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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
घटो वा मृत्पिण्डोऽप्यणुरपि च धूमोऽग्निरचलः पटो वा तन्तुर्वा परिहरति किं घोरशमनम् वृथा कण्ठक्षोभं वहसि तरसा तर्कवचसा पदाम्भोजं शम्भोर्भज परमसौख्यं व्रज सुधीः ॥६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- घटो वा मृत्पिण्डोऽप्यणुरपि च धूमोऽग्निरचलः
- jar or clay lump or atom or smoke, fire or mountain
- पटो वा तन्तुर्वा परिहरति किं घोरशमनम्
- cloth or thread, what does it remove of terrible death
- वृथा कण्ठक्षोभं वहसि तरसा तर्कवचसा
- in vain you strain your throat with hasty argumentative words
- पदाम्भोजं शम्भोर्भज परमसौख्यं व्रज सुधीः
- worship Shambhu's lotus feet, O wise one, go to supreme bliss
No material symbol removes the terror of death; argument avails nothing. The wise turn from empty disputation to worship of Shiva's feet, where supreme bliss is found as the nature of the Self.
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