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Kalabhairavashtakam
कालभैरवाष्टकम्
Kālabhairavāṣṭakam
Chant
रत्नपादुकाप्रभाभिरामपादयुग्मकं नित्यमद्वितीयमिष्टदैवतं निरञ्जनम् । मृत्युदर्पनाशनं करालदंष्ट्रभूषणं काशिकापुराधिनाथ कालभैरवं भजे ॥६॥
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Word breakdown
- रत्नपादुकाप्रभाभिरामपादयुग्मकं नित्यमद्वितीयमिष्टदैवतं
- Whose pair of feet is charming with the radiance of jewelled sandals, ever without a second, the chosen deity,
- निरञ्जनम् ।
- unstained,
- मृत्युदर्पनाशनं करालदंष्ट्रभूषणं
- destroyer of the pride of death, adorned with terrible fangs,
- काशिकापुराधिनाथ कालभैरवं भजे ॥६॥
- I worship Kalabhairava, lord of Kashi.
The one without a second, unstained by change, shatters death's arrogance because the Self was never born and cannot die. Devotion to feet radiant with gem-light turns the mind from the body's mortality toward the witness that outlives every form.
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