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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
त्वया हृत्वा वामं वपुरपरितृप्तेन मनसा शरीरार्धं शम्भोरपरमपि शङ्के हृतमभूत् । यदेतत्त्वद्रूपं सकलमरुणाभं त्रिनयनं कुचाभ्यामानम्रं कुटिलशशिचूडालमकुटम् ॥२३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- त्वया हृत्वा वामं वपुरपरितृप्तेन मनसा
- having taken Your left half with a mind not fully satisfied
- शरीरार्धं शम्भोरपरमपि शङ्के हृतमभूत् ।
- I think half of Shambhu's body too was taken
- यदेतत्त्वद्रूपं सकलमरुणाभं त्रिनयनं
- for this Your form, entirely rosy, three-eyed
- कुचाभ्यामानम्रं कुटिलशशिचूडालमकुटम् ॥२३॥
- with breasts bowing down, crown with curved crescent moon
The poet reads the Goddess's rosy form as evidence that She took more than half of Shiva. Ardhanārīśvara expresses the truth that pure consciousness and its power are inseparable aspects of one reality.
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