{"id":28849,"date":"2024-11-29T23:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=28849"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:52:45","slug":"28849","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=28849","title":{"rendered":"Union of the Male and Female  Components of the Ultimate, their inextricability,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Shri Ardhanarishwara Stotram<br><br>Karpoora gourardha sareerakaya,<br>Dhamillakayai cha jatadaraya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/It64qL7BYro<br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her&nbsp; whose body is of golden hue<br>To Him whose body resembles burning camphor<br>To Her whose hair is lovely<br>And to Him whose matted locks shine !<br><br>Kasthurika kumkuma charchithayai,<br>Chitharaja puncha vicharchithayai,<br>Kruthasmarayai vikrutha smaraya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, whose body&nbsp; is smeared with saffron and musk<br>To Him, whose body is smeared with ashes<br>To Her , whose beauty radiates Love<br>And to Him who destroyed the God of Lust.<br><br>Jhanath kvanath kankana noopurayai,<br>Padabja Rajat phani noopuraya,<br>Hemangadhayai bhujagangadhaya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, whose anklets tinkle<br>To Him, whose ankle is snake<br>To Her, whose shines with them ( anklets )<br>And to Him, who has snakes as anklets !<br><br>Visala nilothphala lochanayai,<br>Vikasi pangeruha lochanaya,<br>Samekshanayai vishamekshanaya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, whose eyes resemble blue lotus<br>To Him, whose eyes are like a fully opened lotus<br>To Her who has even number of eyes<br>And to Him who has odd number !<br><br>Mandhara mala kalithalakayai,<br>Kapalamalankitha kandharaya,<br>Divyambarayai cha Digambaraya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her whose hair incorporates flowers divine<br>To Him, who wears skulls garland<br>To Her who dresses in many silks<br>And to Him, who symbolises eight directions<br><br>Ambhodara syamala kunthalayai,<br>Thadithprabha thamra jatadharaya,<br>Nireeswarayai nikhileeswaraya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, whose black hair is like swollen cloud<br>To Him whose matted hair resembles copper<br>To Him who is the Deity of the mountains<br>And to Him, who is Universal Lord !<br><br>Prapancha srushtyun muka lasyakayai,<br>Samastha samharaka thandavaya,<br>Jagat jananyai Jagatheka pithre,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, whose Dance creates cosmos<br>To Him, the Destroyer<br>To Her, who is Mother Divine<br>And to Him, who is Father Divine !<br><br>Pradeeptha rathnojjwala kundalaayai,<br>Sphuran mahapannaga bhooshanayai,<br>Shivanvithaayai cha Shivanvithaya,<br>Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya.<br><br>Salutations to both Purusha and Prakriti<br>To Her, adorned with glittering earrings<br>To Him, adorned with serpents<br>To Her, merged as She is with Shiva<br>And to Him, who is divinely merged with Her.<br><br>Ethath pateth astaka mistatham yo,<br>Bhakthyaa sa maanyo bhuvi deerghajeevi,<br>Praapnothi saubhagyam ananthakaalam,<br>Bhooyaath sadha thasya samastha sidhdhi<br><br>He&nbsp; who chants about this dual combination<br>With Love Divine, will be blessed<br>With many a blessing<br>With Bhukti &amp; Mukti !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/arrow_left.svg\" alt=\"arrow_left sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Privacy<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdpr-api.sharethis.com\/static\/media\/gear.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shri Ardhanarishwara Stotram Karpoora gourardha sareerakaya,Dhamillakayai cha jatadaraya,Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/It64qL7BYroSalutations to both Purusha and PrakritiTo Her&nbsp; whose body is of golden hueTo Him whose body resembles burning camphorTo Her whose hair is lovelyAnd to Him whose matted locks shine ! Kasthurika kumkuma charchithayai,Chitharaja puncha vicharchithayai,Kruthasmarayai vikrutha smaraya,Nama Shivayai cha namashivaya Salutations to both &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=28849\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Union of the Male and Female  Components of the Ultimate, their inextricability,&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28849"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28918,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28849\/revisions\/28918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}