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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
अतिमृदुलौ मम चरणा वतिकठिनं ते मनो भवानीश इति विचिकित्सां सन्त्यज शिव कथमासीद्गिरौ तथा वेशः ॥९५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अतिमृदुलौ मम चरणा
- my feet are very soft
- वतिकठिनं ते मनो भवानीश
- Your mind is hard, O Bhavani's Lord
- इति विचिकित्सां सन्त्यज
- abandon this doubt
- शिव कथमासीद्गिरौ तथा वेशः
- O Shiva, how was such dress on the mountain
The poet playfully contrasts soft feet with hard divine mind. Abandoning doubt about Shiva's mountain dress opens to mystery; the Self transcends easy categories of soft and hard.
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