Adhyay 7 • Shlok 197

चौ0—»य'¡U 'U`ेनी सयनय 'Uर»ारी । दीन मलीन दरि…ý दय„ारी॥ »०¡ काल कछयU संपिि पार्§ । िग¡U पयनि कर'¡U संभय सेवकार्§॥ 1॥ बिपý ०क बादिक सिव पŒ`ा । कर§ सदा िेगिU का`य न दŒ`ा॥ परम साˇय परमारथ बिंदक । संभय 'Uपासक नगिंU गUरि निंदक॥ 2॥ िेगिU सेव'¡U माउ कपंU समेिा । mि` दयाल ुिि नीिि निकेरिा॥ बागिU` नमý दे„ि मôगिU सा§Z । बिपý पÉ‚Uाव पय˜ा की ना§Z॥ 3॥ संभय मं˜ा मôगिU mि`बर दी‹गUा । सयभ 'Uपदेस बिबिˇ बिˇि की‹गUा॥ `प'¡U मं˜ा सिव मंदिर `ार्§ । NUदय¡ दंभ ुगUमििि ुˇिकार्§॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

gayau¡ ujenī sunu uragŒrī, dīna malīna daridra dukhŒrī. gae¡ kŒla kachu sampati pŒī, taha ¡ puni karau ¡ sambhu sevakŒī.1. bipra eka baidika siva pµujŒ, karai sadŒ tehi kŒju na dµujŒ. parama sŒdhu paramŒratha bindaka, sambhu upŒsaka nahi ò hari nindaka.2. tehi sevau¡ mai ò kapa¢a sametŒ, dvija dayŒla ati nīti niketŒ. bŒhija namra dekhi mohi sŒī ¡, bipra paRhŒva putra kī nŒī ¡.3. sambhu mantra mohi dvijabara dīnhŒ, subha upadesa bibidha bidhi kīnhŒ. japau¡ mantra siva mandira jŒī, hṛdaya¡ dambha ahamiti adhikŒī.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

Listen, O enemy of serpents : I went to Ujjain—miserable, downcast, penniless and afflicted. When sometime had elapsed, I acquired some wealth and after that I began worshipping Lord Ýambhu at that very place. There was a BrŒhma˜a there who constantly worshipped Lord Ýiva according to the Vedic rites and had no other occupation. He was an extremely pious soul and a knower of the highest truth, a votary of Lord Ýambhu but no reviler of Ýr¶ Hari. I served him though with a guileful heart. The BrŒhma˜a was very kind-hearted and an abode of piety. Seeing me outwardly so humble, my Lord, the BrŒhma˜a taught me as his own son. The great BrŒhma˜a imparted to me a mystic formula sacred to Lord Ýambhu and gave me every kind of good advice. I used to go to a temple of Lord Ýiva and repeat the formula there with unbounded ostentation and conceit in my heart. (1—4)

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