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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
अमितमुदमृतं मुहुर्दुहन्तीं विमलभवत्पदगोष्ठमावसन्तीम् सदय पशुपते सुपुण्यपाकां मम परिपालय भक्तिधेनुमेकाम् ॥६८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अमितमुदमृतं मुहुर्दुहन्तीं
- milking unmeasured joy-nectar again and again
- विमलभवत्पदगोष्ठमावसन्तीम्
- dwelling at Your pure foot-hoof
- सदय पशुपते सुपुण्यपाकां
- O gracious Pasupati, ripened by great merit
- मम परिपालय भक्तिधेनुमेकाम्
- protect my single cow of devotion
The cow of devotion milks joy-nectar at Shiva's feet. The poet asks protection for that one cow ripened by merit; the Self sustains the devotion through which bliss flows.
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