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Vedasara Shiva Stotram
वेदसार शिवस्तोत्रम्
Vedasāra Śivastotram
Chant
महेशं सुरेशं सुरारातिनाशं विभुं विश्वनाथं विभूत्यङ्गभूषम् । विरूपाक्षमिन्द्वर्कवह्नित्रिनेत्रं सदानन्दमीडे प्रभुं पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- महेशं सुरेशं सुरारातिनाशं
- The great Lord, lord of gods, destroyer of the enemies of the gods.
- विभुं विश्वनाथं विभूत्यङ्गभूषम् ।
- The all-pervading one, lord of the universe, adorned with ash on his limbs.
- विरूपाक्षमिन्द्वर्कवह्नित्रिनेत्रं
- The odd-eyed one, with moon, sun, and fire as his three eyes.
- सदानन्दमीडे प्रभुं पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥२॥
- Ever-blissful; I praise the five-faced Lord.
The five faces encompass the five elements and the five functions of cosmic manifestation, yet the Lord praised is ever-blissful awareness itself. Ash on the limbs marks the impermanence of all that appears on the eternal.
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