कूर्मस्तोत्रम् (Kurma Stotram)—
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ देवा ऊचुः ॥
नमाम ते देव पदारविंदं प्रपन्नतापोपशमातपत्रम् ॥
यन्मूलकेता यततोऽञ्जसोरु संसारदुःखबहिरुत्क्षिपंति ॥
Namami they deva padaravindam,
Prapanna thapopa samatha pathram,
Yan moola hethou yathayo agna soru,
Samsara dukham Bahiruthkshi panthi.
Oh God I salute your lotus like feet,
Which is like an umbrella preventing heat,
Due to its basic reason the learned sages,
Get rid of the sorrows of this world from their mind.
धातर्यदस्मिन्भव ईश जीवास्तापत्रयेणोपहता न शर्म ।
आत्मँल्लभंते भगवंस्तवांघ्रिच्छायां सविद्यामत आश्रयेम ॥
Dhathar dasmin bhava eesa jeevaa,
Sthapathrayeno apahathaa na sarma,
Aathmam labhanthe bhagavamsthvangri,
Cchayaam sa vidhyamara maasreyama.
Oh God, please give me relief from the sorrows,
As I will take rest in the shades of your feet,
As no being gets relieved of the three types of suffering,
And these type of sufferings do not come near your feet.
मार्गंति यत्ते मुखपद्मनीडैश्छंदः सुपर्णैऋर्षयो विविक्ते ।
यस्याघमर्षोदसरिद्वरायाः पदं पदं तीर्थपदं प्रपन्ना ॥
यच्छ्रद्धया श्रुतवत्या च भक्त्या संमृज्यमाने ह्रदयेऽवधार्य ।
ज्ञानेन वैराग्यबलेन धीरा व्रजेम तत्तेऽङघ्रिसरोजपीठम् ॥
Marganthi yathe mukha padma needai,
Chandha suparnaryashayo vivikthe,
Yasyaghamarshodha saridhwaraya,
Pade padam theertha padam prapanna.
Yach sradhaya srutha vathya cha bhakthya,
Samsrujy mane hrudhaye vadhaya,
Jnanena vairagya balena dheera,
Vrujema thathengri Saroja peetam.
Oh God, Guided by the birds called Vedas,
Which are used to live in your lotus like face,
Is your holy divine lotus like feet,
Which is searched in solitude by he sages,
Which makes them live in the shores of sacred rivers,
And which they establish in their mind,
By the use of devotion and attention,
As well as which they establish in their heart,
Using the path of wisdom and renunciation,
And we completely surrender to it.
विश्वस्य जन्मस्थितिसंयमार्थे कृतावतारस्य पदांबुजं ते ।
व्रजेम सर्वे शरणं यदीश स्मृतं प्रयच्छत्यभयं स्वपुंसाम् ॥
Viswasya janma sthithi samyamarthe,
Krutha avatharasya padambhujam they,
Vrujema sarve saranam yadheesa,
Smrutham prayachathya bhayam swapumsam.
For the sake of creation, upkeep and destruction,
Of the world is the incarnation that you took,
And we all surrender to your lotus like feet,
For meditating on it, gives protection to devotees.
यत्सानुबंधेऽसति देहगेहे ममाहमित्यूढदुराग्रहाणाम् ।
पुंसां सुदूरं वसतोऽपि पुर्यां भजेम तत्ते भगवत्पदाब्जम् ॥
Yasyanu bandhe asathi deha gehe,
Mamaha mithyooda duragrahaanaam,
Pumsaam sudhooram vasatho vipuryaam,
Bhajema thathe Bhagawan padabhjam.
The man who does not think about you,
Is wrongly too much attached to body, home and self,
And so we are saluting the lotus like feet,
Which exists very, very far away.
पानेन ते देव कथासुधायाः प्रवृद्धभक्त्या विशदाशया ये ।
वैराग्यसारं प्रतिलभ्य बोधं यथांजसान्वीयुरकुण्ठधिष्ण्यम् ॥
Panena they deva kadha sudhaya,
Pravrudha bhakthyaa visa daasayaa ye,
Vairagya saram prathilabhya bodham,
Yadhaanjasanveeyura kunta dhishnyam.
Due to the large amount of devotion,
Some people with a pure heart,
Hearing your nectar like story,
Receive great wisdom by renunciation,
And suddenly get that destruction less state.
तथापरे चात्मसमाधियोगबलेन जित्वा प्रकृतिं बलिष्ठाम् ।
त्वामेव धीराः पुरुषं विशंति तेषां श्रमः स्यान्न तु सेवय ते ॥
Thadhapare chathma Samadhi yoga,
Balena jithwa prakruthim balishtaam,
Thwameva dheeraa pursha visanthi,
THesham srama syanna thu sevaya they.
Like that others who are very wise,
By the strength of their Athma Samadhi,
Win over the very strong illusion,
And attain you and do not find it difficult.
