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Vishwanathashtakam
विश्वनाथाष्टकम्
Viśvanāthāṣṭakam
Chant
रागादिदोषरहितं स्वजनानुरागं वैराग्यशान्तिनिलयं गिरिजासहायम् माधुर्यधैर्यसुभगं गरलाभिरामं वाराणसीपुरपतिं भज विश्वनाथम् ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- रागादिदोषरहितं स्वजनानुरागं
- Free from faults like passion, full of love for his own people,
- वैराग्यशान्तिनिलयं गिरिजासहायम्
- abode of dispassion and peace, helper of Girija,
- माधुर्यधैर्यसुभगं गरलाभिरामं
- sweet, steady, auspicious, beautiful even with poison,
- वाराणसीपुरपतिं भज विश्वनाथम्
- worship Vishvanatha, lord of the city of Varanasi.
Free from passion yet full of love for devotees, abode of vairagya and shanti, beautiful with poison, he holds opposites without conflict; the Lord's sweetness and halahala together image awareness that embraces world and renunciation as one taste.
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