CHINMAYA SHIVAM

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Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 01 kalā bhyā ṁ  cūḍālaṅkṛta-śaśi-kalā bhyāṁ nija-tapaḥ - phalābhyāṁbhakteṣu prakaṭita-phalābhyāṁ bhavatu me । śivābhyām astoka-tribhuvana-śivā bhyāṁ hṛdi punar- bhavābhyām ānanda-sphurad-anubhavābhyāṁ natiriyam ॥ Simple Meaning “My salutations are always to that divine couple — Śiva and Śivā — • who are adorned with the crescent moon, • who are themse...

Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 43 mā gaccha tvam itas-tato giriśa bho! mayyeva vāsaṃ kuru svāminn ādikirāta māmaka-manaḥ-kāntāra-sīmāntare । vartante bahuśo mṛgā mada-juṣo mātsarya-mohādayaḥ tān hatvā mṛgayā-vinoda-rucita-lābhaṃ ca samprāpsyasi ॥ Simple Meaning “O Lord Girīśa (Śiva)! Do not wander here and there — dwell within me alone. O Primordial Hunter (Ādi-Kirāta), in the dens...

Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 29 tvat-pādāmbujam arcayāmi paramam tvāṁ cintayāmi anvahaṁ tvāṁ īśaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmi vacasā tvām eva yāce vibho vikṣāṁ me diśa cākṣuṣīṁ sakaruṇāṃ divyaiściraṁ prārthitāṁ saṃbho lōka-guro madīya-mānasaḥ saukhyōpādēśaṁ kuru “O Lord Sambhu (Śiva), I worship Your divine lotus feet. I meditate on You constantly, I surrender to You alone. By my words I plea...

Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 13 asāre saṁsāre nija-bhajana-dūre jaḍa-dhiyā bhramantaṁ mām andhaṁ parama-kṛpayā pātum ucitam । madan-yaḥ ko dīna-stava kṛpaṇa-rakṣāti-nipuṇaḥ tvad-anyaḥ ko vā me trijagati śaraṇyaḥ paśupate ॥ 13 ॥ “O Paśupati (Lord Śiva)! In this insubstantial, rootless world, with my dull intellect I have wandered, blind and far away from devotion to You. It is fit...

Talk and meditation on Kashika Stotram Verse 5 kāśī-kṣetraṃ śarīraṃ tri-bhuvana-jananī vyāpinī jñāna-gaṅgā bhaktiḥ śraddhā gaye’yaṃ nija-guru-caraṇa-dhyāna-yogaḥ prayāgaḥ | viśveśo’yaṃ turīyaḥ sakala-jana-manaḥ-sākṣibhūto’ntarātmā dehe sarvaṃ madīye yadi vasati punas tīrtham anyat kim asti || 5 || This body is the sacred field of Kāśī; the all-pervading stream of knowledge is the Gaṅgā, the Mother...

Talk and meditation on Kashika Stotram Verse 4 kā śyā ṃ hi kā śyate kā śı̄ kā śı̄ sarva-prakā śikā | sā kā śı̄ viditā yena tena prā ptā hi kā śikā || 4 || In Kāśī, indeed, shines the Effulgent Kāśī (the Self) who is the one that brings everything in the universe to light! He who has known that Kāśī has indeed attained Kāśī — that is, attained salvation.

Talk and meditation on Kashika Stotram Verse 3 koṣeṣu pañcasv adhirājamānā buddhir bhavānī prati deha-geham | sākṣī śivaḥ sarvagato’ntarātmā sā kāśikāhaṃ nija-bodha-rūpā || 3 || Whose sovereignty extends over the five sheaths (kośas), where the intellect (buddhi) is Bhavānī, residing in every bodily abode, and where the all-pervading Inner Self — the Witness — is Śiva. I am that Kāśikā, of the for...

Talk and meditation on Kashika Stotram Verse 2 yasyām idaṃ kalpitam indra-jālaṃ carācaraṃ bhāti mano-vilāsam | sat-cit-sukhaikā paramātma-rūpā sā kāśikāhaṃ nija-bodha-rūpā || 2 || That Paramātma — the one Reality of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss — upon which is superimposed this magic illusion (of creation), and in which the universe of moving and unmoving objects appears as the playful creation...

Talk and meditation on Kashika Stotram Verse 1  manojña-vṛttiḥ paramopaśāntiḥ sā tīrthavaryā maṇikarṇikā ca | jñāna-pravāhā vimalādi-gaṅgā sā kāśikāhaṃ nija-bodha-rūpā || 1 || This opening verse distills the essence of inner pilgrimage to Kashi, from an Advaitic viewpoint: • मनोज्ञवृत्तिः परमोपशान्तिः — When the mind’s activities (vṛtti) become serene, attractive (manojña), and ultimately stilled...

Talk and Meditation on Kashi Vishwanatha Ashtakam Verse 8 Rāgādi-doṣa-rahitaṁ svajanānurāgam vairāgya-śānti-nilayaṁ Girijā-sahāyam । Mādhurya-dhairya-subhagaṁ garalābhirāmaṁ Vārāṇasī-pura-patiṁ bhaja Viśvanātham ॥ 8 ॥ Meaning Worship Śrī Viśvanātha, the Lord of Vārāṇasī, • who is free from faults like attachment and hatred, • who is full of love for His devotees, • the abode of renunciation and pe...

Talk and Meditation on Kashi Vishwanatha Ashtakam Verse 7 A" śā ṁ vihāya parihṛtya parasya nindā ṁ pā pe ratiṁ ca sunivā rya manaḥ samā dhau । A" dāya hṛt-kamala-madhya-gataṁ pareśaṁ Vā rā ṇ ası̄-pura-patiṁ bhaja Viśvanā tham ॥ 7 ॥ Meaning Worship Śrī Viśvanātha, the Lord of Vārāṇasī: • having renounced all desires, • having given up reviling others, • having restrained the mind from delighting in...

Talk and Meditation on Kashi Vishwanatha Ashtakam Verse 6 Tejomayaṁ saguṇa-nirguṇamadvitīyam ānanda-kandam aparājitamaprameyam । Nāgātmakaṁ sakala-niṣkalam ātma-rūpaṁ Vārāṇasī-pura-patiṁ bhaja Viśvanātham ॥ 6 ॥ Meaning Worship Śrī Viśvanātha, the Lord of Vārāṇasī, • who is effulgence itself, • both with attributes (saguṇa) and without attributes (nirguṇa), • the One without a second (advitīya), •...