Wednesday 2 May 2018

Sri Bilva Ashtoththarashathanama Sthothram – Lyrics and meanings 41 – 50




|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||












I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he is flawless who fulfills all the desires of the worshiper, he is the provider of welfare and happiness, he is the source of happiness, good fortune and wealth, he always works for the welfare of Universe and its living beings, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he symbolizes supreme wisdom and various Shasthras, he has great effulgence, he is impossible to discriminate or differentiate, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he is immeasurable/unfathomable, he symbolizes storehouse of virtues, he is symbolizes Veda and righteousness, he is the source of righteous deeds, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he resides in the supreme abode of Goddess Gauri, he is the father of living as well non-living things/he is the source of living – non-living things, he is Bhairava who absorbs the Universe and its living beings at the end of Kalpa/Kalpantha Bhairava, he has the luster of crystal/splendid, radiant,  bright etc.. he is the provider of happiness and welfare, he represents happiness and grief as well, he eradicates miseries and sorrows, he is auspicious, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he has pleasant disposition, he has no specific form, he disperses the fruit of righteous deeds, he is beyond senses/he is beyond human intellect, he is great illusionist, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he has embodied as  birds and animals, he is the Lord of birds and animals, he is the base for birds and animals, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he is the commander of all living beings, he is worshiped by  the living beings, he is the protector of living as well as non-living things in the Universe, ultimately he absorbs the living and non-living things at the end of Yuga,I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he is embodied as Universe, he resides as soul in living beings, he is most venerable, his soul represents Vajra, he is wielded in powerful Vajrayudha on hand, he is mighty Lord, he is adorned in Vajra as ornaments, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam, he is the Lord of Ganas, he is the commander of Ganas, he represents deluge/colossal fire at the end of Yuga, he has perfect control over senses, he is personified as mighty Lord Veerabhadhra, I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Shiva and reverentially offer one leaf of Bilvam.


Sampoornna Kamadham Saukhyam  Bhaktheshtaphalakaranam | Saubhagyadham Hithakaram  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Nanashasthra Gunopetham  Spuranmangala Vigraham | VidhyaVibedharahitham Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Aprameyam  Gunadharam  Vedhakithroopavigraham | Dharmadharmapravriththam Cha  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Gaurivilasasadhanam  Jeevajeeva Pithamaham | Kalpanthabhairavam  Shubhram Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Sukhadham  Sukhanasham Cha Dhukhadham Dhukhanashanam | Dhukhavatharam Bhadhram  Cha Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Sukharoopam Roopanasham  Sarvadharmaphalapradham | Atheendhriyam Mahamayam  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Sarvapakshimrigakaram Sarvapakshimrigadhipam | Sarvapakshimrigadharam  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Jeevadhyaksham Jeevavandhyam Jeevajeevanarakshakam | Jeeva Krijjeevaharanam  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

Vishvathmanam Vishvavandhyam Vajrathma Vajrahasthakam | Vajresham  Vajrabhoosham  Cha Yeka Bilvam Shivarppannam ||

Ganadhipam Ganadhyaksham  Pralayanalanashanam | Jithendhriyam Veerabadhram  Yeka Bilvam Shivarppanam ||

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||