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Shivananda Lahari
शिवानन्दलहरी
Śivānandalaharī
Chant
सर्वालङ्कारयुक्तां सरलपदयुतां साधुवृत्तां सुवर्णां सद्भिः संस्तूयमानां सरसगुणयुतां लक्षितां लक्षणाढ्याम् उद्यद्भूषाविशेषामुपगतविनयां द्योतमानार्थरेखां कल्याणीं देव गौरीप्रिय मम कविताकन्यकां त्वं गृहाण ॥९८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सर्वालङ्कारयुक्तां सरलपदयुतां साधुवृत्तां सुवर्णां
- endowed with all ornaments, with simple words, good metre, golden
- सद्भिः संस्तूयमानां सरसगुणयुतां लक्षितां लक्षणाढ्याम्
- praised by good men, rich in flavour, marked, rich in signs
- उद्यद्भूषाविशेषामुपगतविनयां द्योतमानार्थरेखां
- bearing rising ornament-specialness, attained modesty, shining meaning-lines
- कल्याणीं देव गौरीप्रिय मम कविताकन्यकां त्वं गृहाण
- O God, beloved of Gauri, accept my poetry-daughter
The poet offers his poetry-daughter adorned with metre and modesty to Shiva. Offering creative work to the Lord marries art to devotion; the Self receives the gifts of speech refined by grace.
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