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Rama Bhujanga Prayata Stotram
रामभुजङ्गप्रयातस्तोत्रम्
Rāmabhujaṅgaprayātastotram
Chant
यदा मत्समीपं कृतान्तः समेत्य प्रचण्डप्रकोपैर्भटैर्भीषयेन्माम् । तदाविष्करोषि त्वदीयं स्वरूपं सदापत्प्रणाशं सकोदण्डबाणम् ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- यदा मत्समीपं कृतान्तः समेत्य
- When Death approaches me
- प्रचण्डप्रकोपैर्भटैर्भीषयेन्माम् ।
- and terrifies me with fierce angry warriors,
- तदाविष्करोषि त्वदीयं स्वरूपं
- then reveal your own form,
- सदापत्प्रणाशं सकोदण्डबाणम्
- destroyer of that calamity, armed with bow and arrow.
The prayer for Rama's appearance at death's approach is the seeker's trust that the Self reveals itself when fear is fiercest.
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