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Manikarnikashtakam
मणिकर्णिकाष्टकम्
Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakam
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त्वत्तीरे मणिकर्णिके हरिहरौ सायुज्यमुक्तिप्रदौ वादन्तौ कुरुतः परस्परमुभौ जन्तोः प्रयाणोत्सवे । मद्रूपो मनुजोऽयमस्तु हरिणा प्रोक्तः शिवस्तत्क्षणात्तन्मध्याद्भृगुलाञ्छनो गरुडगः पीताम्बरो निर्गतः ॥१॥
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- त्वत्तीरे मणिकर्णिके हरिहरौ सायुज्यमुक्तिप्रदौ वादन्तौ कुरुतः परस्परमुभौ जन्तोः प्रयाणोत्सवे । मद्रूपो मनुजोऽयमस्तु हरिणा प्रोक्तः शिवस्तत्क्षणात्तन्मध्याद्भृगुलाञ्छनो गरुडगः पीताम्बरो निर्गतः ॥१॥
- On your bank, O Manikarnika, Hari and Hara, both givers of sayujya liberation, debate each other at a creature's departure-festival. 'Let this man be in my form,' says Vishnu; instantly Shiva agrees; from between them emerges the yellow-clad one marked with Bhrigu's sign, riding Garuda.
At Manikarnika's bank Vishnu and Shiva contend over the departing soul, yet both grant the same liberation. The debate of Hari and Hara dissolves in the one reality that wears both forms.
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