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Gauri Dashakam
गौरी दशकम्
Gaurī Daśakam
Chant
आदिक्षान्तामक्षरमूर्त्या विलसन्तीं भूते भूते भूतकदम्बप्रसवित्रीम् । शब्दब्रह्मानन्दमयीं तां तटिदाभां गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आदिक्षान्तामक्षरमूर्त्या विलसन्तीं
- Shining from beginning to end as the imperishable form.
- भूते भूते भूतकदम्बप्रसवित्रीम् ।
- Producing hosts of beings in each created being.
- शब्दब्रह्मानन्दमयीं तां तटिदाभां
- Her who is bliss of Sabda-Brahman, bright as lightning.
- गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥४॥
- I praise Mother Gauri, the lotus-eyed one.
She is the unbroken vibration of sacred sound from which every being springs. In Advaita, Sabda-Brahman and the supreme Self are one: the primordial word and the silent witness are not opposed.
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