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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
त्रयीवेद्यं हृद्यं त्रिपुरहरमाद्यं त्रिनयनं जटाभारोदारं चलदुरगहारं मृगधरम् महादेवं देवं मयि सदयभावं पशुपतिं चिदालम्बं साम्बं शिवमतिविडम्बं हृदि भजे ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- त्रयीवेद्यं हृद्यं त्रिपुरहरमाद्यं त्रिनयनं
- known to the three Vedas, heart's delight, destroyer of Tripura, primal, three-eyed
- जटाभारोदारं चलदुरगहारं मृगधरम्
- with lofty matted locks, moving serpent-garland, bearing the deer
- महादेवं देवं मयि सदयभावं पशुपतिं
- great Lord, God, with compassionate regard for me, O Pasupati
- चिदालम्बं साम्बं शिवमतिविडम्बं हृदि भजे
- support of consciousness, with Uma, Shiva beyond compare, I worship in the heart
Shiva is the primal consciousness known to the Vedas, compassionate Pasupati and support of pure awareness. Heart-worship of the Lord with Uma is the Advaitin's path of recognizing the Self as the destroyer of the three cities of bondage.
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