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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
स्तवैर्ब्रह्मादीनां जयजयवचोभिर्नियमिनां गणानां केलीभिर्मदकलमहोक्षस्य ककुदि स्थितं नीलग्रीवं त्रिनयनमुमाश्लिष्टवपुषं कदा त्वां पश्येयं करधृतमृगं खण्डपरशुम् ॥२५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- स्तवैर्ब्रह्मादीनां जयजयवचोभिर्नियमिनां
- with hymns of Brahma and others, with victorious words of ascetics
- गणानां केलीभिर्मदकलमहोक्षस्य ककुदि
- with sports of hosts on the hump of the great rutting bull
- स्थितं नीलग्रीवं त्रिनयनमुमाश्लिष्टवपुषं
- stands the blue-necked one, three-eyed, body embraced by Uma
- कदा त्वां पश्येयं करधृतमृगं खण्डपरशुम्
- when shall I see You holding deer and broken axe in hand
The beloved image is Shiva embraced by Uma, praised by gods and ascetics. To see Him holding deer and axe is to behold the Lord in whom stillness and power, asceticism and compassion, are one.
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