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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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विरिञ्चिर्दीर्घायुर्भवतु भवता तत्परशिर श्चतुष्कं संरक्ष्यं स खलु भुवि दैन्यं लिखितवान् विचारः को वा मां विशद कृपया पाति शिव ते कटाक्षव्यापारः स्वयमपि च दीनावनपरः ॥१६॥
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- विरिञ्चिर्दीर्घायुर्भवतु भवता तत्परशिर
- may Brahma have long life, protecting his four heads
- श्चतुष्कं संरक्ष्यं स खलु भुवि दैन्यं लिखितवान्
- he has written poverty on earth
- विचारः को वा मां विशद कृपया पाति शिव ते
- what thought, O Shiva, protects me with clear grace
- कटाक्षव्यापारः स्वयमपि च दीनावनपरः
- Your sidelong glance's activity itself is devoted to saving the wretched
Brahma's long life and cosmic office do not erase worldly poverty; Shiva's compassionate glance does. The Lord's grace actively seeks the destitute; the Self's mercy is not distant but ever turned toward the suffering mind.
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