Swarna
Mala Sthuthi
(The
prayer of golden garland)
By
Aadhi
Shankara Bhagawat Pada
Translated
by
P.R.Ramachander
(The
sanskrit original is available in http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/suvarNamaalaa.pdf.
There is also a translation posted by Sri Sai deo in the Kanchi forum.)
1.Isha
, Girisha , naresha, paresha , Mahesha , bhileshaya bhooshana bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh
God, Oh Lord of the mountain, Oh Lord of the men ,
Oh
greatest God , Oh God of the divine ,
Oh
God who wears serpents as ornaments..
2.Umaya divya sumangala vigraha valingitha vamanga vibho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh
God who is hugged by the very auspicious divine Parvathi,
Who
occupies the left side of your body.
3.Uri
Kuru mama ajnam anadham , duri kuru , may duritham bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Accept
the ignorance of this orphan, and drive away my sufferings.
4.Rishi
vara manasa hamsa, chara chara janana sthithi , laya karana bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh
God who is the swan of the minds of
blessed sages,
And
who is the cause of birth , upkeep and death of all beings.
4.Antha
karana vishudhim bhakthim , cha thwayi sathim pradehi vibho
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Your
consort Sathi will grant us purity of mind and devotion towards you.
5.Karuna
varunalaya mayi dasa udhasasthavochitho
na hi bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh
ocean of mercy , to you it is not proper
to be indifferent to me who is your
slave.
6.Jaya Kailasa nivasa , pramatha
ganadhisha bhoo sura architha bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Victory to one who lives on Kailasa,
the Lord of Pramadhas,
And the one who is worshipped by
Brahmins.
7.Janutha kaja kingkinu
jhanuthat shabdhair natasi maha nata
bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh Great dancer who dances making sounds like Janu , kaja,
kinkini jhanu.
8.Dharma sthapana Daksha
trayaksha guro Daksha yajna shikshaka bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh
teacher who installs Dharma , who has three eyes,
And
who punished Daksha during the fire
sacrifice.
8.Balam aarogyam cha ayus twad ruchithaam chiram pradehi
prabho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Please give me
for a long time to come, strength, health and
long life,
And
mind attracted to your great
qualities, Oh Lord.
9.Bhagawan , BHarga bhayapaha bhuta pathe, bhoothi bhooshithanga vibho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh God, Oh destroyer of sins, Oh
remover of fear,
Oh God who coats all his body with
sacred ash.
10.Sarva deva sarvothama, sarvada
durvrutha harana prabho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh God who destroys , Oh the
greatest among all,
Please destroy the pride of those
with bad character.
11.Shad ripu , shadoorumi, shad vikara hara, San mukha Shanmukha janaka
vibho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh destroyer of six enemies*, six
anxieties** and six changes***,‘
Oh God with good face , Oh God who is father of Subrahmanya.
*Desire , anger , greed , lust ,
pride and jealousy
**Thirst, hunger, grief , infatuation
, old age and death
***Existence, birth, growth ,
maturity, decay and death
12.Sathyam jnanam , anantham ,
brahme thyalla lakshana lakshitha bho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Oh God who is Brahman characterized
by truth , consciousness and endlessness
13. Haha hoohoo mukha sura gayaka gitapadana padya vibho,
Samba
Sadashiva Shambho Sankara sharanam may thava charanayugam,
Oh
God with Parvathi , Oh ever peaceful one , Oh Source of happiness,
Oh
God who is the refuge , I surrender to the pair of your feet,
Whose greatness is praised by
celestial singers Haha and Hoohoo
Ithi Sri Shankaracharya krutha
swarnamalya Sthuthi.
Thus ends the prayer of golden
garland written by Aadhi Shankara.