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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
नित्यं योगिमनः सरोजदलसञ्चारक्षमस्त्वत्क्रमः शम्भो तेन कथं कठोरयमराड्वक्षःकवाटक्षतिः अत्यन्तं मृदुलं त्वदङ्घ्रियुगलं हा मे मनश्चिन्तय त्येतल्लोचनगोचरं कुरु विभो हस्तेन संवाहये ॥७९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- नित्यं योगिमनः सरोजदलसञ्चारक्षमस्त्वत्क्रमः
- O Shambhu, Your foot-step is able to wander the mind-lotus-petal
- शम्भो तेन कथं कठोरयमराड्वक्षःकवाटक्षतिः
- how then the hard chest-breaking of cruel Death
- अत्यन्तं मृदुलं त्वदङ्घ्रियुगलं हा मे मनश्चिन्तय
- think, alas, how very soft is Your foot-pair
- त्येतल्लोचनगोचरं कुरु विभो हस्तेन संवाहये
- make it visible to eye; I shall massage with hand
If Shiva's feet wander soft lotus-petals, how can they break Death's chest? The devotee longs to see and massage those soft feet; tenderness of the Lord contradicts terror of death.
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