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Manikarnikashtakam
मणिकर्णिकाष्टकम्
Maṇikarṇikāṣṭakam
Chant
मध्याह्ने मणिकर्णिकास्नपनजं पुण्यं न वक्तुं क्षमः स्वीयैरब्दशतैश्चतुर्मुखधरो वेदार्थदीक्षागुरुः । योगाभ्यासबलेन चन्द्रशिखरस्तत्पुण्यपारंगतः त्वत्तीरे प्रकरोति सुप्तपुरुषं नारायणं वा शिवम् ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- मध्याह्ने मणिकर्णिकास्नपनजं पुण्यं न वक्तुं क्षमः स्वीयैरब्दशतैश्चतुर्मुखधरो वेदार्थदीक्षागुरुः । योगाभ्यासबलेन चन्द्रशिखरस्तत्पुण्यपारंगतः त्वत्तीरे प्रकरोति सुप्तपुरुषं नारायणं वा शिवम् ॥८॥
- Brahma, Guru of Vedic initiation, cannot in hundreds of his own years tell the merit of bathing at Manikarnika at midday. Shiva, having reached the far shore of that merit through power of yoga, on your bank makes the sleeping person become Narayana or Shiva.
The merit of noon bath here exceeds Brahma's power of speech; Shiva by yoga transforms the sleeper into Narayana or Shiva. Death at the sacred bank is awakening to the Lord who is both Vishnu and Shiva, one's own Self.
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