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Gauri Dashakam
गौरी दशकम्
Gaurī Daśakam
Chant
आशापाशक्लेशविनाशं विदधानां पादाम्भोजध्यानपराणां पुरुषाणाम् । ईशामीशार्धाङ्गहरां तामभिरामां गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥१०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आशापाशक्लेशविनाशं विदधानां
- Who bestows destruction of the bondage of hope and sorrow.
- पादाम्भोजध्यानपराणां पुरुषाणाम् ।
- For men devoted to meditation on her lotus feet.
- ईशामीशार्धाङ्गहरां तामभिरामां
- The charming one who is half the body of the Lord of lords.
- गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥१०॥
- I praise Mother Gauri, the lotus-eyed one.
Meditation on her lotus feet cuts the fetters of desire and grief. Ardhanarishvara images the truth that the highest Lord and his power are one undivided reality.
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