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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
भक्तिर्महेशपदपुष्करमावसन्ती कादम्बिनीव कुरुते परितोषवर्षम् सम्पूरितो भवति यस्य मनस्त्तटाक स्तज्जन्मसस्यमखिलं सफलं च नाऽन्यत् ॥७६॥
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Word breakdown
- भक्तिर्महेशपदपुष्करमावसन्ती
- devotion dwelling at Mahesha's lotus-seat rains satisfaction
- कादम्बिनीव कुरुते परितोषवर्षम्
- whose mind-lake is filled
- सम्पूरितो भवति यस्य मनस्त्तटाक
- that one's life-crop is all fruitful
- स्तज्जन्मसस्यमखिलं सफलं च नाऽन्यत्
- and nothing else
Devotion at Shiva's seat rains satisfaction on the filled mind-lake. Then life's crop is entirely fruitful; when the Self is worshipped, every action bears good fruit.
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