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Shiva Keshadi Padanta Varnana Stotram
शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivakeśādipādāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
क्रुध्यद्गौरीप्रसादानतिसमयपदाङ्गुष्ठसङ्क्रान्तलाक्षा बिन्दुस्पर्धि स्मरारेः स्फटिकमणिदृषन्मग्नमाणिक्यशोभम् मूर्ध्न्युद्यद्दिव्यसिन्धोः पतितशफरिकाकारि वो मास्तकं स्ता दस्तोकापत्तिकृत्यै हुतवहकणिकामोक्षरूक्षं सदाक्षि ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- क्रुध्यद्गौरीप्रसादानतिसमयपदाङ्गुष्ठसङ्क्रान्तलाक्षा
- The black cosmetic line crossing from Gauri's toe to the thumb at the moment of her gracious bow in anger,
- बिन्दुस्पर्धि स्मरारेः स्फटिकमणिदृषन्मग्नमाणिक्यशोभम्
- rivaling the dot, of Smara's foe - splendid as a ruby sunk in a crystal gem,
- मूर्ध्न्युद्यद्दिव्यसिन्धोः पतितशफरिकाकारि वो मास्तकं स्ता
- may your crown be, on the head, maker of the fallen minnow-shape in the rising divine ocean,
- दस्तोकापत्तिकृत्यै हुतवहकणिकामोक्षरूक्षं सदाक्षि
- for warding off children's calamity - the ever-present third eye, rough with the ember-grain of sacrificial fire.
The third eye born of Gauri's grace and the fire of sacrifice is the eye of knowledge that burns away the illusion of separation. What appears as a mark on the brow is the inward vision in which the world arises and dissolves like a minnow in the ocean of consciousness.
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