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← Hymn 19 — Udyotanābhidhānamekonaviṁśaṁ stotram
नथं त्रिभुवननाथं भूतिसितं त्रिनयनं त्रिशूलधरम्।
Nathaṁ tribhuvananāthaṁ bhūtisitaṁ trinayanaṁ triśūladharam|
उपवीतीकृतभोगिनमिन्दुकलाशेखरं वन्दे॥२०.१॥
Upavītīkṛtabhoginamindukalāśekharaṁ vande||20.1||
I praise the Lord, the Lord of the three worlds, white from ashes, three-eyed, holding a trident, who turned the serpent into a sacred thread, wearing the crescent moon in his crown||20.1||
नौमि निजतनुविनिस्मरदंशुकपरिवेषधवलपरिधानम्।
Naumi nijatanuvinismaradaṁśukapariveṣadhavalaparidhānam|
विलसत्कपालमालाकल्पितनृत्तोत्सवाकल्पम्॥२०.२॥
Vilasatkapālamālākalpitanṛttotsavākalpam||20.2||
I praise Him whose garment is white with the radiance streaming from His own body, Him whose festive attire for the dance is fashioned from a gleaming garland of skulls||20.2||
वन्दे तान्दैवतं येषां हरश्चेष्टा हरोचिताः।
Vande tāndaivataṁ yeṣāṁ haraśceṣṭā harocitāḥ|
हरैकप्रवणाः प्राणाः सदा सौभाग्यसद्मनाम्॥२०.३॥
Haraikapravaṇāḥ prāṇāḥ sadā saubhāgyasadmanām||20.3||
I praise them deities, whose deeds — Hara and worthy of Hara, and breaths always inclined to one Hara, — to these abodes of bliss||20.3||
क्रीडितं तव महेश्वरतायाः पृष्ठतोऽन्यदिदमेव यथैतत्।
Krīḍitaṁ tava maheśvaratāyāḥ pṛṣṭhato'nyadidameva yathaitat|
इष्टमात्रघटितेष्ववदानेष्वात्मना परमुपायमुपैमि॥२०.४॥
Iṣṭamātraghaṭiteṣvavadāneṣvātmanā paramupāyamupaimi||20.4||
This play of Your lordship — such is this, and everything else behind it. In deeds that are accomplished by mere desire, I myself attain the highest means||20.4||
त्वद्धाम्नि विश्ववन्द्येऽस्मिन्नियति क्रीडने सति।
Tvaddhāmni viśvavandye'sminniyati krīḍane sati|
तव नाथ कियान्भूयान्नानन्दरससम्भवः॥२०.५॥
Tava nātha kiyānbhūyānnānandarasasambhavaḥ||20.5||
Lord, when in this Thy abode, honoured by the whole universe, there takes place such a play — how great indeed is Thine surge of the juice of bliss!||20.5||
कथं स सुभगो मा भूद्यो गौर्या वल्लभो हरः।
Kathaṁ sa subhago mā bhūdyo gauryā vallabho haraḥ|
हरोऽपि मा भूदथ किं गौर्याः परमवल्लभः॥२०.६॥
Haro'pi mā bhūdatha kiṁ gauryāḥ paramavallabhaḥ||20.6||
How then not be happy he, who — Hara, the beloved Gaurī? And how Hara not be the supreme beloved Gaurī?||20.6||
ध्यानामृतमयं यस्य स्वात्ममूलमनश्वरम्।
Dhyānāmṛtamayaṁ yasya svātmamūlamanaśvaram|
संविल्लतास्तथारूपास्तस्य कस्यापि सत्तरोः॥२०.७॥
Saṁvillatāstathārūpāstasya kasyāpi sattaroḥ||20.7||
Of that certain (kasya api) good tree, whose root is one’s own self, imperishable, consisting of the nectar of contemplation, — and the vines of consciousness are likewise||20.7||
भक्तिकण्डूसमुल्लासावसरे परमेश्वर।
Bhaktikaṇḍūsamullāsāvasare parameśvara|
महानिकषपाषाणस्थूणा पूजैव जायते॥२०.८॥
Mahānikaṣapāṣāṇasthūṇā pūjaiva jāyate||20.8||
The Supreme Lord, at the hour when the itch of devotion playfully arises, worship itself is born as a pillar of the great touchstone||20.8||
सदा स्र्ष्टिविनोदाय सदा स्थितिसुखासिने।
Sadā srṣṭivinodāya sadā sthitisukhāsine|
सदा त्रिभुवनाहारतृप्ताय स्वामिने नमः॥२०.९॥
Sadā tribhuvanāhāratṛptāya svāmine namaḥ||20.9||
Homage to the Lord, who eternally delights in creation, eternally sits in the bliss of abiding, eternally satisfied with the food of the three worlds||20.9||
न क्वापि गत्वा हित्वापि न किञ्चिदिदमेव ये।
Na kvāpi gatvā hitvāpi na kiñcididameva ye|
भव्यं त्वद्धाम पश्यन्ति भव्यास्तेभ्यो नमो नमः॥२०.१०॥
Bhavyaṁ tvaddhāma paśyanti bhavyāstebhyo namo namaḥ||20.10||
Bow, bow theme auspicious, who, nowhere without leaving and nothing without leaving, sees this very one auspicious Your abode||20.10||
भक्तिलक्ष्मीसमृद्धानां किमन्यदुपयाचितम्।
Bhaktilakṣmīsamṛddhānāṁ kimanyadupayācitam|
एतया वा दरिद्रणां किमन्यदुपयाचितम्॥२०.११॥
Etayā vā daridraṇāṁ kimanyadupayācitam||20.11||
What else could be begged by those who are rich in the Śrī of devotion? And what else could be begged by those who are poor in it destitute?||20.11||
दुःखान्यपि सुखायन्ते विषमप्यमृतायते।
