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ನಟರಾಜ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ ಕೃತಮ್) This hymn is composed by Sage ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ, (the author of ಯೋಗಸೂತ್ರ). It is remarkable in completely avoiding long vowels(ಆ, ಈ, ಊ, ಏ, ಓ, ಐ, ಔ). Where ever a heavy syllable is needed, ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ employs an ಅನುಸ್ವಾರ (ಙ್, ಞ್, ಣ್, ನ್, ಮ್) in stead, and occasionally other consonant endings. So visually the hymn does not contain feet like ಕಾ, ಕೀ, ಕೂ, ಕೋ, ಕೌ do; or horns like ಕೇ, ಕೈ, ಕೋ, ಕೌ do. This is an astounding feat given that every fourth syllable needs to be a heavy syllable (ಗುರು). As a result, you will hear the nasal sound ಅನುಸ್ವಾರ every fourth syllable! Also not very coincidentally, ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ's name itself does not contain legs or horns! There are two stories regarding its origin. 2. Once Sage ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಪಾದ teases ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ, saying "How can you see the Cosmic Dance of the Lord, when you do not even have horns or feet?". ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ composes this hymn as an answer, symbolically cutting ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಪಾದ's (meaning Tiger-foot) feet. The meter for this song is also called ಚರಣಶೃಙ್ಗರಹಿತಮ್. And now the hymn in praise of Lord ನಟರಾಜ without the use of ಚರಣ (feet) and ಶೃಙ್ಗ (horns); indicative of ನನ್ದಿ and ಭೃಙ್ಗಿ, Lord ಶಿವ's attendants, as a metaphor; and indicative of long vowels of the alphabet, as poetic decoration! ಸದಞ್ಚಿತ-ಮುದಞ್ಚಿತ ನಿಕುಞ್ಚಿತ ಪದಂ ಝಲಝಲಂ-ಚಲಿತ ಮಞ್ಜು ಕಟಕಮ್ । 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 ಕದಮ್ಬ 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 ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart. ಹರಂ ತ್ರಿಪುರ ಭಞ್ಜನ-ಮನನ್ತಕೃತಕಙ್ಕಣ-ಮಖಣ್ಡದಯ-ಮನ್ತರಹಿತಂ 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 ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ, ಇನ್ದ್ರ and other Suras; who wears a crescent moon on his crown, who crushed ಯಮ with his foot; whose body is smeared in ashes, who won over the God of love, ಮದನ; who is the eternal Lord, and who is the concentrated treasure of the sound ಓಂ, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart. ಅವನ್ತಮಖಿಲಂ ಜಗದಭಙ್ಗ ಗುಣತುಙ್ಗಮಮತಂ ಧೃತವಿಧುಂ ಸುರಸರಿತ್- 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 ಗಙ್ಗಾ in his matted locks of hair, who vanquished ಯಮ'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 ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart. ಅನನ್ತನವರತ್ನವಿಲಸತ್ಕಟಕಕಿಙ್ಕಿಣಿಝಲಂ ಝಲಝಲಂ ಝಲರವಂ 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 ವಿಷ್ಣು and ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ themselves play the drums, offering a rhythm; the one who has for his close companions, Lord ವಿಷ್ಣು, who rides ಗರುಡ, Lord ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯ who resides a peacock, his celestial troupes including ನನ್ದಿ, ಶೃಙ್ಗಿ, ರಿಟಿ, ಭೃಙ್ಗಿ and others; the one whose feet are worshipped by the greats like ಸನನ್ದ, ಸನಕ and others; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಅನನ್ತಮಹಸಂ ತ್ರಿದಶವನ್ದ್ಯ ಚರಣಂ ಮುನಿ ಹೃದನ್ತರ ವಸನ್ತಮಮಲಮ್ 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 ಸನನ್ದ; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಅಚಿನ್ತ್ಯಮಲಿವೃನ್ದ ರುಚಿ ಬನ್ಧುರಗಲಂ ಕುರಿತ ಕುನ್ದ ನಿಕುರುಮ್ಬ ಧವಲಮ್ 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 ಕುನ್ದ flower-buds, who is worshipped by ವಿಷ್ಣು, ಇನ್ದ್ರ 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 ರತೀ ದೇವೀ, who is the treasure of auspiciousness to the pious, who vanquished ಗಜಾಸುರ, and who is the Lord of the bound creatures; the one who is worshipped by ಧನಞ್ಜಯ, and who delights those who worship him; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಪರಂ ಸುರವರಂ ಪುರಹರಂ ಪಶುಪತಿಂ ಜನಿತ ದನ್ತಿಮುಖ ಷಣ್ಮುಖಮಮುಂ The Lord who is the beyond, who is the best of the Suras, who vanquished ತ್ರಿಪುರಾಸುರ, who is the Lord of bound creatures, and who is the father of ಗಣೇಶ and ಷಣ್ಮುಖ; the compassionate one who has flaming locks of hair, who is the Sun who makes the lotus-like sage ಸನಕ 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 ಸನನ್ದ, and who has a calming Moon-like face; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಅಜಂ ಕ್ಷಿತಿರಥಂ ಭುಜಗಪುಙ್ಗವಗುಣಂ ಕನಕ ಶೃಙ್ಗಿ ಧನುಷಂ ಕರಲಸತ್ The one who is without a beginning, who has the earth itself as his chariot, who has the great serpent ವಾಸುಕಿ 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 ವಿಷ್ಣು 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 ಚಣ್ಡಿ, and who vanquished ತ್ರಿಪುರಾಸುರ at once; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಅನಙ್ಗಪರಿಪನ್ಥಿನಮಜಂ ಕ್ಷಿತಿ ಧುರನ್ಧರಮಲಂ ಕರುಣಯನ್ತಮಖಿಲಂ The one who is an enemy of the bodiless one, Lord ಮನ್ಮಥ 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 ಯಮ, and whose feet are constantly worshipped by ಇನ್ದ್ರ 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 ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ, and who is the bird contained in the cage of the cosmic sound,ಓಙ್ಕಾರ, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at ಚಿದಮ್ಬರಮ್ in your heart! ಇತಿ ಸ್ತವಮಮುಂ ಭುಜಗಪುಙ್ಗವ ಕೃತಂ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನಂ ಪಠತಿ ಯಃ ಕೃತಮುಖಃ This extremely playful hymn, which as been composed by the best of serpents, Sage ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ, which is devoid of ಚರಣ, and ಶೃಙ್ಗ, 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! ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿಮುನಿ ಪ್ರಣೀತಂ ಚರಣಶೃಙ್ಗರಹಿತ ನಟರಾಜ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ॥ And thus, the praise of Lord ನಟರಾಜ, composed by ಪತಞ್ಜಲಿ ಮುಇ, without the use of ಚರಣ and ಶೃಙ್ಗ is complete!
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