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Kanakadhara Stotram
कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्
Kanakadhārā Stotram
Chant
दिग्घस्तिभिः कनककुम्भमुखावसृष्ट- स्वर्वाहिनीविमलचारुजलाप्लुताङ्गीम् । प्रातर्नमामि जगतां जननीमशेष- लोकाधिनाथगृहिणीममृताब्धिपुत्रीम् ॥१९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- दिग्घस्तिभिः कनककुम्भमुखावसृष्ट-
- with limbs bathed by the pure, lovely waters of the heavenly river poured from golden pitchers by the elephants of the quarters
- स्वर्वाहिनीविमलचारुजलाप्लुताङ्गीम् ।
- I salute at dawn the mother of the worlds
- प्रातर्नमामि जगतां जननीमशेष-
- consort of the Lord of all worlds
- लोकाधिनाथगृहिणीममृताब्धिपुत्रीम् ॥१९॥
- daughter of the ocean of nectar
Morning abhiṣeka by the directional elephants images the cosmos honouring its source. She who is mother, consort, and ocean-born daughter is the one consciousness appearing as the world's sustaining grace.
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