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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
प्रभुस्त्वं दीनानां खलु परमबन्धुः पशुपते प्रमुख्योऽहं तेषामपि किमुत बन्धुत्वमनयोः त्वयैव क्षन्तव्याः शिव मदपराधाश्च सकलाः प्रयत्नात्कर्तव्यं मदवनमियं बन्धुसरणिः ॥१४॥
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Word breakdown
- प्रभुस्त्वं दीनानां खलु परमबन्धुः पशुपते
- You are the Lord of the wretched, indeed the supreme kinsman, O Pasupati
- प्रमुख्योऽहं तेषामपि किमुत बन्धुत्वमनयोः
- I am chief among them; how much more then is kinship between us two
- त्वयैव क्षन्तव्याः शिव मदपराधाश्च सकलाः
- by You alone may all my offences be forgiven, O Shiva
- प्रयत्नात्कर्तव्यं मदवनमियं बन्धुसरणिः
- this kinship-path of friends must be earnestly kept by me
Shiva is kinsman of the destitute; the devotee claims that bond and asks forgiveness. True kinship with the Lord is not birth but surrender; offences dissolve when the Self is recognized as one's own deepest friend.
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