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Shiva Bhujangam
शिवभुजङ्गम्
Śivabhujaṅgam
Chant
यदा पश्यतां मामसौ वेत्ति नास्मा नयं श्वास एवेति वाचो भवेयुः तदा भूतिभूषं भुजङ्गावनद्धं पुरारे भवन्तं स्फुटं भावयेयम् ॥२४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- यदा पश्यतां मामसौ वेत्ति नास्मा
- When those who look on me know 'this is not he,'
- नयं श्वास एवेति वाचो भवेयुः
- and words become only 'this is breath,'
- तदा भूतिभूषं भुजङ्गावनद्धं
- then clearly I shall meditate on you,
- पुरारे भवन्तं स्फुटं भावयेयम्
- O Destroyer of the city, adorned with ash, bound by the bhujanga metre.
When onlookers see only breath in the dying body, the devotee will meditate clearly on Shiva. Recognition that 'this is not he' is the very discrimination that points toward the Self beyond the corpse.
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