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Shiva Manasa Puja Stotram
शिवमानसपूजास्तोत्रम्
Śivamānasapūjāstotram
Chant
आत्मा त्वं गिरिजा मतिः सहचराः प्राणाः शरीरं गृहं पूजा ते विषयोपभोगरचना निद्रा समाधिस्थितिः । सञ्चारः पदयोः प्रदक्षिणविधिः स्तोत्राणि सर्वा गिरो यद्यत्कर्म करोमि तत्तदखिलं शम्भो तवाराधनम् ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आत्मा त्वं गिरिजा मतिः सहचराः प्राणाः शरीरं गृहं
- You are the Self; Girija the mind; the pranas your attendants; the body your temple.
- पूजा ते विषयोपभोगरचना निद्रा समाधिस्थितिः ।
- Worship of you is the arrangement of sense-enjoyments; sleep is the state of samadhi.
- सञ्चारः पदयोः प्रदक्षिणविधिः स्तोत्राणि सर्वा गिरो
- Walking is circumambulation of your feet; all words are your hymns.
- यद्यत्कर्म करोमि तत्तदखिलं शम्भो तवाराधनम्
- Whatever act I perform, all of it is worship of you, O Shambho.
This verse is the heart of Advaita bhakti: the Lord is not an object of worship but the Self of the worshipper. When every function of body and mind is seen as his service, bondage to doership falls away.
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