pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: द्वादशस्त्रासनश्चाद्यो यज्ञो यज्ञसमाहितः। नक्तं कलिश्च कालश्च मकरः कालपूजितः॥
English: You are the twelve states through which a person passes; you are he who causes fear; you are the beginning of all things; you are he who unites Individual Soul with Supreme Brahima through Yoga; you are at one with that yoga which brings about such a union between the Individual Soul and Supreme Brahma; you are unmanifest; you are the presiding god of the fourth age.
Sanskrit: सगणो गणकारश्च भूतवाहनसारथिः। भस्मशयो भस्मगोप्ता भस्मभूतस्तरुर्गणः॥
English: You are eternal Time; you are of the form of the Tortoise; you are adored by the Destroyer himself.
Sanskrit: लोकपालस्तथालोको महात्मा सर्वपूजितः। शुक्लस्त्रिशुक्लः सम्पन्नः शुचिर्भूतनिषेवितः॥
English: You live in the midst company; you admit your devotees as members of your Gana; you have Brahman himself for the driver of your car; you sleep on ashes; your protect the universe with ashes; you are he whose body is made of ashes, you are the tree that grants the fruition of all wishes; you are of the form of those who make up your Gana.
Sanskrit: आश्रमस्थः क्रियावस्थो विश्वकर्ममतिर्वरः। विशालशाखस्ताम्रोष्ठो ह्यम्बुजाल: सुनिश्चलः॥
English: You are the protector of the fourteen regions; you are above all the regions; you are full; you are worshipped by all creatures; you arc white; you are he who has perfectly pure body, speech and mind; you are he who has attained to that purity of existence which is called Liberation; you are he who is incapable of being sullied by impurity of any sort; you are he who has been attained to by the great preceptors of old.
Sanskrit: कपिलः 1997: शुक्ल आयुश्चैव परोऽपरः। गन्धर्वो ह्यदितिस्तार्क्ष्यः सुविज्ञेयः सुशारदः॥
English: You live in the form of Righteousness or duty in the four modes of life; you are that Righteousness which is of the form of rites and sacrifices; you are of the form of that skill which the Divine architect possesses; you are he who is worshipped as the primeval form of the universe; you have huge arms; your lips are of a coppery colour; you are of the form of the vast waters that are contained in the Ocean; you are highly stable and fixed. are are
Sanskrit: परश्वधायुधो देवो अनुकारी सुबान्धवः। तुम्बवीणो महाक्रोध ऊर्ध्वरेता जलेशयः॥
English: You are Kapila; you are brown; you are all the hues whose mixture produces white; you are the period of life; you are ancient; you are recent; you are a Gandharva; you are the mother of the celestials in the form of Aditi; you are Garuda, the king of birds, born of Vinata by Kashyapa otherwise called Tarkshya; you capable of being comprehended easily; you are of excellent and agreeable speech.
Sanskrit: बन्धनो बन्धकर्ता च सुबन्धनविमोचनः। सयज्ञारिः सकामारिर्महादंष्ट्रो महायुधः॥
English: You are the fetters of the world which bind Individual soul, you are the creator of those fetters; you are the tearer of such fetters; you are he who lives with even the Daityas; you live with those who are the enemies of all acts; you have huge teeth and powerful weapons.
Sanskrit: धन्वन्तरिधूमकेतुः स्कन्दो वैश्रवणस्तथा। धाता शक्रश्च विष्णुश्च मित्रस्त्वष्टा ध्रुवो धरः॥
English: You are the king of physicians called Dhanvantari; you are a comet; you are the celestial commander-in-chief called Skanda; you are the king of the Yakshas, called Kubera, who is your in separable companion and who is the king of all riches in the world; you are Dhatri; you are Shakra; you are Vishnu; you are Mitra; you are Tashirik; you are the Pole Star; you are the upholder all things, you are the Prabhava amongst the Vasus.
Sanskrit: प्रभावः सर्वगो वायुरर्यमा सविता रविः। विधाता च मान्धाता भूतभावनः॥
English: You are the wind which can go everywhere you are Aryaman; you arc Savitri; you are Ravi; you are that ancient king of great celebrity known by the name of Ushangu; you are he who protects all creature in various ways; you are Mandhatri; you are he froin whom all creatures originate.
