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Ardhanarishwara Stotram
अर्धनारीश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Ardhanārīśvarastotram
Chant
कस्तूरिकाकुङ्कुमचर्चितायै चितारजःपुञ्जविचर्चिताय कृतस्मरायै विकृतस्मराय नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥२॥
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- कस्तूरिकाकुङ्कुमचर्चितायै चितारजःपुञ्जविचर्चिताय
- To her anointed with musk and kumkum, to him smeared with heaps of cremation ash,
- कृतस्मरायै विकृतस्मराय नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय
- to her who has made Kama, to him who has deformed Kama, salutations to Shiva, salutations to Shiva.
Kumkum and funeral ash, beauty and renunciation, meet in one body where desire is both fulfilled and broken; the Lord who makes and mars Kama teaches that passion overcome and grace embraced are one in the non-dual ground.
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