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Vedasara Shiva Stotram
वेदसार शिवस्तोत्रम्
Vedasāra Śivastotram
Chant
गिरीशं गणेशं गले नीलवर्णं गवेन्द्राधिरूढं गुणातीतरूपम् । भवं भास्वरं भस्मना भूषिताङ्गं भवानीकलत्रं भजे पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- गिरीशं गणेशं गले नीलवर्णं
- Lord of the mountain, lord of hosts, blue-throated in the neck.
- गवेन्द्राधिरूढं गुणातीतरूपम् ।
- Mounted on the king of bulls, whose form is beyond the gunas.
- भवं भास्वरं भस्मना भूषिताङ्गं
- Existence itself, radiant, with limbs adorned by ash.
- भवानीकलत्रं भजे पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥३॥
- United with Bhavani; I worship the five-faced one.
Beyond the gunas yet united with Bhavani, Shiva is the unchanging Self and Shakti its creative power, never truly separate. Worship of the five-faced Lord is worship of consciousness and its manifestation as one.
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