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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
तवाज्ञाचक्रस्थं तपनशशिकोटिद्युतिधरं परं शम्भुं वन्दे परिमिलितपार्श्वं परचिता । यमाराध्यन् भक्त्या रविशशिशुचीनामविषये निरालोकेऽलोके निवसति हि भालोकभुवने ॥३६॥
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Word breakdown
- तवाज्ञाचक्रस्थं तपनशशिकोटिद्युतिधरं
- I bow to supreme Shambhu, radiant with sun and moon, standing in Your command-wheel
- परं शम्भुं वन्दे परिमिलितपार्श्वं परचिता ।
- closely embraced by the supreme consciousness at His side
- यमाराध्यन् भक्त्या रविशशिशुचीनामविषये
- whom devotees worship with devotion, beyond the reach of sun and moon
- निरालोकेऽलोके निवसति हि भालोकभुवने ॥३६॥
- and who dwells in the worldless realm beyond light
Shiva enthroned in the Goddess's command-wheel dwells beyond sun and moon. The supreme Lord embraced by pure consciousness abides in the lightless light that is the Self, known only through devotion beyond sensory reach.
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