Home > Scriptures & Stotras

Sanskrit PDF format

%@@1
% File name             : pancharatnastuti.itx
%--------------------------------------------
% Text title            : Paramashiva pa.ncharatnastutiH
% Author                : shrI appayya dIxita
% Language              : Sanskrit
% Subject               : philosophy/hinduism/religion
% Description/comments  : 
% Transliterated by     : N.Balasubramanian bbalu@satyam.net.in
% Proofread by          : N.Balasubramanian bbalu@satyam.net.in
% Translation by        : N.Balasubramanian bbalu@satyam.net.in
% Latest update         : July 25,  2005 May 27, 2007
% Send corrections to   : sanskrit@cheerful.com
%
% Special Instructions:
% i1h.hdr,ijag.inc,itrans.sty,multicol.sty,iarticle.sty
% Transliteration scheme: ITRANS 5.2
% Site access  :         
% http://sanskritdocuments.org/
% http://sanskrit.gde.to/
%-----------------------------------------------------
% The text is to be used for personal studies and research only.
% Any use for commercial purpose is prohibited as a 'gentleman's'
% agreement.
% @@2
%
% Commands upto engtitle are 
% needed for devanaagarii output and formatting.
%--------------------------------------------------------

\documentstyle[11pt,multicol,itrans]{article}
%\documentclass[11pt]{article}
%\usepackage{multicol}
#include=ijag.inc
#endwordvowel=.h
\portraitwide
\parindent=100pt                
\let\usedvng=\Largedvng      % for 1 column     
\pagenumbering{itrans} 
\def\engtitle#1{\hrule\medskip\centerline{\LARGE #1}}
\def\itxtitle#1{\medskip\centerline{\LARGEdvng #1}\medskip\hrule}
\def\endtitles{\medskip\obeyspaceslines}
%%
\begin{document}

\engtitle{.. pancharatnastutiH ..}##
\itxtitle{.. pa~ncharatnastutiH ..}##\endtitles ##
##       Pancharatnastuti of Shri Appayya Dixita
Introduction
This short poem made of five gem like verses establishes the 
greatness of Lord Paramasiva based on the authority
of the vedas and puranas. Sri Dixita had also written a commentary on 
the verses. It contains a systematic exposition of the theme of the 
poem (viz.) the supremacy of  Paramasiva as parabrahman by a 
discussion of the many scriptural passages. It is a brilliant 
discussion by a great scholar.

Background
It seems that during his period there was much unseemly 
squabble between the adherents of Siva and Vishnu as to who was the 
greater of the two. Sri Dixita was saddened by this spectacle. It 
appears that some of the adherents of Vishnu went to the extent of 
condemning the Saivashastras as tamasic and Siva Himself as a jiva 
only. Sri Dixita was very much pained at all these happenings and was 
forced to espouse the other side (viz) supremacy of Siva. Even though 
in this poem the author argues to establish the supremacy of Lord 
Siva, it has to be emphasised that he had no bias towards Siva or 
Vishnu. He had mentioned this in many places in his works. His 
Hariharabedhastuti is an example of his attitude. In this  stotra he 
praises both Lord Siva and Vishnu in each verse. In the last verse he 
says clearly that he sees no difference between them. It reads as 
follows.##
vastA.n pisha~Nga.n vasana.n disho vA garutmatA yAtu kakudmatA vA |
nidrAtu vA nR^ityatu vA.adhira~Nge bhedo na me syAtparamasya dhAmnaH ||##
In fact, he had composed Varadarajastava which shows his intense 
devition to Lord Vishnu. He had also written commentaries on 
Yadavabhyudayam of Sri Vedanta Desika. All these go to show his 
liberal mind. He was, in fact, a true advaitin.
\medskip\hrule\medskip ##
         .. pa~ncharatnastutiH ..
|| shrImadappayyadIxitasArvabhaaumaiH virachitA ||
bhUtasya jAta iti vAriruhAsanasya
jAto bR^ihanniti hareshcha janiH prasiddhA |
yasmAdajAta iti mantravaropadiShTA\-
tta.n rudrameva janitashchakitaH prapadye || 1||

uktvA prasUtimajashaurihareshvarANA.n
sa.nsUchya dIpakasahoktibhiranyanighnAm |
tA.n sa.nyadhArayadatarvashikhA hi yasya
ta.n sarvakAraNamanAdishiva.n prapadye || 2||

vedAnteShu prathamabhavana.n varNita.n yasya yAbhyA.n
tadvattasya prasavavachasA janma tatkhyApayitvA |
yasyaikasya sphuTamajanitA nishchitA kAraNasya
dhyAyAmasta.n janivihataye sha.nbhumAkAshamadhye || 3||

yadbhrUbha~NgaikavashyA vidhiharigirishakhyAtidAH shaktikoTyo
yadbhR^ityA devadevAH sakalabhuvanagAH sa.nniyachChanti vishvam |
yalli~Nga.n sarvadevAsuramanujamukhairarchyate vishvarUpa.n
tasmai nitya.n namasyA.n pravitanuta parabrahmaNe sha.nkarAya || 4||

Asya.n sUxma.n li~NgarUpatvali~Nga.n
syAdbrahmeshAnAkhyayaivAlpamAtram |
ityevenAvedayatsUtrakAro
ya.n brahmAkhya.n ta.n prapadye mahesham || 5||
iti shrImadappayyadIxitasArvabhaumaiH 
virachitA pa~ncharatnastutiH sa.npUrNA ||
##
Encoded, proofread, and comments by
N. Balasubramanian bbalu at satyam.net.in
\medskip\hrule\obeylines
\medskip
{\rm Please send corrections to sanskrit@cheerful.com}
{\rm Last updated \today}
\end{document}

Back to Sanskrit Scriptures and Stotras Page
Back to stotras in many languages
Back to Shaivam Home Page