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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
करोमि त्वत्पूजां सपदि सुखदो मे भव विभो विधित्वं विष्णुत्वं दिशसि खलु तस्याः फलमिति पुनश्च त्वां द्रष्टुं दिवि भुवि वहन् पक्षिमृगता मदृष्ट्वा तत्खेदं कथमिह सहे शङ्कर विभो ॥२३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- करोमि त्वत्पूजां सपदि सुखदो मे भव विभो
- I perform Your worship; be my instant giver of joy, O Lord
- विधित्वं विष्णुत्वं दिशसि खलु तस्याः फलमिति
- You give Brahmahood and Vishnuhood as its fruit
- पुनश्च त्वां द्रष्टुं दिवि भुवि वहन् पक्षिमृगता
- then again, bearing bird and beast form in heaven and earth to see You
- मदृष्ट्वा तत्खेदं कथमिह सहे शङ्कर विभो
- how do I bear that sorrow here, O Shankara, O Lord
Worship of Shiva brings exalted births yet the devotee grieves separation from the Lord. Even divine status is sorrow if it obscures direct vision of the Self; only nearness to Shiva is true joy.
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