Prayashchitta Sacred Hindu Practice Atonement Shiva / Vishnu / Devi other
Prayashchitta Sacred Hindu Practice Atonement Shiva / Vishnu / Devi other
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View lyrics page →Invocation and Acknowledgment of Sins
Original
करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा । श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधं । विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व । जय जय करुणाब्धे श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥
Transliteration
Karachara-kritam vaa vaak-kaaya-jam karma-jam vaa | Shravana-nayana-jam vaa maanasam vaa-paraadham | Vihitam-avihitam vaa sarvam-etat-kshamasva | Jaya jaya karunaabdhe shri-mahadheva shambho ||
Meaning / Translation
Forgive me for any offenses committed by my hands or feet, through my speech or my body, through my hearing or my eyes, or through my mind. Whether they were prescribed or forbidden, please forgive all these errors. Victory, victory to You, O Ocean of Compassion, O Great Lord Shambhu!
Admission of Ignorance
Original
न जानामि कानि च दोषं यद्वा मया दत्तं वधं वा ददामि । न जानामि कति वारं मयानां किञ्चिद्दोषं विधातं परम ॥
Transliteration
Na jaanaami kaani cha dosham yad-vaa mayaa dattam vadham vaa dadaami | Na jaanaami kati vaaram mayaanam kinchid-dosham vidhaatam parama ||
Meaning / Translation
I do not know what sins I have committed, whether I have caused harm or acted wrongly. I do not know how many times I have committed errors, O Supreme Being.
Plea for Mercy
Original
क्षमस्व मे महादेवि भगवति शम्भो शरणागतम् । अपराधसहस्राणि क्षमस्व मे शिव शम्भो ॥
Transliteration
Kshamasva me mahadevi bhagavati shambho sharanagatam | Aparadha-sahasraani kshamasva me shiva shambho ||
Meaning / Translation
Forgive me, O Great Lord, O Bhagavan Shambhu, for I have come to seek your refuge. Forgive my thousands of offenses, O Lord Shiva, O Shambhu.
Surrender to the Divine
Original
त्वामनुस्मरन् मृत्योः परं न गच्छामि । त्वामनुस्मरन् सर्वपापभ्यः मुच्ये ॥
Transliteration
Tvaamanusmaran mrityoh param na gachhaami | Tvaamanusmaran sarva-paapabhyaah mucye ||
Meaning / Translation
By remembering You, I shall not attain the ultimate state of death (liberation from the cycle of rebirth through fear). By remembering You, I am liberated from all sins.