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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नित्यं स्वोदरपूरणाय सकलानुद्दिश्य वित्ताशया व्यर्थं पर्यटनं करोमि भवतः सेवां न जाने विभो मज्जन्मान्तरपुण्यपाकबलतस्त्वं शर्व सर्वान्तर स्तिष्ठस्येव हि तेन वा पशुपते ते रक्षणीयोऽस्म्यहम् ॥५७॥
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Word breakdown
- नित्यं स्वोदरपूरणाय सकलानुद्दिश्य वित्ताशया
- always wandering uselessly with desire to fill the belly, all creatures
- व्यर्थं पर्यटनं करोमि भवतः सेवां न जाने विभो
- I do not know Your service, O Lord
- मज्जन्मान्तरपुण्यपाकबलतस्त्वं शर्व सर्वान्तर
- by merit of former births' fruit You stand, O Sharva, all-inner
- स्तिष्ठस्येव हि तेन वा पशुपते ते रक्षणीयोऽस्म्यहम्
- therefore I am to be protected by You, O Pasupati
Useless wandering for belly's sake contrasts with not knowing Shiva's service. Yet the Lord stands as all-inner witness; protection is the Self's promise to the mind that turns homeward.
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