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Yamunashtakam
यमुनाष्टकम् १
Yamunāṣṭakam 1
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तरङ्गसङ्गसैकतान्तराञ्चिता सदाऽसिताशरन्निशाकरांशुमञ्जुमञ्जरीसभाजिता । भवार्चनाप्रचारणाम्बुनाधुना विशारदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥५॥
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Word breakdown
- तरङ्गसङ्गसैकतान्तराञ्चिता सदाऽसिताशरन्निशाकरांशुमञ्जुमञ्जरीसभाजिता ।
- Adorned within the sand by contact with waves, ever sharing honor with the tender buds that are the rays of the autumn-night moon.
- भवार्चनाप्रचारणाम्बुनाधुना विशारदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥५॥
- Skilled in worship of Bhava through the waters offered in ritual, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.
Compared to the autumn moon's rays and skilled in worship through offering-water, she teaches that outer rite and inner luminosity meet in one stream; ritual becomes contemplation when the mind knows the goddess as the flow itself.
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