ශ්ලෝකඃ
කල්යතාං මම කුරුෂ්ව තාවතීං කල්යතේ භවදුපාසනං යයා ।
ස්පෂ්ටමෂ්ටවිධයෝගචර්යයා පුෂ්ටයාශු තව තුෂ්ටිමාප්නුයාම් ॥1॥
Meaning
කල්යතාං - health; මම - for me; කුරුෂ්ව - kindly bestow; තාවතීං - (at least) that much; කල්යතේ - (by which) I can perform; භවත්-උපාසනං - worship of Thee; යයා - by which; ස්පෂ්ටම්- - definitely; අෂ්ට-විධ-යෝග-චර්යයා - by practicing the eight limbed yoga (Ashtanga Yoga); පුෂ්ටය-ආශු - (I will) be nourished soon; තව තුෂ්ටිම් - (with) Thy grace; ආප්නුයාම් - I will attain it;
Translation
O Lord! Bestow on me just that much of health necessary to worship Thee. Then I shall practice the eight-limbed yoga (Ashtanga Yoga) and earn Thy grace.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
බ්රහ්මචර්යදෘඪතාදිභිර්යමෛරාප්ලවාදිනියමෛශ්ච පාවිතාඃ ।
කුර්මහේ දෘඪමමී සුඛාසනං පංකජාද්යමපි වා භවත්පරාඃ ॥2॥
Meaning
බ්රහ්මචර්ය-ඪෘඪතා-ආදිභිඃ-යමෛඃ- - through the observances of disciplines of self control like strict continence etc.; ආප්ලව-ආදි-නියමෛඃ-ච - and daily bath like rules of right conduct; පාවිතාඃ - purified thus; කුර්මහේ - (I) we shall practice; දෘඪම්-අමී - firmly, these; සුඛාසනම් - the sukhasana; පංකජ-ආද්යම්-අපි වා - or the lotus poses etc.; භවත්-පරාඃ - for meditation on Thee;
Translation
O Lord!I (we all (the devotees) will strictly follow the discipline of Yama (self control) by practice of Brahmcharya etc. and also the discipline of Niyama (rules of right conduct) through routines of daily bath etc. and attain purity of body and mind. I (we) will then practice steady postures (Asanaa) like Sukhaasanaa and Padmaasanaa etc. for meditating on Thee.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තාරමංතරනුචිංත්ය සංතතං ප්රාණවායුමභියම්ය නිර්මලාඃ ।
ඉංද්රියාණි විෂයාදථාපහෘත්යාස්මහේ භවදුපාසනෝන්මුඛාඃ ॥3॥
Meaning
තාරම්-අංතරම්-අනුචිංත්ය - Pranava (Om) in the mind repeating; සංතතං - continuously; ප්රාණ-වායුම්-අභියම්ය - the breath thus regulating; නිර්මලාඃ - and being purified; ඉංද්රියාණි විෂයාත්- - sense organs from the sense objects; අථ-අපහෘත්ය - then withdrawing; ආස්මහේ - (I) we will be; භවත් උපාසන-උන්මුඛාඃ - for meditating on Thee, prepared;
Translation
O Lord! by regulating my breath through Pranayama and having purified myself I will continuously chant the Pranava (Om) mantra mentally. Thus, withdrawing my senses from the sense objects, and being purified, I will prepare myself for meditation on Thee.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අස්ඵුටේ වපුෂි තේ ප්රයත්නතෝ ධාරයේම ධිෂණාං මුහුර්මුහුඃ ।
තේන භක්තිරසමංතරාර්ද්රතාමුද්වහේම භවදංඝ්රිචිංතකා ॥4॥
Meaning
අස්ඵුටේ වපුෂි තේ - on the hazily perceived form of Thine; ප්රයත්නතඃ - with great effort; ධාරයේම - (I) we shall fix; ධිෂණාං - the mind; මුහුඃ මුහුඃ - again and again; තේන - by (doing) this; භක්තිරසම්-අංතඃ - ආර්ද්රතාම්- - melting of the heart through the bliss of devotion; උද්වහේම - shall attain; භවත්-අංඝ්රිචිංතකාඃ - (I) (we who) meditate on Thy holy feet;
Translation
O Lord! I will then start meditating on Thee. Initially with great effort I shall try to fix my mind on Thy form, which will be vague in the beginning. Practicing thus again and again I shall attain bliss of devotion and tenderness of heart.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
