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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
महीं मूलाधारे कमपि मणिपूरे हुतवहं स्थितं स्वाधिष्ठाने हृदि मरुतमाकाशमुपरि । मनोऽपि भ्रूमध्ये सकलमपि भित्वा कुलपथं सहस्रारे पद्मे सह रहसि पत्या विहरसे ॥९॥
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Word breakdown
- महीं मूलाधारे कमपि मणिपूरे हुतवहं
- earth at the muladhara, fire at manipura
- स्थितं स्वाधिष्ठाने हृदि मरुतमाकाशमुपरि ।
- air established at svadhisthana, ether above in the heart
- मनोऽपि भ्रूमध्ये सकलमपि भित्वा कुलपथं
- mind too at the brow, having pierced the entire kula path
- सहस्रारे पद्मे सह रहसि पत्या विहरसे ॥९॥
- You sport secretly with Your Lord in the thousand-petalled lotus
The elements mapped through the yogic centres are transcended in the sahasrara. The union of Shiva and Shakti at the crown symbolizes the non-dual recognition that all centres arise and dissolve in pure awareness.
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