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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
स्तोत्रेणालमहं प्रवच्मि न मृषा देवा विरिञ्चादयः स्तुत्यानां गणनाप्रसङ्गसमये त्वामग्रगण्यं विदुः माहात्म्याग्रविचारणप्रकरणे धानातुषस्तोमव द्धूतास्त्वां विदुरुत्तमोत्तमफलं शम्भो भवत्सेवकाः ॥१००॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- स्तोत्रेणालमहं प्रवच्मि न मृषा देवा विरिञ्चादयः
- enough with hymn; I speak no falsehood; gods like Brahma
- स्तुत्यानां गणनाप्रसङ्गसमये त्वामग्रगण्यं विदुः
- at the time of counting praises know You foremost
- माहात्म्याग्रविचारणप्रकरणे धानातुषस्तोमव
- in the chapter examining greatness, like chaff-husks
- द्धूतास्त्वां विदुरुत्तमोत्तमफलं शम्भो भवत्सेवकाः
- Your servants know You as highest highest fruit, O Shambhu
The closing verse declares Shiva foremost among all praises. Devotees know Him as supreme fruit beyond gods' reckonings; the Self is the ultimate fulfilment that makes all stotra true.
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