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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
गाम्भीर्यं परिखापदं घनधृतिः प्राकार उद्यद्गुण स्तोमश्चाप्तबलं घनेन्द्रियचयो द्वाराणि देहे स्थितः विद्यावस्तुसमृद्धिरित्यखिलसामग्रीसमेते सदा दुर्गातिप्रियदेव मामकमनोदुर्गे निवासं कुरु ॥४२॥
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Word breakdown
- गाम्भीर्यं परिखापदं घनधृतिः प्राकार उद्यद्गुण
- depth as moat, firmness as wall, rising virtues as rampart
- स्तोमश्चाप्तबलं घनेन्द्रियचयो द्वाराणि देहे स्थितः
- mass as secured strength, sense-hosts as gates standing in the body
- विद्यावस्तुसमृद्धिरित्यखिलसामग्रीसमेते सदा
- wealth of knowledge and all equipment together always
- दुर्गातिप्रियदेव मामकमनोदुर्गे निवासं कुरु
- O beloved God of the fort, make my mind-fort Your dwelling
The body is imaged as a fort with virtues as walls and senses as gates. Inviting Shiva to dwell in the mind-fort transforms the person into a sanctuary of the Self protected by disciplined awareness.
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