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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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भृङ्गीच्छानटनोत्कटः करिमदग्राही स्फुरन्माधवा ह्लादो नादयुतो महासितवपुः पञ्चेषुणा चादृतः सत्पक्षः सुमनोवनेषु स पुनः साक्षान्मदीये मनो राजीवे भ्रमराधिपो विहरतां श्रीशैलवासी विभुः ॥५१॥
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- भृङ्गीच्छानटनोत्कटः करिमदग्राही स्फुरन्माधवा
- eager for Bhringi's wish-dance, with rutting elephant-madness, spring-glory
- ह्लादो नादयुतो महासितवपुः पञ्चेषुणा चादृतः
- delight with sound, great white body honoured by five-arrows
- सत्पक्षः सुमनोवनेषु स पुनः साक्षान्मदीये मनो
- that king-bee again in good-mind-groves, my mind
- राजीवे भ्रमराधिपो विहरतां श्रीशैलवासी विभुः
- may the Lord of Sri-shaila sport in the lotus
The mind-bee should sport in the lotus of Sri-shaila's Lord. Dance, spring and five-arrows image joyful devotion; the Self delights when thought becomes bee at Shiva's lotus.
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