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Devi Bhujanga Stotram
देवीभुजङ्गस्तोत्रम्
Devībhujaṅgastotram
Chant
कदा वा भवत्पादपोतेन तूर्णं भवाम्भोधिमुक्तीर्य पूर्णान्तरङ्गः । निमज्जन्तमेनं दुराशाविषाब्धौ समालोक्य लोकं कथं पर्युदास्से ॥१९॥
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Word breakdown
- कदा वा भवत्पादपोतेन तूर्णं
- When shall I, by the boat of your foot-lotus, swiftly
- भवाम्भोधिमुक्तीर्य पूर्णान्तरङ्गः ।
- crossing the ocean of becoming, fulfilled within,
- निमज्जन्तमेनं दुराशाविषाब्धौ
- seeing this world sinking in the poison-sea of false hope,
- समालोक्य लोकं कथं पर्युदास्से
- look upon the world - how can you turn away?
The poet pleads for the foot-boat that ferries across becoming's ocean. When delusion's poison-sea is seen clearly, indifference from the Mother would be impossible - grace must answer surrender.
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