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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
सदुपचारविधिष्वनुबोधितां सविनयां सुहृदं समुपाश्रिताम् मम समुद्धर बुद्धिमिमां प्रभो वरगुणेन नवोढवधूमिव ॥७८॥
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Word breakdown
- सदुपचारविधिष्वनुबोधितां
- uplift this intellect, O Lord, instructed in good service
- सविनयां सुहृदं समुपाश्रिताम्
- modest, well-disposed, as a newly wedded bride
- मम समुद्धर बुद्धिमिमां प्रभो
- uplift this intellect, O Lord
- वरगुणेन नवोढवधूमिव
- as a newly wedded bride
The poet asks Shiva to uplift intellect like a new bride. Modesty and good instruction prepare mind for union; the Self receives the devoted intellect as partner.
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