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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
आनन्दामृतपूरिता हरपदाम्भोजालवालोद्यता स्थैर्योपघ्नमुपेत्य भक्तिलतिका शाखोपशाखान्विता उच्चैर्मानसकायमानपटलीमाक्रम्य निष्कल्मषा नित्याभीष्टफलप्रदा भवतु मे सत्कर्मसंवर्धिता ॥४९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आनन्दामृतपूरिता हरपदाम्भोजालवालोद्यता
- filled with bliss-nectar, risen from the lotus-pool of Hari's feet
- स्थैर्योपघ्नमुपेत्य भक्तिलतिका शाखोपशाखान्विता
- devotion-creeper with branches and sub-branches reaching firmness
- उच्चैर्मानसकायमानपटलीमाक्रम्य निष्कल्मषा
- climbing stainless the lofty mind-body host without blemish
- नित्याभीष्टफलप्रदा भवतु मे सत्कर्मसंवर्धिता
- may it bear eternal desired fruit, nourished by good deeds
Devotion creeper rising from Vishnu's feet-pool climbs the mind toward Shiva. Nourished by good deeds it bears eternal fruit; the Self is the fulfilment of aspiration grown through virtue.
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