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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

द्वेधा नमो विमृशतः प्रतिभाति लोके
    वेदेषु वा विषमलोचन नान्यरूपम् |
यत्तन्नमस्त्वयि तदीश्वरताप्रयुक्तं
    त्वत्सन्निकर्षविहितं यदनीश्वरेषु || १९ ||  

  
Shloka as Romanized text

 

dvEdhA namO vimRushataH pratibhAti lOkE
    vEdEShu vA viShamalOchana nAnyarUpam |
yattannamastvayi tadIshvaratAprayuktaM
    tvatsannikarShavihitaM yadanIshvarEShu || 19 ||
    
( dvEdhA namO vimRushataH pratibhAti lOkE
    vEdEShu vA viShama lOchana na anya rUpam |
yat tam namaH tvayi tat IshvaratA prayuktaM
    tvat sannikarSha vihitaM yat anIshvarEShu || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh the Lord of uneven eyes (Three eyed)!
When one investigates, there are two types of Namaskarams 
told in the Vedas as well as in the custom.
There is no other form (of namaskaram).
Whichever is told to You is because of Your Ishvaratva;
Whichever is told to others, who are not Ishvara,
is because You are inherent in them!

 

 Notes: 

1. vimRushata - deliberate about; pratibhAti - marked;
prayuktam - directed.

2. There are only two types of salutations when one closely examines.
One is directly to God Shiva. The other is indirect - that appears
to be saluting someone else, but essentially indirectly salutes the
God Shiva, Who is energizing them.

See Also:1. ஹரதத்த சிவாச்சாரியார்