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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
त्वदन्यः पाणिभ्यामभयवरदो दैवतगणः त्वमेका नैवासि प्रकटितवराभीत्यभिनया । भयात्त्रातुं दातुं फलमपि च वाञ्छासमधिकं शरण्ये लोकानां तव हि चरणावेव निपुणौ ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- त्वदन्यः पाणिभ्यामभयवरदो दैवतगणः
- other than You, the host of gods grant fearlessness and boons with their hands
- त्वमेका नैवासि प्रकटितवराभीत्यभिनया ।
- You alone are not, with the gesture of boon and fearlessness displayed
- भयात्त्रातुं दातुं फलमपि च वाञ्छासमधिकं
- to protect from fear, to grant fruit, and even desires beyond measure
- शरण्ये लोकानां तव हि चरणावेव निपुणौ ॥४॥
- O refuge of the worlds, Your feet alone are skilled
Symbolic gestures of protection are surpassed by active refuge at the Goddess's feet. Surrender at the source of being transforms fear into the courage that flows from recognizing the Self as the ground of all giving.
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