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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
आद्याऽविद्या हृद्गता निर्गतासी द्विद्या हृद्या हृद्गता त्वत्प्रसादात् सेवे नित्यं श्रीकरं त्वत्पदाब्जं भावे मुक्तेर्भाजनं राजमौले ॥९१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आद्याऽविद्या हृद्गता निर्गतासी
- primal ignorance seated in the heart has gone out
- द्विद्या हृद्या हृद्गता त्वत्प्रसादात्
- second knowledge dear to heart has entered by Your grace
- सेवे नित्यं श्रीकरं त्वत्पदाब्जं
- I serve always Your lotus feet, giver of prosperity
- भावे मुक्तेर्भाजनं राजमौले
- O crested king, vessel of liberation in experience
Shiva's grace replaces primal ignorance with heart-knowledge. Serving His feet is serving the vessel of liberation; the Self enters when ignorance departs the heart.
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