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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
अविद्यानामन्तस्तिमिरमिहिरद्वीपनगरी जडानां चैतन्यस्तबकमकरन्दस्रुतिझरी । दरिद्राणां चिन्तामणिगुणनिका जन्मजलधौ निमग्नानां दंष्ट्रा मुररिपुवराहस्य भवति ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अविद्यानामन्तस्तिमिरमिहिरद्वीपनगरी
- for the ignorant, a city-island of the sun dispelling inner darkness
- जडानां चैतन्यस्तबकमकरन्दस्रुतिझरी ।
- for the dull, a stream of nectar dripping from the cluster-blossom of consciousness
- दरिद्राणां चिन्तामणिगुणनिका जन्मजलधौ
- for the poor, a streak of the wish-jewel's virtue in the ocean of birth
- निमग्नानां दंष्ट्रा मुररिपुवराहस्य भवति ॥३॥
- for those sunk therein, the tusk of Vishnu's boar becomes
The Goddess is described as rescue in every condition: light for ignorance, nectar for dullness, wealth for poverty, and uplift for those drowning in samsara. In Advaita, these images point to awareness as that which makes bondage knowable and therefore not final.
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