Ponderings

Talk and meditation on Shivananda Lahiri Verse 43mā gaccha tvam itas-tato giriśa bho! mayyeva vāsaṃ kurusvāminn ādikirāta māmaka-manaḥ-kāntāra-sīmāntare ।vartante bahuśo mṛgā mada-juṣo mātsarya-mohādayaḥtān hatvā mṛgayā-vinoda-rucita-lābhaṃ ca samprāpsyasi ॥Simple Meaning“O Lord Girīśa (Śiva)! Do not wander here and there — dwell within me alone. O Primordial Hunter (Ādi-Kirāta), in the dense forest of my heart dwell many wild beasts — pride, envy, delusion, and the like. If You, as the hunter, slay them, You willobtain the true joy and reward of the hunt."