Beautiful Rudra said: Your auspiciousness conquers all bringing supreme auspiciousness to those who know themselves You are the Beloved Lover The self of all, Namah Vasudevaya Namah the lotus from your navel is the true self of every object in every sense for you are consciousness yet ever peaceful, self contained and self delighted though beyond beginning or end you integrate and dissintegrate the essence of all things you are the inner self the means by which we perceive things you are the true form of the mind, the master sense (sentience, ambition, intellect) respect to the “greatest swan” who is completely self-maintained and completely maintains everyone you are the ultimate sun nourrishing and maintaining all beings you always purify everything with your mighty golden glow you are the thread from which the 4 ceremonies are woven into cloth thus you are the gateway to heaven and liberation you are the ultimate moon the true essence of flavor quenching the thirst of all beings the maintainer of the fertil triplicity: fluidity, viscosity and reproductive fluid you are the ultimate earth the essence of all solid forms by which things can be differenciated you are the ultimate air the joiner of earth to space inlivener of intellectual, emotional and physical strength you are the ultimate space the essence at the inside and outside of everything the most subtle of the physical elements that gives shape to meaning by a special light wave (sound) you are the ability to achieve good results by positive and negative action and you are the ability also to achieve sadness and death which dissuade us from disintegral deeds (by both we learn what is dharma and adharma) namaste to the master and essence of supreme fulfillment of deeds and desires namaste to the realest of the real to krishna, the original person whose heart is never troubled because he is the master of knowledge and its in-action namaste to you who nourrish the three energies that manifest the self's individuality you are the true form of all the words and objects that excite the mind i want to see you the way your beloved see you please show me that beauty that delights and sooths all the senses of your most intimate and beloved friends your complexion glistens like a thick black cloud full of water from the ocean of all beauty and about to burst in a downpour of affection your arms elegantly extend to the four directions and your face is like the center of a delightful noble lotus flower your beautiful eyes, eyebrows, nose, teeth, forehead and ears are like the broad petals of that lotus all well ornamented from behind beautiful curls of hair loving glances peak out cloth and earings sparkle like glistening lotus saffron you are enriched with the finest accesories: a crown, bracelets, necklaces of flowers and pearls, anklets, belts and a conch, a disc, a club and a lotus these accessories glitter on your wide lion like shoulders while the kaustubha gem graces your neck and on the chest there is a streak left by the goddess of beauty your abdomen is flat and wide like a banyan leaf with lines that move when you breath your navel twirls so deep that the universe seems to fall back into it your black hips are excesively delightful with golden belt and cloth your delicate feet, calves, knees and thighs are a joy to behold your feet are like the autumn lotus the toes of your feet are like the petal of the flower and the gloss from the shine of your toe nails disperses our inner darkness raise your heel to show us the sole of your foot which destroys all the worries of we, darkness dwellers if you want to realize your pure self and attain your true nature devotedly meditate on this form which bestows certainty the gods wish for it the self knowers strive to become one with it but only the power of love can achieve it this is why even the greatest people strive for such love, even though is so rare who would desire anything else or any sense of love not rooted in you time is so powerful and forceful that it destroys everything with less effort than it takes to flick an eyebrow but time looses all confidence when it comes to this pure love neither paradise nor even liberation from rebirth can compare to the value of being truly close to one who is truly close to the all attractive (even just an instant) there is simply no highter ambition for any mortal so please grant us the affection of intimate connection to those whose sympathetic hearts and deeds are pure inside and out washed in the sacred waters of their impecable attraction to your inmaculate feet the completely pure hearts of such people are not motivated for any extrinsic profit nor they bore to sleep they are thrilled to be gratified and favoured by love itself which certainly pulls you into their contemplative perceptions you are brahman the supreme light everything that exist is an expression of it and thus it shines within everything it is similar to space of which every physical thing is an expression and embodiment brahman which is consciousness itself is unchanging and unalterable yet is the power from which multitude of changing forms pour forth, are sustained and are dissolved these forms can confuse and fragment our identities or they can stablish and express it i want to comprehend all these forms in relation to you Bhagavam and stablish my identity in that way those who are wise and expert have techniques and conceptions that allow them to utilize the things manifest by brahman physical things and the internal and external tools for interacting with them as indirect forms of you thus they can whole heartedly and expertly engage with you through their actions and thoughts in a wonderful way that yields the perfection i seek you are the original conscious being and your singular inherent latent power splits into three kinetic energies perceptivity (satva), motivation (rajas) and solidity (tamas) these interact to produce awareness and identity which produce space, air, fire, water and earth which are the bases for the bodies of the living creatures like us and sages who shape the universe into what it has become when your power creates the potential for such life forms then fractions of you permeate them and come to know themselves as citizens in four types of cities enjoing their faculties as a bee enjoys honey they do not perceive you at all but can guess that you exist because some great power beyond their control undoes everything that they do like clouds in the wind as a result of a destiny acquired by one living being living at the expense of another they are completly enthralled and obssessed with thoughts of how they can fulfill their umbriedled greed and desire for objects of enjoyment you, unaffected by such things put an end to their madness like a snake grabbing a mouse (licking its lips) time grabs us all of the sudden since disregarding you causes such destruction what educated person would avoid respecting your lotus feet my guru worshipped you having no doubt about this the 14 manus do this without hesitation in conclusion, the whole universe is terrified of the destruction that i , rudra am responsible for so the smartest thing we can do is seek fearlessness in YOU who is consciousness itself brahman and the supreme person paramatma Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.33-68 (translation by Vic Dicara)
SHIVA’S SONG
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