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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नालं वा परमोपकारकमिदं त्वेकं पशूनां पते पश्यन् कुक्षिगतान् चराचरगणान् बाह्यस्थितान् रक्षितुम् सर्वामर्त्यपलायनौषधमतिज्वालाकरं भीकरं निक्षिप्तं गरलं गले न गिलितं नोद्गीर्णमेव त्वया ॥३१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- नालं वा परमोपकारकमिदं त्वेकं पशूनां पते
- is this not enough supreme kindness, O Lord of beasts
- पश्यन् कुक्षिगतान् चराचरगणान् बाह्यस्थितान् रक्षितुम्
- seeing creatures within the belly and those outside to protect
- सर्वामर्त्यपलायनौषधमतिज्वालाकरं भीकरं
- the terrible flame-like medicine of all mortals' escape
- निक्षिप्तं गरलं गले न गिलितं नोद्गीर्णमेव त्वया
- poison placed in the throat was neither swallowed nor spat out by You
Shiva held poison in His throat to save the worlds, neither swallowing nor rejecting it. That act symbolizes the Self's compassion that transforms deadly ignorance without being destroyed by it.
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