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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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कारुण्यामृतवर्षिणं घनविपद्ग्रीष्मच्छिदाकर्मठं विद्यासस्यफलोदयाय सुमनःसंसेव्यमिच्छाकृतिम् नृत्यद्भक्तमयूरमद्रिनिलयं चञ्चज्जटामण्डलं शम्भो वाञ्छति नीलकन्धर सदा त्वां मे मनश्चातकः ॥५२॥
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- कारुण्यामृतवर्षिणं घनविपद्ग्रीष्मच्छिदाकर्मठं
- pouring compassion-nectar, cloud ending summer's grievous heat
- विद्यासस्यफलोदयाय सुमनःसंसेव्यमिच्छाकृतिम्
- form desired by good minds for knowledge-plant's fruit-rise
- नृत्यद्भक्तमयूरमद्रिनिलयं चञ्चज्जटामण्डलं
- blue-neck dweller of mountain, whirling matted-lock circle dancing
- शम्भो वाञ्छति नीलकन्धर सदा त्वां मे मनश्चातकः
- O Shambhu, my mind-chataka always desires You, O blue-neck
The chataka bird of mind thirsts only for Shiva, the compassion-cloud. He ends the heat of samsara and yields knowledge-fruit; single-pointed longing for the Lord is the chataka's wisdom.
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