Atmarpanastuti

Sri Appayya Dikshitendra

Sloka - 2 क्षित्यादीनयामव्ववतयां क्नक्चितं जनम तयावत् तन्यासत्येव क्वचन कक्ितं कर्त्रक्िष्यानहीनम् । नयाक्िष्यातुं प्रभवक्त जडो नयाप्नीशचिभयावसतसमयादयाद्यसतवमक्ि जगतयां नयाथ जयानये क्वियातया ॥२॥ 2) The earth and other things which are made up of parts certainly have an origin. They are nowhere found to be without a creator and a material cause. Neither an inert object nor one who is powerless (like the jiva) is capable of creation. Therefore I know that You, Who alone existed before creation (aadhyah), are the creator of the universe, O Lord. Sloka - 3

इनद्ं क्मर्ं वरुणमक्निं पद्मजं क्वषणुमीशं प्रयाहुसतये तये परमक्शव तये मया््या मोक्हतयासतवयाम् । एतैसियािधं िकिमक्प ्च्छक्तिियेशये िमयाप्ं ि तवं दयेव श्ुक्तषु क्वददतः शमभुदरत्यादददयेवः ॥३॥

3) O Paramashiva! Deluded by Your maya, people speak variously of Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Vayu, Brahma, Visnu, as the cause of the universe. Everything, including these, is but a fraction of Your power. O Lord, You are known in the vedas as Shambhu, the supreme Lord. Sloka - 4

आननदयाबियेः कमक्प च घनीभयावमयासथया् रूपं शकत्या ियािधं परममुम्या शयाश्वतं भोगक्मच्छन् । अधवयातीतये शुक्चददविकृतकोदिदीप्ये कपददत्रन् आद्यये सथयानये क्वहरक्ि िदया ियेव्मयानो गणयेशैः ॥४ 4) Taking on an indescribable solidified form of the ocean of Bliss, desiring eternal supreme enjoyment with Your consort Uma, O Lord with matted hair, You ever sport in the primordial place, beyond the reach of speech and mind, which shines like a crore of suns and moons, served by the lords of the gaṇas. (The idea brought out here is that Brahman who is pure Bliss and without form takes a form by his maya for blessing devotees, as stated in Shankara Bhagavatpada’s bhashya on Brahma Sutra 1. 1. 20.)

Translated by Sri. S.N. Sastri.