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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
गलन्ती शम्भो त्वच्चरितसरितः किल्बिषरजो दलन्ती धीकुल्यासरणिषु पतन्ती विजयताम् दिशन्ती संसारभ्रमणपरितापोपशमनं वसन्ती मच्चेतोह्रदभुवि शिवानन्दलहरी ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- गलन्ती शम्भो त्वच्चरितसरितः किल्बिषरजो
- flowing, O Shambhu, from the river of Your conduct, sin-dust
- दलन्ती धीकुल्यासरणिषु पतन्ती विजयताम्
- washing away, falling on the channels of wisdom's streams, may it triumph
- दिशन्ती संसारभ्रमणपरितापोपशमनं
- granting relief from the burning of wandering in samsara
- वसन्ती मच्चेतोह्रदभुवि शिवानन्दलहरी
- dwelling in the lake of my heart, the wave of Shiva-bliss
The river of Shiva's conduct washes away the dust of sin in the mind's channels. When devotion lets that stream dwell in the heart, the burning of worldly wandering subsides in the wave of inner bliss.
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