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Kanakadhara Stotram
कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्
Kanakadhārā Stotram
Chant
कालाम्बुदालिललितोरसि कैटभारेः धाराधरे स्फुरति या तटिदङ्गनेव । मातुस्समस्तजगतां महनीयमूर्तिः भद्राणि मे दिशतु भार्गवनन्दनायाः ॥५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- कालाम्बुदालिललितोरसि कैटभारेः
- on the dark, cloud-like, delightful chest of the slayer of Kaiṭabha
- धाराधरे स्फुरति या तटिदङ्गनेव ।
- she who flashes like a lightning-bodied woman on a rain-cloud
- मातुस्समस्तजगतां महनीयमूर्तिः
- mother of all worlds, of worshipful form
- भद्राणि मे दिशतु भार्गवनन्दनायाः ॥५॥
- may the daughter of Bhṛgu's descendant grant me blessings
Lightning on the rain-cloud images grace flashing on the dark ground of the Lord. The Mother of worlds is the power through which the one consciousness appears as protector and giver of good.
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