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Ardhanarishwara Stotram
अर्धनारीश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Ardhanārīśvarastotram
Chant
प्रपञ्चसृष्ट्युन्मुखलास्यकायै समस्तसंहारकताण्डवाय जगज्जनन्यै जगदेकपित्रे नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- प्रपञ्चसृष्ट्युन्मुखलास्यकायै समस्तसंहारकताण्डवाय
- To her whose face smiles at the world's creation, to him who dances the dance of total destruction,
- जगज्जनन्यै जगदेकपित्रे नमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय
- to the mother of the world and the sole father of the world, salutations to Shiva, salutations to Shiva.
Mother of the world and its only father in one form reveal that origination and dissolution are not sequential tragedies but one play of consciousness; the smile at creation and the dance of ending meet in the witness untouched by both.
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