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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
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चतुष्षष्ट्या तन्त्रैः सकलमतिसंधाय भुवनं स्थितस्तत्तत्सिद्धिप्रसवपरतन्त्रैः पशुपतिः । पुनस्त्वन्निर्बन्धादखिलपुरुषार्थैकघटना- स्वतन्त्रं ते तन्त्रं क्षितितलमवातीतरदिदम् ॥३१॥
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- चतुष्षष्ट्या तन्त्रैः सकलमतिसंधाय भुवनं
- Pasupati stands having joined all doctrines through sixty-four tantras, creating the world
- स्थितस्तत्तत्सिद्धिप्रसवपरतन्त्रैः पशुपतिः ।
- with subsidiary tantras producing particular siddhis
- पुनस्त्वन्निर्बन्धादखिलपुरुषार्थैकघटना-
- yet by Your insistence the one synthesis of all human aims
- स्वतन्त्रं ते तन्त्रं क्षितितलमवातीतरदिदम् ॥३१॥
- Your independent tantra transcends the earth's brilliance
Shiva's many tantras yield particular powers, but the Goddess's single tantra unites all aims. The non-dual path transcends every partial system, for the one Self is the fulfilment of every legitimate human end.
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