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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
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तनुच्छायाभिस्ते तरुणतरणिश्रीसरणिभिः दिवं सर्वामुर्वीमरुणिमनिमग्नां स्मरति यः । भवन्त्यस्य त्रस्यद्वनहरिणशालीननयनाः सहोर्वश्या वश्याः कति कति न गीर्वाणगणिकाः ॥१८॥
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Word breakdown
- तनुच्छायाभिस्ते तरुणतरणिश्रीसरणिभिः
- whoever remembers heaven and earth entirely suffused with the rosy radiance of Your subtle shadows
- दिवं सर्वामुर्वीमरुणिमनिमग्नां स्मरति यः ।
- remembering all heaven and earth immersed in rosy splendour
- भवन्त्यस्य त्रस्यद्वनहरिणशालीननयनाः
- his celestial courtesans become timid-eyed like forest deer
- सहोर्वश्या वश्याः कति कति न गीर्वाणगणिकाः ॥१८॥
- how many indeed become subject to him
Seeing the universe suffused with the Goddess's radiance transforms one's relation to all beauty. When the world is recognized as Her manifestation, attraction no longer binds but reveals the one Self in every form.
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