විස්ඵුටාවයවභේදසුංදරං ත්වද්වපුඃ සුචිරශීලනාවශාත් ।
අශ්රමං මනසි චිංතයාමහේ ධ්යානයෝගනිරතාස්ත්වදාශ්රයාඃ ॥5॥
Meaning
විස්ඵුට-අවයව-භේද-සුංදරං - with distinctly clear limbs and very beautiful; ත්වත්-වපුඃ - Thy form; සුචිර-ශීලනාවශාත් - by long practice; අශ්රමං මනසි - without any effort in the mind; චිංතයාමහේ - (I) we shall contemplate; ධ්යාන-යෝග-නිරතාඃ- - intent on meditation; ත්වත්-ආශ්රයාඃ - (I) we who have taken refuge in Thee;
Translation
O Lord! I, Thy devotee, by long practice will be able to visualize in my mind Thy beautiful form with all limbs clear and vivid. So I will devote myself to meditation, without any effort, always surrendering to Thee.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ධ්යායතාං සකලමූර්තිමීදෘශීමුන්මිෂන්මධුරතාහෘතාත්මනාම් ।
සාංද්රමෝදරසරූපමාංතරං බ්රහ්ම රූපමයි තේऽවභාසතේ ॥6॥
Meaning
ධ්යායතාං - to those who meditate (on); සකල-මූර්තිම්-ඊදෘශීම්- - such a formful aspect (the Saguna form); උන්මිෂන්-මධුරතා-හෘත්-ආත්මනාම් - (and so) experiencing sweetness whose minds are captivated; සාංද්ර-මෝද-රස-රූපම්- - (of that) form which is concentrated inward joy and bliss; අංතරම් - introvert (not based on contacts with external objects); බ්රහ්ම රූපම්-අයි තේ- - O Lord! Thy (Nirguna) aspect as Brahman; අවභාසතේ - (then) shines;
Translation
O Lord! By thus performing dhyaana on Thee and getting captivated by the sweetness of Thy formful aspect (Saguna), I shall enjoy the concentrated bliss of Thy impersonal aspect (Nirguna), which shines as the Brahman.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තත්සමාස්වදනරූපිණීං ස්ථිතිං ත්වත්සමාධිමයි විශ්වනායක ।
ආශ්රිතාඃ පුනරතඃ පරිච්යුතාවාරභේමහි ච ධාරණාදිකම් ॥7॥
Meaning
තත්-සමාස්වදන-රූපිණීං ස්ථිතිං - the state of immediate experience of Brahman; ත්වත්-සමාධිම්- - (thus established in) Samadhi in Thee; අයි විශ්වනායක - O Lord of the Universe!; ආශ්රිතාඃ - having attained (that Samadhi); පුනඃ-අතඃ - again from there; පරිච්යුතෞ - (when ever my mind) slips down from it; ආරභේමහි ච - then I shall resort (again); ධාරණා-ආදිකම් - (from) the practice of Dhaarna etc.;
Translation
O Lord of the Universe! When I have attained that state of experiencing Thee as the Brahman, i.e. Nirvikalpa Samaadhi, if I slip down from that state, I shall again start the meditation process from Dhaarana onwards.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ඉත්ථමභ්යසනනිර්භරෝල්ලසත්ත්වත්පරාත්මසුඛකල්පිතෝත්සවාඃ ।
මුක්තභක්තකුලමෞලිතාං ගතාඃ සංචරේම ශුකනාරදාදිවත් ॥8॥
Meaning
ඉත්ථම්-අභ්යසන්- - in this manner practicing; අනිර්භර-උල්ලසන්- - self-supportively (freely) enjoying; ත්වත්-පරාත්ම-සුඛ- - Thy Supreme bliss; කල්පිත්-උත්සවාඃ - resulting from the experience (of Brahman) and reveling in it; මුක්ත-භක්ත-කුල - amongst the clan of the liberated devotees,; මෞලිතාං ගතාඃ - attaining supremacy; සංචරේම - (will) move about freely (free of attachments); ශුක-නාරද-ආදි-වත් - like Shuka, Naarada and others;
Translation
