Laghustavacarcastavau 5_943

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bhairavapatnīti pūrvatamasmātpadyādanuṣañjanīyam . idaṃ stotraṃ sāvadyaṃ
sarasatvālaṅkāravatvābhāvātsadoṣamastu yadi vā niravadyamavadyebhya
anarthakatvaśrutikaṭutvādibhyaḥ padavākyārthāśrayebhyo doṣebhyo
niṣkrāntatvātsarasālaṅkāropetatvena ca nirdoṣamastu .

The vocative phrase "O consort of Bhairava" is to be supplied by syntactic connection from the preceding verse. May this hymn be "faulty"—that is, possessing faults due to the absence of poetic sentiment and ornaments—or may it be "flawless"—that is, free from faults such as meaninglessness and harshness to the ear that reside in words, sentences, and meanings, and possessing no faults because it is endowed with poetic sentiment and ornaments.