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Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala Stotram
शिवपञ्चाक्षरनक्षत्रमालास्तोत्रम्
ŚivapañcākṣaranaKṣatramālāstotram
Chant
जन्ममृत्युघोरदुःखहारिणे नमः शिवाय चिन्मयैकरूपदेहधारिणे नमः शिवाय मन्मनोरथावपूर्तिकारिणे नमः शिवाय सन्मनोगताय कामवैरिणे नमः शिवाय ॥८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- जन्ममृत्युघोरदुःखहारिणे नमः शिवाय
- To the remover of terrible birth-death suffering - salutations to Shiva.
- चिन्मयैकरूपदेहधारिणे नमः शिवाय
- To the bearer of a body of single consciousness-form - salutations to Shiva.
- मन्मनोरथावपूर्तिकारिणे नमः शिवाय
- To the fulfiller of my heart's desires - salutations to Shiva.
- सन्मनोगताय कामवैरिणे नमः शिवाय
- To the enemy of Love, dwelling in saints' minds - salutations to Shiva.
He removes birth-death pain because his body is cinmaya - one consciousness-form. Fulfilling desire without binding, he dwells in the san-manas of saints as the fire that burns kāma from within.
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