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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
एष्यत्येष जनिं मनोऽस्य कठिनं तस्मिन्नटानीति म द्रक्षायै गिरिसीम्नि कोमलपदन्यासः पुराभ्यासितः नो चेद्दिव्यगृहान्तरेषु सुमनस्तल्पेषु वेद्यादिषु प्रायः सत्सु शिलातलेषु नटनं शम्भो किमर्थं तव ॥८०॥
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Word breakdown
- एष्यत्येष जनिं मनोऽस्य कठिनं तस्मिन्नटानीति म
- thinking this body will perish, mind is hard
- द्रक्षायै गिरिसीम्नि कोमलपदन्यासः पुराभ्यासितः
- I shall see the gentle foot-placement on mountain-border practised before
- नो चेद्दिव्यगृहान्तरेषु सुमनस्तल्पेषु वेद्यादिषु
- if not in divine houses on flower-couches and Vedas
- प्रायः सत्सु शिलातलेषु नटनं शम्भो किमर्थं तव
- why then dance on stone-slabs, O Shambhu
The poet questions why Shiva dances on hard stone if feet are soft. Body's hardness should not meet the Lord's gentle feet; devotion asks the divine to dwell where comfort matches tenderness.
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