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Sharada Bhujanga Prayatashtakam
शारदाभुजङ्गप्रयाताष्टकम्
Śāradābhujaṅgaprayātāṣṭakam
Chant
सुवक्षोजकुम्भां सुधापूर्णकुम्भां प्रसादावलम्बां प्रपुण्यावलम्बाम् । सदास्येन्दुबिम्बां सदानोष्ठबिम्बां भजे शारदाम्बामजस्रं मदम्बाम् ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सुवक्षोजकुम्भां सुधापूर्णकुम्भां प्रसादावलम्बां प्रपुण्यावलम्बाम् । सदास्येन्दुबिम्बां सदानोष्ठबिम्बां भजे शारदाम्बामजस्रं मदम्बाम् ॥१॥
- I ever worship Sharada, my mother, whose breasts are fair pitchers, whose form is a pitcher full of nectar, who is the support of grace, the support of great merit, whose face is ever a moon-disc, whose lips are ever bimba-fruit discs.
The goddess as vessel of nectar and refuge of grace images knowledge as the fullness that feeds the soul; when the mind turns to the mother of learning, it drinks the sweetness that dissolves the thirst of ignorance.
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