Chapter 10 - Dashama Adhyaya (dasamo'dhyayah)

atha dasamo'dhyayah | rsayah govindatma vasisthasca vamadevastapodhanah | 1 kimartham sthanulaksmisavirincam samapujayan | tatkathamadya no bruhi vilvapadapavaibhavam | sretumicchama tam suta vistaratkarunambudhe | | sutah yuge tu dvapare prapte purnajyetissabhasthale | tulasivrksarupom'yam vilvarupamathagrahit | | sa ava munisardula stanuvisvajapadapah | vancaksaramayah vancabrahmarupassadasivah | | savilvah prthvibhage pancamurtirabhuttarah| upasyassaryavibudhaissiva ava na samsayah | | | tasya sardasanam loke durlabham cakrtatmanam | tridalaih komalaih patraih pavitraistasya sankaram || trigunesam mahibhage ye'rcayantimuda janah | kailasavasinaste vai satyam na samsayah | | 1 2 allh 4 5 6 19 1 samapujayat (137) 2 patitai BI kailasavasinasto Spi ( A 7 ) 296

sivaratryancatu rdasyam madrayam somavasare| kusnamgaracaturdasyam amayanca visesatah || pradaksinanamaskarapujabhirbilvarupinam | ye prinayanti devesam te vai kailasavasinah || tanmulammrjjalaissambhum snapayanti ca ye janah | tesam punyam maya vaktum 'brahmana ca na sakyate | | tasmat bilvavanam punyam bilveso'pi sivah svayam | bilvesvaram bilvavane vasisthadyah purarcayat|| tadadyaham pravaksyami bhavatam satkathamadhuh | sarvadevarsayah prapurekada himavadgirim || tatra bhagirathimulam dadarsurmunisattamah | tatra brahma ca visnusca sankarah svasaktibhih | | pradadurdasantesamrsinam bhavitatmanam | tatah papracchuramalah brahmavisnumahesvaran || 10 10 11 12 llh 14 3 brahmanapi na samsayah, A 7 4 ur text reads : bhavatririm suitable reading is himavatgirim (A 7) 297

vedavyasovasisthasca vamadevasca te trayah | drstasyaikasthale'smarbhiyuyam brahmaharisvarah || 14 ekasvarupenasmakam darsanam datumarhatha | trimurtayah vasisthadimunisresthastattathaivastuvah priyam || 15 daksinambunidhestire malayadrescadaksine | purnajyotih sabhamadhyeprajnatirthatate subhe || 17 mahavilvatarormule nivasamassurairvayam | svayambhuvi mahalinge sudhavarnemunisvarah | | 18 sandarsayeta sarvajna ;yuyam brahmaharisvaran | tata ; prasannoyusmakam dadamo darsanam vayam || 19 muktyartham prapsyatha yuyantad bilvakananam | sutah evam srutvam munisrestho murtinam vacanam tatha | | 20 manovegam samadaya prapurmalayabhudharam | svasyasisyamunisresthaih yatibhiryogibhirdvijaih || tatra manikyasarasi snatva dadhyurmahesvaram | 'kailasavipinadhisamumaya vrsabhasanam || 5 sudhaparse A 2 6 usually kailasa is described as kailasaparvata . The term kailasavipina is rarely used. 298 21 22

prasanno bhagavan sammbhustesam sandarsanam dardi | te pranamyamahadevam prarthayamasurisvam || svamin vilvatavidesam na jani movayam prabho | siladasurasmakam taddarsayitumarhati | | 23 24 anujnam kuru devesah nandikesasya sankara | darsanad bhavana svamin krtarthasmovayam bhrsam || 25 isvarah tathaivamunissardulassilada tanayomahan | yusmakam trigunaksetramacirad darsayisyati | | evamajnapayamasa nandikesamunisvaran | sambhovacanamakarnaya vasisthadi munisvarah | | siladasununasakam prarpubilvatavim subham | tatra devasca munayassiddhasca garudoragah | | brahmadhyanaparasarve nirvikarassadasthitah | 26 27 28 sarvecajantavastasya sathanuvisnuvajarupinah | | 29 7 nandikesah The tern siladatanaka refers to the story of the previous birth of Nandi. He was the son of the king Shilada by practicing yoga. This eight year old boy obtained salvation and became the chief Shivaganas. p. 123. Pathanjaliyogasutram Tr. by Kilimanoor S. Raghava warrier) 299

