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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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छन्दःशाखिशिखान्वितैर्द्विजवरैः संसेविते शाश्वते सौख्यापादिनि खेदभेदिनि सुधासारैः फलैर्दीपिते चेतःपक्षिशिखामणे त्यज वृथासञ्चारमन्यैरलं नित्यं शङ्करपादपद्मयुगलीनीडे विहारं कुरु ॥४५॥
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Word breakdown
- छन्दःशाखिशिखान्वितैर्द्विजवरैः संसेविते शाश्वते
- served always by best twice-born with branches of metre
- सौख्यापादिनि खेदभेदिनि सुधासारैः फलैर्दीपिते
- lit by fruits of bliss and sorrow-dispelling nectar-waters
- चेतःपक्षिशिखामणे त्यज वृथासञ्चारमन्यैरलं
- O jewel-crest of the heart-bird, leave vain wandering to others
- नित्यं शङ्करपादपद्मयुगलीनीडे विहारं कुरु
- ever sport in the nest of Shankara's lotus-foot pair
The heart-bird should nest in Shiva's feet, not wander vainly. Saints and metres attend that nest; true sport is abiding in the Lord's lotus feet where bliss-fruits ripen.
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