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in our previous births), thereby #ivin# us (#reat oy of possessin# a sinless, free soul), who is

embellished with #olden "oloured serpents entwinin# his body.

The sith stan$a is a salutations to Kala Bhairava whose "harmin# beautiful pair of feet arede"ked with sandals are de"ked with studded #ems, who is the eternal, non dual !shta devata (the

God whom we "herish), who destroys the pride of death (manifested as fear within us), andwhose lar#e terrible serpentine fan#s liberate us.

The seventh stan$a is Salutations to Kala Bhairava -hose loud and terrifi" lau#hter shatters theoffsprin# produ"ed by the ovaries of the "reator (*ord Brahma), who is the powerful ruler who

#ives the ei#ht powers( Siddhis), who wears a #arland of skulls (like his "ounterpart /aha

Kalika), whose terrifi" #lan"e destroys the "ob%webs, produ"ed in our minds by the mi#hty ruleof Sin.

The final stan$a is a Salutation to Kala Bhairava the ruler of Kasi, who is the leader of #hosts and

spirits, who showers #lory on his devotees, who absolves people dwellin# in Kasi from their sins

as well as the fruits of their ri#hteous deeds % thus makin# their souls devoid of any "onne"tionwith the mortal world, who is splendour, who is the lord, effi"ient in #uidin# us on the path of

ri#hteousness, who is eternally old, and who is the *ord of the universe.