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Vishnu Padadi Keshanta Stotram
विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇupādādikeśāntastotram
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लक्ष्मीभर्तुर्भुजाग्रे कृतवसति सितं यस्य रूपं विशालम् नीलाद्रेस्तुङ्गशृङ्गस्थितमिव रजनीनाथबिंबं विभाति । पायान्नः पाञ्चजन्यः स दितिसुतकुलत्रासनैः पूरयन् स्वैः निध्वानैर्नीरदौघध्वनिपरिभवदैरम्बरं कम्बुराजः ॥१॥
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- लक्ष्मीभर्तुर्भुजाग्रे कृतवसति सितं यस्य रूपं विशालम्
- On Lakshmi's lord's arm, dwelling, whose vast form is white,
- नीलाद्रेस्तुङ्गशृङ्गस्थितमिव रजनीनाथबिंबं विभाति
- shining like the moon's disc on Niladri's lofty peak,
- पायान्नः पाञ्चजन्यः स दितिसुतकुलत्रासनैः पूरयन् स्वैः
- may Panchajanya protect us, filling with his own sounds that terrify Diti's sons' hosts,
- निध्वानैर्नीरदौघध्वनिपरिभवदैरम्बरं कम्बुराजः
- with deep roars rivaling cloud-flood sounds - the royal conch.
Panchajanya's white radiance and thunderous sound proclaim the Lord whose presence terrifies the forces of darkness. The conch's call is Om resounding through the sky of consciousness, awakening the devotee from the sleep of ignorance.
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