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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नित्याय त्रिगुणात्मने पुरजिते कात्यायनीश्रेयसे सत्यायादिकुटुम्बिने मुनिमनः प्रत्यक्षचिन्मूर्तये मायासृष्टजगत्त्रयाय सकलाम्नायान्तसञ्चारिणे सायन्ताण्डवसम्भ्रमाय जटिने सेयं नतिः शम्भवे ॥५६॥
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Word breakdown
- नित्याय त्रिगुणात्मने पुरजिते कात्यायनीश्रेयसे
- to the eternal of three-guna nature, city-conqueror, Katyayani's welfare
- सत्यायादिकुटुम्बिने मुनिमनः प्रत्यक्षचिन्मूर्तये
- to the true primal family-man, direct consciousness-form to sages' minds
- मायासृष्टजगत्त्रयाय सकलाम्नायान्तसञ्चारिणे
- wanderer to all Veda-ends of three-world illusion-creation
- सायन्ताण्डवसम्भ्रमाय जटिने सेयं नतिः शम्भवे
- to the matted-haired one of evening dance-turmoil, this obeisance, O Shambhu
Evening salutation honours Shiva as eternal consciousness beyond three gunas. He is welfare, truth and illusion's source; morning and evening praise mark the devotee's day centred in the Self.
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