Ponderings

Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 01kalā bhyā ṁ  cūḍālaṅkṛta-śaśi-kalā bhyāṁ nija-tapaḥ -phalābhyāṁbhakteṣu prakaṭita-phalābhyāṁbhavatu me ।śivābhyām astoka-tribhuvana-śivā bhyāṁ hṛdi punar-bhavābhyām ānanda-sphurad-anubhavābhyāṁ natiriyam ॥Simple Meaning“My salutations are always to that divine couple —Śiva and Śivā —• who are adorned with the crescent moon,• who are themselves the fruit of their ownausterities,• who openly bestow the fruits of devotion upontheir devotees,• who are the very source of auspiciousness for thethree worlds,• who are born again and again in the devotee’sheart,• and whose experience shines forth as pure bliss.”