सौराष्ट्रदेशे विशदेऽतिरम्ये ज्योतिर्मयं चन्द्रकलावतंसम् ।भक्तिप्रदानाय कृपावतीर्णं तं सोमनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ १॥ sauraashtadeshe vasudhaavakaashejyotirmayam chandrakalaavatamsambhaktipradaanaaya krutaavataaramtam somanaatham sharanam-prapadye.(1) I seek refuge at the feet of Lord Somanaatha who is seen in this vast earth in the Sauraashtra country. He is at once in the form of Luminous object as well as One with the crest…

नमः शिवाभ्यां नवयौवनाभ्याम्परस्पराश्लिष्टवपुर्धराभ्याम् ।नागेन्द्रकन्यावृषकेतनाभ्याम्नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥ १॥ Namah shivaabhyaam navayauvanaabhyaamParasparaashlishta – vapurdharaabhyaamNagendrakanyaa-vrushaketanaabhyaamNamo namah shankara paarvatibhyaam(1) Obeisance to shiva and shiva (Umaa) the eternally young pair who hold each other’s body in mutual embrace. I offer again and again my obeisance to shankara and Paarvati, the one with the bull for his banner and the…

शरीरं सुरूपं तथा वा कलत्रंयशश्चारु चित्रं धनं मेरुतुल्यम् ।मनश्चेन्न लग्नं गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम् ॥ १॥  shareeram surupam tathaa kalatramyashashcaaru citram dhanam merutulyammanashcenna lagnam guroranghripadmetatah kim tatah kim tatah kim tatah kim (1) One’s body may be handsome, wife beautiful, fame, excellent and varied, and wealth like unto Mount Meru; but…

उपासकानां यदुपासनीयमुपात्तवासं वटशाखिमूले ।तद्धाम दाक्षिण्यजुषा स्वमूर्त्या जागर्तु चित्ते मम बोधरूपम् ॥ १॥ Upāsakānāṃ yadupāsanīyamupāttavāsaṃ vaṭashākhimūlē|taddhāma dākṣiṇyajuṣā svamūrtyājāgartu cittē mama bōdharūpam||1|| May that Supreme Spirit that has taken its abode under the banyan tree taking an anthropomorphic form facing south as an act of great condescension and which is the object of meditation for the devotees…

सदा बालरूपाऽपि विघ्नाद्रिहन्त्रीमहादन्तिवक्त्राऽपि पञ्चास्यमान्या ।विधीन्द्रादिमृग्या गणेशाभिधा मेविधत्तां श्रियं काऽपि कल्याणमूर्तिः ॥१॥ May Ganesha who, though always a child, can destroy the mountain of obstacles, who though having the face of an elephant is worshipped by lions (or by shiva with five faces), who is sought after by Brahamaa, Indra, and others, who is auspicious, and…

मुदाकरात्तमोदकं सदा विमुक्तिसाधकं कलाधरावतंसकं विलासिलोकरक्षकम् ।अनायकैकनायकं विनाशितेभदैत्यकं नताशुभाशुनाशकं नमामि तं विनायकम् ॥१॥  In glee He keeps in His hand the “modaka” (a sweet edible preparation that is aptly named modaka the delighter). He is ever the means to liberation, moksa. He wears, as an ornament , the digit moon (on His forehead). He is the protector of…

प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरीयम् । यत्स्वप्नजागरसुषुप्तिमवैति नित्यं तद्ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घः ॥१॥  Prátah smarámi hrudi samsphuradátmatattvamsaccitsukham paramahamsagatim turèyamyatsvapna jágarasussuptamavaiti nityamtadbrahma niskalamaham na cha bhutasañgha. At dawn I remember the Reality which is the Self, shining brilliantly in the heart, existence-consciousness-happiness, the goal of Paramahamsasannyasins (sages), the Fourth; That which knows always the states of…