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Gauri Dashakam
गौरी दशकम्
Gaurī Daśakam
Chant
नित्यः शुद्धो निष्कल एको जगदीशः साक्षी यस्याः सर्गविधौ संहरणे च । विश्वत्राणक्रीडनलोलां शिवपत्नीं गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- नित्यः शुद्धो निष्कल एको जगदीशः
- The eternal, pure, partless, sole Lord of the world.
- साक्षी यस्याः सर्गविधौ संहरणे च ।
- Who is witness of her in creation and in dissolution.
- विश्वत्राणक्रीडनलोलां शिवपत्नीं
- Who sports in protecting the universe, Shiva's consort.
- गौरीमम्बामम्बुरुहाक्षीमहमीडे ॥६॥
- I praise Mother Gauri, the lotus-eyed one.
Shiva witnesses creation and destruction through Shakti without himself changing. Ishvara and his power are one reality: the changeless Self appears as the universe's protective play through its own energy.
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