नमः कृष्णाय नीलाय शितिकण्ठनिभाय च ।
नमः कालाग्निरूपाय कृतान्ताय च वै नमः ॥ १ ॥
namah krishnaya nilaya shitikanthanibhaya cha |
namah kalagnirupaya kritantaya cha vai namah || 1 ||
काळ्या, निळ्या, नीलकंठ [शिवा]सारख्या [वर्णाच्या] देवाला नमस्कार. कालाग्नीचे रूप असलेल्याला, [सर्वांचा] अंत करणाऱ्याला नमस्कार.
काले, नीले, नीलकण्ठ [शिव] के समान [वर्ण वाले] को नमस्कार। कालाग्नि-रूप को, और [सबका] अन्त करने वाले को नमस्कार।
Salutation to the dark one, the blue one, who is like the blue-throated [Śiva]; salutation to him whose form is the fire at the end of time, and to the Ender, salutation.
Word by word (English) & note
- कृष्णाय
- to the dark one
- नीलाय
- to the blue one
- शितिकण्ठनिभाय
- like the blue-throated Śiva
- कालाग्निरूपाय
- whose form is the fire at the end of time
- कृतान्ताय
- to the Ender, Death
Śitikaṇṭha, ‘blue-throated’, is Śiva; Śani is likened to the colour of his throat. Kālāgni is the fire that burns the worlds at the end of time, and Kṛtānta, ‘the one who makes an end’, is a name of Death.
नमो निर्मांसदेहाय दीर्घश्मश्रुजटाय च ।
नमो विशालनेत्राय शुष्कोदरभयाकृते ॥ २ ॥
namo nirmansadehaya dirghashmashrujataya cha |
namo vishalanetraya shushkodarabhayakrite || 2 ||
मांसरहित देह असलेल्या, लांब दाढी आणि जटा असलेल्याला नमस्कार. विशाल नेत्रांच्या, शुष्क उदराच्या, भयंकर आकृतीच्या देवाला नमस्कार.
मांसरहित देह वाले, लम्बी दाढ़ी और जटाओं वाले को नमस्कार। विशाल नेत्रों वाले, सूखे उदर और भयानक आकृति वाले को नमस्कार।
Salutation to him whose body has no flesh, whose beard and matted hair are long; salutation to the wide-eyed one, with shrunken belly and fearsome form.
Word by word (English)
- निर्मांसदेहाय
- whose body has no flesh
- दीर्घश्मश्रुजटाय
- with long beard and matted hair
- विशालनेत्राय
- the wide-eyed one
- शुष्कोदर
- with shrunken belly
- भयाकृते
- of fearsome form
नमः पुष्कलगात्राय स्थूलरोम्णेऽथ वै नमः ।
नमो दीर्घाय शुष्काय कालदंष्ट्र नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३ ॥
namah pushkalagatraya sthularomne'tha vai namah |
namo dirghaya shushkaya kaladanshtra namo'stu te || 3 ||
विशाल देहाच्या, आणि दाट-जाड केसांच्या देवाला नमस्कार. उंच, कृश [देहाच्या] देवाला नमस्कार; हे काळाच्या दाढा असलेल्या, तुला नमस्कार.
विशाल शरीर वाले को, और घने-मोटे रोमों वाले को नमस्कार। लम्बे, सूखे [शरीर वाले] को नमस्कार; हे काल के दाँतों वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार।
Salutation to him of huge frame, and to him of coarse hair, salutation; salutation to the tall one, the gaunt one; O you with the fangs of Kāla, salutation to you.
Word by word (English) & note
- पुष्कलगात्राय
- of huge frame
- स्थूलरोम्णे
- of coarse hair
- दीर्घाय
- to the tall one
- शुष्काय
- to the gaunt one
- कालदंष्ट्र
- O you with the fangs of Kāla
Kāla means both ‘black’ and ‘time’, the Death that devours all, so कालदंष्ट्र is ‘black-fanged’ or ‘with the fangs of Death’. The Ānandāśrama edition reads स्थूलरोम्णे च वै नमः, with the same meaning.
नमस्ते कोटराक्षाय दुर्निरीक्ष्याय वै नमः ।
नमो घोराय रौद्राय भीषणाय कपालिने ॥ ४ ॥
namaste kotarakshaya durnirikshyaya vai namah |
namo ghoraya raudraya bhishanaya kapaline || 4 ||
झाडाच्या ढोलीसारखे खोल डोळे असलेल्या, तुला नमस्कार; ज्याच्याकडे पाहणे कठीण, त्याला नमस्कार. घोर, रौद्र, भीषण, कपालधारी देवाला नमस्कार.