Sanskrit: विभुर्वर्णविभावी च सर्वकामगुणावहः। पद्मनाभो महागर्भश्चन्द्रवक्त्रोऽनिलोऽनलः॥
English: You are he who exists in various forms; you are he who makes the various colours exist in the universe; you are he who upholds all desires and all attributes; you are he who has the lotus on your navel; you are he within whose womb are numberless mighty creatures; you have a face beautiful as the moon; you are wind; you are fire.
Sanskrit: बलवांश्चोपशान्तश्च पुराणः पुण्यचञ्चुरी। कुरुकर्ता कुरुवासी कुरुभूतो गुणौषधः॥
English: You are possessed of great power; you are gifted with tranquillity of soul; you are old; you are he who is known with the help of Righteousness; you are Lakshmi; you are the maker of the field of action; you are he who resides in the field of action; you are the soul of the field of action; you are the medicine of the attributes of sovereignty and the others.
Sanskrit: सर्वाशयो दर्भचारी सर्वेषां प्राणिनां पतिः। देवदेवः सुखासक्तः सदसत्सर्वरलवित्॥
English: All things lie in you; you are the master of all creatures having life-breaths; you are the god of the gods; you are he who is attached to happiness; you are existent; you are nonexistent; you are he who possesses the best of all things.
Sanskrit: कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवद्रिरिसंश्रयः। कूलहारी कुलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रदः॥
English: You are he who lives on the summit of Kailasa; you are he who goes to the inountains of Himavat; you carry away all things by you like a powerful current washing away trees and other objects standing on its banks ; you are the maker of Pushkara and other large lakes and receptacles of natural water; you are possessed of infinite knowledge you are the giver of infinite blessings.
Sanskrit: वणिजो वर्धकी वृक्षो बकुलश्चन्दनश्छदः। सारग्रीवो महात्रुरलोलश्च महौषधः॥
English: You are a merchant; you are a carpenter; you are the trees; you are the tree called Bakula (Mimusops Elengi Linn); you are the sandal wood tree (Sanlaluin album Linn) you are the urce called Chechada (Alstonia Scholaris, syn. Echitis scholaris, Roxb); you are he whose neck is very strong; you are he whose shoulder-joint is huge; you are not restless; you are the principal herbs and plants with their produce.
Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थकारी सिद्धार्थश्छन्दोव्याकरणोत्तरः। सिंहनादः सिंहदंष्टः सिंहगः सिंहवाहनः॥
English: You are he who grants success upon others regarding the objects upon which they bestow their heart you are the correct conclusions of both the Vedas and Grammar, you are he who sends out lconine roars; you are endued with leonine fangs; you ride on the back of a lion for performing your journeys; you have a car drawn by a lion.
Sanskrit: प्रभावात्मा जगत्कालस्थालो लोकहितस्ततः। सारङ्गो नवचक्राङ्गः केतुमाली सभावनः॥
English: You are the truth of truth; you are he whose dish or plate is formed by the destroyer of the universe; you are always engaged in seeking the well-being of the worlds; you are he who saves all creatures from distress; you are the bird called Saranga; you are a new swan; you are he who is shown in beauty on account of the crest on your head; you are he who protects the place where assemblies of the wise sit for dispensing justice.
Sanskrit: भूतालयो भूतपतिरहोरात्रमनिन्दितः॥ वाहिता सर्वभूतानां निलयश्च विभुर्भवः।
English: You are the abode of all creaturcs; you are the Cherisher of all creatures; you are Day and Night; you are he who is without fault and, therefore, never censured; you are the upholder of all creatures; you are the refuge of all creatures; you are without birth; you are existent.
Sanskrit: अमोघः संयतो ह्यश्वो भोजनः प्राणधारणः॥ धृतिमान् मतिमान् दक्षः सत्कृतश्च युगाधिपः। गोपालिर्गोपतिमो गोचर्मवसनो हरिः॥
English: You are ever fruitful; you are endued with concentration and meditation; you are the horse Uchchaishravas; you are the giver of food; you are he who upholds the vital airs of living creatures; you are gifted with patience; you are possessed of intelligence; you are endued with exertion and cleverness, you are respected by all; you are the giver of the fruits of virtue and sin; you are the cherisher of the senses; you are the lord of all the luminaries; you are all collections of objects; you are he whose dresses are made of cow-hides; you are he who removes the sorrow of his devotees.
