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Shiva Bhujangam
शिवभुजङ्गम्
Śivabhujaṅgam
Chant
पशुं वेत्सि चेन्मां तमेवाधिरूढः कलङ्कीति वा मूर्ध्नि धत्से तमेव द्विजिह्वः पुनः सोऽपि ते कण्ठभूषा त्वदङ्गीकृताः शर्व सर्वेऽपि धन्याः ॥१२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- पशुं वेत्सि चेन्मां तमेवाधिरूढः
- If you know me as a beast, you mount that very one;
- कलङ्कीति वा मूर्ध्नि धत्से तमेव
- or you place that very one, called blemished, on your head;
- द्विजिह्वः पुनः सोऽपि ते कण्ठभूषा
- the two-tongued one again is your throat ornament;
- त्वदङ्गीकृताः शर्व सर्वेऽपि धन्याः
- all who are accepted by you, Sharva, are blessed.
Shiva accepts what the world rejects - the bull, the blemished, the serpent - and makes them his adornment. Those embraced by the Lord are blessed regardless of worldly status.
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