सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

14 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
I salute you, O God of gods; I salute you, O ocean of
compassion and O one who is skilled in the process of creation
of the entire world including us (18), O Śambhu, the creator
of the world and lord of the world ! you are the omniscient,
all - powerful and all - doing ancient one. (19)
इति संप्राथितः शम्भुर्ब्रह्मणा विश्वनायकः।
उपायमवदत् तस्मै लोकसृष्टिप्रवर्तनम्।।२०।।
iti samprārthitaḥ śambhurbrahmaṇā viśvanāyakaḥ |
upāyamavadat tasmai lokasṛṣṭipravartanam ||20||
Having been requested by Brahman, Śambhu, the lord
of the universe propounded to him the means leading to the
creation of the world. (20)
उपायमीश्वरेणोक्तं लब्ध्वाऽपि चतुराननः।
न समर्थोऽभवत् कर्तुं नानारूपमिदं जगत्।।२१।।
upāyamīśvareṇoktaṁ labdhvā'pi caturānanaḥ |
na samartho'bhavat kartuṁ nānārūpamidaṁ jagat ||21||
Even after getting to know the means told by the Lord,
the four - faced god, i.e., Brahman was not able to create this
multifarious world. (21)
पुनस्तं प्रार्थयामास ब्रह्मा विह्वलमानसः।
देवदेव महादेव जगत्प्रथमकारण।।२२।।
नमस्ते सच्चिदानन्द स्वेच्छाविग्रहराजित।
भव शर्व महेशान सर्वकारणकारण।।२३।।
punastaṁ prārthayāmsa brahmā vihvalamānasaḥ |
devadeva mahādeva jagatprathamakāraṇa ||22||
namaste saccidānanda svecchāvigraharājita |
bhava śarva maheśāna sarvakāraṇakāraṇa ||23||
Again Brahman whose mind was agitated by fear, began
to appeal to him saying - ‘O God of gods, O Great God, O

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1. Veda and Upaniṣads : Philosophical Hymns of Ṛv. 15
   the first cause of the world (22), O one who is existence,
   intelligence and bliss, O one who shines in forms assumed
   according to one’s will, O the potential being, O the annihilator
   of all, O the Lord of all, O the cause of all causes, I salute
   you. (23)
   भवदुक्तो ह्युपायो मे न किञ्चिज्जायतेऽधुना।
   सृष्टिं विधेहि भगवन् प्रथमं परमेश्वर।।
   ज्ञातोपायस्ततः कुर्यां जगत्सृष्टिमुमापते।।२४।।
   bhavadukto hyupāyo me na kiñcijjñāyate'dhunā |
   sṛṣṭiṁ vidhehi bhagavan prathamaṁ parameśvara ||
   jñātopāyastataḥ kuryāṁ jagatsṛṣṭimumāpate ||24||
   O Lord, the means which you stated is now least grasped
   by me. O Supreme Lord, please do the creation first and
   after knowing the means, O Lord of Umā, I shall do the
   creation of the world. (24)
   इत्येवं प्रार्थितः शम्भुर्ब्रह्मणा विश्वयोनिना।
   ससर्जात्मसमप्रख्यान् सर्वगान् सर्वशक्तिकान्।।२५।।
   प्रबोधपरमानन्दपरिवाहितमानसान् ।
   प्रमथान् विश्वनिर्माणप्रलयापादनक्षमान्।।२६।।
   ityevaṁ prārthitaḥ śambhurbrahmaṇā viśvayoninā |
   sasarjātmasamaprakhyān sarvagān sarvaśaktikān ||25||
   prabodhaparamānandaparivāhitamānasān |
   pramathān viśvanirmāṇapralayāpādanakṣamān ||26||
   Having been thus requested by Brahman, the source of
   the universe, Śambhu created some first lords, Pramathas
   who were well known like himself, who moved everywhere,
   who were endowed with all powers (25), whose minds were
   inundated by the supreme bliss of knowledge and who were
   capable of creating the world and effecting its
   annihilation. (26)