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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नित्यानन्दरसालयं सुरमुनिस्वान्ताम्बुजाताश्रयं स्वच्छं सद्द्विजसेवितं कलुषहृत्सद्वासनाविष्कृतम् शम्भुध्यानसरोवरं व्रज मनो हंसावतंस स्थिरं किं क्षुद्राश्रयपल्वलभ्रमणसञ्जातश्रमं प्राप्स्यसि ॥४८॥
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Word breakdown
- नित्यानन्दरसालयं सुरमुनिस्वान्ताम्बुजाताश्रयं
- resort of eternal bliss, refuge of gods' and sages' heart-lotuses
- स्वच्छं सद्द्विजसेवितं कलुषहृत्सद्वासनाविष्कृतम्
- pure, served by good twice-born, revealed by good scents destroying impurity
- शम्भुध्यानसरोवरं व्रज मनो हंसावतंस स्थिरं
- go, mind, steady swan-crest, to Shiva-meditation-lake
- किं क्षुद्राश्रयपल्वलभ्रमणसञ्जातश्रमं प्राप्स्यसि
- why gain fatigue wandering to petty ponds
The mind-swans should seek Shiva's bliss-lake, not petty ponds. That lake purifies and eternally satisfies; wandering among small pleasures only wearies the seeker of the Self.
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