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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
दुराशाभूयिष्ठे दुरधिपगृहद्वारघटके दुरन्ते संसारे दुरितनिलये दुःखजनके मदायासं किं न व्यपनयसि कस्योपकृतये वदेयं प्रीतिश्चेत्तव शिव कृतार्थाः खलु वयम् ॥१९॥
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Word breakdown
- दुराशाभूयिष्ठे दुरधिपगृहद्वारघटके
- in the jar of evil desire, the door of the wicked master's house
- दुरन्ते संसारे दुरितनिलये दुःखजनके
- in endless samsara, abode of misery, source of pain
- मदायासं किं न व्यपनयसि कस्योपकृतये
- why do You not remove my weariness; for whose benefit
- वदेयं प्रीतिश्चेत्तव शिव कृतार्थाः खलु वयम्
- if there is love for You, O Shiva, we are indeed fulfilled
Bound in desire and misery, the poet asks why Shiva does not remove his weariness. If the Lord's love is real, fulfilment is already present; suffering persists only while the mind clings to the jar of separate selfhood.
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