तत्ते वयं लोकसिसृक्षयाऽद्य त्वयानुसष्टास्त्रिभिरात्मभिः स्म ।
सर्वे वियुक्ताः स्वविहारतंत्रं न शक्नुमस्तत्प्रतिहर्तवे ते ॥
Thathe vayam loka si sraksha yadhya,
Thwa yanu srushta sthribhirathmabhi sma,
Sarve viyukthaa swa vihara thanthram,
Na saknumasthath prathiharthave they.
Thinking that we should serve you like that,
Possibly you have decided to ignore us,
Who have been created by you at the time.
Of creation by Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu,
And we are not able to understand your secret.
यावद्बलिं तेऽज हराम काले यथा वयं चान्नमदाम यत्र ।
यथोभयेषां त इमे हि लोका बलिं हरन्तोऽन्नमदंत्यनहाः ॥
Yavad balim theja harama kale,
Yadhaa vayanjanna madhama yathra,
Thadho bhayeshaam tha imehi lokaa,
Balim haranthonna madanthya nooha.
Oh God we are providing you with the sacrifice,
And telling your name eat food,
And similarly the ordinary people give you sacrifice,
And eat the food after offering it to you.
त्वं नः सुराणामसि सान्वयानां कूटस्थ आद्यः पुरुषः पुराणः ।
त्वं देवशक्त्यां गुणकर्मयोनौ रेतस्त्वजायां कविमादधेऽजः ॥
Thwam na surname asi saanwayaanaam,
Kootastha aadhya puusha Purana,
Thwam deva shakthyaam guna karma yonow,
Rethsthwajayam kavi rathatheja.
Oh God you are the protector of all devas,
You are stable, the first primeval one,
You are the power of devas,
You are the birth place and result of everything,
And you have taken up yourself the job of care of the universe,
And for that you have deposited your male power.
ततो वयं सत्प्रमुखा यदर्थे बभूविमात्मन् करवाम किं ते ।
त्वं नः स्वचक्षुः परिदेहि शक्त्या देवक्रियार्थे यदनुग्रहाणाम् ॥
Ththo vayam sath pramukhayathathe,
Bhaboovimathman karavama kim they,
Thwam na swachakshu paridehi shakthya,
Deva kriyatrha yadanugrahaanaam.
Oh God what should we the sages do,
To get good results of our intentions,
Please give us the capacity,
To obey the directions of your blessed sight.
इति श्रीमद्भागवतांतर्गतं कूर्मस्तोत्रं समाप्तम् ।
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ देवा ऊचुः ॥
नमाम ते देव पदारविंदं प्रपन्नतापोपशमातपत्रम् ॥
यन्मूलकेता यततोऽञ्जसोरु संसारदुःखबहिरुत्क्षिपंति ॥
Namami they deva padaravindam,
Prapanna thapopa samatha pathram,
Yan moola hethou yathayo agna soru,
Samsara dukham Bahiruthkshi panthi.
Oh God I salute your lotus like feet,
Which is like an umbrella preventing heat,
Due to its basic reason the learned sages,
Get rid of the sorrows of this world from their mind.
धातर्यदस्मिन्भव ईश जीवास्तापत्रयेणोपहता न शर्म ।
आत्मँल्लभंते भगवंस्तवांघ्रिच्छायां सविद्यामत आश्रयेम ॥
Dhathar dasmin bhava eesa jeevaa,
Sthapathrayeno apahathaa na sarma,
Aathmam labhanthe bhagavamsthvangri,
Cchayaam sa vidhyamara maasreyama.
Oh God, please give me relief from the sorrows,
As I will take rest in the shades of your feet,
As no being gets relieved of the three types of suffering,
And these type of sufferings do not come near your feet.
मार्गंति यत्ते मुखपद्मनीडैश्छंदः सुपर्णैऋर्षयो विविक्ते ।
यस्याघमर्षोदसरिद्वरायाः पदं पदं तीर्थपदं प्रपन्ना ॥
यच्छ्रद्धया श्रुतवत्या च भक्त्या संमृज्यमाने ह्रदयेऽवधार्य ।
ज्ञानेन वैराग्यबलेन धीरा व्रजेम तत्तेऽङघ्रिसरोजपीठम् ॥
Marganthi yathe mukha padma needai,
Chandha suparnaryashayo vivikthe,
Yasyaghamarshodha saridhwaraya,
Pade padam theertha padam prapanna.
Yach sradhaya srutha vathya cha bhakthya,
Samsrujy mane hrudhaye vadhaya,
Jnanena vairagya balena dheera,
Vrujema thathengri Saroja peetam.
Oh God, Guided by the birds called Vedas,
Which are used to live in your lotus like face,
Is your holy divine lotus like feet,
Which is searched in solitude by he sages,
Which makes them live in the shores of sacred rivers,
And which they establish in their mind,
By the use of devotion and attention,
As well as which they establish in their heart,
Using the path of wisdom and renunciation,
And we completely surrender to it.
