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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
असारे संसारे निजभजनदूरे जडधिया भ्रमन्तं मामन्धं परमकृपया पातुमुचितम् मदन्यः को दीनस्तव कृपणरक्षातिनिपुण स्त्वदन्यः को वा मे त्रिजगति शरण्यः पशुपते ॥१३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- असारे संसारे निजभजनदूरे जडधिया
- wandering in worthless samsara, far from worship, with dull intellect
- भ्रमन्तं मामन्धं परमकृपया पातुमुचितम्
- I am blind; it is right to save me with supreme grace
- मदन्यः को दीनस्तव कृपणरक्षातिनिपुण
- who else is wretched; O skilled saviour of the helpless
- स्त्वदन्यः को वा मे त्रिजगति शरण्यः पशुपते
- who else in the three worlds is my refuge, O Pasupati
The poet admits blindness in samsara and asks who else can save him. Shiva alone is refuge for the helpless; grace is the Self's own compassion turning the mind back from delusion.
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