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Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram
शिवपादादिकेशान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivapādādikeśāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
आतङ्कावेगहारी सकलदिविषदामङ्घ्रिपद्माश्रयाणां मातङ्गाद्युग्रदैत्यप्रकरतनुगलद्रक्तधारात्तधारः क्रूरः सूरायुतानामपि च परिभवं स्वीयभासा वितन्वन् घोराकारः कुठारो दृढतरदुरिताख्याटवीं पाटयेन्नः ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- आतङ्कावेगहारी सकलदिविषदामङ्घ्रिपद्माश्रयाणां
- Remover of the rush of terror for all who take refuge in the lotus feet of the gods,
- मातङ्गाद्युग्रदैत्यप्रकरतनुगलद्रक्तधारात्तधारः
- anointed with streams of blood flowing from the bodies of fierce demon hosts like Matanga,
- क्रूरः सूरायुतानामपि च परिभवं स्वीयभासा वितन्वन्
- cruel, spreading the humiliation even of ten thousand heroes by his own splendor,
- घोराकारः कुठारो दृढतरदुरिताख्याटवीं पाटयेन्नः
- the trident of terrible form - may it split for us the forest called stubborn sin.
The trident that splits the forest of sin is the Lord's power to cut through ignorance, not mere wrath against foes. Those who shelter at the lotus feet find that the weapon raised against demons is the same light that destroys the ego's darkness within.
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