[Advaita-l] chandrashekharAShTaka -3,4

[Anand Hudli]

mattavAraNamukhyacharmakR^itottarIyamanoharaM

    paN^kajAsanapadmalochanapUjitAN^ghrisaroruham.h |

devasiddhataraN^giNIkarasiktashItajaTAdharaM

    chandrashekharamAshraye mama kiM kariShyati  vai yamaH || 3||

mattavAraNamukhya - intoxicated leader of elephants

charmakR^itottarIya - having made an upper garment out of the skin

manoharaM - beautiful

paN^kajAsana - brahmA

padmalochana - Vishnu

pUjitAN^ghrisaroruham.h - whose feet are worshipped

devasiddhataraN^giNIkarasikta - made wet by the river of the Gods and 
siddhas

shItajaTAdharaM - one who wears the cool matted locks of hair

chandrashekharamaashraye - I seek refuge in Shri Chandrashekhara (Shiva) 
(the Lord who bears the moon on His head)

mama kiM kariShyati vai yamaH - what will Yama (Death) do to me?



Shiva appears handsome wearing the skin of the intoxicated leader of 
elephants as His upper garment. His feet are worshipped by even the exalted 
BrahmA and Vishnu. He wears mattted locks of hair that are kept cool by the 
spraying of gaN^gA, the river ofthe Gods and siddhas. I seek refuge in that 
Chandrashekhara (Shiva)(the Lord who bears the moon on His head). What will 
Yama (Death) do to me?



kuNDalIkR^itakuNDalIshvarakuNDalaM vR^ishhavAhanaM

    nAradAdimunIshvarastutavaibhavaM bhuvaneshvaram.h |

andhakAntakAmAshritAmarapAdapaM shamanAntakaM

    chandrashekharamAshraye mama kiM kariShyati  vai yamaH || 4||

kuNDalIkR^ita - coiled up

kuNDalIshvarakuNDalaM - the king of serpents as an ear ring

vR^ishhavAhanaM - the bull (nandI) as the vehicle (carrier)

nAradAdimunIshvarastutavaibhavaM - glory is praised by the foremost among 
sages such as nArada

bhuvaneshvaram.h - the Lord of the worlds

andhakAntakAM - the destroyer of the asura andhaka

AshritAmarapAdapaM - the desire fulfilling tree of those who have sought 
refuge in Him

shamanAntakaM - the subduer of Yama (antaka)

chandrashekharamaashraye - I seek refuge in Shri Chandrashekhara (Shiva) 
(the Lord who bears the moon on His head)

mama kiM kariShyati vai yamaH - what will Yama (Death) do to me?

The coiled up king of serpents has become His ear-ring and the nandI bull 
His vehicle. His glory is praised by the foremost among sages such as 
nArada. He is the Lord of the worlds, the destroyer of the demon andhaka, 
the desire fulfilling tree of those who have sought refuge in Him, and the 
subduer of Death himself. I seek refuge in that Chandrashekhara (Shiva)(the 
Lord who bears the moon on His head). What will Yama (Death) do to me?

Anand

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