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Ardhanarishwara Stotram
अर्धनारीश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Ardhanārīśvarastotram
Chant
अम्भोधरश्यामलकुन्तलायै तडित्प्रभाताम्रजटाधराय निरीश्वरायै निखिलेश्वराय नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥६॥
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Word breakdown
- अम्भोधरश्यामलकुन्तलायै तडित्प्रभाताम्रजटाधराय
- To her with cloud-dark soft locks, to him with matted locks bright as lightning's copper glow,
- निरीश्वरायै निखिलेश्वराय नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय
- to her who is without a lord, to him who is lord of all, salutations to Shiva, salutations to Shiva.
She without a lord and he lord of all are one being, resolving the paradox of dependence and sovereignty in non-duality; the Self is neither subject to another nor limited lordship, but the whole in which every role appears.
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