ŚLOKA 47 / 100

Spring in the garden of the heart

śambhudhyānavasantasaṅgini hṛdārāme’ghajīrṇacchadāḥsrastā bhaktilatācchaṭā vilasitāḥ puṇyapravālaśritāḥ ;dīpyante guṇakorakā japavacaḥpuṣpāṇi sadvāsanā-jñānānandasudhāmarandalaharī saṃvitphalābhyunnatiḥ . 47 .

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When meditation on Shambhu brings spring to the garden of the heart, old leaves of wrongdoing fall.

Key expressions in this quarter: dhyāna — meditation; vasanta — spring; hṛdārāma — garden of the heart.

The vine of devotion shines with fresh shoots of merit.

Key expressions in this quarter: bhaktilatā — vine of devotion.

Buds of good qualities and flowers of repeated sacred utterance glow.

Key expressions in this quarter: guṇa — good quality; japa — repeated sacred utterance.

Good dispositions yield the nectar of knowledge and joy, and awareness ripens as fruit.

Key expressions in this quarter: jñānānanda — knowledge and joy; saṃvit — awareness.

Spring in the garden of the heart

When meditation on Shambhu brings spring to the garden of the heart, old leaves of wrongdoing fall. The vine of devotion shines with fresh shoots of merit. Buds of good qualities and flowers of repeated sacred utterance glow. Good dispositions yield the nectar of knowledge and joy, and awareness ripens as fruit.

How the verse unfolds.

The seasonal image gives change an organic sequence: old leaves fall, shoots arise, flowers open and fruit matures. Different aspects of practice take their places within that sequence. The image encourages patient cultivation rather than a demand for instant inner perfection.

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The heart as a place of worship

Meditation brings spring to the heart’s garden: old leaves fall and devotion, qualities, recitation and awareness grow. Transformation is pictured as cultivation through stages.

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