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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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हंसः पद्मवनं समिच्छति यथा नीलाम्बुदं चातकः कोकः कोकनदप्रियं प्रतिदिनं चन्द्रं चकोरस्तथा चेतो वाञ्छति मामकं पशुपते चिन्मार्गमृग्यं विभो गौरीनाथ भवत्पदाब्जयुगलं कैवल्यसौख्यप्रदम् ॥५९॥
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Word breakdown
- हंसः पद्मवनं समिच्छति यथा नीलाम्बुदं चातकः
- as swan desires lotus-forest, chataka the blue cloud
- कोकः कोकनदप्रियं प्रतिदिनं चन्द्रं चकोरस्तथा
- cuckoo the red lotus, chakora the moon
- चेतो वाञ्छति मामकं पशुपते चिन्मार्गमृग्यं विभो
- so my mind desires, O Pasupati, the consciousness-sought path
- गौरीनाथ भवत्पदाब्जयुगलं कैवल्यसौख्यप्रदम्
- O Gauri's Lord, Your lotus-foot pair giving liberation-bliss
Creatures yearn each for its natural object; the mind yearns for Shiva's liberating feet. Single-pointed desire for the Lord is as natural as swan for lotus; fulfilment is the Self's bliss.
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