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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
भक्तो भक्तिगुणावृते मुदमृतापूर्णे प्रसन्ने मनः कुम्भे साम्ब तवाङ्घ्रिपल्लवयुगं संस्थाप्य संवित्फलम् सत्त्वं मन्त्रमुदीरयन्निजशरीरागारशुद्धिं वहन् पुण्याहं प्रकटीकरोमि रुचिरं कल्याणमापादयन् ॥३६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- भक्तो भक्तिगुणावृते मुदमृतापूर्णे प्रसन्ने मनः
- with devoted mind placing Your foot-sprout pair in the pot
- कुम्भे साम्ब तवाङ्घ्रिपल्लवयुगं संस्थाप्य संवित्फलम्
- filled with the fruit of consciousness, uttering the mantra
- सत्त्वं मन्त्रमुदीरयन्निजशरीरागारशुद्धिं वहन्
- carrying purification of the body-house
- पुण्याहं प्रकटीकरोमि रुचिरं कल्याणमापादयन्
- I proclaim the auspicious day, bestowing welfare
Worship as pot, feet as sprouts, consciousness as fruit images inner purification. Proclaiming the auspicious day is recognizing that when Shiva dwells within, every moment becomes sacred.
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