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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे । शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते
- in the midst of the ocean of nectar, surrounded by the garden of celestial trees
- मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे ।
- on the jewelled isle with kadamba groves, in the wish-gem house
- शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां
- on a couch in Shiva's form, resting on the couch of supreme Shiva
- भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥८॥
- fortunate ones worship You, the wave of consciousness-bliss
The inner palace culminates in cidānanda, consciousness-bliss. The sumptuous landscape is a contemplative architecture whose true substance is the radiance of awareness resting in its own nature.
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