Soundarya Lahari Verse 8 — Sudhasindhor Madhye — Complete Lyrics
सौन्दर्यलहरी श्लोक ८ — सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते
मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे ।
शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां
भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥ ८॥
sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte
maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe |
śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ
bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm || 8||
In the midst of an ocean of nectar, on the Island of Gems girdled with groves of celestial wish-trees, in a pleasure-garden of kadamba blossoms, within a mansion built of Chintamani jewels, upon a couch shaped as Shiva and resting on the very bed of Parama-Shiva — there a few blessed souls worship You, who are the surging wave of pure Consciousness and Bliss.
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