Sanskrit: हिरण्यबाहुश्च तथा गुहापालः प्रवेशिनाम्। प्रकृष्टारिर्महाहर्षो जितकामो जितेन्द्रियः॥
English: You have a golden arm; you are he who protects the bodies of Yogins who seek to enter their own selves; you are he who has reduced all his foes to nothingness; you are he the measure of whose gladness is very great; you are he who won victory over the god of love who is irresistible; you are he who has controlled his senses.
Sanskrit: नित्य आत्मसहायश्च देवासुरपतिः पतिः। युक्तश्च युक्तबाहुश्च देवो दिविसुपर्वणः।।१२०।
English: You are eternal an immutable as also dependent on yourself; you are the lord and protector of the gods and Asuras; you are the master and protector of all crealures; you are he who puts on a coat of mail; you are he whose arms are competent to grind all enemies; you are an object of worship with even him who is called Suparvan in heaven.
Sanskrit: आषाढश्च सुषाढश्च ध्रुवोऽथ हरिणो हरः। वपुरावर्तमानेभ्यो वसुश्रेष्ठो महापथः॥
English: You are he who gives the power of bearing or upholding all things; you are yourself competent to bear all things; you are fixed and steady; you are white or pure; you carry the trident that can destroy (all things) ; you give bodies to those that constantly revolve in the universe of birth and death; you are more valuable than riches; you are the conduct of the righteous.
Sanskrit: समाम्नायोऽसमाम्नायस्तीर्थदेवो महारथः। निर्जीवो जीवनो मन्त्रः शुभाक्षो बहुकर्कशः॥
English: You are the Veda; you are the Smritis the Itihasas, the Puranas, and other scriptures; you are the illustrious god of very sacred shrine; you are he who has the Earth for his car; you are the inert elements that form every creature; you are he who gives life into every combination of those inert elements; you are the Pranava and other sacred Mantras that put life into dead matter; you are he who casts peaceful looks; you are severely harsh.
Sanskrit: रत्नप्रभूतो रत्नाङ्गो महार्णवनिपानवित्। मूलं विशालो ह्यमृतो व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्तपोनिधिः॥
English: You are he in whom exist numberless precious attributes and possessions; you have a body that is red; you are he who has all the vast oceans for so many ponds filled for your drinking; you are the root of the tree of the world; you are escquisitely beautiful and shines with superior grandeur; you are of the form of ambrosia or nectar; you are both cause and effect; you are an ocean of penances.
Sanskrit: बहुमालो महामालः शशी हरसुलोचनः। विस्तारो लवण: कूपस्त्रियुगः सफलोदयः॥
English: You are he who continually shines in beauty; you put on garlands from neck to the feet; you are Hara having the Moon for his beautiful eye; you are the salt ocean of unmeasurable extent; you are the first three Yugas; you are he whose appearance is always full of advantage to others.
Sanskrit: हर्यक्षः ककुभो वज्री शतजिह्वः सहस्रपात्। सहस्रमूर्धा देवेन्द्रः सर्वदेवमयो गुरुः॥
English: You are he who is at one with the green eyed king of beasts; you are top of the form of all the points of the compass; you are he who is armed with the thunder; you are he who has a hundred tongues; you are he who has a thousand feet and thousand heads; you are the Jord and king of the celestials; you are he who is made up of all the gods; you are the great Lord or preceptor.
Sanskrit: सहस्रबाहुः सर्वाङ्गः शरण्यः सर्वलोककृत्। पवित्रं त्रिककुन्मन्त्रः कनिष्ठः कृष्णपिङ्गलः।
English: You are he who has a thousand arms; you are he who is competent to get the fruition of every wish; you are he whose protection is sought by every one; worlds; you are he who is the creator of all the worlds; you are he who is the great purifier of all from every sin, in the form of shrines and sacred waters; you are he who has three high Mantras; you are the youngest (son of Aditi and Kashyapa); you are both black and tawny.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मदण्डविनिर्माता शतघ्नीपाशशक्तिमान्। पद्मगर्भो महागर्भो ब्रह्मगर्भो जलोद्भवः॥
English: You are the maker of the Brahmana's rod; you are armed with the Sataghni, the noose, and the dart; you are he who was born within the primeval lotus; you are he who has a huge womb; you are he who has the Vedas in his womb; you are he who takes his rise from that infinite span of waters which appears after the dissolution of the universe.
