ನಮಾಮೀಶಮೀಶಾನನಿರ್ವಾಣರೂಪಂ ವಿಭುಂ ವ್ಯಾಪಕಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇದಸ್ವರೂಪಮ್ ।
ನಿಜಂ ನಿರ್ಗುಣಂ ನಿರ್ವಿಕಲ್ಪಂ ನಿರೀಹಂ ಚಿದಾಕಾಶಮಾಕಾಶವಾಸಂ ಭಜೇಽಹಮ್ ॥ ೧॥
I adore You, the guardian of the north-east quarter and Ruler of the whole universe, eternal bliss personified, the omnipresent and all-pervading Brahma manifest in the form of the Vedas. I worship Lord Siva, shining in His own glory, devoid of material attributes (beyond the Gunas - Sattva, Rajas, Tamas), undifferentiated, desireless, all-pervading consciousness, having nothing to wrap about Himself except ether (or enveloping ether itself).
ನಿರಾಕಾರಮೋಂಕಾರಮೂಲಂ ತುರೀಯಂ ಗಿರಾಜ್ಞಾನಗೋತೀತಮೀಶಂ ಗಿರೀಶಮ್ ।
ಕರಾಲಂ ಮಹಾಕಾಲಕಾಲಂ ಕೃಪಾಲಂ ಗುಣಾಗಾರಸಂಸಾರಪಾರಂ ನತೋಽಹಮ್ ॥ ೨॥
I bow to the supreme Lord, who is devoid of form, transcendent and extra-cosmic, beyond speech, understanding and sense perception, terrible yet gracious, the seed of the mystic syllable OM, the Ruler of Kailasa, the Devourer even of the great Time-Spirit and the abode of virtues.
ತುಷಾರಾದ್ರಿಸಂಕಾಶಗೌರಂ ಗಭೀರಂ ಮನೋಭೂತಕೋಟಿಪ್ರಭಾಶ್ರೀಶರೀರಮ್ ।
ಸ್ಫುರನ್ಮೌಲಿಕಲ್ಲೋಲಿನೀಚಾರುಗಙ್ಗಾ ಲಸದ್ಭಾಲಬಾಲೇನ್ದು ಕಣ್ಠೇ ಭುಜಙ್ಗಾ ॥ ೩॥
Who is deeply thoughtful, and is possessed of a form white as the snowclad Himalaya, radiant with the beauty of a myriad Cupids, whose head sparkles with the lovely stream of the Ganga, whose brow is adorned by the crescent moon and neck coiled by serpents.
ಚಲತ್ಕುಣ್ಡಲಂ ಭ್ರೂಸುನೇತ್ರಂ ವಿಶಾಲಂ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾನನಂ ನೀಲಕಣ್ಠಂ ದಯಾಲಮ್ ।
ಮೃಗಾಧೀಶಚರ್ಮಾಮ್ಬರಂ ಮುಣ್ಡಮಾಲಂ ಪ್ರಿಯಂ ಶಙ್ಕರಂ ಸರ್ವನಾಥಂ ಭಜಾಮಿ ॥ ೪॥
I adore the all-merciful Sankara, the universal Lord, who is loved by all, who has tremulous pendants dangling from His ear-lobes, is possessed of beautiful eyebrows and large eyes, who has a cheerful countenance and a blue speck on His throat, and who has a lion-skin wrapped round His waist and a garland of skulls round His neck.
ಪ್ರಚಣ್ಡಂ ಪ್ರಕೃಷ್ಟಂ ಪ್ರಗಲ್ಭಂ ಪರೇಶಮಖಣ್ಡಮಜಂ ಭಾನುಕೋಟಿಪ್ರಕಾಶಮ್ ।
ತ್ರಯಃಶೂಲನಿರ್ಮೂಲನಂ ಶೂಲಪಾಣಿಂ ಭಜೇಽಹಂ ಭವಾನೀಪತಿಂ ಭಾವಗಮ್ಯಮ್ ॥ ೫॥
I take my refuge in Bhavani’s Spouse, the supreme Lord, terrible, exalted, intrepid, indivisible, unborn and invested with the glory of a myriad suns, who roots out the threefold agony and holds a trident in His hand and who is accessible only through love.
ಕಲಾತೀತಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕಲ್ಪಾನ್ತಕಾರೀ ಸದಾ ಸಜ್ಜನಾನನ್ದದಾತಾ ಪುರಾರೀ ।
ಚಿದಾನನ್ದಸನ್ದೋಹಮೋಹಾಪಹಾರೀ ಪ್ರಸೀದ ಪ್ರಸೀದ ಪ್ರಭೋ ಮನ್ಮಥಾರೀ ॥ ೬॥
Limitless (beyond digits), ever blessed, bringing about universal destruction at the end of each round of creation, a source of perpetual delight to the virtuous, Slayer of the demon Tripura, Consciousness and Bliss personified, dispeller of delusion, be propitious, my lord, be propitious, O Destroyer of Cupid.
ನ ಯಾವದುಮಾನಾಥಪಾದಾರವಿನ್ದಂ ಭಜನ್ತೀಹ ಲೋಕೇ ಪರೇ ವಾ ನರಾಣಾಮ್ ।
ನ ತಾವತ್ಸುಖಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿ ಸನ್ತಾಪನಾಶಂ ಪ್ರಸೀದ ಪ್ರಭೋ ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾಧಿವಾಸಮ್ ॥ ೭॥
So long as they worship not the lotus-feet of Uma’s lord, there is no happiness nor peace nor cessation of suffering for men either in this world or in the next. Therefore, be propitious, my lord, dwelling as You do in the heart of all living beings.
ನ ಜಾನಾಮಿ ಯೋಗಂ ಜಪಂ ನೈವ ಪೂಜಾಂ ನತೋಽಹಂ ಸದಾ ಸರ್ವದಾ ಶಮ್ಭು ತುಭ್ಯಮ್ ।
ಜರಾಜನ್ಮದುಃಖೌಘತಾತಪ್ಯಮಾನಂ ಪ್ರಭೋ ಪಾಹಿ ಆಪನ್ನಮಾಮೀಶಶಮ್ಭೋ ॥ ೮॥
I know not Yoga (concentration), nor Japa (the muttering of prayers) nor ritual. I simply bow to you at all times and at every moment, O Sambhu! Pray, protect me, my lord, miserable and afflicted by sufferings attendant on old age and birth (and death) as I am, O Lord Sambhu!
ರುದ್ರಾಷ್ಟಕಮಿದಂ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಂ ವಿಪ್ರೇಣ ಹರತೋಷಯೇ ।
ಯೇ ಪಠನ್ತಿ ನರಾ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ತೇಷಾಂ ಶಮ್ಭುಃ ಪ್ರಸೀದತಿ ॥
This hymn of eight verses was uttered by the Brahmana in order to propitiate Lord Siva. Sri Sambhu is pleased with those men who devoutly recite it.
॥ ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮಚರಿತಮಾನಸೇ ಉತ್ತರಕಾಣ್ಡೇ ಶ್ರೀಗೋಸ್ವಾಮಿತುಲಸೀದಾಸಕೃತಂ ಶ್ರೀರುದ್ರಾಷ್ಟಕಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ॥
