Suvarna Mala Stutih
सुवर्णमालास्तुतिः
Suvarṇamālāstutiḥ
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Verse 1
अथ कथमपि मद्रसनां त्वद्गुणलेशैर्विशोधयामि विभो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥१॥
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- अथ कथमपि मद्रसनां त्वद्गुणलेशैर्विशोधयामि विभो
- Now somehow, O Lord, I shall purify my wicked tongue with a few drops of your virtues.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
Praise begins by confessing impurity and seeking refuge in Shiva's feet. Surrender turns the restless mind from self-assertion toward the Lord who is one's own inner reality.
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Verse 2
आखण्डलमदखण्डनपण्डित तण्डुप्रिय चण्डीश विभो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥२॥
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- आखण्डलमदखण्डनपण्डित तण्डुप्रिय चण्डीश विभो
- O Lord, expert at breaking Indra's pride, dear to Tandu, Chandisha.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
The Lord who shatters the arrogance of gods is still the one refuge of the humble devotee. Victory over pride in the world points to the Self that stands beyond every claim of superiority.
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Verse 3
इभचर्माम्बर शम्बररिपुवपुरपहरणोज्ज्वलनयन विभो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥३॥
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- इभचर्माम्बर शम्बररिपुवपुरपहरणोज्ज्वलनयन विभो
- O Lord, clothed in elephant hide, with blazing eyes that stole the body of Shambara's foe.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
The fierce form that wears the hide of slain illusion is worshipped as the compassionate refuge. What destroys demonic ignorance is the same consciousness that shelters the seeker.
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Verse 4
ईश गिरीश नरेश परेश महेश बिलेशयभूषण भो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥४॥
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- ईश गिरीश नरेश परेश महेश बिलेशयभूषण भो
- O Lord, Ishvara, lord of the mountain, lord of men, supreme lord, great lord, adorned with serpents in the throat.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
The many names of the Lord are ladders to the one Mahesha beyond all titles. When the mind gathers them in devotion, multiplicity dissolves into the single Lord of all.
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Verse 5
उमया दिव्यसुमङ्गलविग्रहयालिङ्गितवामाङ्ग विभो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥५॥
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- उमया दिव्यसुमङ्गलविग्रहयालिङ्गितवामाङ्ग विभो
- O Lord, whose left side is embraced by Uma in her divinely auspicious form.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
Shiva and Shakti united on one body image the non-duality of consciousness and its power. Refuge at his feet is refuge in the wholeness from which the world of pairs arises.
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Verse 6
ऊरीकुरु मामज्ञमनाथं दूरीकुरु मे दुरितं भो साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम् ॥६॥
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- ऊरीकुरु मामज्ञमनाथं दूरीकुरु मे दुरितं भो
- Accept me, ignorant and without a lord; drive away my sin, O Lord.
- साम्ब सदाशिव शम्भो शङ्कर शरणं मे तव चरणयुगम्
- Samba, Sadashiva, Shambho, Shankara - may your pair of feet be my refuge.
The closing prayer asks removal of ignorance and sin through the Lord's grace. What the devotee calls sin is bondage to the unreal; refuge in Shiva is the turning toward the Self that was never bound.
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