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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीं पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् । स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥५॥
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Word breakdown
- हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीं
- Hari, having worshipped You, mother of the fortune of those who bow
- पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् ।
- once became a woman and stirred even the destroyer of cities
- स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा
- Kama too, having bowed to You, with a body kissable by Rati's eyes
- मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥५॥
- within great sages indeed becomes a cause of delusion
Even Vishnu and Kama are transformed by devotion to the Goddess. Beauty and desire are powers requiring discernment; when seen as expressions of Shakti, attraction becomes a path toward the one reality rather than bondage to appearance.
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