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Shiva Namavalyashtakam
शिवनामावल्यष्टकम्
Śivanāmāvalyaṣṭakam
Chant
हे चन्द्रचूड मदनान्तक शूलपाणे स्थाणो गिरीश गिरिजेश महेश शम्भो भूतेश भीतभयसूदन मामनाथं संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- हे चन्द्रचूड मदनान्तक शूलपाणे
- O moon-crested one, destroyer of Madana, bearer of the trident in hand,
- स्थाणो गिरीश गिरिजेश महेश शम्भो
- O Sthanu, lord of the mountain, lord of Girija, great Lord, Shambhu,
- भूतेश भीतभयसूदन मामनाथं
- O lord of beings, destroyer of the fear of terror, me who am without a lord,
- संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष
- from the dense sorrow of samsara, O lord of the world, protect.
The names heap upon the one Lord who ends desire's god and the dread that haunts the helpless; calling him from the thick of worldly sorrow turns the mind from its orphaned state toward the jagadisha who is the Self of all.
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