% Text title : abhilAShAShTakaM 2 % File name : abhilaashha8-2.itx % Category : aShTaka, deities\_misc % Location : doc\_deities\_misc % Transliterated by : N.Balasubramanian bbalu at satyam.net.in % Proofread by : N.Balasubramanian bbalu at satyam.net.in % Translated by : N.Balasubramanian bbalu at satyam.net.in only 8 verses % Description-comments : Skanda Purana - Kasi Kanda, Same as in abhilAShAShTakam.html but with meaning % Latest update : August 28, 2021 % Send corrections to : sanskrit at cheerful dot c om % % This text is prepared by volunteers and is to be used for personal study % and research. The file is not to be copied or reposted for promotion of % any website or individuals or for commercial purpose without permission. % Please help to maintain respect for volunteer spirit. % \documentstyle[11pt,multicol,itrans]{article} #include=ijag.inc #endwordvowel=.h \portraitwide \parindent=100pt \let\usedvng=\Largedvng % for 1 column \pagenumbering{itrans} \def\engtitle#1{\hrule\medskip\centerline{\LARGE #1}} \def\itxtitle#1{\medskip\centerline{\LARGEdvng #1}\medskip\hrule} \def\endtitles{\medskip\obeyspaceslines} %% \begin{document} \engtitle{.. abhilAShAShTakaM 2 ..}## \itxtitle{.. abhilAShAShTakaM 2 ..}##\endtitles ## ## This short but sweet hymn appears in Skanda Purana - Kasi Kanda. It is said that a brahmin, by name Vishvanara prayed to the Lord with this stotra and got the Lord Himself as his son Vaishvanara. This shows that this prayer is capable of fulfilling one's desires if recited with fervor and sincerity. Since it is capable of yielding the desires of the devotee, it has got its name Abhilashashtakam. Abhilasha ##(abhilAShA)## means desire. The stotra is replete with vedantic truths that are revealed by the upanishads. Hence a student of vedanta will be able to enjoy reciting it. The upanishads declare that God is without a name and form. But He may also be worshipped as one with form. Here the Supreme Being known by the name of Brahman is also addressed as Rudra in the first verse and later in the last verse identified as the Lord of Gowri. ## eka.n brahmaiva.a.advitIya.n samasta.n satya.n satya.n neha nAnAsti ki.nchit | eko rudro na dvitIyAya tasthe tasmAdeka.n tvA.n prapadye sadAham || 1||## var ## prapadye mahesham ## It is the one brahman which is without a second and is in the form of everything. There are no different things. This is really the truth. And that brahman is Rudra. In view of this, I always surrrender to You who is the One without a second. ## ekaH kartA tva.n hi sarvasya sha.nbho nAnA rUpeShu ekarUpo.asi arUpaH | yadvat pratyapsu arkaH eko.api anekaH tasmAt nAnya.n tvA.n vinesha.n prapadye || 2||## Oh Sambho! You alone are the creator of every thing. You are without a form. Yet You appear in many forms in one form. Just as the same sun is seen as many suns in many collections of water, You also appear as many. So, I will not surrender to any one else.## rajjau sarpaH shuktikAyA.n cha rUpya.n naraH pUraH tanmR^igAkhye marIchau | yadvat tadvat viShvak eShaH prapa~nchaH yasmin j~nAte ta.n prapadye mahesha.n || 3||## On coming to know You, what appeared as the world earlier is seen as the Lord only, just as what appeared to be a snake earlier is understood to be a rope only, what appeared as silver is understood to be a pearl oyster only and what appeared as a stream is understood to be a mirage only. I surrender to You the Lord.## toye shaitya.n dAhakatva.n cha vahnau tApo bhAnau shIta bhAnau prasAdaH | puShpe gandhaH dugdha madhye.api sarpiH yattat sha.nbho tva.n tataH tvA.n prapadye || 4||## The coldness in the water, the intense heat in the fire, the heat in the sun, the joy in the moon, the fragrance in the flower and the ghee in the curd are all aspects of You. Therefore I surrender to You.## shabda.n gR^iNhAsi ashravAH tva.n hi jighreH agrANaH tva.n vya.nghriH AyAsi dUrAt | vyaxaH pashyeH tva.n rasaj~no.api ajihvaH kaH tvA.n samyak vetti ataH tvA.n prapadye || 5||## You hear but are without ears, You smell but are without nose, You come from a distance but are without feet, You seebut are without eyes and taste but are without a tongue. Who can know You properly? Such a One, I surrender to You.## no veda tvA.n Isha sAxAt viveda no vA viShNuH no vidhAtA.akhilasya | no yogIndrAH nendra mukhyAshcha devAH bhakto vedatvA.n atastvA.n prapadye || 6||## O Lord! the veda itself has not known You properly. Nor have Vishnu, Brahma the creator of all the worlds, the best among the yogis or the gods like Indra have understood You properly. Only Your devotee knows You. Therefoere I surrender to You.## no te gotra.n nesha janmApi nAkhyA novA rUpa.n naiva shIla.n na tejaH | ittha.n bhUto.api IshvaraH tva.n trilokhyAH sarvAn kAmAn pUrayeH tat bhajeham || 7||## O Lord! You have no lineage. You have no birth, no name, no form also. You have no manner of conducting Yourself or splendour. Even though You are like this You are the lord of the three worlds. You fulfil everyone's desires. Therefore I worship You.## tvattaH sarva.n tvahi sarva.n smarAre tva.n gaurIshaH tva.n cha nagnaH atishAntaH | tva.n vai vR^iddhaH tva.n yuvA tva.n cha bAlaH tattva.n yatki.n nAsi ataH tvA.n nato.asmi || 8||## O the enemy of the god of love! everything originated from You. You are everything. You are the lord of Gouri. You are naked. You are very peaceful. You are old, young, infantine. What are You not? Therefore I prostrate before You. Encoded, translated, and proofread by N.Balasubramanian bbalu at satyam.net.in \medskip\hrule\obeylines Please send corrections to sanskrit at cheerful dot c om Last updated \today https://sanskritdocuments.org \end{document}