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Vishwanathashtakam
विश्वनाथाष्टकम्
Viśvanāthāṣṭakam
Chant
आशां विहाय परिहृत्य परस्य निन्दां पापे रतिं च सुनिवार्य मनः समाधौ आदाय हृत्कमलमध्यगतं परेशं वाराणसीपुरपतिं भज विश्वनाथम् ॥८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आशां विहाय परिहृत्य परस्य निन्दां
- Abandoning hope, leaving aside blame of others,
- पापे रतिं च सुनिवार्य मनः समाधौ
- well restraining the mind's attachment to sin, in samadhi,
- आदाय हृत्कमलमध्यगतं परेशं
- taking the Supreme who dwells in the heart-lotus,
- वाराणसीपुरपतिं भज विश्वनाथम्
- worship Vishvanatha, lord of the city of Varanasi.
The closing verse turns from description to discipline: drop hope, blame, and sinful clinging, place the heart-lotus on the Supreme, and worship; Vishvanatha is found when the mind rests in samadhi on the Lord already seated in the heart's center.
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