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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
अशनं गरलं फणी कलापो वसनं चर्म च वाहनं महोक्षः मम दास्यसि किं किमस्ति शम्भो तव पादाम्बुजभक्तिमेव देहि ॥८७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अशनं गरलं फणी कलापो
- poison as food, serpent as garland, skin as garment, great bull as vehicle
- वसनं चर्म च वाहनं महोक्षः
- what will You give me, O Shambhu
- मम दास्यसि किं किमस्ति शम्भो
- give only devotion to Your lotus feet
- तव पादाम्बुजभक्तिमेव देहि
- give only devotion to Your lotus feet
Shiva's ascetic symbols contrast with what He might give devotees. The poet asks only for foot-devotion; the Self's gift is not outward wealth but love of the Lord.
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