पेड़ के कोटर जैसी गहरी आँखों वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार; जिन्हें देख पाना कठिन है, उन्हें नमस्कार। घोर, रौद्र, भीषण, कपाल धारण करने वाले को नमस्कार।
Salutation to you whose eyes are sunk like hollows, to him who is hard to look upon, salutation; salutation to the terrible one, the fierce one, the dreadful one, the bearer of the skull.
Word by word (English) & note
- कोटराक्षाय
- whose eyes are sunk like hollows
- दुर्निरीक्ष्याय
- hard to look upon
- घोराय
- to the terrible one
- रौद्राय
- to the fierce one
- भीषणाय
- to the dreadful one
- कपालिने
- to the bearer of the skull
Koṭara is the hollow in a tree. The Ānandāśrama edition reads कोटराख्याय, ‘called Koṭara’, and करालिने, ‘the formidable one, with gaping jaws’, for कपालिने, ‘the bearer of the skull’. The Veṅkaṭeśvara printing gives करालिने as another reading, and the longer recension on sanskritdocuments.org has it too.
नमस्ते सर्वभक्षाय वलीमुख नमोऽस्तु ते ।
सूर्यपुत्र नमस्तेऽस्तु भास्करेऽभयदाय च ॥ ५ ॥
namaste sarvabhakshaya valimukha namo'stu te |
suryaputra namaste'stu bhaskare'bhayadaya cha || 5 ||
सर्वांचे भक्षण करणाऱ्या, तुला नमस्कार; हे सुरकुतलेल्या मुखाच्या, तुला नमस्कार. हे सूर्यपुत्रा, तुला नमस्कार; हे भास्करपुत्रा, अभय देणाऱ्या [तुला नमस्कार].
सबका भक्षण करने वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार; हे झुर्रियों भरे मुख वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार। हे सूर्यपुत्र, तुम्हें नमस्कार; हे भास्कर-पुत्र, अभय देने वाले [तुम्हें नमस्कार]।
Salutation to you, the devourer of all; O wrinkle-faced one, salutation to you. O son of the Sun, salutation to you; O son of Bhāskara, [salutation] to the giver of freedom from fear.
Word by word (English) & note
- सर्वभक्षाय
- the devourer of all
- वलीमुख
- O wrinkle-faced one
- सूर्यपुत्र
- O son of the Sun
- भास्करे
- O son of Bhāskara
- अभयदाय
- to the giver of freedom from fear
Bhāskara, ‘maker of light’, is the Sun, and भास्करे calls on his son. The Ānandāśrama edition prints भास्करेऽभयदाय, ‘to the giver of freedom from fear’; the Veṅkaṭeśvara printing, which never marks the dropped a, can also be read भास्करे भयदाय, ‘to the giver of fear’, as Wikisource has it. वलीमुख, ‘wrinkle-faced’, is spelt बलीमुख in some copies.
अधोदृष्टे नमस्तेऽस्तु संवर्तक नमोऽस्तु ते ।
नमो मन्दगते तुभ्यं निस्त्रिंशाय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ६ ॥
adhodrishte namaste'stu samvartaka namo'stu te |
namo mandagate tubhyam nistrinshaya namo'stu te || 6 ||
हे खाली दृष्टी ठेवणाऱ्या, तुला नमस्कार; हे प्रलय करणाऱ्या संवर्तका, तुला नमस्कार. मंद गतीने चालणाऱ्या, तुला नमस्कार; निर्दया, तुला नमस्कार.
हे नीची दृष्टि वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार; हे प्रलय करने वाले संवर्तक, तुम्हें नमस्कार। मन्द गति से चलने वाले, तुम्हें नमस्कार; हे निर्दय, तुम्हें नमस्कार।
O you of downcast gaze, salutation to you; O destroyer at the world’s end, salutation to you. Salutation to you who move slowly; to the merciless one, salutation to you.
Word by word (English) & note
- अधोदृष्टे
- O you of downcast gaze
- संवर्तक
- O destroyer at the world’s end
- मन्दगते
- O slow-moving one
- निस्त्रिंशाय
- to the merciless one
Verse 9 gives the reason for the lowered gaze: whatever Śani looks upon perishes. Saṃvartaka is the destroyer at the dissolution of the world. Mandagati, ‘slow-moving’, says what the name Śanaiścara means: Śani is the slowest of the planets. Nistriṃśa is a sword, and so ‘merciless’.
तपसा दग्धदेहाय नित्यं योगरताय च ।
नमो नित्यं क्षुधार्ताय अतृप्ताय च वै नमः ॥ ७ ॥
tapasa dagdhadehaya nityam yogarataya cha |
namo nityam kshudhartaya atriptaya cha vai namah || 7 ||
तपाने देह दग्ध झालेल्या, सदैव योगात रत असलेल्या [तुला नमस्कार]; सदैव भुकेने व्याकुळ असलेल्याला नमस्कार, आणि कधीही तृप्त न होणाऱ्याला नमस्कार.
