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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
जडता पशुता कलङ्किता कुटिलचरत्वं च नास्ति मयि देव अस्ति यदि राजमौले भवदाभरणस्य नास्मि किं पात्रम् ॥६९॥
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Word breakdown
- जडता पशुता कलङ्किता
- dullness, animal-nature, stain, crooked conduct are not in me, O God
- कुटिलचरत्वं च नास्ति मयि देव
- if they are, O crested king
- अस्ति यदि राजमौले
- am I not fit to be Your ornament
- भवदाभरणस्य नास्मि किं पात्रम्
- am I not fit to be Your ornament
The devotee claims purity and fitness to be Shiva's ornament. Confessing faults yet asserting worthiness expresses faith that the Self accepts the sincere heart despite imperfection.
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