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Devi Bhujanga Stotram
देवीभुजङ्गस्तोत्रम्
Devībhujaṅgastotram
Chant
शरेष्वेव नासा धनुष्वेव जिह्वा जपापाटले लोचने ते स्वरूपे । त्वगेषा भवच्चन्द्रखण्डे श्रवो मे गुणे ते मनोवृत्तिरम्ब त्वयि स्यात् ॥२३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- शरेष्वेव नासा धनुष्वेव जिह्वा
- May nose be only on your arrows; tongue only on your bow;
- जपापाटले लोचने ते स्वरूपे ।
- eyes on the crimson flower of your form;
- त्वगेषा भवच्चन्द्रखण्डे श्रवो मे
- this skin on your moon-disc; my hearing on your glories -
- गुणे ते मनोवृत्तिरम्ब त्वयि स्यात्
- O Mother, may mind's movement abide in you.
The yogic replacement of senses with her form is pratyahara turned to devotion. When every sense rests in the Devi, the mind's vritti finally abides in the one Self she embodies.
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