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Shiva Namavalyashtakam
शिवनामावल्यष्टकम्
Śivanāmāvalyaṣṭakam
Chant
कैलासशैलविनिवास वृषाकपे हे मृत्युञ्जय त्रिनयन त्रिजगन्निवास नारायणप्रिय मदापह शक्तिनाथ संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- कैलासशैलविनिवास वृषाकपे हे
- O dweller on Mount Kailasa, O bull-bannered one,
- मृत्युञ्जय त्रिनयन त्रिजगन्निवास
- O conqueror of death, three-eyed one, abode of the three worlds,
- नारायणप्रिय मदापह शक्तिनाथ
- O beloved of Narayana, remover of pride, lord of Shakti,
- संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष
- from the dense sorrow of samsara, O lord of the world, protect.
Mrityunjaya on Kailasa and beloved of Narayana reveal Shiva as death's conqueror and Vishnu's friend in one; refuge in him is trust that the power which sustains the three worlds also swallows the pride that binds the soul.
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