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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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प्राक्पुण्याचलमार्गदर्शितसुधामूर्तिः प्रसन्नः शिवः सोमः सद्गुणसेवितो मृगधरः पूर्णस्तमोमोचकः चेतः पुष्करलक्षितो भवति चेदानन्दपाथोनिधिः प्रागल्भ्येन विजृम्भते सुमनसां वृत्तिस्तदा जायते ॥३८॥
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- प्राक्पुण्याचलमार्गदर्शितसुधामूर्तिः प्रसन्नः शिवः
- Shiva gracious, shown by the mountain of former merit, form of nectar
- सोमः सद्गुणसेवितो मृगधरः पूर्णस्तमोमोचकः
- moon served by good qualities, deer-bearer, full dispeller of darkness
- चेतः पुष्करलक्षितो भवति चेदानन्दपाथोनिधिः
- if the heart becomes the ocean with lotus marked
- प्रागल्भ्येन विजृम्भते सुमनसां वृत्तिस्तदा जायते
- then the mind's activity of good people arises boldly
Merit reveals Shiva as nectar-moon dispelling darkness. When heart becomes the lotus-marked ocean, virtuous activity flows naturally; the Self illumines conduct from within.
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