మానసోల్లాసము

చిరాత్కశ్చిద్వ్యాధశ్శివ ఇతి వసత్యద్రి శిఖరే |
స తే మాయీభూత్వా ధనమహరద్దృఢం సుఖనిధిం |
స లబ్ధశ్చేద్దైవాత్క్వచన పథి పాశైస్స్మృతిమయైః |
సఖే! తం బధ్నీయా హృదయ నిభృతం దాస్యతి పునః ||

 -- మానసోల్లాసము, అప్పయ్య దీక్షితః

चिरात्कश्चित् व्याधः शिव इति वसत्यद्रि शिखरे ।
स ते मायी भूत्वा धनमहरत् दृढं सुखनिधिम् ।
स लब्धस्चेत् दैवात् क्वचन पथि पाशैः स्मृतिमयैः ।
सखे! तं बध्नीया हृदय निभृतं दास्यति पुनः ॥

Sri Appayya Deekshita wrote some of the most divine Siva stuti-s.
Margabandhu stOtram is one among them.

Manasollaasam is a composition of Sri Appayya deekshita, in which he instructs his own mind to deepen bhakti on Siva and also to attain vairaagyam.


The foregoing SlOkam is one such.

Meaning in brief:
"There is a hunter - by name Siva - staying up there on the summit of The Hill. He hoodwinked you into illusion and took away your great wealth of eternal bliss. If in any of your 'paths' you run into Him by a stroke of divine Grace, tie Him up with ropes of invocation. He would then give back the 'wealth' that your heart has been longing for."

What a beautiful bhaavam!!