Yo Dadati Sataam Shambhuh Kaivalyamapi

Shloka 3 · Lanka Kand

Shloka Text

यो ददाति सतां शम्भुः कैवल्यमपि दुर्लभम्‌। खलानां दण्डकृद्योऽसौ शंकरः शं तनोतु मे॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yo dadāti satāṃ śambhuḥ kaivalyamapi durlabham‌। khalānāṃ daṇḍakṛdyo'sau śaṅkaraḥ śaṃ tanotu me॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

May Shambhu, who grants even the rare kaivalya to the good and who punishes the wicked, bestow welfare upon me.

Context

This is Shloka 3 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Auspicious Invocation”. The episode describes Tulsidas's prayerful invocation of Rama, Shiva, and the holy Name at the opening of Lanka Kand.

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