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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
मार्गावर्तितपादुका पशुपतेरङ्गस्य कूर्चायते गण्डूषाम्बुनिषेचनं पुररिपोर्दिव्याभिषेकायते किञ्चिद्भक्षितमांसशेषकबलं नव्योपहारायते भक्तिः किं न करोत्यहो वनचरो भक्तावतंसायते ॥६३॥
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Word breakdown
- मार्गावर्तितपादुका पशुपतेरङ्गस्य कूर्चायते
- Pasupati's foot-sandal worn on the road becomes crown-crest
- गण्डूषाम्बुनिषेचनं पुररिपोर्दिव्याभिषेकायते
- mouth-water rinsing becomes divine ablution of the city-foe
- किञ्चिद्भक्षितमांसशेषकबलं नव्योपहारायते
- a little leftover meat-morsel becomes fresh offering
- भक्तिः किं न करोत्यहो वनचरो भक्तावतंसायते
- what does devotion not do; the forest-dweller becomes crest-jewel
Devotion transforms sandal into crown and rinsing into ablution. Nothing offered to Shiva is small; the Self magnifies every gesture of love into royal worship.
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