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 \English
Shri Shiva
Mahimna Stotram\ 
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(See Sanskrit, Marathi and
Comparative Mahimna)
Mahii paadaaghaataad vrajati
sahasaa samshayapadam
padam visnorbhraamyad
bhujaparigharugnagrahaganam
/
Muhurdyaurdausthyam yaatyanibhritajataataaditatataa
jagadraksaayai
tvam natasi
nanu vaamaiva vibhutaa //16//
Paraphrase (PR):
On account of the blow
(aaghaataat)
of (Your)
feet (paada),
the earth (mahii)
suddenly (sahasaa)
doubts (vrajati... samshaya-padam);
(in fact, the
entire) three
worlds --lit. "the (three) steps of Vísnu--
(paadam visnoh),
which consist of multitude (ganám)
of planets (gráha)
shattered (rugná)
by
(Your)
arms (bhuja)
resembling iron bars (parigha),
experience perplexity (bhraamyat).
All of a
sudden (muhúr),
the sky (dyauh)
becomes (yaati)
miserable (dausthyam)
(inasmuch as its)
sloping sides
(tataah)
are beaten (taadita)
by
(Your)
undulant (anibhrita)
twisted locks of hair
(jataa)
(when)
You (tvám)
dances (natasi)
for protecting (raksaayai)
the world (jágat).
Certainly (evá),
(Your own)
Power and Supremacy (vibhutaa)
(are)
unfavorable
(this time) (vaamaa),
no doubt about it (nanú).
(16)
CR:
SM:
Viyadvyaapii taaraaganagunitaphenodgamarucih
pravaaho vaaraam yah
prisatalaghudristah
shirasi te /
Jagaddviipaakaaram jaladhivalayam tena kritami-
tyanenaivonneyam dhritamahima divyam
tava vapuh
//17//
Paraphrase (PR):
That
(yah)
continuous flow (pravaahah)
of waters --this is an
epithet for the heavenly river known as "Mandaakinii"--
(vaaraam) which spreads
(vyaapii) through the Heaven
(viyát),
(and whose)
beauty (rucíh)
appearing (udgama)
as foam (phéna)
is intensified (gunita)
by multitude
(ganá)
of stars (taaraa),
is seen (dristah)
(as)
minute (laghú)
(as)
a drop of water (prisata)
in Your (te)
head (shirasi).
The world (jágat)
(is)
produced (kritám)
by that
(very sacred river)
(téna) in the form
(aakaarám) of
(seven)
islands (dviipá)
encircled (valayam)
by the ocean (jaladhi).
Thus (iti),
from this
(statement)
(anena evá),
Your (táva)
Divine (divyám)
Form (vápus)
possessed of firm and constant (dhritá)
greatness (mahima)
(can be easily)
inferred by analogy (unneyam).
(17)
CR:
SM:
Rathah
ksonii
yantaa shatadhritiragendro dhanuratho
rathaange candraarkau rathacaranapaanih
shara iti /
Didhaksoste
ko'yam tripuratrinamaadambaravidhi-
rvidheyaih
kriidantyo
na khalu paratantraah
prabhudhiyah
//18//
Paraphrase (PR):
(Your)
chariot
(ráthah)
(was)
the earth (ksonii),
the charioteer (yantaa)(was)
Brahmaa --also called "Shatadhriti",
literally meaning "having a hundred sacrifices"-- (shatadhritih),
mount Meru --also known as "Agendra",
literally meaning "king of the mountains"-- (agendrah),
(was Your)
bow (dhánus);
likewise (átho)
the two wheels (ange)
of
(Your)
chariot (ráthah)
(were)
the sun --arká--
and the moon --candrá--
(candraarkau),
(and)
Vísnu
--also called "Rathacaranapaani",
literally meaning "having in his hands the wheel of a chariot"--
(rathacaranapaanih)
(was Your)
arrow (sharáh
iti) when You --tvám--
(te) desired
to burn --didhaksu--
(didhaksoh)
the three (trí)
cities (pura),
(which were
as) grass
(trinam)
(to You).
(Still),
what is the point (káh)
of this (ayám)
resounding (aadámbara)
act (vidhih)?
(As a matter
of fact,) the
Thoughts (dhiyah)
of the Lord (prabhú)
are not (ná khálu)
dependent (tantraah)
on anything else
(pára),
(but)
they were playing (kriidantyah)
with objects being at Their
disposal (vidheyaih).
(18)
CR:
SM:
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Shri Shiva
Mahimna Stotram\
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