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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
समुन्मीलत्संवित्कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं भजे हंसद्वन्द्वं किमपि महतां मानसचरम् । यदालापादष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति- र्यदादत्ते दोषाद्गुणमखिलमद्भ्यः पय इव ॥३८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- समुन्मीलत्संवित्कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं
- I worship the pair of swans delighting in the single essence of the blooming lotus of consciousness
- भजे हंसद्वन्द्वं किमपि महतां मानसचरम् ।
- wandering somehow in the minds of the great
- यदालापादष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति-
- from whose conversation arises the perfection of knowledge multiplied eighteenfold
- र्यदादत्ते दोषाद्गुणमखिलमद्भ्यः पय इव ॥३८॥
- from whose fault arises merit for all qualities, like water
The swan-pair of Shiva and Shakti dwell in the lotus of consciousness. Their dialogue begets the fullness of knowledge; even apparent fault becomes merit, for in the non-dual view all movements arise in and return to the one Self.
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