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Shivaparadha Kshamapana Stotram
शिवापराधक्षमापणस्तोत्रम्
Śivāparādhakṣamāpaṇastotram
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प्रौढोऽहं यौवनस्थो विषयविषधरैः पञ्चभिर्मर्मसन्धौ दष्टो नष्टो विवेकः सुतधनयुवतिस्वादुसौख्ये निषण्णः । शैवीचिन्ताविहीनं मम हृदयमहो मानगर्वाधिरूढं क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- प्रौढोऽहं यौवनस्थो विषयविषधरैः पञ्चभिर्मर्मसन्धौ
- Grown proud in youth, bitten at the vital joints by the five serpents that are sense objects,
- दष्टो नष्टो विवेकः सुतधनयुवतिस्वादुसौख्ये निषण्णः ।
- bitten, discernment lost, seated in the sweet comfort of sons, wealth, and young women,
- शैवीचिन्ताविहीनं मम हृदयमहो मानगर्वाधिरूढं
- ah, my heart devoid of Shiva-thought, mounted on the elephant of pride and arrogance.
- क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो
- My offence must be forgiven, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, O glorious Mahadeva, Shambho.
Youth's serpents of sense and the elephant of pride crowd out Shiva-thought because the mind mistakes sweet comfort for fulfillment; the prayer admits that viveka was lost not by fate alone but by choosing objects over the inner Lord.
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