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Manikarnikashtakam
मणिकर्णिकाष्टकम्
Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakam
Chant
त्वत्तीरे मरणं तु मङ्गलकरं देवैरपि श्लाघ्यते शक्रस्तं मनुजं सहस्रनयनैर्द्रष्टुं सदा तत्परः । आयान्तं सविता सहस्रकिरणैः प्रत्युद्गतोऽभूत्सदा पुण्योऽसौ वृषगोऽथवा गरुडगः किं मन्दिरं यास्यति ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- त्वत्तीरे मरणं तु मङ्गलकरं देवैरपि श्लाघ्यते शक्रस्तं मनुजं सहस्रनयनैर्द्रष्टुं सदा तत्परः । आयान्तं सविता सहस्रकिरणैः प्रत्युद्गतोऽभूत्सदा पुण्योऽसौ वृषगोऽथवा गरुडगः किं मन्दिरं यास्यति ॥७॥
- Death on your bank is auspicious, praised even by gods; Indra with his thousand eyes is ever eager to see that man. The sun with a thousand rays always goes forth to meet him as he comes. That meritorious one - will he go to the temple on Nandi or on Garuda?
Death on Manikarnika's bank is auspicious; even gods hasten to witness the blessed soul's departure. The question whether Nandi or Garuda bears him points to the one liberation beyond every vehicle.
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