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A life offered in many ways

kañcitkālamumāmaheśa bhavataḥ pādāravindārcanaiḥkañciddhyānasamādhibhiśca natibhiḥ kañcitkathākarṇanaiḥ ;kañcitkañcidavekṣaṇaiśca nutibhiḥ kañciddaśāmīdṛśīṃyaḥ prāpnoti mudā tvadarpitamanā jīvansa muktaḥ khalu . 81 .

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Some time is spent worshipping your lotus feet, Uma-Mahesha.

Key expressions in this quarter: arcana — worship; pādāravinda — lotus feet.

Some is spent in meditation, absorption, bowing and hearing your stories.

Key expressions in this quarter: dhyāna — meditation; samādhi — absorption; kathā — story.

Some is spent seeing and praising you, in this manner.

Key expressions in this quarter: nuti — praise.

One who joyfully offers the mind to you is indeed liberated while living.

Key expressions in this quarter: arpitamanas — one whose mind is offered; jīvanmukta — liberated while living.

A life offered in many ways

Some time is spent worshipping your lotus feet, Uma-Mahesha. Some is spent in meditation, absorption, bowing and hearing your stories. Some is spent seeing and praising you, in this manner. One who joyfully offers the mind to you is indeed liberated while living.

How the verse unfolds.

Practice here has several forms rather than one rigid outward pattern. Worship, listening, contemplation and praise become connected through the offered mind. Liberation while living is the verse’s devotional claim about this inward dedication, not a status the reader must claim for themselves.

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A life gathered into practice

Worship, meditation, hearing, seeing and praise occupy portions of a life whose mind is offered. The unity lies in dedication across these different activities.

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