prabhavadabhavanmuktassantyaktanyanyomatsarah| vyaghrancanagassimhascakunjarah parvatopamah | 30 'mayurancoragah bheka matsyascamusikah | marjara asuradevastvanyonyam tyaktamatsarah|| pancaksarijapaparasisavadhyana parayanah | brahmamargonmukha nityam suddhaste'dvaitavadinah | | avastubhedavijnanastapastepu ssivajnaya | tadadbhutam samalokya vasisthadi munisvarah | | te bilvanatham sivamarcayanti bhaktya vasisthadi munisvarasca | prajnasarasyadbhutasiddhatirthe snatvadidevam pranavasvarupam || trisastivarsam suramanavargampaddhasanatma kamalesarupah | 31 32 llh 33 64 munissivamsassaca vamadevah bilvatavisam samapujayamste | | 35 japitva brahmagayatrim vasisthah padmajopamah | sthanulingadibhagetu brahmavisnumahesvaram || 36 pujayamasavidhivad manonairmalyasamyutah | prajapanvisnum gayatrim vedavyasamunisvarah || 8 mayurah kokilascaiva A 3. 9 'visnugayatrimamtra- narayanayavidmahe vasudevaya dhimahi tam no visnupracodayat 300 37

pundarikaksasadrsah pujayamasa bhaktitah | dhyatvabjanabham hrdaye caturvedavibhagavit || sthanuvisnvayanamanam tanmadhyetrigunatmakam | vamadevomahadevatulyaulingasyamastake | | pujayamasa vidhivadananyasaktamanasah| japitva sa "sivagayatrim bhasmasnanaparo'nisam || nandikesastu dharmatma bilvarupam mahesvaram | antaryagavidhanenapujayat svakalebaram || tatah prasanno bhagavan sthanuvisnvambujasanah | vasisthadimunindranam pradadau darsanam mahat || 38 39 llh 40 41 42 adau caturmukho brahma vasisthasya mahesvarah | vedavyasasya tanmadhye visnurbhutva sadasivah | 43 svarupam pancavadanam vamadevasya mastake | evam prakaram sa sivo muninam darsanam dadau || 10 sivagayatrimantrah- tatpurusaya vidmahe mahadevaya dhimahi tamno rudra pracodayat | 301 44

vasisthadimunisresthastvekalinge sudhamaye | trimurtirupam samviksya jivanmuktastadabhavan | svatmanam svayamiksitva iksitva siladatanayomahan | atmanandam susamprapya svanubhutimatam varah | devasca munayah sarve muktassandarsanatprabhoh | 45 46 tustuvuh tam vasisthadyah sthanuvisnvambujasanam || 47 vedairupanisadvakyaistattatsahasranamabhih | tattanamurtisu samlinacetasastustuvurbhrsam || stutya ca pujaya bhaktya supritastrigunesvarah | pratyuvaca vasisthadin jivanmuktanjagatgurun || samprarthayata mamadya vyasadya varamipsitam | 48 49 yusmakamaciradadya pradadamyanyadurlabham || 50 vasisthadayah atraiva tvammahadeva paripujayitum vayam | icchamah satatam bhaktya prasida paramesvara | | 51 isvarah vamadevamahabhaga sarvadasmin sthalesubhe | ahameva bhavannityam mamudyisyatapah kuru || 52 302

vedavyasa munisrestha etatksetrasya daksine | padmatirthatatam prapya tapah kuru mahamate | | 53 ahamevabhavamstatra te pradasyami darsanam | mahapralayakale'ham samhrtya madhukaitabham || 54 vasisthaham bhavaneva tapah kuru mahamate | etadatryasramasthane yajnatirthatate subhe || yagadikarmabhih bhaktya mam nityam paritosaya | vacakaih karmabhirnityam padmanabhamajam gurum || 55 56 vamadevamunetvanca paritosayamam sivam | manasairvilyavrksesam karmabhistrigunesvaram || 47 bilvapadapamule'smin dadami vasatimtava | evamuktva mahadevastatrevanataradhiyata || sutah vasisthopyasramam gatva cakaradhvaramuttamam | vyasah padmasarastiram prapya stutiparo'bhavat || 303 48 49

sandesasthanudevasya vamadevomunisvarah | bilvamulam samasadya manasairupacarakaih|| satmalingam svayammauni pujayamasu sarvada | | srisankaracaryayatisvarepi pascatkalau keralamadhyadesi | trimurtilingam vararajavrksam sampujya mukto'bhavadadvitiyah | | iti sucindrasthalamahatmye dasamo'dhyayah samaptah | 304 60 61 62