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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
एको वारिजबान्धवः क्षितिनभोव्याप्तं तमोमण्डलं भित्त्वा लोचनगोचरोऽपि भवति त्वं कोटिसूर्यप्रभः वेद्यः किन्न भवस्यहो घनतरं कीदृग्भवेन्मत्तम स्तत्सर्वं व्यपनीय मे पशुपते साक्षात् प्रसन्नो भव ॥५८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- एको वारिजबान्धवः क्षितिनभोव्याप्तं तमोमण्डलं
- the one sun-friend lotus breaks the pervading darkness-sphere
- भित्त्वा लोचनगोचरोऽपि भवति त्वं कोटिसूर्यप्रभः
- becoming visible to the eye, You are crore-sun splendour
- वेद्यः किन्न भवस्यहो घनतरं कीदृग्भवेन्मत्तम
- are You not knowable; alas, how much more for me, intoxicated
- स्तत्सर्वं व्यपनीय मे पशुपते साक्षात् प्रसन्नो भव
- removing all that, O Pasupati, become directly gracious
Shiva's splendour exceeds crores of suns and breaks darkness. The intoxicated devotee asks for direct grace after removing veils; the Self becomes visible when ignorance's sphere is shattered.
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