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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
मुखं बिन्दुं कृत्वा कुचयुगमधस्तस्य तदधो हरार्धं ध्यायेद्यो हरमहिषि ते मन्मथकलाम् । स सद्यः संक्षोभं नयति वनिता इत्यतिलघु त्रिलोकीमप्याशु भ्रमयति रवीन्दुस्तनयुगाम् ॥१९॥
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Word breakdown
- मुखं बिन्दुं कृत्वा कुचयुगमधस्तस्य तदधो
- making the face a bindu, the breasts below it, and below that Shiva's half
- हरार्धं ध्यायेद्यो हरमहिषि ते मन्मथकलाम् ।
- whoever meditates on You, O Shiva's queen, as the art of love
- स सद्यः संक्षोभं नयति वनिता इत्यतिलघु
- he at once brings agitation to women, and easily
- त्रिलोकीमप्याशु भ्रमयति रवीन्दुस्तनयुगाम् ॥१९॥
- bewilders even the three worlds with sun-and-moon breasts
The geometric meditation on Ardhanārīśvara integrates form, desire and cosmic power. Shiva and Shakti as one body symbolize the non-dual Self in which masculine and feminine principles are not opposed but united.
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