meditation on Lord Siva

[Paramananda das]

pūṣā tu yajamānasya

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dadbhir jakṣatu piṣṭa-bhuk

devāḥ prakṛta-sarvāṅgā

ye ma uccheṣaṇaṁ daduḥ

SYNONYMS

pūṣā—Pūṣā; tu—but; yajamānasya—of the performer of the sacrifice; dadbhiḥ—with the teeth; jakṣatu—chew; piṣṭa-bhuk—eating flour; devāḥ—the demigods; prakṛta—made; sarva-aṅgāḥ—complete; ye—who; me—unto me; uccheṣaṇam—a share of the sacrifice; daduḥ—gave.

TRANSLATION

The demigod Pūṣā will be able to chew only through the teeth of his disciples, and if alone, he will have to satisfy himself by eating dough made from chickpea flour. But the demigods who have agreed to give me my share of the sacrifice will recover from all their injuries.

PURPORT

The demigod Pūṣā became dependent on his disciples for chewing. Otherwise he was allowed to swallow only dough made of chickpea flour. Thus his punishment continued. He could not use his teeth for eating, since he had laughed at Lord Śiva, deriding him by showing his teeth. In other words, it was not appropriate for him to have teeth, for he had used them against Lord Śiva.

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  Paramananda Das no one should ever deride Lord Siva as he is the greatest vaisnava

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  Paramananda Das not even in joking as was done by Vritasura, or on purpose as was done by Brghu ,or what to speak of Daksa and his followers. May Lord Siva always bless me with his kind glance and bestow Krsna prema upon me .

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  Paramananda Das Eight prayers glorifying Lord Shiva, spoken by Sriman Caitanya Mahaprabhu.Recorded in Murari Gupta's "Sri Caitanya Carita Mahakavya")1) namo namaste tri-dasheshvarayabhutadi nathaya mridaya nityamgagga-taraggotthita-bala-chandra-chudaya gauri-nayanotsavaya2) sutapta chamikara-chandra-nila-padma-pravalambuda-kanti-vastraihsa nritya-raggesta-vara-pradayakaivalya-nathaya vrisa-dhvajaya3) sudhamshu-suryagni-vilochanenatamo-bhide te jagatah shivayasahasra-shubhramshu-sahasra-rashmi-sahasra-sajjit-tvara-tejase'stu4) nagesha-ratnojjvala-vigrahayashardula-charmamshuka-divya-tejasesahasra-patropari samsthitayavaraggada-mukta-bhuja-dvayaya5) su-nupura-ragjita-pada-padmaksarat-sudha-bhritya-sukha-pradayavichitra-ratnaugha-vibhusitayapremanam evadya harau videhi6)sri rama govinda mukunda shauresri krishna narayana vasudevaity-adi namamririta-pana-matta-bhriggadhi-payakhila-dukha-hantre7)sri naradadyaih satatam sugopya- jijjasita-yashu vara-pradayatebhyo harer bhakti-sukha-pradayashivaya sarva-gurave namo namaha8) sri gaura-netrosava-maggalayatat-prana-nathaya rasa-pradayasada samutkantha-govinda-lila-gana-pravinaya namo'stu tubhyam9) etat shivasyastakam adbhutam mahatshrinvan hari-prema labheta shighram jjanam ca vijjanam apurva-vaibhavamyo bhava-purnah paramam samadaram

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  Paramananda Das Sri Sivastakam
  
  (Eight prayers glorifying Lord Shiva, spoken by Sriman Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Recorded in Murari Gupta’s “Sri Caitanya Carita Mahakavya”)
  
  1) namo namaste tri-dasheshvaraya
  
  bhutadi nathaya mridaya nityam
  
  gagga-taraggotthita-bala-chandra-
  
  chudaya gauri-nayanotsavaya
  
  “I repeatedly offer my obeisances unto you, the controller of the thirty primal demigods; unto you, the original father of all created beings; unto you, whose character is gracious; unto you, whose head is crested by the sickle moon arisen from the waves of the Ganga and unto you, who are a festival for the eyes of the fair goddess Gauri.”
  
  2) sutapta chamikara-chandra-nila-
  
  padma-pravalambuda-kanti-vastraih
  
  sa nritya-raggesta-vara-pradaya
  
  kaivalya-nathaya vrisa-dhvajaya
  
  “I offer my obeisances unto you, who are dressed in garments resembling molten gold, the moon, blue lotuses, coral, and dark rain clouds; unto you, who bestow the most desirable boons on your devotees by means of your delightful dancing; unto you, who are the master of the impersonalists and unto you, whose flag bears the image of the bull.”
  
  3) sudhamzu-suryagni-vilochanena
  
  tamo-bhide te jagatah shivaya
  
  sahasra-shubhramshu-sahasra-rashmi-
  
  sahasra-sajjit-tvara-tejase’stu
  
  “I offer my obeisances unto you, who dispells darkness with your three eyes – the moon, the sun and fire; unto you, who causes auspiciousness for all the living entities of the universe and unto you, whose potency easily defeats that of thousands of moons and suns.”
  
