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kāvyakaṇṭha vāsiṣṭha śrī gaṇapati muni viracitam umāsahasram

Uma Sahasram

trayoviṃśaḥ stabakaḥ - naramanoramāvṛttam

Uma Sahasram - The 1000 Verses Magnum Opus of Sri Ganapati Muni

The twenty-third Stabaka, entitled **Prakīrṇakam — “A Miscellany of Spiritual Reflections”**, gathers together a range of devotional, philosophical and yogic insights rather than developing one continuous theme. The verses move from praise of Umā’s smile and cosmic sovereignty to surrender at Her feet, contemplation in the heart, inner enquiry, the *dahara* teaching, breath-awareness and the dissolution of the ego-sense. The title is therefore appropriate: the Stabaka is deliberately **prakīrṇa**, a collection of varied yet interconnected reflections, all centred on the recognition of the Divine Mother as the supreme inner Reality.


Several verses are especially inward-looking. Muni asks the seeker to search for the Goddess in the heart with steady intelligence, and even raises the direct enquiry, **“Where does the thought ‘I’ shine?”**—a question that leads the mind toward dissolution in the higher Reality. He speaks of the distinction between seer and seen as itself revealing Her transcendent form, and describes Her supreme abode as *amṛta*, bliss and consciousness. The closing movement is strongly practical: through sustained attention to the movement of breath, the aspirant may touch the feet of the Mother. Thus the diverse themes converge in one message: **outer worship must mature into inner recognition and direct experience**.


Muni’s writing here shows his unusual freedom in combining **bhakti, Vedānta, heart-centred enquiry, yogic awareness and concise mystical instruction** within the light and elegant **Naramanoramā metre**. The Stabaka is less architectonic than the preceding thematic sections, but this very looseness gives it an intimate, aphoristic character, as though the poet were gathering flashes of realization and prayer into one garland. The final verse fittingly offers these *Naramanoramā* compositions of Gaṇapati to the Daughter of the Mountain for Her delight.


trayoviṃśaḥ stabakaḥ - naramanoramāvṛttam

prakīrṇakam


kiradivāmṛtaṃ kiraṇamālayā ।

jayati tatsitaṃ śivavadhūsmitam ॥ 551 ॥


tava padaṃ pare mama guhāntare ।

sphuratu sarvadā vikasitaṃ mudā ॥ 552 ॥


padamadho'mbujānna kila bhidyate ।

madanavidviṣaḥ sadanarājñi te ॥ 553 ॥


vibhutayorarīkṛtabahūdbhavau ।

vidadhaturjagattrayamidaṃ śivau ॥ 554 ॥


tava tu khelane nalinajāṇḍakam ।

giriśavallabhe bhavati kandukam ॥ 555 ॥


sakalamastyume sadabhayaṅkare ।

tava kare pare kimapi no nare ॥ 556 ॥


kimiva varṇyatāṃ kaśaśikuṇḍalā ।

uḍumaṇisrajāpravilasadgalā ॥ 557 ॥


bhaṇa nirantaraṃ bahuguṇāmumām ।

gatabhayaṃ vidhehyamalavāṇi mām ॥ 558 ॥


ava jahīhi vā nanu bhajāmyaham ।

bhuvanabhartri te caraṇamanvaham ॥ 559 ॥


gaṇapateḥ śiraḥkamalacumbinī ।

bhavatu gopatidhvajakuṭumbinī ॥ 560 ॥


daharamajjanaṃ vidadhataṃ janam ।

paramadevate nayasi dhāma te ॥ 561 ॥


janani vijñatā bhavatu dhīmatām ।

anubhavastu te karuṇayā satām ॥ 562 ॥


acalayā dhiyā hṛdi gaveṣaṇam ।

vṛṣahayapriyānagaraśodhanam ॥ 563 ॥


na vijahāmi te caraṇanīrajam ।

avani dhīmatāmava na vā nijam ॥ 564 ॥


padamume'mba te hṛdi vicinvate ।

palitamastakāḥ paramadevate ॥ 565 ॥


svayamanāmaye sakaladhātryasi ।

nijamahimni sā tvamayi tiṣṭhasi ॥ 566 ॥


sthitimasādhayaṃstava padāmbuje ।

vidhimadhikṣipatyalasadhīraje ॥ 567 ॥


syatu madāpadaṃ śivavadhūpadam ।

yadṛṣayo vidustribhuvanāspadam ॥ 568 ॥


guṇagaṇaṃ gṛṇaistava śive śivam ।

gatabhayo'bhavaṃ madamito navam ॥ 569 ॥


tava kṛpāvaśāt tadidamavyaye ।

janani naḥ plutistava yadaṅghraye ॥ 570 ॥


nayanadṛśyayorayi yadantaram ।

tadamarastute tava vapuḥ param ॥ 571 ॥


ahamiti smṛtiḥ kva nu vibhāsate ।

iti vicodayan mahati līyate ॥ 572 ॥


amṛtasaṃjñake sukhacidātmake ।

matimadarthite janani dhāmni te ॥ 573 ॥


ayi mudāspadaṃ spṛśati te padam ।

śvasitayātrayā satatadṛṣṭayā ॥ 574 ॥


dadhatu satkavergaṇapaterimāḥ ।

nagabhuvo mudaṃ naramanoramāḥ ॥ 575 ॥

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