ಅಯುತಮ್ 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.
ವೀಣಾ ಭೇರಿ ಮೃದಙ್ಗ ಕಾಹಲಕಲಾ ಗೀತಂ ಚ ನೃತ್ಯಂ ತಥಾ ।
ಸಾಷ್ಟಾಙ್ಗಂ ಪ್ರಣತಿಃ ಸ್ತುತಿ-ರ್ಬಹುವಿಧಾ-ಹ್ಯೇತತ್-ಸಮಸ್ತಂ ಮಯಾ
ಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪೇನ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತಂ ತವ ವಿಭೋ ಪೂಜಾಂ ಗೃಹಾಣ ಪ್ರಭೋ ॥ 3 ॥
- ಛತ್ರಮ್ (chatram)an umbrella
- ಚಾಮರಯೋಃ (cāmarayoḥ)of two yak tails
- ಯುಗಮ್ (yugam)a pair
- ವ್ಯಜನಕಮ್ (vyajanakam)a fan
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಆದರ್ಶಕಮ್ (ādarśakam)a mirror
- ನಿರ್ಮಲಮ್ (nirmalam)spotless
- ವೀಣಾಭೇರಿಮೃದಙ್ಗಕಾಹಲಕಲಾಃ (vīṇābherimṛdaṅgakāhalakalāḥ)the arts of vina, kettledrum, mridanga and horn
- ಗೀತಮ್ (gītam)song
- ಚ (ca)and
- ನೃತ್ಯಮ್ (nṛtyam)dance
- ತಥಾ (tathā)and
- ಸಾಷ್ಟಾಙ್ಗಮ್ (sāṣṭāṅgam)touching the ground at eight points
- ಪ್ರಣತಿಃ (praṇatiḥ)a bow
- ಸ್ತುತಿಃ (stutiḥ)praise
- ಬಹುವಿಧಾ (bahuvidhā)of many kinds
- ಹಿ (hi)indeed
- ಏತತ್ (etat)this
- ಸಮಸ್ತಮ್ (samastam)all of it
- ಮಯಾ (mayā)by me
- ಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪೇನ (saṅkalpena)by the resolve alone
- ಸಮರ್ಪಿತಮ್ (samarpitam)offered
- ತವ (tava)to you
- ವಿಭೋ (vibho)O you who are everywhere
- ಪೂಜಾಮ್ (pūjām)the worship
- ಗೃಹಾಣ (gṛhāṇa)take
- ಪ್ರಭೋ (prabho)O Lord
anvaya ವಿಭೋ ಪ್ರಭೋ ಛತ್ರಮ್ ಚಾಮರಯೋಃ ಯುಗಮ್ ವ್ಯಜನಕಮ್ ನಿರ್ಮಲಮ್ ಆದರ್ಶಕಮ್ ಚ ವೀಣಾಭೇರಿಮೃದಙ್ಗಕಾಹಲಕಲಾಃ ಗೀತಮ್ ನೃತ್ಯಮ್ ಚ ತಥಾ ಸಾಷ್ಟಾಙ್ಗಮ್ ಪ್ರಣತಿಃ ಬಹುವಿಧಾ ಸ್ತುತಿಃ ಹಿ ಏತತ್ ಸಮಸ್ತಮ್ ಮಯಾ ಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪೇನ ತವ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತಮ್ ಪೂಜಾಮ್ ಗೃಹಾಣ
chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಚಾಮರಯೋಃ ಯುಗಮ್ a pair of yak-tail whisks — Waved beside a deity or a king as a mark of honour.
ಸಾಷ್ಟಾಙ್ಗಮ್ ಪ್ರಣತಿಃ 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.
ಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪೇನ 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.
