Translation
You are as severe as a thunder bolt,
yet, as tender as a flower bud.
O Lord Shiva, holder of the pinaka drum,
I salute You.
You are like a silver mountain
with a crescent moon on Your head.
I know that You imbibe all attributes.
You are the Controller of the expressed
and the unexpressed worlds
And the shelter of all distressed.
You are beyond the scope of time
and yet remain in all finite objects.
I salute You, Lord of all animalistic tendencies!
You are the owner of all gems,
but totally renunciant,
You are as effulgent as a bright emerald.
O very seed and primordial force of the universe,
I salute You, Lord Shiva,
Controller of all created beings.
Translated from Saḿskrta
Latin Sanskrit
VAJRAKAT́HORA KUSUMAKORAKA
PINÁKAPÁŃAYE NAMO NAMASTE
RAJATAGIRINIBHA CANDRASHEKHARA
SARVAGUŃÁNI JÁNÁMI TE
PARESHAH TVAḾ PRABHU APARESHAH TVAM
ÁRTTAJANÁNÁM ÁSHRAYAH TVAM
ANÁDIKÁLÁTIITAH SÁNTE SAḾSTHITAH
NAMO SHÁNTÁYA PASHUPATE
SARVARATNÁDHIISHAH SARVATYÁGII TVAM
MARAKATAMAŃI UDBHÁSITAH TVAM
VISHVABIIJAḾ VISHVASYÁDYAḾ
NAMO SHIVÁYA SAMBHÚTAPATE
13-06-1984