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Kalabhairavashtakam
कालभैरवाष्टकम्
Kālabhairavāṣṭakam
Chant
अट्टहासभिन्नपद्मजाण्डकोशसन्ततिं दृष्टिपातनष्टपापजालमुग्रशासनम् । अष्टसिद्धिदायकं कपालमालिकाधरं काशिकापुराधिनाथ कालभैरवं भजे ॥७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अट्टहासभिन्नपद्मजाण्डकोशसन्ततिं
- Whose loud laughter splits the egg-shell series of Brahma's lotus birth,
- दृष्टिपातनष्टपापजालमुग्रशासनम् ।
- whose glance destroys the net of sins, stern in command,
- अष्टसिद्धिदायकं कपालमालिकाधरं
- giver of the eight siddhis, wearer of a garland of skulls,
- काशिकापुराधिनाथ कालभैरवं भजे ॥७॥
- I worship Kalabhairava, lord of Kashi.
Laughter that breaks the shell of cosmic origination and a glance that burns away sin point to consciousness as the power behind creation and dissolution. The garland of skulls is not horror alone but the reminder that every form returns to the one Lord who grants the highest attainments.
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