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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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ज्वालोग्रः सकलामरातिभयदः क्ष्वेलः कथं वा त्वया दृष्टः किं च करे धृतः करतले किं पक्वजम्बूफलम् जिह्वायां निहितश्च सिद्धघुटिका वा कण्ठदेशे भृतः किं ते नीलमणिर्विभूषणमयं शम्भो महात्मन् वद ॥३२॥
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Word breakdown
- ज्वालोग्रः सकलामरातिभयदः क्ष्वेलः कथं वा त्वया
- how was the fierce flame that terrifies all gods seen by You
- दृष्टः किं च करे धृतः करतले किं पक्वजम्बूफलम्
- what is held in the hand; is it ripe jambu fruit in the palm
- जिह्वायां निहितश्च सिद्धघुटिका वा कण्ठदेशे भृतः
- what is placed on the tongue; the siddha pill, or borne at the throat
- किं ते नीलमणिर्विभूषणमयं शम्भो महात्मन् वद
- what is Your ornament, O Shambhu, O great soul, tell me
The poet marvels at Shiva's paradoxes: terror to gods yet holding fruit, poison and jewel alike. The Lord transcends opposites; what seems contradiction in form points to consciousness beyond all categories.
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