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నటరాజ స్తోత్రం (పతఞ్జలి కృతమ్) This hymn is composed by Sage పతఞ్జలి, (the author of యోగసూత్ర). It is remarkable in completely avoiding long vowels(ఆ, ఈ, ఊ, ఏ, ఓ, ఐ, ఔ). Where ever a heavy syllable is needed, పతఞ్జలి employs an అనుస్వార (ఙ్, ఞ్, ణ్, న్, మ్) in stead, and occasionally other consonant endings. So visually the hymn does not contain feet like కా, కీ, కూ, కో, కౌ do; or horns like కే, కై, కో, కౌ do. This is an astounding feat given that every fourth syllable needs to be a heavy syllable (గురు). As a result, you will hear the nasal sound అనుస్వార every fourth syllable! Also not very coincidentally, పతఞ్జలి's name itself does not contain legs or horns! There are two stories regarding its origin. 2. Once Sage వ్యాఘ్రపాద teases పతఞ్జలి, saying "How can you see the Cosmic Dance of the Lord, when you do not even have horns or feet?". పతఞ్జలి composes this hymn as an answer, symbolically cutting వ్యాఘ్రపాద's (meaning Tiger-foot) feet. The meter for this song is also called చరణశృఙ్గరహితమ్. And now the hymn in praise of Lord నటరాజ without the use of చరణ (feet) and శృఙ్గ (horns); indicative of నన్ది and భృఙ్గి, Lord శివ's attendants, as a metaphor; and indicative of long vowels of the alphabet, as poetic decoration! సదఞ్చిత-ముదఞ్చిత నికుఞ్చిత పదం ఝలఝలం-చలిత మఞ్జు కటకమ్ । 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 కదమ్బ 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 చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart. హరం త్రిపుర భఞ్జన-మనన్తకృతకఙ్కణ-మఖణ్డదయ-మన్తరహితం 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 బ్రహ్మ, ఇన్ద్ర and other Suras; who wears a crescent moon on his crown, who crushed యమ with his foot; whose body is smeared in ashes, who won over the God of love, మదన; who is the eternal Lord, and who is the concentrated treasure of the sound ఓం, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart. అవన్తమఖిలం జగదభఙ్గ గుణతుఙ్గమమతం ధృతవిధుం సురసరిత్- 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 గఙ్గా in his matted locks of hair, who vanquished యమ'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 చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart. అనన్తనవరత్నవిలసత్కటకకిఙ్కిణిఝలం ఝలఝలం ఝలరవం 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 విష్ణు and బ్రహ్మ themselves play the drums, offering a rhythm; the one who has for his close companions, Lord విష్ణు, who rides గరుడ, Lord కార్తికేయ who resides a peacock, his celestial troupes including నన్ది, శృఙ్గి, రిటి, భృఙ్గి and others; the one whose feet are worshipped by the greats like సనన్ద, సనక and others; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! అనన్తమహసం త్రిదశవన్ద్య చరణం ముని హృదన్తర వసన్తమమలమ్ 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 సనన్ద; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! అచిన్త్యమలివృన్ద రుచి బన్ధురగలం కురిత కున్ద నికురుమ్బ ధవలమ్ 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 కున్ద flower-buds, who is worshipped by విష్ణు, ఇన్ద్ర 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 రతీ దేవీ, who is the treasure of auspiciousness to the pious, who vanquished గజాసుర, and who is the Lord of the bound creatures; the one who is worshipped by ధనఞ్జయ, and who delights those who worship him; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! పరం సురవరం పురహరం పశుపతిం జనిత దన్తిముఖ షణ్ముఖమముం The Lord who is the beyond, who is the best of the Suras, who vanquished త్రిపురాసుర, who is the Lord of bound creatures, and who is the father of గణేశ and షణ్ముఖ; the compassionate one who has flaming locks of hair, who is the Sun who makes the lotus-like sage సనక 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 సనన్ద, and who has a calming Moon-like face; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! అజం క్షితిరథం భుజగపుఙ్గవగుణం కనక శృఙ్గి ధనుషం కరలసత్ The one who is without a beginning, who has the earth itself as his chariot, who has the great serpent వాసుకి 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 విష్ణు 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 చణ్డి, and who vanquished త్రిపురాసుర at once; Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! అనఙ్గపరిపన్థినమజం క్షితి ధురన్ధరమలం కరుణయన్తమఖిలం The one who is an enemy of the bodiless one, Lord మన్మథ 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 యమ, and whose feet are constantly worshipped by ఇన్ద్ర 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 పతఞ్జలి, and who is the bird contained in the cage of the cosmic sound,ఓఙ్కార, Worship that dancing form of the great Lord at చిదమ్బరమ్ in your heart! ఇతి స్తవమముం భుజగపుఙ్గవ కృతం ప్రతిదినం పఠతి యః కృతముఖః This extremely playful hymn, which as been composed by the best of serpents, Sage పతఞ్జలి, which is devoid of చరణ, and శృఙ్గ, 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! ఇతి శ్రీ పతఞ్జలిముని ప్రణీతం చరణశృఙ్గరహిత నటరాజ స్తోత్రం సమ్పూర్ణమ్ ॥ And thus, the praise of Lord నటరాజ, composed by పతఞ్జలి ముఇ, without the use of చరణ and శృఙ్గ is complete!
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