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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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आनन्दाश्रुभिरातनोति पुलकं नैर्मल्यतश्छादनं वाचाशङ्खमुखे स्थितैश्च जठरापूर्तिं चरित्रामृतैः रुद्राक्षैर्भसितेन देव वपुषो रक्षां भवद्भावना पर्यङ्के विनिवेश्य भक्तिजननी भक्तार्भकं रक्षति ॥६२॥
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Word breakdown
- आनन्दाश्रुभिरातनोति पुलकं नैर्मल्यतश्छादनं
- with bliss-tears causing horripilation, purity as covering
- वाचाशङ्खमुखे स्थितैश्च जठरापूर्तिं चरित्रामृतैः
- with conch-mouth words filling belly with conduct-nectar
- रुद्राक्षैर्भसितेन देव वपुषो रक्षां भवद्भावना
- with rudraksha, ash, O God, body's protection by meditation on You
- पर्यङ्के विनिवेश्य भक्तिजननी भक्तार्भकं रक्षति
- placing on couch, mother devotion protects the devotee-child
Devotion-mother protects the child-devotee with tears, ash and rudraksha. Conduct-nectar fills the belly of speech; the Self as mother-devotion guards the body through constant remembrance.
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