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Manikarnikashtakam
मणिकर्णिकाष्टकम्
Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakam
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इन्द्राद्यास्त्रिदशाः पतन्ति नियतं भोगक्षये ये पुनर्जायन्ते मनुजास्ततोऽपि पशवः कीटाः पतङ्गादयः । ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति निष्कल्मषाः सायुज्येऽपि किरीटकौस्तुभधरा नारायणाः स्युर्नराः ॥२॥
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- इन्द्राद्यास्त्रिदशाः पतन्ति नियतं भोगक्षये ये पुनर्जायन्ते मनुजास्ततोऽपि पशवः कीटाः पतङ्गादयः । ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति निष्कल्मषाः सायुज्येऽपि किरीटकौस्तुभधरा नारायणाः स्युर्नराः ॥२॥
- Indra and the gods fall when their enjoyments end and are born again; so too men, then animals, worms, moths, and the rest. But those who bathe sinless in your waters, O Mother Manikarnika, become Narayanas bearing crown and Kaustubha, even in sayujya.
Gods and creatures cycle through birth and fall, but the sinless bath at Manikarnika lifts the soul beyond repetition. The place of death becomes the gate where the many return to the one Narayana-nature.
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