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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
गुहायां गेहे वा बहिरपि वने वाऽद्रिशिखरे जले वा वह्नौ वा वसतु वसतेः किं वद फलम् सदा यस्यैवान्तःकरणमपि शम्भो तव पदे स्थितं चेद्योगोऽसौ स च परमयोगी स च सुखी ॥१२॥
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Word breakdown
- गुहायां गेहे वा बहिरपि वने वाऽद्रिशिखरे
- in a cave, house, outside in forest or on mountain peak
- जले वा वह्नौ वा वसतु वसतेः किं वद फलम्
- in water or fire, where one dwells, what is the fruit
- सदा यस्यैवान्तःकरणमपि शम्भो तव पदे
- if the inner mind always rests on Your feet, O Shambhu
- स्थितं चेद्योगोऽसौ स च परमयोगी स च सुखी
- that yoga is supreme yoga and that one is happy
Place of residence does not determine spiritual fruit; resting the mind on Shiva's feet does. Supreme yoga is constant inward abiding in the Lord, which is the happiness of knowing the Self.
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