Shiva Taandava Stotram by devotee Ravana

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Namaste all. _/\_

 

A couple of beautiful verses from -

'Shiva Taandava Stotram' by devotee Ravana Brahma:

 

Drushadvichitratalpayor bhujangamauktikasrajor

Garishtharatnaloshthayoh suhrudvipakshapakshayoh

Trushnaravindachakshushoh prajamahimahendrayoh

Samapravrutikahsamam pravartayanmanahkada sadashisivam bhaje .. 12

 

When will I worship Lord Sadasiva (eternally auspicious) God, with

equal vision towards the people and an emperor, and a blade of grass

and lotus-like eye, towards both friends and enemies, towards the

valuable gem and some lump of dirt, towards a snake and a garland

and towards varied ways of the world

 

Kada nilimpanirjharinikujnjakotare vasanh

Vimuktadurmatih sada shirah sthamajnjalim vahanh

Vimuktalolalochano lalamabhalalagnakah

Shiveti mantramuchcharan sada sukhi bhavamyaham .. 13

 

When will I be happy, living in the hollow place near the celestial

river, Ganga, carrying the folded hands on my head all the time, with

my bad thinking washed away, and uttering the mantra of Lord Siva

and devoted in the God with glorious forehead with vibrating eyes.

 

Idam hi nityamevamuktamuttamottamam stavam

Pathansmaranbruvannaro vishuddhimetisantatam

Hare gurau subhaktimashu yati nanyatha gatim

Vimohanam hi dehinam sushankarasya chintanam .. 14

 

Whoever reads, remembers and says this best stotra as it is said here,

gets purified for ever, and obtains devotion in the great Guru Siva.

For this devotion, there is no other way. Just the mere thought of

Lord Siva indeed removes the delusion.

 

Telugu text of Shiva Taandava Stotram at:

 

http://www.stotralahari.com/Siva/SivatANDavastOtram.pdf

 

With English meaning at:

 

http://sanskrit.bhaarat.com/The_Document_P...AND_meaning.itx

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

Divine_Lovers/

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

 

> AkAzena zikhI samastha phaNinAM netrA kalApI natA-

> 'nugrAhi-praNavopadeza-ninadaih kekIti yo gIyate

> zyAmAM zaila samudbhavAM ghanaruciM dRSTvA naTantaM mudA

> vedAntopavane vihAra-rasikaM taM nIlakaNTaM bhaje (53)

>

> In this pun - Lord Shiva is visualized as a Dancing Peacock.

>

> He is blue-throated even as the peacock.

> He bears the sky as crest, as the peacock its feathery plume.

> He has the lord of sepents as His necklace while the peacock, being

> deadly enemy of all serpents, has mastery over them.

> He is decorated with ornaments, as the peacock is with its ornamental

> tail.

> He instructs with a sound "OM" in blessing those who prosrate, while

> the peacock utters its cry (Shyam) for its mate-keki.

> He dances in joy, seing the beautiful daughter of the Mountain, Devi

> Parvati, His Consort, while the peacock dances at the sight of the

> black-colored clouds coming from the hills. (zaila-samudbhavAM zyAmAm

> ghana-rucim)

>

> I worship that Shiva, the blue-throated One, Who thus resembles the

> Peacock and delights to sport in the garden of Vedanta (Vrndavana too!).

>

> sandhyAdharma-dinAtyayo harikarAghAta-prabhUtAnaka -

> dhvAno vArida garjitaM diviSadAM dRSTicchaTA caJcalA

> bhaktAnAM paritoSa-bASpa-vitati vRSTir-mayUrI zivA

> yasminn-ujvala-tANDavaM vijayate taM nIlakaNTaM bhaje. (54)

>

> I worship the glorious NilakanTha, the blue-throated Lord Shiva, the

> Divine Peacock (also blue-throated) that excels by His ecstatic Dance,

> having the time of dusk as the close of summer

> (i.e.the beginning of rainy season when peacocks dance),

> the sound of Drum beaten by 'Lord Hari's hands' as thunder peals, the

> eyes of celestials as lightning,

> the Blissful tears of devotees as rain,

> and the Divine Mother Parvati as the Peahen.

>

> (Sivanandalahari 53, 54 - Adi Jagadguru Sri Shankaracarya)