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This is a wonder to me katham lord shiva utpaladeva’s Aug 19, 2024

In this excerpt from the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains Utpaladeva’s wonder about being a “slave” to Lord Shiva without seeing his master.

 

Chapter 12 (58:58)

भगवन्भवदिच्छयैव दास –

स्तव जातोऽस्मि परस्य नात्र शक्तिः  ।

कथमेष तथापि वक्त्रबिम्बं

तव पश्यामि न जातु चित्रमेतत्  ॥२६॥

bhagavanbhavadicchayaiva dāsa-

stava jāto’smi parasya nātra śaktiḥ /

kathameṣa tathāpi vaktrabimbaṁ

tava paśyāmi na jātu citrametat //26//

 

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