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Rama Bhujanga Prayata Stotram
रामभुजङ्गप्रयातस्तोत्रम्
Rāmabhujaṅgaprayātastotram
Chant
यदावर्णयत्कर्णमूलेऽन्तकाले शिवो राम रामेति रामेति काश्याम् । तदेकं परं तारकब्रह्मरूपं भजेऽहं भजेऽहं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- यदावर्णयत्कर्णमूलेऽन्तकाले
- When at the root of the ear at life's end
- शिवो राम रामेति रामेति काश्याम् ।
- Shiva uttered 'Rama, Rama, Rama' in Kashi,
- तदेकं परं तारकब्रह्मरूपं
- that one supreme Taraka-Brahman form
- भजेऽहं भजेऽहं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम्
- I worship, I worship, I worship, I worship.
The name whispered by Shiva at death is the same Brahman the hymn worships in life. Repetition of 'I worship' is the mind's return to that one Taraka.
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