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Gauri Dashakam
गौरी दशकम्
Gaurī Daśakam
Chant
प्रत्याहारध्यानसमाधिस्थितिभाजां नित्यं चित्ते निर्वृतिकाष्ठां कलयन्तीम् । सत्यज्ञानानन्दमयीं तां तनुरूपां गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- प्रत्याहारध्यानसमाधिस्थितिभाजां
- For those established in withdrawal, meditation, and samadhi.
- नित्यं चित्ते निर्वृतिकाष्ठां कलयन्तीम् ।
- Who is ever imagined in the mind as the summit of bliss.
- सत्यज्ञानानन्दमयीं तां तनुरूपां
- Her who is embodiment of truth, knowledge, and bliss.
- गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥२॥
- I praise Mother Gauri, the lotus-eyed one.
For the disciplined mind, Gauri is the highest joy and the very form of sat-chit-ananda. The deity contemplated in meditation is ultimately the non-dual Self appearing as the gracious form that guides the seeker inward.
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