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Shiva Keshadi Padanta Varnana Stotram
शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivakeśādipādāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
क्रुध्यत्यद्धा ययोः स्वां तनुमतिलसतोर्बिम्बतां लक्षयन्ती भर्त्रे स्पर्धातिनिघ्ना मुहुरितरवधूशङ्कया शैलकन्या युष्मांस्तौ शश्वदुच्चैरबहुलदशमीशर्वरीशातिशुभ्रा वव्यास्तां दिव्यसिन्धोः कमितुरवनमल्लोकपालौ कपोलौ ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- क्रुध्यत्यद्धा ययोः स्वां तनुमतिलसतोर्बिम्बतां लक्षयन्ती
- Truly angered, seeing the mirror-likeness of their own slender radiant bodies,
- भर्त्रे स्पर्धातिनिघ्ना मुहुरितरवधूशङ्कया शैलकन्या
- the mountain-daughter, striking hard at rivalry with her lord, again and again suspecting another wife,
- युष्मांस्तौ शश्वदुच्चैरबहुलदशमीशर्वरीशातिशुभ्रा
- may those two cheeks of yours, ever on high, exceedingly bright like the tenth day moon of Sarvari's lord,
- वव्यास्तां दिव्यसिन्धोः कमितुरवनमल्लोकपालौ कपोलौ
- be victorious - the cheeks, guardians of all worlds, of the divine ocean's beloved.
The cheeks bright as the full moon reflect the joy of Shiva and Shakti, never truly separate though appearing as lord and consort. The radiance on the face is the bliss of non-dual awareness shining through divine form.
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