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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
त्वमेको लोकानां परमफलदो दिव्यपदवीं वहन्तस्त्वन्मूलां पुनरपि भजन्ते हरिमुखाः कियद्वा दाक्षिण्यं तव शिव मदाशा च कियती कदा वा मद्रक्षां वहसि करुणापूरितदृशा ॥१८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- त्वमेको लोकानां परमफलदो दिव्यपदवीं
- You alone give the supreme fruit, the divine state
- वहन्तस्त्वन्मूलां पुनरपि भजन्ते हरिमुखाः
- bearing them, Hari and others worship again at Your source
- कियद्वा दाक्षिण्यं तव शिव मदाशा च कियती
- how great is Your kindness, O Shiva; how great my hope
- कदा वा मद्रक्षां वहसि करुणापूरितदृशा
- when will You protect me with a glance full of compassion
All gods derive their fruit from Shiva and return to His source. The devotee's hope rests on that compassion which is the Self's own grace, ever able to protect when the mind turns homeward.
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