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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
बुद्धिः स्थिरा भवितुमीश्वरपादपद्म सक्ता वधूर्विरहिणीव सदा स्मरन्ती सद्भावनास्मरणदर्शनकीर्तनादि सम्मोहितेव शिवमन्त्रजपेन विन्ते ॥७७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- बुद्धिः स्थिरा भवितुमीश्वरपादपद्म
- intellect fixed on Ishwara's lotus feet like separated wife always remembering
- सक्ता वधूर्विरहिणीव सदा स्मरन्ती
- good meditation, remembrance, sight, praise and the rest
- सद्भावनास्मरणदर्शनकीर्तनादि
- bewildered, I pine with Shiva-mantra repetition
- सम्मोहितेव शिवमन्त्रजपेन विन्ते
- bewildered, I pine with Shiva-mantra repetition
Intellect separated from Shiva pines like a wife from husband. Mantra repetition with remembrance and praise is the lover's yearning; the Self is the spouse mind longs to reunite with.
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