ಪೂಜಾ ತೇ ವಿಷಯೋಪಭೋಗ-ರಚನಾ ನಿದ್ರಾ ಸಮಾಧಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ ।
ಸಞ್ಚಾರಃ ಪದಯೋಃ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣವಿಧಿಃ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಾಣಿ ಸರ್ವಾ ಗಿರೋ
ಯದ್ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮ ಕರೋಮಿ ತತ್ತದಖಿಲಂ ಶಮ್ಭೋ ತವಾರಾಧನಮ್ ॥ 4 ॥
- ಆತ್ಮಾ (ātmā)the self
- ತ್ವಮ್ (tvam)you
- ಗಿರಿಜಾ (girijā)Girija
- ಮತಿಃ (matiḥ)the mind
- ಸಹಚರಾಃ (sahacarāḥ)companions
- ಪ್ರಾಣಾಃ (prāṇāḥ)the breaths
- ಶರೀರಮ್ (śarīram)the body
- ಗೃಹಮ್ (gṛham)the house
- ಪೂಜಾ (pūjā)worship
- ತೇ (te)of you
- ವಿಷಯೋಪಭೋಗರಚನಾ (viṣayopabhogaracanā)the use I make of the things I enjoy
- ನಿದ್ರಾ (nidrā)sleep
- ಸಮಾಧಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ (samādhisthitiḥ)being settled in samadhi
- ಸಞ್ಚಾರಃ (sañcāraḥ)walking about
- ಪದಯೋಃ (padayoḥ)of the feet
- ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣವಿಧಿಃ (pradakṣiṇavidhiḥ)the circling of the shrine
- ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಾಣಿ (stotrāṇi)hymns
- ಸರ್ವಾಃ (sarvāḥ)all
- ಗಿರಃ (giraḥ)words
- ಯದ್ಯತ್ (yadyat)whatever
- ಕರ್ಮ (karma)work
- ಕರೋಮಿ (karomi)I do
- ತತ್ತತ್ (tattat)all of that
- ಅಖಿಲಮ್ (akhilam)every bit of it
- ಶಮ್ಭೋ (śambho)O Shambhu
- ತವ (tava)your
- ಆರಾಧನಮ್ (ārādhanam)worship
anvaya ಶಮ್ಭೋ ತ್ವಮ್ ಆತ್ಮಾ ಗಿರಿಜಾ ಮತಿಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಾಃ ಸಹಚರಾಃ ಶರೀರಮ್ ಗೃಹಮ್ ವಿಷಯೋಪಭೋಗರಚನಾ ತೇ ಪೂಜಾ ನಿದ್ರಾ ಸಮಾಧಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ ಪದಯೋಃ ಸಞ್ಚಾರಃ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣವಿಧಿಃ ಸರ್ವಾಃ ಗಿರಃ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಾಣಿ ಯದ್ಯತ್ ಕರ್ಮ ಕರೋಮಿ ತತ್ತತ್ ಅಖಿಲಮ್ ತವ ಆರಾಧನಮ್
chandas Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 19 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಿರಿಜಾ Parvati — The mountain's daughter. She is matched here with mati, the thinking mind, as Shiva is matched with the self.
ಸಮಾಧಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ staying in samadhi — Sleep is read as the mind settled and still, which is what samadhi is.
ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣವಿಧಿಃ 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.
ಶ್ರವಣ ನಯನಜಂ ವಾ ಮಾನಸಂ ವಾಪರಾಧಮ್ ।
ವಿಹಿತಮವಿಹಿತಂ ವಾ ಸರ್ವಮೇತತ್-ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ
ಜಯ ಜಯ ಕರುಣಾಬ್ಧೇ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಮ್ಭೋ ॥ 5 ॥
- ಕರಚರಣಕೃತಮ್ (karacaraṇakṛtam)done by hands and feet
- ವಾಕ್ಕಾಯಜಮ್ (vākkāyajam)coming of speech or body
- ಕರ್ಮಜಮ್ (karmajam)coming of what I did
- ವಾ (vā)or
- ಶ್ರವಣನಯನಜಮ್ (śravaṇanayanajam)coming in through ear or eye
- ವಾ (vā)or
- ಮಾನಸಮ್ (mānasam)staying in the mind
- ವಾ (vā)or
- ಅಪರಾಧಮ್ (aparādham)the wrong
- ವಿಹಿತಮ್ (vihitam)what I did
- ಅವಿಹಿತಮ್ (avihitam)what I left undone
- ವಾ (vā)or
- ಸರ್ವಮ್ (sarvam)all
- ಏತತ್ (etat)of this
- ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ (kṣamasva)forgive
- ಜಯ (jaya)victory to you
- ಜಯ (jaya)victory
- ಕರುಣಾಬ್ಧೇ (karuṇābdhe)O sea of kindness
- ಶ್ರೀ (śrī)Shri
- ಮಹಾದೇವ (mahādeva)Mahadeva
- ಶಮ್ಭೋ (śambho)O Shambhu
anvaya ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಮ್ಭೋ ಕರುಣಾಬ್ಧೇ ಕರಚರಣಕೃತಮ್ ವಾಕ್ಕಾಯಜಮ್ ಕರ್ಮಜಮ್ ವಾ ಶ್ರವಣನಯನಜಮ್ ವಾ ಮಾನಸಮ್ ವಾ ವಿಹಿತಮ್ ಅವಿಹಿತಮ್ ವಾ ಅಪರಾಧಮ್ ಏತತ್ ಸರ್ವಮ್ ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ ಜಯ ಜಯ
chandas Mālinī, 15 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ವಿಹಿತಮ್ ಅವಿಹಿತಮ್ 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.
ಕರುಣಾಬ್ಧೇ 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.