Sanskrit: गभस्तिर्ब्रह्मकृद् ब्रह्मी ब्रह्मविद् ब्राह्मणो गतिः। अनन्तरूपो नैकात्मा तिग्मतेजाः स्वयम्भुवः॥
English: You are he who has the effulgent rays; you are the creator of the Vedas; you are he who studies the Vedas; you are he who knows the meaning of the Vedas; you are devoted to Brahma; you are the refuge of all persons devoted to Brahina; you are of numberless form; you have innumerable bodies; you have irresistible prowess.
Sanskrit: कर्णिकारमहास्त्रग्वी नीलमौलि: पिनाकधृत्। उमापतिरुमाकान्तो जाह्नवीधृदुमाधवः॥
English: You are adorned with a large garland of Karnikara flowers; you are adorned with a diade:n of blue gems; you re the wielder of the bow called Pinaka; you are the master of the science of Brahma; you are he who has controlled his senses by the help of your knowledge of Brahma; you are he who bears Ganga on your head; you are the husband of Uma the daughter of Himavat.
Sanskrit: वरो वराहो वरदो वरेण्यः सुमाहास्वनः। महाप्रसादो दमनः शत्रुहा श्वेतपिङ्गलः॥
English: You are powerful; you are he who protects the universe by assuming various incarnations; you are worthy of adoration; you are that primeval Being with the equine head who recited the Vedas with a thundering voice; you are he whose favour is very great; you are the great subjugator; you are he who has killed all his enemies; you are both white and tawny.
Sanskrit: पीतात्मा परमात्मा च प्रयतात्मा प्रधानधृत्। सर्वपार्श्वमुखस्त्र्यक्षो धर्मसाधारणो वरः॥
English: You have a goldhued body; you are he who is of the form of pure joy; you are of a controlled soul; you are the basis of Ignorance which is called Pradhana and which, consisting of the three qualities of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, is the cause whence the universe has originated; you are he whose faces are turned to every direction; you are he who has three eyes, you are he who is superior to all creatures.
Sanskrit: चराचरात्मा सूक्ष्मात्मा अमृतो गोवृषेश्वरः। साध्यर्षिर्वसुरादित्यो विवस्वान् सवितामृतः॥
English: You are the soul of all mobile and immobile beings; you are of the form of the subtile soul; you are the giver of immortality in the form of Liberation as the fruit of all acts of virtue achieved by creatures without the desire of fruits, you are the preceptor of even those who are the gods of the gods; you are Vasu the son of Aditi; you are he who has innumerable rays of light, who brings forth the universe, and who is of the form of that Soma which is drunk in sacrifices.
Sanskrit: व्यासः सर्गः सुसंक्षेपो विस्तरः पर्ययो नरः। ऋतुः संवत्सरो मास: पक्षः संख्यासमापनः॥
English: You are Vyasa, the author of the Puranas and other sacred histories, you are the creations of Vyasa's brain both abridged and unabridged; you are the sum-lotal of sentiencies; you are the Season; you are the Year; you are the Month; you are the Fortnight; you are those sacred Days that end or conclude these periods.
Sanskrit: कलाः काष्ठा लवा मात्रा मुहूर्ताहःक्षपाः क्षणाः। विश्वक्षेत्रं प्रजाबीजं लिङ्गमाद्यस्तु निर्गमः॥
English: You are the Kalas; you are the Kashthas; you are the Lavas; you are the Matras; you are the Muhurta and Aha and Kshapa; you are the Kshanas; you are the soil upon which the tree of the universe stands; you are the seed of all creatures; you are the principle of greatness; you are the sprout of sentiency.
Sanskrit: सदसद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं पिता माता पितामहः। स्वर्गद्वारं प्रजाद्वारं मोक्षद्वारं त्रिविष्टपम्॥
English: You are existent; you are non-existent; you are Manifest; you are Unmanifest; you are the Father; you are the Mother, you are the Grandfather, you are the door of Heaven; you are the door of the generation of all creatures; you are the door of Liberation; you are those acts of virtuc which lead to the felicity of heaven.
Sanskrit: निर्वाणं ह्लादनश्चैव ब्रह्मलोकः परा गतिः। देवासुरविनिर्माता देवासुरपरायणः॥
English: You are extinction; you are the gladdener; you are the region of Truth; you are superior to even that region of Truth which is attainable by the pious; you are he who is the creator of both the gods and the Asuras; you are the refuge of both the gods and the Asuras.
