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Bhavani Bhujangam
भवानीभुजङ्गम्
Bhavānībhujaṅgam
Chant
क्वणत्किङ्किणीनूपुरोद्भासिरत्न प्रभालीढलाक्षार्द्रपादारविन्दम् अजेशाच्युताद्यैः सुरैः सेव्यमानं महादेवि मन्मूर्ध्नि ते भावयामि ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- क्वणत्किङ्किणीनूपुरोद्भासिरत्न
- With anklets of tinkling bells and flashing rubies,
- प्रभालीढलाक्षार्द्रपादारविन्दम्
- lotus feet wet with the lustre of lac-dyed rubies,
- अजेशाच्युताद्यैः सुरैः सेव्यमानं
- served by Brahma, Vishnu, and other gods,
- महादेवि मन्मूर्ध्नि ते भावयामि
- O great Goddess, on my head I meditate them.
Gods bow at her feet because every deity is a ray of her power. Placing those feet on the head is the ego's surrender to the ground of all worship.
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