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Shiva Namavalyashtakam
शिवनामावल्यष्टकम्
Śivanāmāvalyaṣṭakam
Chant
हे पार्वतीहृदयवल्लभ चन्द्रमौले भूताधिप प्रमथनाथ गिरीशचाप हे वामदेव भव रुद्र पिनाकपाणे संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- हे पार्वतीहृदयवल्लभ चन्द्रमौले
- O beloved of Parvati's heart, O moon-crested one,
- भूताधिप प्रमथनाथ गिरीशचाप
- O lord of beings, lord of the pramathas, O bow of Girisha,
- हे वामदेव भव रुद्र पिनाकपाणे
- O Vamadeva, Bhava, Rudra, bearer of Pinaka in hand,
- संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष
- from the dense sorrow of samsara, O lord of the world, protect.
Beloved of the heart's Shakti and lord of hosts of beings, he answers to every sacred name because names point to one reality; refuge in Rudra is refuge in the awareness that wears all forms yet remains one.
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