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Narmadashtakam
नर्मदाष्टकम्
Narmadāṣṭakam
Chant
गतं तदैव मे भयं त्वदम्बु विम्शितं यदा मृकण्डुसूनुशौनकासुरारिसेवितं सदा । पुनर्भवाब्धिजन्मजं भवाब्धिदुःखवर्मदे त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- गतं तदैव मे भयं त्वदम्बु विम्शितं यदा मृकण्डुसूनुशौनकासुरारिसेवितं सदा । पुनर्भवाब्धिजन्मजं भवाब्धिदुःखवर्मदे त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥४॥
- My fear vanished then and there when your water was seen, ever served by Markandeya's son, Shaunaka, and the enemy of the asura. Armour against the sorrow of the ocean of becoming born of rebirth in the ocean of becoming, O Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
Fear departs at the sight of her waters because recognition of the sacred breaks the spell of becoming; the armour she grants is the steady turning of mind from rebirth's sorrow toward the sages' abiding witness.
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