  4) nageza-ratnojjvala-vigrahaya
  
  shardula-charmamzuka-divya-tejase
  
  sahasra-patropari samsthitaya
  
  varaggada-mukta-bhuja-dvayaya
  
  “I offer my obeisances unto you, whose form is brilliantly illuminated by the jewels of Ananta, the king of snakes; unto you, who are clothed by a tiger-skin and thus radiate divine effulgence; unto you, who sits upon a thousand-petalled lotus and unto you, whose two arms are adorned by
  
  lusterous bangles.”
  
  5) su-nupura-ragjita-pada-padma
  
  ksarat-sudha-bhritya-sukha-pradaya
  
  vichitra-ratnaugha-vibhusitaya
  
  premanam evadya harau videhi
  
  “I offer my obeisances unto you, who brings happiness to your servitors, as you pour on them the liquid nectar from your two reddish lotus feet, which ring with charming anklebells. Obeisances unto you, who is adorned with an abundance of gems – please endow me with pure love for Lord Hari.”
  
  6) sri rama govinda mukunda shaure
  
  sri krishna narayana vasudeva
  
  ity-adi namamririta-pana-matta-
  
  bhriggadhi-payakhila-dukha-hantre
  
  “O Shri Rama, O Govinda, O Mukunda, O Shauri, O Shri krsna, O Narayana, O Vaasudeva!’ I offer my obeisances unto you, Lord Shiva, the monarch of intoxicated bee-like devotees, maddened by drinking the nectar of these and other holy names of the Lord. Obeisances unto you, the destroyer of all grief.”
  
  7) sri naradadyaih satatam sugopya-
  
  jijjasita-yashu vara-pradaya
  
  tebhyo harer bhakti-sukha-pradaya
  
  shivaya sarva-gurave namo namaha
  
  “I offer my respectful obeisances again and again unto you, who is forever enquired of confidentially by Shri Narada and other sages; unto you, who also grants favors to them very quickly; unto you, who bestows the happiness of Hari-bhakti; unto you, who creates auspiciousness and unto you, who is the guru of everyone.”
  
  8) sri gaura-netrosava-maggalaya
  
  tat-prana-nathaya rasa-pradaya
  
  sada samutkantha-govinda-lila-
  
  gana-pravinaya namo’stu tubhyam
  
  “I offer my obeisances unto you, who are a festival of auspiciousness for the eyes of Goddess Gauri; unto you, who is the monarch of her life-breath; unto you, who is capable of bestowing transcendental rasa and unto you, who is expert in forever singing songs of the pastimes of Lord Govinda with great longing.”
  
  9) etat shivasyastakam adbhutam mahat
  
  shrinvan hari-prema labheta shighram
  
  jjanam ca vijjanam apurva-vaibhavam
  
  yo bhava-purnah paramam samadaram
  
  “A person, filled with loving feelings, who hears with rapt attention this wonderful eight-fold prayer to Lord Shiva, can quickly gain Sri Hari-prema as well as transcendental knowledge, the realization of that knowledge, and unprecedented powers.”

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  Paramananda Das 108 Names of Lord Shiva
  
  OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Auspicious One
  
  OM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Great God Shiva
  
  OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who exists for our happiness alone
  
  OM PINAKINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma
  
  OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair
  
  OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way
  
  OM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God of spotless form
  
  OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord with thickly matted hair
  
  OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak
  
  OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the source of all prosperity
  
  OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who carries a spear
  
  OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who carries a knurled club
  
  OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu
  
  OM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light
  
  OM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Ambika’s Lord
  
  OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to he whose throat is shining blue
  
  OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves
  
  OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is existence itself
  
  OM SARVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who is all
  
  OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds
  
  OM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue
  
  OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the god who is dear to Shakti
  
  OM UGRAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelming
  
  OM KAPALINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull
  
  OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who conquers all passions
  
  OM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka
  
  OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair
  
  OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord whose sport is creation
  
  OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who is the death of death
  
  OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is the treasure of compassion
  
  OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva whose strength is awesome
  
  OM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who wields an axe in his hands
  
  OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness
  
  OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair
  
  OM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who abides on Mount Kailas
  
  OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is wrapped in armor
  
  OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who causes all growth
  
  OM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities
  
  OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)
  
  OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who rides a bull
  
  OM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord covered with holy ash
  
  OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda
  
  OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who creates through sound
  
  OM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms
  
  OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the undisputed Lord
  
  OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who knows all things
  
  OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Supreme Self
  
  OM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and Agni
  
  OM HAVISHE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee
  
  OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the architect of all sacrificial rites
  
  OM SOMAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Moon-glow of the mystic’s vision
  
  OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God of the five activities
  
  OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva
  
  OM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos
  
  OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva the foremost of heroes
  
  OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God of the Ganas
  
  OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Creator
  
  OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who emanates golden souls
  
  OM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the unconquerable being
  
  OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas
  
  OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord of the Himalayas
  
  OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who can inspire no fear
  
  OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord adorned with golden snakes
  
  OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the foremost of rishis
  
  OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God whose weapon is a mountain
  
  OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is fond of mountains
  
  OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who wears clothes of hide
  
  OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness
  
  OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord of prosperity
  
  OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is served by goblins
  
  OM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the conqueror of death
  
  OM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the subtlest of the subtle
  
  OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who fills the whole world
  
  OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the guru of all the worlds
  
  OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above
  
  OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the origin of Mahasena
  
  OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims
  
  OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is fit to be praised
  
  OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures
  
  OM STHANAVE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the firm and immovable deity
  
  OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini
  
  OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos
  
  OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who has eight forms
  
  OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is the one soul
  
  OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord of boundless energy
  
  OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to him who is free of all doubt and dissension
  
  OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva, endless and eternal
  
  OM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who cuts through the mind’s despair
  
  OM AJAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the instigator of all that occurs
  
  OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who releases all fetters
  
  OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who shows only mercy
  
  OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals
  
  OM DEVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the foremost of devas, demigods
  
  OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the greatest of the gods
  
  OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the one never subject to change
  
  OM HARAYE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who dissolves all bondage
  
  OM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the one who punished Pushan
  
  OM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who is steady and unwavering
  
  OM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the destroyer of Daksha’s conceited sacrifice
  
  OM HARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos
  
  OM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly
  
  OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to Shiva who is subtle and unseen
  
  OM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord of limitless forms
  
  OM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is standing and walking everywhere
  
  OM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the Lord who gives and takes all things
  
  OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the God who is unending
  
  OM TARAKAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the great liberator of mankind
  
  OM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA
  
  Obeisances to the great God

from Garuda  Purana

 

1. Suta said: O Saunaka, I shall now mention the prayer to Narasimha sung by Shiva. Formerly the Mothers (matrgana) told Sankara thus:
2. “O Lord, we wish to devour the entire universe along with the deities, demons and human beings with your favour. Please permit us.”
3. Sankara said: “Certainly all these people are to be protected by you all. Therefore this ruthless mentality should be diverted.”
4. Disregarding the advice given by Sankara, the Matrgana’s began to devour the three worlds and all mobile and immobile creatures.
5. When the worlds were thus being eaten, Lord Shiva meditated on the Lord in the form of Nrsimha.
6 – 9 Lord Sankara’s meditation of Nrsimha was thus: ‘He has no beginning or death; He is the originator of all living beings; His tongue blazes like lightening; He has great curved teeth and his mane blazes like a garland; He has bracelets studded with gems; He has a brilliant crown; He is bedecked with a golden mane; with His brillaince He pervades the whole Brahmanda; the hairs on His body curl in small circles; and He is wearing a great garland consisting of many flowers of variegated colours.’
10. As soon as He was meditated upon, the Lord appeared before Sankara assuming the form as was conceived by Rudra with great devotion.
11. In the same dazzling form, unperceivable by the devas, the Lord stood there. Sankara then knelt before the Lord and prayed.
12. Sankara said: “Obeisance to You, Lord of the universe, having the body of a man-lion, shining with claws resembling an oyster shell with which the lord of demons (Hiranyakashipu) was killed.
13. You have the golden and tawny coloured body of that demon clinging to Your lotus-like nails. Obeisances to Padmanabha, obeisances to the preceptor of the world. You roar like the rumbling cloud at the end of the kalpa, O Deity, shining with the lustre of ten million suns.
14. O Deity, terrifying like a thousand Yama’s, valorous like a thousand Indras, affluent like a thousand Kuveras, O Deity with a thousand lotus-like feet.
15. O Deity resembling a thousand moons, a thousand rayed, moving like a lion, resplendent like a thousand Rudras, sung in praise by a thousand Brahmas.
16. Remembered in japa by a thousand Rudras, endowed with a thousand all protecting eyes, progenitor and destroyer of thousands, untier of thousands of bondages.
17. O fierce deity, having the velocity of a thousand winds, O compassionate One!’ Having sung the hymn to the Lord of Lords, Hari in the form of Narasimha, Shiva spoke in all humility thus:
18. “I had created the matrganas for the destruction of the demon Andhaka. Disregarding my advice they are now devouring the wonderful created beings of the universe.
19. Having created them, I am unable to kill them although I am undefeated elsewhere. Having first created them, how can I wish for their annihilation?
20-21. Thus addressed by Rudra, Hari in the form of a man-lion, created a thousand goddesses from the tip of his tongue. Hari the Vagisvara (Lord of speech) subdued the mothers and protected the devas. He accorded peace and happiness to the world and vanished.
22. He who recites this Narasimha prayer in all purity and restraint of the sense organs shall be blessed with the realisation of all his desires, as was Rudra. There is no doubt in this.
23. One shall meditate on the deity Narasimha with eyes shining like the midday sun (for evil doers) and like a white lotus (for devotees), with his face beaming like a blazing fire, having neither beginning or end, the eternal, unborn, Lord of the great and small, the receptacle of the universe.
24. If anyone recites this prayer it dispells all miseries like the sun dispelling snow. When he [Shiva] wants to perform worship of the Lord in the form of Narasimha, Lord Shiva prepares his deity along with the mothers. Then the Lord appears before him and stands near him. [final sentence of translation unclear.]