विश्वस्य जन्मस्थितिसंयमार्थे कृतावतारस्य पदांबुजं ते ।
व्रजेम सर्वे शरणं यदीश स्मृतं प्रयच्छत्यभयं स्वपुंसाम् ॥
Viswasya janma sthithi samyamarthe,
Krutha avatharasya padambhujam they,
Vrujema sarve saranam yadheesa,
Smrutham prayachathya bhayam swapumsam.
For the sake of creation, upkeep and destruction,
Of the world is the incarnation that you took,
And we all surrender to your lotus like feet,
For meditating on it, gives protection to devotees.
यत्सानुबंधेऽसति देहगेहे ममाहमित्यूढदुराग्रहाणाम् ।
पुंसां सुदूरं वसतोऽपि पुर्यां भजेम तत्ते भगवत्पदाब्जम् ॥
Yasyanu bandhe asathi deha gehe,
Mamaha mithyooda duragrahaanaam,
Pumsaam sudhooram vasatho vipuryaam,
Bhajema thathe Bhagawan padabhjam.
The man who does not think about you,
Is wrongly too much attached to body, home and self,
And so we are saluting the lotus like feet,
Which exists very, very far away.
पानेन ते देव कथासुधायाः प्रवृद्धभक्त्या विशदाशया ये ।
वैराग्यसारं प्रतिलभ्य बोधं यथांजसान्वीयुरकुण्ठधिष्ण्यम् ॥
Panena they deva kadha sudhaya,
Pravrudha bhakthyaa visa daasayaa ye,
Vairagya saram prathilabhya bodham,
Yadhaanjasanveeyura kunta dhishnyam.
Due to the large amount of devotion,
Some people with a pure heart,
Hearing your nectar like story,
Receive great wisdom by renunciation,
And suddenly get that destruction less state.
तथापरे चात्मसमाधियोगबलेन जित्वा प्रकृतिं बलिष्ठाम् ।
त्वामेव धीराः पुरुषं विशंति तेषां श्रमः स्यान्न तु सेवय ते ॥
Thadhapare chathma Samadhi yoga,
Balena jithwa prakruthim balishtaam,
Thwameva dheeraa pursha visanthi,
THesham srama syanna thu sevaya they.
Like that others who are very wise,
By the strength of their Athma Samadhi,
Win over the very strong illusion,
And attain you and do not find it difficult.
तत्ते वयं लोकसिसृक्षयाऽद्य त्वयानुसष्टास्त्रिभिरात्मभिः स्म ।
सर्वे वियुक्ताः स्वविहारतंत्रं न शक्नुमस्तत्प्रतिहर्तवे ते ॥
Thathe vayam loka si sraksha yadhya,
Thwa yanu srushta sthribhirathmabhi sma,
Sarve viyukthaa swa vihara thanthram,
Na saknumasthath prathiharthave they.
Thinking that we should serve you like that,
Possibly you have decided to ignore us,
Who have been created by you at the time.
Of creation by Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu,
And we are not able to understand your secret.
यावद्बलिं तेऽज हराम काले यथा वयं चान्नमदाम यत्र ।
यथोभयेषां त इमे हि लोका बलिं हरन्तोऽन्नमदंत्यनहाः ॥
Yavad balim theja harama kale,
Yadhaa vayanjanna madhama yathra,
Thadho bhayeshaam tha imehi lokaa,
Balim haranthonna madanthya nooha.
Oh God we are providing you with the sacrifice,
And telling your name eat food,
And similarly the ordinary people give you sacrifice,
And eat the food after offering it to you.
त्वं नः सुराणामसि सान्वयानां कूटस्थ आद्यः पुरुषः पुराणः ।
त्वं देवशक्त्यां गुणकर्मयोनौ रेतस्त्वजायां कविमादधेऽजः ॥
Thwam na surname asi saanwayaanaam,
Kootastha aadhya puusha Purana,
Thwam deva shakthyaam guna karma yonow,
Rethsthwajayam kavi rathatheja.
Oh God you are the protector of all devas,
You are stable, the first primeval one,
You are the power of devas,
You are the birth place and result of everything,
And you have taken up yourself the job of care of the universe,
And for that you have deposited your male power.
ततो वयं सत्प्रमुखा यदर्थे बभूविमात्मन् करवाम किं ते ।
त्वं नः स्वचक्षुः परिदेहि शक्त्या देवक्रियार्थे यदनुग्रहाणाम् ॥
Ththo vayam sath pramukhayathathe,
Bhaboovimathman karavama kim they,
Thwam na swachakshu paridehi shakthya,
Deva kriyatrha yadanugrahaanaam.
Oh God what should we the sages do,
To get good results of our intentions,
Please give us the capacity,
To obey the directions of your blessed sight.
इति श्रीमद्भागवतांतर्गतं कूर्मस्तोत्रं समाप्तम् ।
