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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
अङ्कोलं निजबीजसन्ततिरयस्कान्तोपलं सूचिका साध्वी नैजविभुं लता क्षितिरुहं सिन्धुः सरिद्वल्लभम् प्राप्नोतीह यथा तथा पशुपतेः पादारविन्दद्वयं चेतोवृत्तिरुपेत्य तिष्ठति सदा सा भक्तिरित्युच्यते ॥६१॥
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Word breakdown
- अङ्कोलं निजबीजसन्ततिरयस्कान्तोपलं सूचिका
- ankola tree, needle, chaste woman, mountain tree, river seek their own
- साध्वी नैजविभुं लता क्षितिरुहं सिन्धुः सरिद्वल्लभम्
- so too the mind's movement reaching Shiva's lotus-foot pair
- प्राप्नोतीह यथा तथा पशुपतेः पादारविन्दद्वयं
- abides always there
- चेतोवृत्तिरुपेत्य तिष्ठति सदा सा भक्तिरित्युच्यते
- that is called devotion
Natural homing of seed, needle and river images devotion. Mind reaching Shiva's feet and abiding there is bhakti; the Self draws thought back as ankola draws its seed to the tree.
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