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નટરાજ સ્તોત્રં (પતંજલિ કૃતમ્) This hymn is composed by Sage પતંજલિ, (the author of યોગસૂત્ર). It is remarkable in completely avoiding long vowels(આ, ઈ, ઊ, એ, ઓ, ઐ, ઔ). Where ever a heavy syllable is needed, પતંજલિ employs an અનુસ્વાર (ઙ્, ઞ્, ણ્, ન્, મ્) in stead, and occasionally other consonant endings. So visually the hymn does not contain feet like કા, કી, કૂ, કો, કૌ do; or horns like કે, કૈ, કો, કૌ do. This is an astounding feat given that every fourth syllable needs to be a heavy syllable (ગુરુ). As a result, you will hear the nasal sound અનુસ્વાર every fourth syllable! Also not very coincidentally, પતંજલિ's name itself does not contain legs or horns! There are two stories regarding its origin. 2. Once Sage વ્યાઘ્રપાદ teases પતંજલિ, saying "How can you see the Cosmic Dance of the Lord, when you do not even have horns or feet?". પતંજલિ composes this hymn as an answer, symbolically cutting વ્યાઘ્રપાદ's (meaning Tiger-foot) feet. The meter for this song is also called ચરણશૃંગરહિતમ્. And now the hymn in praise of Lord નટરાજ without the use of ચરણ (feet) and શૃંગ (horns); indicative of નંદિ and ભૃંગિ, Lord શિવ's attendants, as a metaphor; and indicative of long vowels of the alphabet, as poetic decoration! સદંચિત-મુદંચિત નિકુંચિત પદં ઝલઝલં-ચલિત મંજુ કટકમ્ । With his foot curved in joy, adorned by the very nature of Truth, and making a jingling sound by the bells on the anklet that adorns it, the one who is blemishless, of an unmoving abode, the one who destroys the cycles of life and death, is of the hue of the કદંબ flower who is the ultimate being, with the sky as his garments, whose throat resembles the blue color of all the oceans of the world, who is the jewel of consciousness, who is like the Sun to the lotus-like hearts of the enlightened ones, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart. હરં ત્રિપુર ભંજન-મનંતકૃતકંકણ-મખંડદય-મંતરહિતં The destroyer who vanquished the three worlds, who wears the great serpent, ananta, like a bracelet; who is endless and is of limitless compassion; whose feet are meditated upon, by the likes of બ્રહ્મ, ઇંદ્ર and other Suras; who wears a crescent moon on his crown, who crushed યમ with his foot; whose body is smeared in ashes, who won over the God of love, મદન; who is the eternal Lord, and who is the concentrated treasure of the sound ઓં, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart. અવંતમખિલં જગદભંગ ગુણતુંગમમતં ધૃતવિધું સુરસરિત્- The Lord who protects all, who is of unending auspicious qualities, and whose nature is difficult to grasp; who held the multitudes of waves of the divine river ગંગા in his matted locks of hair, who vanquished યમ's pride and who breaks worldly cycles; the auspicious one, whose arms spread wildly in all ten directions, who holds the young deer in his hand, and who is the Lord of all bound creatures; the destroyer, who is adorned with three eyes depicting Sun, Moon and Fire; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart. અનંતનવરત્નવિલસત્કટકકિંકિણિઝલં ઝલઝલં ઝલરવં The one whose anklets make a jingling sound as he dances, being studded with innumerable gems of the nine kinds of precious stones; whose feet dance, as Lord વિષ્ણુ and બ્રહ્મ themselves play the drums, offering a rhythm; the one who has for his close companions, Lord વિષ્ણુ, who rides ગરુડ, Lord કાર્તિકેય who resides a peacock, his celestial troupes including નંદિ, શૃંગિ, રિટિ, ભૃંગિ and others; the one whose feet are worshipped by the greats like સનંદ, સનક and others; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! અનંતમહસં ત્રિદશવંદ્ય ચરણં મુનિ હૃદંતર વસંતમમલમ્ The one with neither end nor beginning, who is revered by the Gods, who resides in the hearts of Sages, and who is pure; whose form constitutes the primordial elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Space, Sun, Moon and the Self; who is of unending glory, who is the jewel of the three worlds, who has three eyes, and who vanquished the three cities; the compassionate one whose feet are worshipped by Sage સનંદ; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! અચિંત્યમલિવૃંદ રુચિ બંધુરગલં કુરિત કુંદ નિકુરુંબ ધવલમ્ The unimaginable Lord, whose neck is of such dark complexion as that of a group fo blumblebeems, who is as white as a bunch of કુંદ flower-buds, who is worshipped by વિષ્ણુ, ઇંદ્ર and other Asura-slaying groups of Devas, and who wears the serpents as his ear-rings, the one who is unmoving, who was compassionate towards રતી દેવી, who is the treasure of auspiciousness to the pious, who vanquished ગજાસુર, and who is the Lord of the bound creatures; the one who is worshipped by ધનંજય, and who delights those who worship him; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! પરં સુરવરં પુરહરં પશુપતિં જનિત દંતિમુખ ષણ્મુખમમું The Lord who is the beyond, who is the best of the Suras, who vanquished ત્રિપુરાસુર, who is the Lord of bound creatures, and who is the father of ગણેશ and ષણ્મુખ; the compassionate one who has flaming locks of hair, who is the Sun who makes the lotus-like sage સનક blossom, who is pleasant and white like snow; who is ever detached, who swallowed the poison born out of the churning of the ocean, and who is a treasure-trove of auspicious qualities; the one who grants boons to સનંદ, and who has a calming Moon-like face; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! અજં ક્ષિતિરથં ભુજગપુંગવગુણં કનક શૃંગિ ધનુષં કરલસત્ The one who is without a beginning, who has the earth itself as his chariot, who has the great serpent વાસુકિ as his bowstring, and the golden peaked Meru as his bow; who holds in his hands a deer, a sword, an axe and a hand-drum of earthen-red colour; who has Lord વિષ્ણુ as his arrow, who unfailingly grants the desires of his devotees, who has the four Vedas as his horses, and who is unparallelled; who is accompanied by Goddess ચંડિ, and who vanquished ત્રિપુરાસુર at once; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! અનંગપરિપંથિનમજં ક્ષિતિ ધુરંધરમલં કરુણયંતમખિલં The one who is an enemy of the bodiless one, Lord મન્મથ who upholds the burden of the earth, and who is of boundless compassion; who holds the raging fire in his hand, who is the enemy of Lord યમ, and whose feet are constantly worshipped by ઇંદ્ર and other Suras; whose body is fragrant, and shines with the lustre of hundreds of earthly morning Suns, which makes the groups of lotuses blossom; the one who is worshipped by પતંજલિ, and who is the bird contained in the cage of the cosmic sound,ઓંકાર, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ચિદંબરમ્ in your heart! ઇતિ સ્તવમમું ભુજગપુંગવ કૃતં પ્રતિદિનં પઠતિ યઃ કૃતમુખઃ This extremely playful hymn, which as been composed by the best of serpents, Sage પતંજલિ, which is devoid of ચરણ, and શૃંગ, and which grants the vision of the holy feet of the Lord; the proficient one who chants this every day, shall reach the utmost abode of assembly with the Gods, and from there shall attain to ultimate liberation beyond the repeated sorrowful cycles of life and death! ઇતિ શ્રી પતંજલિમુનિ પ્રણીતં ચરણશૃંગરહિત નટરાજ સ્તોત્રં સંપૂર્ણમ્ ॥ And thus, the praise of Lord નટરાજ, composed by પતંજલિ મુઇ, without the use of ચરણ and શૃંગ is complete!
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