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Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram
शिवपादादिकेशान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivapādādikeśāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
वेणीसौभाग्यविस्मापिततपनसुताचारुवेणीविलासा न्वाणीनिर्धूतवाणीकरतलविधृतोदारवीणाविरावान् एणीनेत्रान्तभङ्गीनिरसननिपुणापाङ्गकोणानुपासे शोणान् प्राणानुदूढप्रतिनवसुषमाकन्दलानिन्दुमौलैः ॥११॥
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Word breakdown
- वेणीसौभाग्यविस्मापिततपनसुताचारुवेणीविलासा
- Whose lovely veena-play astonishes the sun's daughter with the good fortune of her braid,
- न्वाणीनिर्धूतवाणीकरतलविधृतोदारवीणाविरावान्
- whose generous veena-sounds, held in the palm that has dispelled Sarasvati's pride,
- एणीनेत्रान्तभङ्गीनिरसननिपुणापाङ्गकोणानुपासे
- I worship the corner of the sidelong glance skilled in dispelling the doe-eyed one's crooked glances,
- शोणान् प्राणानुदूढप्रतिनवसुषमाकन्दलानिन्दुमौलैः
- with ruddy life-breaths, with the moon-crested one bearing fresh spring beauty like Kandala.
The veena whose notes surpass Sarasvati flows from fingers that have mastered speech itself, for music points beyond words. The sidelong glance and the breath of spring remind the devotee that beauty and sound arise from the one blissful Self.
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