Shiva Wanders with Hari in His Heart
Bala Kanda, Doha 75
Doha 75 · Movement 2 of 2
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Shiva moves freely across the earth, dwelling as the abode of pure consciousness and bliss. Delusion, pride, and desire find no place within him.
Yet transcendence has not emptied him of devotion. Hari remains held in his heart as the inward beauty delighting all the worlds. The great ascetic's freedom is not distance from love, but love released from possession.
Wherever Shiva walks, the outer journey follows an inner stillness. Ram is present at its centre, and the path becomes another circumference around that unbroken remembrance. Every footstep moves while devotion remains perfectly still.
Across the changing earth, Shiva carries one unmoving presence within his heart.
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चिदानन्द सुखधाम सिव बिगत मोह मद काम। बिचरहिं महि धरि हृदयँ हरि सकल लोक अभिराम।।75।।
Shiva, the abode of chidananda, of consciousness and bliss, free from delusion, pride, and desire, wanders the earth holding Hari in his heart, delighting all the worlds.