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Bhavani Bhujangam
भवानीभुजङ्गम्
Bhavānībhujaṅgam
Chant
सुषोणाम्बराबद्धनीवीविराज न्महारत्नकाञ्चीकलापं नितम्बम् स्फुरद्दक्षिणावर्तनाभिं च तिस्रो वली रम्यते रोमराजिं भजेऽहम् ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सुषोणाम्बराबद्धनीवीविराज
- Her hips splendid with a red silk girdle,
- न्महारत्नकाञ्चीकलापं नितम्बम्
- and a great jewelled hip-chain on the buttocks,
- स्फुरद्दक्षिणावर्तनाभिं च तिस्रो
- with a right-turning navel and three
- वली रम्यते रोमराजिं भजेऽहम्
- graceful folds; I worship the line of down.
The ascent through the body in this hymn trains devotion to see the sacred in every form. Even the waist and its folds become a field of contemplation when the Goddess is known as all-pervading.
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