Sri Soumya Kaseesa Stotram

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In 18 sections (Sthabaka), each containing 25 verses, we have here a prayerful devotional song enshrining in it all the rich and precious thoughts in all our ancient Upanishads. Such a textbook of Vedanta-discourses, given out so eloquently, in an atmosphere of devotion, has not yet been conceived, so far, in our Hindu textbooks anywhere. The tradition do advise us that without full devotion, deeper contemplation upon His divine nature, can never be consistent and steady. But it is never demonstrated as vividly as in this "Sowmya Kaseesa Sthothram".

The first section (Sthabaka) is purely devotional and Lord Shiva, the presiding deity in Utterkasi – called in our Puranas as Sowmyakashi – is described faithfully as He is glorified in the Shiva Purana. Here we meet the Pouranic-Shiva concepts. As we move ahead, we shall watch for the recognize how Sri Tapovanam identifies Lord Viswanath as the Self-in-all : the Brahman.