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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नरत्वं देवत्वं नगवनमृगत्वं मशकता पशुत्वं कीटत्वं भवतु विहगत्वादि जननम् सदा त्वत्पादाब्जस्मरणपरमानन्दलहरी विहारासक्तं चेद्धृदयमिह किं तेन वपुषा ॥१०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- नरत्वं देवत्वं नगवनमृगत्वं मशकता
- human birth or godhood, forest-beasthood or gnathood
- पशुत्वं कीटत्वं भवतु विहगत्वादि जननम्
- beasthood or wormhood, birdhood and other births may be
- सदा त्वत्पादाब्जस्मरणपरमानन्दलहरी
- if the heart is steeped in remembrance of Your lotus feet, the wave of bliss
- विहारासक्तं चेद्धृदयमिह किं तेन वपुषा
- what need then of this body here
Any birth becomes bearable when the heart rests in Shiva's feet. The body matters little if consciousness is steeped in the bliss-wave of remembrance; the Self is untouched by the form it wears.
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