तप से दग्ध देह वाले, सदा योग में रत [तुम्हें नमस्कार]; सदा भूख से पीड़ित को नमस्कार, और कभी तृप्त न होने वाले को नमस्कार।
[Salutation] to him whose body is burnt by austerity, who is ever devoted to yoga; salutation to him who is always tormented by hunger, and to the never-satisfied one, salutation.
Word by word (English)
- तपसा
- by austerity
- दग्धदेहाय
- whose body is burnt
- योगरताय
- devoted to yoga
- क्षुधार्ताय
- tormented by hunger
- अतृप्ताय
- the never-satisfied one
ज्ञानचक्षुर्नमस्तेऽस्तु कश्यपात्मजसूनवे ।
तुष्टो ददासि वै राज्यं रुष्टो हरसि तत्क्षणात् ॥ ८ ॥
jnanachakshurnamaste'stu kashyapatmajasunave |
tushto dadasi vai rajyam rushto harasi tatkshanat || 8 ||
हे ज्ञानचक्षू, कश्यपपुत्र [सूर्या]च्या पुत्रा, तुला नमस्कार. संतुष्ट होऊन तू राज्य देतोस, आणि रुष्ट होऊन त्याच क्षणी हिरावून घेतोस.
हे ज्ञान-नेत्र वाले, कश्यप के पुत्र [सूर्य] के पुत्र, तुम्हें नमस्कार। प्रसन्न होकर तुम राज्य दे देते हो, और रुष्ट होकर उसी क्षण हर लेते हो।
O you whose eye is knowledge, salutation to you, son of Kaśyapa’s son. Pleased, you give a kingdom; angered, you take it away that very moment.
Word by word (English) & note
- ज्ञानचक्षुः
- O you whose eye is knowledge
- कश्यपात्मजसूनवे
- to the son of Kaśyapa’s son
- तुष्टः
- pleased
- रुष्टः
- angered
- तत्क्षणात्
- that very moment
Kaśyapa’s son is the Sun, so his son is Śani.
देवासुरमनुष्याश्च सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः ।
त्वया विलोकिताः सर्वे नाशं यान्ति समूलतः ॥ ९ ॥
devasuramanushyashcha siddhavidyadharoragah |
tvaya vilokitah sarve nasham yanti samulatah || 9 ||
देव, असुर आणि मनुष्य, सिद्ध, विद्याधर आणि नाग: ज्यांच्यावर तुझी दृष्टी पडते, ते सर्व समूळ नष्ट होतात.
देव, असुर और मनुष्य, सिद्ध, विद्याधर और नाग: जिन पर तुम्हारी दृष्टि पड़ती है, वे सब जड़ सहित नष्ट हो जाते हैं।
Gods, demons and humans, Siddhas, Vidyādharas and serpents: all whom you look upon perish, root and all.
Word by word (English) & note
- सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः
- Siddhas, Vidyādharas and serpents
- त्वया विलोकिताः
- looked upon by you
- नाशं यान्ति
- perish
- समूलतः
- root and all
Siddhas and Vidyādharas are semi-divine beings of the sky. Before this praise, Śani says the same of himself: ‘those I look upon turn to ashes’.
प्रसादं कुरु मे देव वरार्होऽहमुपागतः ।
एवं स्तुतस्तदा सौरिर्ग्रहराजो महाबलः ॥ १० ॥
prasadam kuru me deva vararho'hamupagatah |
evam stutastada saurirgraharajo mahabalah || 10 ||
हे देवा, माझ्यावर कृपा कर; वरास पात्र होऊन मी [तुझ्याकडे] आलो आहे. अशा रीतीने तेव्हा महाबली ग्रहराज सौरी [शनी] याची स्तुती झाली.
हे देव, मुझ पर कृपा करो; मैं वर के योग्य होकर [तुम्हारे पास] आया हूँ। इस प्रकार तब महाबली ग्रहराज सौरि [शनि] की स्तुति हुई।
Be gracious to me, O god; I have come to you, worthy of a boon. Thus then was Sauri praised, the mighty king of the planets.
Word by word (English) & note
- प्रसादं कुरु
- be gracious
- वरार्हः
- worthy of a boon
- उपागतः
- have come
- सौरिः
- Sauri, son of the Sun
- ग्रहराजः
- king of the planets
- महाबलः
- mighty
Sauri, ‘son of Sūrya’, is Śani. The second line is the Purāṇa’s narration: in the chapter it runs on into Śani’s reply, in which he grants the stotra’s blessing. Some copies on the web give the first line as प्रसादं कुरु मे सौरे वरदो भव भास्करे, ‘be gracious to me, Sauri; grant me boons, son of the Sun’. Both printings of the Purāṇa read as here, and we have not found the other reading in print.