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Vedasara Shiva Stotram
वेदसार शिवस्तोत्रम्
Vedasāra Śivastotram
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पशूनां पतिं पापनाशं परेशं गजेन्द्रस्य कृत्तिं वसानं वरेण्यम् । जटाजूटमध्ये स्फुरद्गाङ्गवारिं महादेवमेकं स्मरामि स्मरारिम् ॥१॥
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Word breakdown
- पशूनां पतिं पापनाशं परेशं
- Lord of beings, destroyer of sin, the supreme Lord.
- गजेन्द्रस्य कृत्तिं वसानं वरेण्यम् ।
- Wearing the hide of the king of elephants, most worthy of choice.
- जटाजूटमध्ये स्फुरद्गाङ्गवारिं
- With Ganga's waters sparkling amid his matted locks.
- महादेवमेकं स्मरामि स्मरारिम् ॥१॥
- The one Mahadeva, enemy of Love; I remember him.
Pashupati who destroys sin is the Self that was never bound yet appears to free the bound. Remembering the one Mahadeva turns the mind from the seduction of objects toward the stillness beyond desire.
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