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Sri Sivananda Stuti
by Swami Krishnananda


Where the world-mother Ganga, with her immortal waters flowing from the heaven through the lofty Himalayas, rushes forth like a fire destroying all sins, there shines the supreme sage who is a sun to the darkness of the great sorrow of the world! May that Sivananda, the Swami, possessed of a heart wide like the ocean, live long!

He gives, loves, knows and meditates. He is the source of wonderful divine activity. He is a Muni. He is an ocean of mercy. He is merged in the joy derived from his own Self. He is the Guru of all. Sometimes he is like a child. Sometimes he is very pleasing. Smetimes he looks like a youth and at other times like a mature brained person. May that Sivananda, the Swami, possessed of a heart wide like the ocean, live long!

He, the great soul, has renounced the sense of duality and has immersed himself in the Mass of Existence-Knowledge-Bliss. He floats in that ocean of the Supreme Non-Dual Brahman. He has no thought except of the immortal Experience. May that Swami rejoicing in the Supreme Bliss, praised by all, triumph! May Sivananda, the Swami, possessed of a heart wide like the ocean, live long!

There glories the supreme great Yogi, with Yoga as his support, the Paramahamsa who is blessed, peaceful and non-dual, who brings joy to all through his smiling face! Day and night, he engages himself in lifting up the world towards the path to immortality. May Sivananda, the Swami, possessed of a heart wide like the ocean, live long!