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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
विरिञ्चिः पञ्चत्वं व्रजति हरिराप्नोति विरतिं विनाशं कीनाशो भजति धनदो याति निधनम् । वितन्द्री माहेन्द्री विततिरपि संमीलितदृशा महासंहारेऽस्मिन् विहरति सति त्वत्पतिरसौ ॥२६॥
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Word breakdown
- विरिञ्चिः पञ्चत्वं व्रजति हरिराप्नोति विरतिं
- Brahma reaches dissolution, Hari obtains rest, Yama meets destruction
- विनाशं कीनाशो भजति धनदो याति निधनम् ।
- Kubera meets death, Indra's authority closes its eyes
- वितन्द्री माहेन्द्री विततिरपि संमीलितदृशा
- Indra's dominion too closes its eyes
- महासंहारेऽस्मिन् विहरति सति त्वत्पतिरसौ ॥२६॥
- yet in this great dissolution Your Lord Shiva sports with You
While all gods perish at the cosmic dissolution, Shiva sports with the Goddess. The eternal Lord untouched by universal destruction is pure consciousness abiding in its own bliss while appearances rise and fall.
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