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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
शिव तव परिचर्यासन्निधानाय गौर्या भव मम गुणधुर्यां बुद्धिकन्यां प्रदास्ये सकलभुवनबन्धो सच्चिदानन्दसिन्धो सदय हृदयगेहे सर्वदा संवस त्वम् ॥८४॥
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Word breakdown
- शिव तव परिचर्यासन्निधानाय गौर्या
- be for service near Gauri; I shall give intelligence-daughter in marriage
- भव मम गुणधुर्यां बुद्धिकन्यां प्रदास्ये
- O bond of all worlds, O ocean of consciousness-bliss
- सकलभुवनबन्धो सच्चिदानन्दसिन्धो
- dwell always with compassion in the heart-house
- सदय हृदयगेहे सर्वदा संवस त्वम्
- dwell always with compassion in the heart-house
The poet offers mind's daughter to Shiva near Gauri. Inviting the Lord to dwell in the heart-house expresses marriage of intellect to the Self, ocean of consciousness-bliss.
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