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Shiva Keshadi Padanta Varnana Stotram
शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivakeśādipādāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
भासा यस्य त्रिलोकी लसति परिलसत्फेनबिन्द्वर्णवान्त र्व्यामग्नेवातिगौरस्तुलितसुरसरिद्वारिपूरप्रसारः पीनात्मा दन्तभाभिर्भृशमहहहकारातिभीमः सदेष्टां पुष्टां तुष्टिं कृषीष्ट स्फुटमिह भवतामट्टहासोऽष्टमूर्तेः ॥१२॥
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Word breakdown
- भासा यस्य त्रिलोकी लसति परिलसत्फेनबिन्द्वर्णवान्त
- By whose splendor the three worlds shine, sparkling like foam-drops on the ocean's edge,
- र्व्यामग्नेवातिगौरस्तुलितसुरसरिद्वारिपूरप्रसारः
- vast as the sky, exceedingly fair, comparable to the Ganga's flood spreading to the ocean's brim,
- पीनात्मा दन्तभाभिर्भृशमहहहकारातिभीमः सदेष्टां
- full-bodied, with terrifying 'ha ha ha' from the brilliance of teeth, ever granting desired
- पुष्टां तुष्टिं कृषीष्ट स्फुटमिह भवतामट्टहासोऽष्टमूर्तेः
- fullness and contentment - may the loud laughter of the eight-formed one grant clearly here to you.
The laughter of Ashtamurti, vast as the ocean, fills the three worlds with light because it is the joy of the Self recognizing itself in all forms. Fullness and contentment flow from the Lord whose eight embodiments are the elements and senses resolved in one awareness.
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