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Kanakadhara Stotram

कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्

Kanakadhārā Stotram

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अङ्गं हरेः पुलकभूषणमाश्रयन्ती भृङ्गाङ्गनेव मुकुलाभरणं तमालम् । अङ्गीकृताखिलविभूतिरपाङ्गलीला माङ्गल्यदास्तु मम मङ्गलदेवतायाः ॥१॥

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अङ्गं हरेः पुलकभूषणमाश्रयन्ती: resorting to Hari's body as an ornament of horripilation
भृङ्गाङ्गनेव मुकुलाभरणं तमालम् ।: like a female bee, the tamala tree as bud-ornament
अङ्गीकृताखिलविभूतिरपाङ्गलीला: whose sidelong sport has assumed all splendour
माङ्गल्यदास्तु मम मङ्गलदेवतायाः ॥१॥: may she grant auspiciousness, my auspicious goddess

Lakshmi's sidelong glance adorns Vishnu as the auspicious tremor of devotion. When the mind sees grace as inseparable from the Lord, abundance is recognized as the Self's own fullness rather than something added from outside.

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