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Shivaparadha Kshamapana Stotram
शिवापराधक्षमापणस्तोत्रम्
Śivāparādhakṣamāpaṇastotram
Chant
नो शक्यं स्मार्तकर्म प्रतिपदगहनप्रत्यवायाकुलाख्यं श्रौते वार्ता कथं मे द्विजकुलविहिते ब्रह्ममार्गानुसारे । ज्ञातो धर्मो विचारैः श्रवणमननयोः किं निदिध्यासितव्यं क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- नो शक्यं स्मार्तकर्म प्रतिपदगहनप्रत्यवायाकुलाख्यं
- Smartta rites dense with intricate consequences day by day are not possible,
- श्रौते वार्ता कथं मे द्विजकुलविहिते ब्रह्ममार्गानुसारे ।
- how can there be talk of Vedic rites for me, in the path of Brahman ordained for the twice-born?
- ज्ञातो धर्मो विचारैः श्रवणमननयोः किं निदिध्यासितव्यं
- Dharma is known through inquiry, through hearing and reflection, yet what was to be meditated upon was not meditated upon.
- क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो
- My offence must be forgiven, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, O glorious Mahadeva, Shambho.
Confusion of rites and failure to carry hearing into steady meditation name the central fault of the seeker who knows the path but does not walk it; Shiva is asked to forgive the gap between shravana-mana and nididhyasana where liberation actually lives.
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