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Manikarnikashtakam
मणिकर्णिकाष्टकम्
Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakam
Chant
एको वेणुधरो धराधरधरः श्रीवत्सभूषाधरो योऽप्येकः किल शङ्करो विषधरो गङ्गाधरो माधवः । ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति ते मानवाः रुद्रा वा हरयो भवन्ति बहवस्तेषां बहुत्वं कथम् ॥६॥
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Word breakdown
- एको वेणुधरो धराधरधरः श्रीवत्सभूषाधरो योऽप्येकः किल शङ्करो विषधरो गङ्गाधरो माधवः । ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति ते मानवाः रुद्रा वा हरयो भवन्ति बहवस्तेषां बहुत्वं कथम् ॥६॥
- One is Krishna the flute-bearer, mountain-lifter, bearer of Srivatsa; one is Shankara, poison-bearer, Gangadhara, Madhava. Those who bathe in your waters, O Mother Manikarnika, become Rudras or Hari - how can they be many?
Krishna and Shiva are one, yet those who bathe here become many Rudras or Hari. The question of multiplicity dissolves when the many are recognized as waves of the one Lord.
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