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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
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यदा कृताम्भोनिधिसेतुबन्धनः करस्थलाधःकृतपर्वताधिपः भवानि ते लङ्घितपद्मसम्भवः तदा शिवार्चास्तवभावनक्षमः ॥८८॥
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Word breakdown
- यदा कृताम्भोनिधिसेतुबन्धनः
- when You stepped on the lotus-born with world-bearing foot
- करस्थलाधःकृतपर्वताधिपः
- hand-pressed mountain-king
- भवानि ते लङ्घितपद्मसम्भवः
- O Bhavani, You stepped on lotus-born Brahma
- तदा शिवार्चास्तवभावनक्षमः
- then I became fit for Shiva-worship contemplation
Shiva's cosmic step on Brahma made the poet fit for worship. Humbling pride of creation opens devotion; the Self becomes approachable when ego's lotus is pressed down.
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