Om Vyaft charachar
The Kashmiri and English Translation of Abinav Gupt's Shiv astuti written originally by him in Sanskrit. Abinav Gupt was a great scholar of Kashmiri Shaivism, who is said to have left this mortal world by entering into a cave near Beervah, Kashmir alongwith his twelve hundred desciples while singing this Shiv astuti. ' Aum vyaft charachar bhav vishesham chinmayam ekam, anantam,anadiyam bhairav nathe anatham Sharanyam.
The Kashmir Shaivism philosophy deeply emphasizes the non-dual nature of Consciousness (Paramashiva), where the entire universe is viewed as a manifestation of the Supreme.
Stanza 1 युस थलि थलि छु सारिसय बृम्माहडस मन्ज रोजान युस ग्यान रुप छु, कुनुय छु, अनादि अनन्त छु आसान युस भैरव स्वामी छु बेय युस अनाथन शरण छु दिवान भु छुस तस शिवस पजि मन सीती नमन करान
Translation: He who resides in every place throughout the entire universe, Who is the embodiment of knowledge, unique and singular, without beginning or end, Who is Lord Bhairava and the refuge of the helpless— To that Shiva, I bow down with all my heart and pure mind.
Stanza 2 यी बृम्माहंड छु चोनुय रुप आसान यि छु मे चानि अनुगृहि सीत भासान मगर चुय छुख म्यैन आत्मा आसान तवय छु ये बृमाहन्ड मे पनु नुय रुप भासान यौहय छु मे पनुन अनुभव वनान
Translation: This universe is indeed your very form, Which appears to me only through your divine grace. Yet, you yourself are my true Self (Atman); Therefore, this entire cosmos feels like my own body. This is what my personal inner realization reveals to me.
Stanza 3 दोख त मोह पृकट करन वालिन करमन मन्ज फंसेमित लोख छी यी वनान संसार छु, ही नाथ, चोनुय रुप, तवय छिन संसारकेन दुखन तिम खोचान यलि चुय छुख सौर्य, चानि वराय छुन कान्ह आसान तेलि कान्ह डर छुन चानेन भक्तेन भासान
Translation: People trapped in karmas that manifest pain and illusion say this, Oh Lord, the world is your form; hence, they no longer fear worldly afflictions. When you are everything, and nothing exists apart from you, No fear whatsoever can touch your devotees.
Stanza 4 ही यमराज क्रोध सान कराल नजीरि मे कुन म आस वुछान बु छूस हर सात शिव चिन्तनस मन्ज मन सान लगिथ आसान यमि सीवाय किन भ भैरव शक्ति सीत छुस जुडिथ चानि करूध कराल नजर हेकि न मे केन्ह ति करिथ
Translation: Oh Yamaraja, do not gaze upon me with your fierce, angry eyes. I am continuously absorbed in the contemplation of Lord Shiva with all my mind and heart. Because I am united with the divine power of Bhairava, Your wrathful, terrifying look can do me no harm.
Stanza 5 ही शिव सोरय बृम्माडं छु चोनय सोरूप मे भासान यी जानिथ छु अग्यानुक अन्धकार मे खत्म गछान तवय छुस न भ यमराजस या भूत पेशाचस केन्ह ति खोचान. ही नाथ चेय छुय म्येन नमस्कार भारम्भार आसान.
Translation: Oh Shiva, the whole universe appears to me as your direct form. Knowing this, the darkness of my ignorance has completely vanished; Hence, I fear neither Yamaraja nor ghosts and evil spirits. Oh Lord, to you, I bow down repeatedly.
Stanza 6 ही शिव चानेन सत्गोन रुपकेव पृवव हंदि बहान सारी बर्माडक तत्त्व त बेय पदार्थ छी हरकतस मंज ईवान ईथयकनि अम्मी ग्यान कि पृकट गछन सीत छुस भ शरदायि होन्द अमृत चवान बेय योहय चोनुy सरूप छुस पननि आत्माय मन्ज अनुभव करान
Translation: Oh Shiva, through the rays of your qualities and cosmic play, All elements and objects of the universe come into motion. Thus, with the revelation of this wisdom, I drink the nectar of devotion, And experience this divine nature of yours within my own soul.
Stanza 7 यलि शरीरस ताप बडावुनच कष्ट दशा छुस मन सीत मेहसूस करान तमी सात छु मे चानि अनुग्रह सीत प्राप्त अकि अभेद वृष्टि होन्द उदय सपदान यमि की प्रभाव सीत छुस न भ कान्ह कष्ट अनुभव करान
Translation: Whenever I feel a state of suffering or physical distress in my mind, At that very moment, by your grace, a vision of non-duality (abheda) dawns within me. Under its profound impact, I no longer experience any pain at all.
Stanza 8 यलि वृत दान या तप सीत छु यमि संसार केन दुखन होन्द नाश सपदान शिव शास्त्र की चिन्तन मात्र सीत छु मनस मन्ज अमर्त्य धाराय बहान ही शंकर चानि दर्शन सीत छु म्यान रुम रुम गाहे नचान त गाहे ग्यवान
Translation: While fasts, charity, or penance destroy the sorrows of this world, By mere reflection on the Shaiva scriptures, a stream of immortality flows within the mind. Oh Shankara, upon beholding your vision, every pore of my body sometimes dances and sometimes sings.
Stanza 9 अभिनव गुप्त छु यि शिव असुत्त्ती संवत 68 पोष कृष्न पक्ष दहम दोह ग्यवान यमिकi गवुन या उच्चारण मात्र सीत छु शंकर खेनस मन्ज तार दिवान
Translation: Abhinavagupta sings this Shiv Stuti on the tenth day of the dark fortnight of Pausha in the year 68 (Saptarshi calendar). By merely singing or reciting this hymn, Lord Shankara grants liberation across the ocean of existence.
