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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
सारूप्यं तव पूजने शिव महादेवेति सङ्कीर्तने सामीप्यं शिवभक्तिधुर्यजनतासाङ्गत्यसम्भाषणे सालोक्यं च चराचरात्मकतनुध्याने भवानीपते सायुज्यं मम सिद्धमत्र भवति स्वामिन् कृतार्थोऽस्म्यहम् ॥२८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सारूप्यं तव पूजने शिव महादेवेति सङ्कीर्तने
- likeness in worshipping You, O great God, in chanting 'Mahadeva'
- सामीप्यं शिवभक्तिधुर्यजनतासाङ्गत्यसम्भाषणे
- nearness in Shiva-devotee company and conversation
- सालोक्यं च चराचरात्मकतनुध्याने भवानीपते
- world-lordship in meditating on You as the moving and unmoving universe
- सायुज्यं मम सिद्धमत्र भवति स्वामिन् कृतार्थोऽस्म्यहम्
- union I have attained; O Lord, I am fulfilled
The four goals of worship culminate in sayujya with Shiva. The devotee claims fulfilment through worship, nearness to saints, and cosmic meditation; in Advaita these are degrees of recognizing the Self as Mahadeva.
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