Guest guest Posted October 19, 1999 Report Share Posted October 19, 1999 Prostrating before ShrI LalitA, I start my humble presentation of saundaryalaharI. Shivah shaktyA yukto yadi bhavati shaktah prabhavitum na ced evam devo na khalu kushalah spanditam api atah tvAm ArAdhyAm hari-hara-viri~ncAdibhir api praNantum stotum vA katham akr^ta-puNyah prabhavati 1 Shivah: Shiva (sadAshivatattvamUrthy; one who is with devI the most auspicious) shaktyAh: with ability (to create the jagat) - with devI yuktah yadi: if He is united prabhavitum: to create the jagat shaktah: will have ability to do evam na cet: if He is not united with devI khalu na kushalah: will not be skilled spanditam api: even to stir (vibrate) atah: therefore hari + hara + viri~nci + Adibhih api: by VishNu, Shiva, Brahmah and others also ArAdhyAm: capable of being worshiped tvAm: about you (who is bhagavatI) praNamtum: to prostrate stotum vA: to chant your praise akr^tapuNyah: one who has not acquired puNya through earlier good deeds katham prabhavati: how would he be able to? O Mother, only by uniting with you, Ishwara (Shiva) is able to create the world. If He is not united with you, He will not have the ability even to stir. While so, how can one who has acquired no merit through earlier good deeds, can even dare to salute or praise You, who are worthy of being worshiped by Hari, Hara, Viri~nci and others? Commentary on this verse would follow. Regards Gummuluru Murthy ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 1999 Report Share Posted October 25, 1999 >ramut > (AT) eGroups (DOT) com > Re: saundaryalaharI - 1 >Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:38:01 -0700 > > > >Is there a similarity between Soundarya Lahiri -- verse 1 and Kalidasa's > >Vaagartha Viva Samplukthou... > >I have always thought that the invocation sloka in both of these works >had simiality in talking about the oneness of Siva and Shakti. >comments would be welcome. There is a certain degree of similarity that exist in both these verses. But soundarya lahari goes one step further to establish the shakthi parathva by saying ‘na ced evam devo na khalu kushalah spanditam api’. Kalidasa’s shloka is more like the first verse of shivaananda lahari. kalaabhyaaM chuuDaalaN^kR^itashashikalaabhyaaM nijatapaH phalaabhyaaM bhakteShu prakaTitaphalaabhyaaM bhavatu me shivaabhyaam astokatribhuvana shivaabhyaaM hR^idi punarbhavaabhyaam aananda sphuradanubhavaabhyaaM natiriyam Shivaananda lahari, a work exclusively on parameshwara also commences by saluting both shiva & shivaa. One point can be noted here. Soundarya Lahari starts with the ‘shiva’ shabda and Shivananda Lahari starts with the ‘ka’ beeja, the first letter of panchadashakshari (shakthi mantra). ____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 1999 Report Share Posted October 25, 1999 Is there a similarity between Soundarya Lahiri -- verse 1 and Kalidasa's Vaagartha Viva Samplukthou... I have always thought that the invocation sloka in both of these works had simiality in talking about the oneness of Siva and Shakti. comments would be welcome. ramu thiagarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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