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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः । करालं यत्क्ष्वेडं कबलितवतः कालकलना न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा ॥२८॥
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Word breakdown
- सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं
- even the gods, having tasted the nectar that removes fear, old age and death, meet ruin
- विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः ।
- the terrible roar of Yama that devours them is swallowed
- करालं यत्क्ष्वेडं कबलितवतः कालकलना
- the root of that is not Shiva's but Your earring's glory, O Mother
- न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा ॥२८॥
- the root is Your earring's glory, O Mother, not Shiva's
Even immortals who taste divine nectar are subject to time's lord, except through the Mother's power. Her earring's glory surpasses Shiva's; the feminine principle of grace is the ultimate refuge from death and limitation.
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