Thus having attained the joy of experiencing Thy Supreme Blissful state, O Lord! May I be the foremost of the liberated devotees and move about freely like Sri Shuka, Naarada and others.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ත්වත්සමාධිවිජයේ තු යඃ පුනර්මංක්ෂු මෝක්ෂරසිකඃ ක්රමේණ වා ।
යෝගවශ්යමනිලං ෂඩාශ්රයෛරුන්නයත්යජ සුෂුම්නයා ශනෛඃ ॥9॥
Meaning
ත්වත්-සමාධි-විජයේ - on attaining Samaadhi in Thee; තු යඃ පුනඃ- - indeed, he again; මංක්ෂු මෝක්ෂ-රසිකඃ - (whether) desires immediate liberation; ක්රමේණ වා - or gradual (liberation) (he); යෝගවශ්යම්- - by power of yoga; අනිලං - (controls) breath (vital energy); ෂඩ්-ආශ්රයෛඃ- - through the six centres; උන්නයති- - raises up (vital energy); අජ - O Birthless One!; සුෂුම්නයා - along with the Sushumnaa Naadi; ශනෛඃ - slowly;
Translation
O Birthless Lord! After one achieves Thee in Samaadhi, he can opt for immediate liberation or gradual liberation. Accordingly through the power of yoga he raises up his vital breath through the six centres along the Sushumnaa Naadi.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ලිංගදේහමපි සංත්යජන්නථෝ ලීයතේ ත්වයි පරේ නිරාග්රහඃ ।
ඌර්ධ්වලෝකකුතුකී තු මූර්ධතඃ සාර්ධමේව කරණෛර්නිරීයතේ ॥10॥
Meaning
ලිංග-දේහම්-අපි - even the subtle body; සංත්යජන්-අථඃ - giving up, then; ලීයතේ - merges; ත්වයි පරේ - in Thee, the Supreme Brahman; නිරාග්රහඃ - the one who is desireless; ඌර්ධ්ව-ලෝක-කුතුකී තු - but the one who desires to go to higher spiritual worlds; මූර්ධතඃ - through the orifice in the head ( Brahmarandhra); සාර්ධම්-ඒව කරණෛඃ- - along with the subtle body; නිරීයතේ - goes out;
Translation
One who is desireless of visiting the other heavenly worlds, gives up (through his Aagyaa chakra) his gross body as well as the subtle bodies and merges in Thee. The one who desires to visit the heavenly regions before attaining liberation, goes out through the orifice in the crown of the head ( the Brahmarandhra).
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අග්නිවාසරවලර්ක්ෂපක්ෂගෛරුත්තරායණජුෂා ච දෛවතෛඃ ।
ප්රාපිතෝ රවිපදං භවත්පරෝ මෝදවාන් ධ්රුවපදාංතමීයතේ ॥11॥
Meaning
අග්නි-වාසර-වලර්ක්ෂ-පක්ෂගෛඃ - - Agni (fire), Vaasara (daytime), Valaraksh paksha (the bright fortnight-Shukla Paksha); උත්තරායණජුෂා - and the Uttaraayanaa; දෛවතෛඃ - presided over by the respective deities; ප්රාපිතෝ රවිපදං - (then) being led to the plane of the Sun; භවත්-පරඃ - he who is devoted to Thee; මෝදවාන් - while enjoying (the facilities of the various higher realms); ධ්රුවපදාංතං ඊයතේ - is next led to the sphere of Dhruvaloka;
Translation
O Lord! Thy devotee who follows the Krama Mukti path is led by the presiding deities of fire, day time, the bright fortnight, and Uttaraayana to the plane of the sun and enjoying in each of these spheres reaches the realm of Dhruva.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ආස්ථිතෝऽථ මහරාලයේ යදා ශේෂවක්ත්රදහනෝෂ්මණාර්ද්යතේ ।
ඊයතේ භවදුපාශ්රයස්තදා වේධසඃ පදමතඃ පුරෛව වා ॥12॥
Meaning
ආස්ථිතඃ අථ මහරාලයේ - residing there (in Dhruvaloka), then in Maharloka,; යදා ශේෂවක්ත්ර-දහන-ඌෂ්මණා- - when, by the heat emanating from the mouth of Aadishesha ( at the approach of the cosmic dissolution); ආර්ද්යතේ - (he) is tormented; ඊයතේ - (he) reaches; භවත්-උපාශ්රයඃ - - taking refuge in Thee alone; තදා - then; වේධසඃ පදම්- - the world of Brahmaa (Brahmaloka); අතඃ පුරා-ඒව වා - or even before that (before the fire);