Sanskrit: देवासुरगुरुर्देवो देवासुरनमस्कृतः। देवासुरमहामात्रो देवासुरगणाश्रयः॥
English: You are the preceptor of both the gods and the Asuras; you are ever victorious; you are ever worshipped by the gods and the Asuras; you guide the deities and the Asuras even as the Mahamatra guides the elephant; you are the refuge of all the gods and the Asuras.
Sanskrit: देवासुरगणाध्यक्षो देवासुरगणाग्रणीः। देवातिदेवो देवर्षिर्देवासुरवरप्रदः॥
English: You are the king of both the deities and the Asuras; you are the leader in battle of both the gods and the Asuras; you are he who transcends the senses and shines by himself; you are of the form of the celestial Rishis; you grant boons to the deities and the Asuras.
Sanskrit: देवासुरेश्वरो विश्वो देवासुरमहेश्वरः। सर्वदेवमयोऽचिन्त्यो देवतात्माऽऽत्मसम्भवः॥
English: You are he who rules the hearts of the gods and the Asuras; you are he into whom the universe enters; you are the refuge of even him who is the ruler of the hearts of both the gods and the Asuras; you are he whose body is made up of all the gods; you are he who has no Being superior to you of whom to think; you are he who is the inner soul of the gods; you are he who has originated from his own self.
Sanskrit: विबुधोऽग्रवरः सूक्ष्मः सर्वदेवस्तपोमयः। सुयुक्तः शोभनो वज्री प्रासानां प्रभवोऽव्ययः॥
English: You are profoundly wise; you are he who first takes a share of the offerings in sacrifices; you are imperceptible; you are the collection of all the celestials; you are he in whom penances prevail; you are always in excellent Yoga; you are auspicious; you are armed with the thunderbolt; you are the source whence the weapons called maces have taken their origin. You are he whom your devotees acquire in various ways. are
Sanskrit: गुहः कान्तो निजः सर्गः पवित्रं सर्वपावनः। शृङ्गी शृङ्गप्रियो बभू राजराजो निरामयः॥
English: You Guha (the celestial commanderinchief); you are the supreme limit of happiness; you are at one with your creation; you are he who rescues your creatures from death; you are the purifier of all including Brahman himself; you are of the form of bulls and other horned animals; you are he who is fond of mountain summits; you are the planet Saturn; you are Kubera the king of the Yakshas; you are consummate faultlessness.
Sanskrit: अभिरामः सुरगणो विरामः सर्वसाधनः। ललाटाक्षो विश्वदेवो हरिणो ब्रह्मवर्चसः॥
English: You are he who gives gladness; you are all the celestials in a body; you are the cessation of all things; you are all the duties that belong to all the modes of life; you are he who has an eye on his forehead; you are he who sports with the universe as his marble ball; you are of the form of deer; you are gifted with the energy that is of the forin of knowledge and penance.
Sanskrit: स्थावराणां पतिश्चैव नियमेन्द्रियवर्धनः। सिद्धार्थ :सिद्धभूतार्थोऽचिन्त्यः सत्यव्रतः शुचिः॥१५२
English: You are the master of all immobile things; you are he who has restrained his senses by various regulations and vows; you are he whose objects have all been fulfilled; you are at one with Liberation; you are different from him whom we adore; you have truth for you penances, you are of a pure heart.
Sanskrit: व्रताधिपः परं ब्रह्म भक्तानां परमा गतिः। विमुक्तो मुक्ततेजाच श्रीमाश्रीवर्धनो जगत्॥
English: You are he who lords over all vows and fasts; you are the highest; you are Brahma; you are the highest refuge of your devotees; your are above all fetters; you are freed from the corporeal body; you are endued with every kind of prosperity; you multiply the prosperity of your devotees; you are what is continually undergoing changes.
Sanskrit: यथाप्रधानं भगवानिति भक्त्या स्तुतो मया। यन्न ब्रह्मादयो देवा विदुस्तत्त्वेन नर्षयः॥
English: I have thus, O Krishna, sang the praises of the illustrious god by reciting his names in the order of their importance. Who is there who can sing the praises of the lord of the universe, that great Lord of all who is worthy of our adorations, worship, and reverence, whom the very gods headed by Brahman are unable to praise and whom the Rishis also fail to sing.
Sanskrit: स्तोतव्यमर्थ्य वन्द्यं च कः स्तोष्यति जगत्पतिम्। भक्त्या त्वेवं पुरस्कृत्य मया यज्ञपतिर्विभुः॥
English: Helped, however, by my devotion to him, and having received his permission, I have lauded that Lord of sacrifices, that Deity of supreme power, that foremost of all creatures gifted with intelligence.
