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Subrahmanya Bhujangam
सुब्रह्मण्य भुजङ्गम्
Subrahmaṇya Bhujaṅgam
Chant
गिरौ मन्निवासे नरा येऽधिरूढा- स्तदा पर्वते राजते तेऽधिरूढाः । इतीव ब्रुवन्गन्धशैलाधिरूढः स देवो मुदे मे सदा षण्मुखोऽस्तु ॥६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- गिरौ मन्निवासे नरा येऽधिरूढा-
- 'Men who climb this hill, my dwelling on the mountain,
- स्तदा पर्वते राजते तेऽधिरूढाः ।
- then reign on the mountain you have climbed' -
- इतीव ब्रुवन्गन्धशैलाधिरूढः
- thus seeming to say, mounted on the fragrant hill,
- स देवो मुदे मे सदा षण्मुखोऽस्तु
- may that six-faced God always be my joy.
Climbing Sugandha hill equals climbing Kailasa; the six-faced Lord on the hill grants joy. Sacred geography merges with the supreme abode when devotion consecrates the place.
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