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Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala Stotram
शिवपञ्चाक्षरनक्षत्रमालास्तोत्रम्
ŚivapañcākṣaranaKṣatramālāstotram
Chant
दक्षहस्तनिष्ठजातवेदसे नमः शिवाय अक्षरात्मने नमद्बिडौजसे नमः शिवाय दीक्षितप्रकाशितात्मतेजसे नमः शिवाय उक्षराजवाह ते सतां गते नमः शिवाय ॥१०॥
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Word breakdown
- दक्षहस्तनिष्ठजातवेदसे नमः शिवाय
- To Jatavedas held in Daksha's right hand - salutations to Shiva.
- अक्षरात्मने नमद्बिडौजसे नमः शिवाय
- To the letter-Self, splendour bowed to by Bidaujas - salutations to Shiva.
- दीक्षितप्रकाशितात्मतेजसे नमः शिवाय
- To the Self-light revealed to the initiated - salutations to Shiva.
- उक्षराजवाह ते सतां गते नमः शिवाय
- To you, bull-king rider, sole refuge of saints - salutations to Shiva.
Fire in the hand, akshara-atman, and light shown to dikshitas point to Shiva as the revealed tejas of initiation. Saints find in him the single gate beyond syllable and ritual into direct knowing.
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