Sanskrit: ततोऽभ्यनुज्ञां सम्प्राप्य स्तुतो मतिमतां वरः। शिवमेभिः स्तुवन् देवं नामभिः पुष्टिवर्धनैः॥
English: By praising with these names which increase one's auspiciousness the great lord of blessedness, a worshipper of devoted soul and pure heart gains his own self.
Sanskrit: नित्ययुक्तः शुचिर्भक्तः प्राप्नोत्यात्मानमात्मना॥ एतद्धि परमं ब्रह्म परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति। ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च स्तुवन्त्येतेन तत्परम्॥
English: These names form a hymn which supplies the best means of attaining to Brahma. With the help of this hymn one is sure to acquire Liberation. The Rishis and the gods all praise the highest deity by uttering this hymn.
Sanskrit: स्तूयमानो महादेवस्तुष्यते नियतात्मभिः। भक्तानुकम्पी भगवानात्मसंस्थाकरो विभुः॥
English: Hymned by persons of controlled soul, Mahadeva becomes pleased with those who sing his praises thus. The illustrious god is always full of mercy towards his devotees. Gifted with omnipotence, he it is who gives Liberation to those who adore him.
Sanskrit: तथैव च मनुष्येषु ये मनुष्याः प्रधानतः। आस्तिकाः श्रद्दधानाश्च बहुभिर्जन्मभिः स्तवैः॥ भक्त्या ह्यनन्यमीशानं परं देवं सनातनम्। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा भावेनामिततेजसः॥ शयाना जाग्रमाणाश्च व्रजन्नुपविशंस्तथा। उन्मिषन् निमिषंश्चैव चिन्तयन्तः पुनः पुनः॥ शृण्वन्तः श्रावयन्तश्च कथयन्तश्च ते भवम्। स्तुवन्तः स्तूयमानाश्च तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च॥
English: Those foremost of men who are endued with faith and devotion, hear and recite for others and utter with respect the praises of that highest and eternal Lord, viz., Ishana. in all their successive lives and worship him in thought, word and deed, and worshipping him thus at all times, viz., when they are lying or seated or walking or awake or opening the eyelids or shutting them, and thinking of him again and again, become objects of respect with all their fellow men and derive great pleasure and exceeding joy.
Sanskrit: जन्मकोटिसहस्रेषु नानासंसारयोनिषु। जन्तोर्विगतपापस्य भवे भक्तिः प्रजायते॥
English: When a creature becomes purged of all his sins in course of millions of births in various orders of Being, it is then that devotion originates in his heart for Mahadeva.
Sanskrit: उत्पन्ना च भवे भक्तिरनन्या सर्वभावतः। भाविनः कारणे चास्य सर्वयुक्तस्य सर्वथा॥
English: It is by good luck only that undivided devotion to Bhava who is the original cause (of the universe) fully originates in the heart of one who is conversant with every mode of adoring that great Deity.
Sanskrit: एतद् देवेषु दुष्प्रापं मनुष्येषु न लभ्यते। निर्विघ्ना निश्चला रुद्रे भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी॥
English: Such stainless and pure devotion to Rudra, which has singleness of purpose and which is simply irresistible in its course, is seldom to be found among even the gods, but never among men.
Sanskrit: तस्यैव च प्रसादेन भक्तिरुत्पद्यते नृणाम्। येन यान्ति परां सिद्धिं तद्भागवतचेतसः॥
English: It is through the favour of Rudra that such devotion originates in the hearts of human beings. On account of such devotion, men, identifying themselves wholly with Mahadeva, succeeds in acquiring the highest success.
Sanskrit: ये सर्वभावानुगताः प्रपद्यन्ते महेश्वरम्। प्रपन्नवत्सलो देवः संसारात् तान् समुद्धरेत्॥
English: The illustrious Deity, who is always bent upon showing favour to them who seek him with humility rescues them from the world who throw themselves whole mindedly upon him.
Sanskrit: एवमन्ये विकुर्वन्ति देवाः संसारमोचनम्। मनुष्याणामृते देवं नान्या शक्तिस्तपोबलम्॥
English: Save the great god who frees creatures from rebirth, all other gods continually nullify the Penances of men, for men have no other source of power that it is as great as these.