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Shiva Keshadi Padanta Varnana Stotram
शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivakeśādipādāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
भूत्यै दृग्भूतयोः स्याद्यदहिमहिमरुग्बिम्बयोः स्निग्धवर्णो दैत्यौघध्वंसशंसी स्फुट इव परिवेषावशेषो विभाति सर्गस्थित्यन्तवृत्तिर्मयि समुपगतेऽतीव निर्वृत्तगर्वं शर्वाणीभर्तुरुच्चैर्युगलमथ दधद्विभ्रमं तद्भ्रुवोर्वः ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- भूत्यै दृग्भूतयोः स्याद्यदहिमहिमरुग्बिम्बयोः स्निग्धवर्णो
- For ornament, when the pair of eyes would be the moist-hued globes of the dark cloud and the sun-disc,
- दैत्यौघध्वंसशंसी स्फुट इव परिवेषावशेषो विभाति
- proclaiming the destruction of the demon hosts, the eclipse-remnant clearly shines forth,
- सर्गस्थित्यन्तवृत्तिर्मयि समुपगतेऽतीव निर्वृत्तगर्वं
- the function of creation, preservation, and dissolution - when I have approached, my pride utterly gone,
- शर्वाणीभर्तुरुच्चैर्युगलमथ दधद्विभ्रमं तद्भ्रुवोर्वः
- may that pair of brows of Sarvani's lord, bearing splendor, be yours on high.
The brows that govern creation, preservation, and dissolution remind the devotee that cosmic functions are the play of the one Lord. When pride is gone and the mind approaches Him, the paired arches above the eyes become mirrors of the unity behind all change.
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