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Govindashtakam
गोविन्दाष्टकम्
Govindāṣṭakam
Chant
त्रैविष्टपरिपुवीरघ्नं क्षितिभारघ्नं भवरोगघ्नं कैवल्यं नवनीताहारमनाहारं भुवनाहारम् । वैमल्यस्फुटचेतोवृत्तिविशेषाभासमनाभासं शैवं केवलशान्तं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- त्रैविष्टपरिपुवीरघ्नं क्षितिभारघ्नं भवरोगघ्नं कैवल्यं नवनीताहारमनाहारं भुवनाहारम् । वैमल्यस्फुटचेतोवृत्तिविशेषाभासमनाभासं शैवं केवलशान्तं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥३॥
- Bow to Govinda, supreme bliss: destroyer of the enemies of heaven, remover of the earth's burden, healer of the disease of becoming, liberation itself, eater of butter yet non-eater, consumer of the worlds, pure splendour reflected in the mind's modes yet beyond reflection, auspicious, utterly peaceful.
He who eats butter yet sustains the worlds is the Self that feeds on nothing yet nourishes all existence. Removal of the burden of becoming is the recognition that the pure mind's reflection and its source are one undivided peace.
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