Translation
Reaching the abode of Dhruva, he proceeds to Maharloka. When, at the approach of cosmic dissolution, fire emanates from the mouth of Aadishesh, and when he is tormented by the fire, he takes refuge in Thee and goes to the world of Brahma. He may choose to go to the world of Brahma even before the fire starts.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තත්ර වා තව පදේऽථවා වසන් ප්රාකෘතප්රලය ඒති මුක්තතාම් ।
ස්වේච්ඡයා ඛලු පුරා විමුච්යතේ සංවිභිද්ය ජගදංඩමෝජසා ॥13॥
Meaning
තත්ර වා - either there (in Brahmaloka); තව පදේ-අථවා - or in Thy world (Vaikuntha); වසන් - residing; ප්රාකෘතප්රලයේ - at the time of Prakrita pralaya; ඒති මුක්තතාම් - he attains liberation; ස්වේච්ඡයා ඛලු පුරා - (or) at his will even earlier, indeed; විමුච්යතේ - he becomes liberated; සංවිභිද්ය - piercing through; ජගත්-අංඩම් - the Brahmaanda (the cosmic sphere); ඕජසා - by his yogic power;
Translation
Residing there in Brahmaloka or in Thy abode, Vaikuntha, he is liberated at the time of Maha Pralaya. Or, if he so desires, he is liberated even earlier by piercing through the Brahmaanda and releasing himself by his yogic power.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තස්ය ච ක්ෂිතිපයෝමහෝऽනිලද්යෝමහත්ප්රකෘතිසප්තකාවෘතීඃ ।
තත්තදාත්මකතයා විශන් සුඛී යාති තේ පදමනාවෘතං විභෝ ॥14॥
Meaning
තස්ය ච - and of that (Brahmaanda); ක්ෂිති-පයෝ-මහඃ-අනිල-ද්යෝ-මහත්-ප්රකෘති- - the spheres namely - earth, water, fire air, space, cosmic intelligence, and the primordial nature; සප්තක-ආවෘතීඃ - the seven barriers (of the cosmic sphere); තත්-තත්-ආත්මකතයා විශන් - transcending by realising his identity with each one of them; සුඛී - enjoying bliss; යාති - reaches; තේ පදම්-අනාවෘතං - The unobstructed state (beyond all barriers); විභෝ - O All Pervading Lord!;
Translation
O All Pervading Lord! Thy devotee enters each of the seven sheaths of the cosmic sphere,i.e. earth, water, fire, air, space, the cosmic intelligence, and primordial nature. He enjoys the bliss thereof and transcends them to reach Thy unobstructed state -the merger in Thee, The Supreme Brahman.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අර්චිරාදිගතිමීදෘශීං ව්රජන් විච්යුතිං න භජතේ ජගත්පතේ ।
සච්චිදාත්මක භවත් ගුණෝදයානුච්චරංතමනිලේශ පාහි මාම් ॥15॥
Meaning
අර්චිඃ - ආදි-ගතිම්- - the path of light etc; ඊදෘශීං - of this kind; ව්රජන් - passing through which; විච්යුතිං - downfall (return to Sansaara); න භජතේ - (the yogi) does not suffer; ජගත්පතේ - O Lord of the Universe!; සච්චිදාත්මක - O Embodiment of pure existence consciousness; භවත්-ගුණ-උදයාන් - the glory of Thy excellences; උච්චරංතම් - (me who am) always singing; අනිලේශ - O Lord of Guruvaayur; පාහි මාම් - protect me;
Translation
O Lord of the Universe! The devotee who thus goes through the luminous path does not fall any more to the netherworlds. O Lord of Guruvaayur! The embodiment of pure consciousness absolute, please protect me, Thy devotee, who is ever singing Thy glories.
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