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<font size="4">Hymn to Hara-Gauri</font><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><i>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>SHE is anointed with camphor and sandal </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He with ashes of the funeral pyre;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;tab-stops:143.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She
wears true ear-rings</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:
143.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He rings of swaying
snakes;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:
143.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to Her, I bow to
Him.</p>

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143.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She is decorated with garlands of <span class=SpellE>Mandara</span>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He with garlands of human skulls;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She is girt with heavenly robes</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He with the vacant spaces;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to Her, I bow to Him.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Her anklets stir and jingle</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And His, the serpent-hoods, gleam and swing;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Her limbs are decked with gold</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:8.85pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And His with the heads of
hissing vipers;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to Her, I bow to
Him.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Her eye is as the tremulous blue lotus</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And His the red lotus blooming;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Her globes of vision are a triplet</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And His too have the same number uneven;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>I bow to Her,
I bow to Him.</p>

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none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She is seated at ease on the back of <span
class=GramE>Her</span> devoted minion </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He in His deadly dance destroys the worlds;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She it was who created <span class=SpellE>Kama</span>,
the god of love,<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;'>Page-53<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>And He destroyed him;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to Her, I bow to Him.</p>

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none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Her half of the body is golden like <span
class=SpellE>champa</span> flower, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>His half is as white as camphor-dust;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Hers are the flowing tresses </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And His the matted hair;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to Her, I bow to Him.</p>

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none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Indeed, dark like clouds are <span class=GramE>Her</span>
massive hair</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And <span class=GramE>His the</span> twisted locks
and a body smeared with ashes; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>O, the Mother of the worlds! O, the Father!</p>

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none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow to <span class=SpellE>Ishwari</span> (<span
class=SpellE>Shiva</span>) and I bow to <span class=SpellE>Ishwara</span>
(<span class=SpellE>Shiv</span>).</p>

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none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Ever <span class=GramE>She</span> embellishes the
good,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Ever He embellishes the evil;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>She is one with <span class=SpellE>Ishwara</span> (<span
class=SpellE>Shiv</span>)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And He is one with <span class=SpellE>Ishwari</span>
(<span class=SpellE>Shiva</span>);</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; text-indent:260pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I bow down to <span class=SpellE>Ishwari</span> (<span
class=SpellE>Shiva</span>)<span class=GramE>,</span> I bow down to <span
class=SpellE>Ishwara</span> (<span class=SpellE>Shiv</span>).<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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