Duḥkhānyapi sukhāyante viṣamapyamṛtāyate|
मोक्षायते च संसारो यत्र मार्गः स शङ्करः॥२०.१२॥
Mokṣāyate ca saṁsāro yatra mārgaḥ sa śaṅkaraḥ||20.12||
Where and sorrows become happiness, and poison — nectar, and the cycle of existence — liberation, — that one path and is Śaṅkara||20.12||
मूले मध्येऽवसाने च नास्ति दुःखं भवज्जुषां।
Mūle madhye'vasāne ca nāsti duḥkhaṁ bhavajjuṣāṁ|
तथापि वयमीशान सीदामः कथमुच्यताम्॥२०.१३॥
Tathāpi vayamīśāna sīdāmaḥ kathamucyatām||20.13||
For those devoted to You there is (na asti) no sorrow neither at the beginning, nor in the middle, nor at the end. And yet, O Lord, we languish. Let it be said, how this||20.13||
ज्ञानयोगादिनान्येषामप्यपेक्षितुमर्हति।
Jñānayogādinānyeṣāmapyapekṣitumarhati|
प्रकाशः स्वैरिणामिव भवान्भक्तिमतां प्रभो॥२०.१४॥
Prakāśaḥ svairiṇāmiva bhavānbhaktimatāṁ prabho||20.14||
O Lord, Thou, the Light of the devoted, needest not another — in knowledge, yoga, and the like, — as wanton women||20.14||
भक्तानां नार्तयो नाप्यस्त्याध्यानं स्वात्मनस्तव।
Bhaktānāṁ nārtayo nāpyastyādhyānaṁ svātmanastava|
तथाप्यस्ति शिवेत्येतत्किमप्येषां बहिर्मुखे॥२०.१५॥
Tathāpyasti śivetyetatkimapyeṣāṁ bahirmukhe||20.15||
For devotees there is no affliction, nor (na api) contemplation of their own self — of Thee. And yet there is in them something turned outward: this very thing — “Śiva!” (śiva iti)||20.15||
सर्वाभासावभासो यो विमर्शवलितोऽखिलम्।
Sarvābhāsāvabhāso yo vimarśavalito'khilam|
अहमेतदिति स्तौमि तां क्रियाशक्तिमीश ते॥२०.१६॥
Ahametaditi staumi tāṁ kriyāśaktimīśa te||20.16||
The Lord, I praise that Your Power of Action, which is the light of all phenomena, enveloped by the echo: “All this — I”||20.16||
वर्तन्ते जन्तवोऽशेषा अपि ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्णवः।
Vartante jantavo'śeṣā api brahmendraviṣṇavaḥ|
ग्रसमानास्ततो वन्दे देव विश्वं भवन्मयम्॥२०.१७॥
Grasamānāstato vande deva viśvaṁ bhavanmayam||20.17||
O God, all creatures — and Brahma, Indra and Viṣṇu — live, devouring. Therefore I praise the universe, consisting of You||20.17||
सतो विनाशसम्बन्धान्मत्परं निखिलं मृषा।
Sato vināśasambandhānmatparaṁ nikhilaṁ mṛṣā|
एवमेवोद्यते नाथ त्वया संहारलीलया॥२०.१८॥
Evamevodyate nātha tvayā saṁhāralīlayā||20.18||
Therefore that the existent is bound to destruction, — everything except me is false. Just so, Lord, Thou dost proclaim through the play of withdrawal||20.18||
ध्यातमात्मुपतिष्ठत एव त्वद्वपुर्वरद भक्तिधनानाम्।
Dhyātamātmupatiṣṭhata eva tvadvapurvarada bhaktidhanānām|
अप्यचिन्त्यमखिलाद्भुतचिन्ताकर्तृतां प्रति च ते विजयन्ते॥२०.१९॥
Apyacintyamakhilādbhutacintākartṛtāṁ prati ca te vijayante||20.19||
Giver of gifts, Your body appears to those whose wealth is devotion, from mere contemplation. And inconceivable Your deeds triumph — in regard to being the maker of every wondrous thought||20.19||
तावकभक्तिरसासवसेकादिव सुखितमर्ममण्डलस्फुरितैः।
Tāvakabhaktirasāsavasekādiva sukhitamarmamaṇḍalasphuritaiḥ|
नृत्यति वीरजनो निशि वेतालकुलैः कृतोत्साहः॥२०.२०॥
Nṛtyati vīrajano niśi vetālakulaiḥ kṛtotsāhaḥ||20.20||
As if from the sprinkling of the intoxicating juice of devotion to Thee, the host of heroes, whose happy knots of the body have quivered, dances by night, inspired by the hosts of vetālas||20.20||
आरब्धा भवदभिनुतिरमुना येनाङ्गकेन मम शम्भो।
Ārabdhā bhavadabhinutiramunā yenāṅgakena mama śambho|
तेनापर्यन्तमिमं कालं दृढमखिलमेव भविषीष्ट॥२०.२१॥
Tenāparyantamimaṁ kālaṁ dṛḍhamakhilameva bhaviṣīṣṭa||20.21||
Śambhu, by that my body, by which begun this praise of You, — may I be this time endless, firmly and entirely (akhilam eva)||20.21||
← Hymn 19 — Udyotanābhidhānamekonaviṁśaṁ stotram
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī and IAST) has been carried over unchanged from the website of Gabriel Pradīpaka: Hymn 20 — Carvarṇābhidhānaṁ viṁśaṁ stotram. Stanzas 20.1–20.21 have been translated directly from the Sanskrit, for this site: there is no exposition that could serve as a basis for them at the source.