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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
करलग्नमृगः करीन्द्रभङ्गो घनशार्दूलविखण्डनोऽस्तजन्तुः गिरिशो विशदाकृतिश्च चेतः कुहरे पञ्चमुखोस्ति मे कुतो भीः ॥४४॥
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Word breakdown
- करलग्नमृगः करीन्द्रभङ्गो
- deer clinging to hand, elephant-king breaking
- घनशार्दूलविखण्डनोऽस्तजन्तुः
- cloud-leopard tearing, life-entity
- गिरिशो विशदाकृतिश्च चेतः
- Girisha of bright form and mind
- कुहरे पञ्चमुखोस्ति मे कुतो भीः
- in the five-faced cave I am; whence fear
Shiva's form in the heart's cave conquers all inner beasts. The five-faced Lord within dispels fear; the Self abiding in the cave of consciousness is fearless amid passions.
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