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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
मनस्ते पादाब्जे निवसतु वचः स्तोत्रफणितौ करौ चाभ्यर्चायां श्रुतिरपि कथाकर्णनविधौ तव ध्याने बुद्धिर्नयनयुगलं मूर्तिविभवे परग्रन्थान् कैर्वा परमशिव जाने परमतः ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- मनस्ते पादाब्जे निवसतु वचः स्तोत्रफणितौ
- may mind dwell at Your lotus feet, speech in hymn-recitation
- करौ चाभ्यर्चायां श्रुतिरपि कथाकर्णनविधौ
- hands too in worship, hearing in the manner of hearing Your tales
- तव ध्याने बुद्धिर्नयनयुगलं मूर्तिविभवे
- intellect in meditation on You, both eyes in Your form's glory
- परग्रन्थान् कैर्वा परमशिव जाने परमतः
- other books by whom, O supreme Shiva, do I know at all
Every faculty offered to Shiva becomes the path: feet for the mind, praise for speech, worship for hands. When all senses rest in the Lord, no other teaching is needed; the Self is known through integrated devotion.
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