[Advaita-l] Sivaanandalahari - 97

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Sivaanandalahari - 97प्रचरत्यभित: प्रगल्भवृत्त्या
मदवानेष मन:-करी गरीयान् ।
परिगृह्य नयेन भक्‍ति-रज्ज्वा
परम स्थाणुपदं दृढं नयामुम् ॥ ९७ ॥

pracharatyaBita: pragalBavRuttyA
madavAneSha mana:-karI garIyAn |
parigRuhya nayena Bak^ti-rajjvA
parama sthANupadaM dRuDhaM nayAmum || 97 ||

Oh Paramesvara this big rutted elephant of my mind wanders all over
uncontrolled. Please tie it up tactfully with the rope of Bhakti and control
it, hold it firmly and take it to the stage of stability.


*Commentary

**hE parama* = Hey! ParamEswara who is beyond everything!
*madhavaan* = that which is afflicted with crazyness;
*ghareeyaan* = that which is has a big body;
*Esha* = this;
*mana: karee* = this elephant of a mind;
*praghalbhavruthyaa* = with profound purpose;
*abhitha:* = driven by its own liking roaming on all sides;
*amum* = this elephant called mind;
*bhakthirajwaa = with the rope called bhakthi;
nayEna *= nicely;
*parighruhya* = catch;
*sthaaNu *= permanent;
*padham* = place or mOksham;
*dhrudam *= tightly;
*naya* = let it get.

Hey! ParamEswara! My mind of an elephant is profoundly engrossed in roaming
on objects driven by its iccha.  Please show me the grace so that this crazy
elephant could be tied with the rope of bhakthi to anchor on to your lotus
feet thus attain the brahma gnaana.  Only then my janma gets its chapalam.

Aum Namasivaaya!