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Narmadashtakam
नर्मदाष्टकम्
Narmadāṣṭakam
Chant
अहो धृतं स्वनं श्रुतं महेशकेशजातटे किरातसूतबाडवेषु पण्डिते शठे नटे । दुरन्तपापतापहारि सर्वजन्तुशर्मदे त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- अहो धृतं स्वनं श्रुतं महेशकेशजातटे किरातसूतबाडवेषु पण्डिते शठे नटे । दुरन्तपापतापहारि सर्वजन्तुशर्मदे त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥८॥
- Ah, your sound is held and heard on the slope of Mahesha's matted locks, in the hunter, the charioteer, the brahmin, the rogue, and the actor. Remover of the burning torment of endless sin, giver of peace to all creatures, O Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
Her sound on Shiva's locks and in every human type declares that grace reaches all masks of the one Self; when the fire of sin's remorse is quenched, peace is not earned by role but received by the creature as such.
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