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Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram
शिवपादादिकेशान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivapādādikeśāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
आरूढप्रौढवेगप्रविजितपवनं तुङ्गतुङ्गं तुरङ्गं चेलं नीलं वसानः करतलविलसत्काण्डकोदण्डदण्डः रागद्वेषादिनानाविधमृगपटलीभीतिकृद्भूतभर्ता कुर्वन्नाखेटलीलां परिलसतु मनः कानने मामकीने ॥९॥
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Word breakdown
- आरूढप्रौढवेगप्रविजितपवनं तुङ्गतुङ्गं तुरङ्गं
- Mounted on the tall, tall steed of mature speed conquering the wind,
- चेलं नीलं वसानः करतलविलसत्काण्डकोदण्डदण्डः
- wearing blue garment, with the staff of sugarcane-bow shining in the palm,
- रागद्वेषादिनानाविधमृगपटलीभीतिकृद्भूतभर्ता
- the lord of beings, causing fear in herds of beasts of many kinds - desire, hatred, and the rest,
- कुर्वन्नाखेटलीलां परिलसतु मनः कानने मामकीने
- performing the sport of the hunt - may the mind revel in my forest.
Shiva the hunter on his swift steed chases the beasts of raga and dvesha, desire and aversion, through the forest of the mind. When the hunt is seen as inner sport, the lord of beings is recognized as the Self mastering its own impulses.
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