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Vishnu Padadi Keshanta Stotram
विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇupādādikeśāntastotram
Chant
वाग्भूगौर्यादिभेदैर्विदुरिह मुनयो यां यदीयैश्च पुंसाम् कारुण्यार्द्रैः कटाक्षैः सकृदपि पतितैः सम्पदः स्युः समग्राः । कुन्देन्दुस्वच्छमन्दस्मितमधुरमुखाम्भोरुहां सुन्दराङ्गीम् वन्दे वन्द्यामसेषैरपि मुरभिदुरोमन्दिरामिन्दिरां ताम् ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- वाग्भूगौर्यादिभेदैर्विदुरिह मुनयो यां यदीयैश्च पुंसाम्
- Whom sages here know through distinctions like Speech, Earth, and Gauri, and through whose glances on men
- कारुण्यार्द्रैः कटाक्षैः सकृदपि पतितैः सम्पदः स्युः समग्राः
- with moist compassionate sidelong looks, fallen even once, fortunes become complete,
- कुन्देन्दुस्वच्छमन्दस्मितमधुरमुखाम्भोरुहां सुन्दराङ्गीम्
- with lotus face of sweet gentle smile clear as kunda and moon,
- वन्दे वन्द्यामसेषैरपि मुरभिदुरोमन्दिरामिन्दिरां ताम्
- I bow to that Indira, worshipped by all, dwelling on Murari's chest.
Lakshmi on Vishnu's chest is prosperity and grace, known through speech and earth as manifestations of the one Shakti. Her compassionate glance bestows fullness because she is maya when recognized as the Lord's own creative power, not other than Him.
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