Ehi trijagadIza

Ehi trijagadIza zambhO
mAm pAhi paJca-nadIza
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O Master of the Three Worlds! Deign to come near; O Sambhu! O Lord of Thiruvaiyaru, Protect me!
vAhinIza¹-ripunuta ziva sAmba
dEhi tvadIya karAbjAvalamba
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One praised by Agastya, the enemy of Ocean! One present with Parvati! Give me the support of Your Lotus hand.
gaGgAdhara dIra nirjara-ripu-puGgava-saMhAra²
maGgala-kara pura-bhaGga³
vidhRta-sukuraGgApta⁴ hRdayAbja bhRGga zubhAGga
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O Lord who wears River Ganga! O Brave One! O Slayer of the chief of the enemy of celestials! O Lord who causes auspiciousness! O Shatterer of three Fortresses! O Lord who holds (in hand) the charming deer! O Lord, the bee who hovers over the heart Lotus of those who are dear! O Lord of sacred limbs!
vAraNAjina-cEla bhava nIradhi-tAraNa surapAla
krUra lOkAbhra samIraNa zubhra
zarIra mAmakAgha hara parAtpara (Ehi)
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O Lord who wears skin of elephant as garment! O Lord who enables crossing over of the ocean of Worldly Existence! O protector of celestials! O Wind which blows away the dark clouds called cruel people! O Lord of radiant body! O Lord who removes my sins! O Lord who is beyond everything!
rAja-zEkhara karuNA-sAgara naga-rAjAtmajA-ramaNa\t
rAja-rAja-paripUjita-pada tyAga-
rAja-rAja vRSa rAjAdhirAja (Ehi)
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O Lord who wears (digit of) moon on the head! O Ocean of compassion! O Beloved of Parvati – mind-born of King of Mountains! O Lord whose feet are fervently worshipped Kings of Kings! O Lord of this Thyagaraja! O OverLord of the Nandi – king of bulls!
  • 1 vAhinIza ripu - The episode of sage Agastya drinking up the ocean is found in Mahabharata, Book 3 – Vana Parva – Sections 104 and 105. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/index.htm Mahabharata]
  • 2 nirjara ripu puGgava samhAra – There are atleast three such enemies of Indra (nirjara) – jAlandhara, gajAsura; kamalAksha, tArukAksha, vidhyunmAli of Tripura who were destroyed by Lord Siva. The episodes, in brief, are available in the following web sites – [http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/maling.html Siva1] and [http://www.dlshq.org/ Siva 2]
  • 3 pura bhaGga – refers to Tripura Samharam.
  • 4 vidhRta sukuraGga – This refers to one of the Leelas of Lord Siva at Daruka Vana wherein he vanquishes the deer. The episode, in brief, is available in the above said site.
  • 5 vAraNAjina cEla – Refers to slaying of Gajasura – Please refer to the above site for more information.