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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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आकीर्णे नखराजिकान्तिविभवैरुद्यत्सुधावैभवै राधौतेपि च पद्मरागललिते हंसव्रजैराश्रिते नित्यं भक्तिवधूगणैश्च रहसि स्वेच्छाविहारं कुरु स्थित्वा मानसराजहंस गिरिजानाथाङ्घ्रिसौधान्तरे ॥४६॥
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- आकीर्णे नखराजिकान्तिविभवैरुद्यत्सुधावैभवै
- with nail-king radiance spreading, with rising nectar-glory
- राधौतेपि च पद्मरागललिते हंसव्रजैराश्रिते
- washed too with ruby-lotus, resorting to swan-flocks
- नित्यं भक्तिवधूगणैश्च रहसि स्वेच्छाविहारं कुरु
- sport at will secretly with hosts of devotion-wives
- स्थित्वा मानसराजहंस गिरिजानाथाङ्घ्रिसौधान्तरे
- standing within the crystal mansion of Girija-natha's feet
The swan of mind sports in the crystal mansion of Shiva's feet. Radiance, nectar and ruby-lotus image the inner splendour revealed when devotion dwells in the Lord's refuge.
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