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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
जननमृतियुतानां सेवया देवतानां न भवति सुखलेशः संशयो नास्ति तत्र अजनिममृतरूपं साम्बमीशं भजन्ते य इह परमसौख्यं ते हि धन्या लभन्ते ॥८३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- जननमृतियुतानां सेवया देवतानां
- serving gods subject to birth and death brings no happiness; doubt not
- न भवति सुखलेशः संशयो नास्ति तत्र
- those who worship birthless immortal Lord with Uma
- अजनिममृतरूपं साम्बमीशं भजन्ते
- attain supreme bliss; they indeed are blessed
- य इह परमसौख्यं ते हि धन्या लभन्ते
- they indeed are blessed
Gods who die cannot give lasting joy; Shiva with Uma is birthless. Worship of the immortal Lord alone yields supreme bliss; the Self is beyond the cycle gods share.
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