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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
पूजाद्रव्यसमृद्धयो विरचिताः पूजां कथं कुर्महे पक्षित्वं न च वा किटित्वमपि न प्राप्तं मया दुर्लभम् जाने मस्तकमङ्घ्रिपल्लवमुमाजाने न तेऽहं विभो न ज्ञातं हि पितामहेन हरिणा तत्त्वेन तद्रूपिणा ॥८६॥
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Word breakdown
- पूजाद्रव्यसमृद्धयो विरचिताः पूजां कथं कुर्महे
- wealth of worship-materials is made; not birdhood or wormhood easily gained
- पक्षित्वं न च वा किटित्वमपि न प्राप्तं मया दुर्लभम्
- I know not Your head or foot-sprout, O Uma's Lord
- जाने मस्तकमङ्घ्रिपल्लवमुमाजाने न तेऽहं विभो
- nor was it known truly even by Brahma-born Hari
- न ज्ञातं हि पितामहेन हरिणा तत्त्वेन तद्रूपिणा
- nor was it known truly even by Brahma-born Hari
Even Hari and Brahma could not fully know Shiva's head and feet. The devotee admits ignorance of the Lord's limits; the Self transcends every partial vision, even of greatest gods.
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