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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
ध्यानाञ्जनेन समवेक्ष्य तमःप्रदेशं भित्त्वा महाबलिभिरीश्वरनाममन्त्रैः दिव्याश्रितं भुजगभूषणमुद्वहन्ति ये पादपद्ममिह ते शिव ते कृतार्थाः ॥७२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- ध्यानाञ्जनेन समवेक्ष्य तमःप्रदेशं
- having surveyed darkness-regions with meditation-collyrium
- भित्त्वा महाबलिभिरीश्वरनाममन्त्रैः
- breaking through with great offering of Lord-name-mantras
- दिव्याश्रितं भुजगभूषणमुद्वहन्ति
- they bear the divine serpent-ornament
- ये पादपद्ममिह ते शिव ते कृतार्थाः
- those here, O Shiva, are fulfilled
Meditation collyrium reveals darkness; name-mantras break through. Those who bear Shiva's serpent-ornament are fulfilled; the Self is won by mantra and inner sight together.
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