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Vishnu Padadi Keshanta Stotram
विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇupādādikeśāntastotram
Chant
या सूते सत्त्वजालं सकलमपि सदा संनिधानेन पुंसः धत्ते या तत्त्वयोगाच्चरमचरमिदं भूतये भूतजातम् । धात्रीं स्थात्रीं जनित्रीं प्रकृतिमविकृतिं विश्वशक्तिं विधात्रीम् विष्णोर्विश्वात्मनस्तां विपुलगुणमयीं प्राणनाथां प्रणौमि ॥९॥
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Word breakdown
- या सूते सत्त्वजालं सकलमपि सदा संनिधानेन पुंसः
- Who always bears the entire web of sattva through nearness to the Purusha,
- धत्ते या तत्त्वयोगाच्चरमचरमिदं भूतये भूतजातम्
- who sustains this moving and unmoving creation through union with truth, for beings' welfare,
- धात्रीं स्थात्रीं जनित्रीं प्रकृतिमविकृतिं विश्वशक्तिं विधात्रीम्
- creatrix, sustainer, mother, nature, non-nature, world-power, ordainer,
- विष्णोर्विश्वात्मनस्तां विपुलगुणमयीं प्राणनाथां प्रणौमि
- of Vishnu, soul of the universe - Her, rich in qualities, lady of life, I bow to.
Lakshmi as prakriti creates and sustains all through union with Vishnu, the Purusha who is the world's Self. Mother nature and the indwelling Lord are not two realities but consciousness and its power, seen as one in non-dual vision.
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