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[Nine stanzas on Shiva with power]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander
[This prayer asks God for several capabilities. The manthraksharas Iym and Kleem are used to worship Shiva. Devotees interested in any one wish can repeat that Stanza.]
Veda shastras purane ithihasa kavya kaladishu,
Vijnanam dehi mey, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 1
Give me clear understanding,
Of Vedas, Science, Puranas,
History, literature and arts,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Chathurdasasu vidhyasu, chathu shashti kalau cha,
Chathuram diyamadehi, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 2
In the fourteen types of education,
And sixty four type of arts,
Bless me with expertise,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Meemsayaam samasthatam, sabdha sasthre viseshatha,
Dehi mey deva sambragnam, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 3
In all the aspects of analysis of knowledge,
Especially in the science of phonetics,
Grant me expertise,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Ganitheshu cha sarvagna, dehi mey parameshwara,
Samyak gnanam Jagannadha, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 4
Make me all knowing in mathematics,
Oh God who is the greatest,
Give me complete knowledge in it,
Oh, Lord of the universe,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Sakleshwapi kavyeshu, sakalsu kadhasu cha,
Sahithyam dehi mey vacham, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 5
Make me loquacious of literary excellence,
In all the literature,
And in al stories,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Hrudayamboruhe nithyam vasa mey Jagadheeswara,
Hara mey duritham saswad, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 6
Oh, God of all universe,
Be pleased to live in the lotus of my mind,
And forever destroy all my sufferings,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Janmanthara krutham paapam budher jadyakaram Shiva,
Jahi janthushu nindam cha, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 7
Please destroy all my sins, Oh Shiva,
Which have been done in various births,
Which makes my brain dull,
And also remove the disrespect of other beings towards me,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Vishayeshu viraktheem cha vivideshu videhi mey,
Vinatheshtadha viswesa, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 8
Please develop in me detachment,
To all things that attract,
And towards beings of different sorts,
Oh Lord of the universe,
Who grants wishes of devotees,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Mukthi marga param chitham kuru, mey Jagadeeshwara,
Mugdha Chandra Kala Chooda, Iym Nama Kleem shivaya sou. 9
Hey Lord of the universe,
Who wears the crescent of moon as ornament,
Make my mind lean,
Towards the path of salvation,
Oh Shiva, Iym salutations, Kleem.
Ithyethad navakam nithyam bhakthitho ya paden nara,
Prarambhasmasya sidhyanthi, prarthhithanchapi sidhyathi.10
He who recites these nine stanzas,
Daily with devotion,
Will complete all works he starts,
And would get all his desires fulfilled.
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"In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is all the becoming, the battle of life, the agony and fear. Meditation is the ending of this space, the ending of the me. Then relationship has quite a different meaning, for in that space which is not made by thought, the other does not exist, for you do not exist. Meditation then is not the pursuit of some vision, however sanctified by tradition. Rather it is the endless space where thought cannot enter. To us, the little space made by thought around itself, which is the me, is extremely important, for this is all the mind knows, identifying itself with everything that is in that space. And the fear of not being is born in that space. But in meditation, when this is understood, the mind can enter into a dimension of space where action is inaction. We do not know what love is, for in the space made by thought around itself as the me, love is the conflict of the me and the not-me. This conflict, this torture, is not love. Thought is the very denial of love, and it cannot enter into that space where the me is not. In that space is the benediction which man seeks and cannot find. He seeks it within the frontiers of thought, and thought destroys the ecstasy of this benediction."
J. Krishnamurti
Meditations