saundaryalaharii _ A selection

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First the good news. Prof. Murthy told me that he will restart

his series on saundaryalaharii soon.

 

In the case of shivaanandalaharii we are fortunate to have

bhagavan ramaNa's selection of 10 verses which represent the gist

of the work. I do not know whether such a selection of verses

exists for saundaryalaharii.

 

In order to learn the text, I thought I will do in parts so that

it is easy to memorize and understand it in depth. Browsing

through the text (100 verses), I have selected a set of 10 verses

and then a set of 25 verses which I thought gives some of the

important verses in the text. The 25-verses set has the 10-set

verses set as its subset. I will give this list later.

 

Now coming to the 10-verses set. The verses are

1,3,8,9,11,27,32,33,98,100. The selection is based on what

appealed me the most. I am attaching a text document which gives

these 10 verses. At this point I would solicit your

selection. Please let us know the 10 verses you would select

from saundaryalaharii.

 

 

Thank you.

 

Ravi

parandhaama ruupaaM bhaje paaNDya baalam.h

 

 

shivaH shaktyaa yukto yadi bhavati shaktaH prabhavituM

na cedevaM devo na khalu kushalaH spanditumapi .

atastvaamaaraadhyaaM hariharaviri~ncaadibhirapi

praNantuM stotuM vaa kathamakR^itapuNyaH prabhavati .. 1..

 

avidyaanaamanta\-stimira\-mihiradviipanagarii

jaDaanaaM caitanya\-stabaka\-makaranda\-srutijharii .

daridraaNaaM cintaamaNiguNanikaa janmajaladhau

nimagnaanaaM daMShTraa muraripu\-varaahasya bhavatii .. 3..

 

sudhaasindhormadhye suraviTapivaaTiiparivR^ite

maNidviipe niipopavanavati cintaamaNigR^ihe .

shivaakaare ma~nce paramashivaparya"nkanilayaaM

bhajanti tvaaM dhanyaaH katicana cidaanandalahariim.h .. 8..

 

mahiiM muulaadhaare kamapi maNipuure hutavahaM

sthitaM svaadhiShThaane hR^idi marutamaakaashamupari .

mano.api bhruumadhye sakalamapi bhitvaa kulapathaM

sahasraare padme saha rahasi patyaa viharase .. 9..

 

caturbhiH shriikaNThaiH shivayuvatibhiH pa~ncabhirapi

prabhinnaabhiH shambhornavabhirapi muulaprakR^itibhiH .

catushcatvaariMshadvasudalakalaashratrivalaya

trirekhaabhiH saardhaM tava sharaNakoNaaH pariNataaH .. 11..

 

japo jalpaH shilpaM sakalamapi mudraaviracanaa

gatiH praadakShiNyakramaNamashanaadyaahutividhiH .

praNaamassaMveshassukhamakhilamaatmaarpaNadR^ishaa

saparyaaparyaayastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam .. 27..

 

shivaH shaktiH kaamaH kShitiratha raviH shiitakiraNaH

smaro haMsaH shakrastadanu ca paraamaaraharayaH .

amii hR^illekhaabhistisR^ibhiravasaaneShu ghaTitaa

bhajante varNaaste tava janani naamaavayavataam .. 32..

 

smaraM yoniM lakShmiiM tritayamidamaadau tava mano

rnidhaayaike nitye niravadhimahaabhogarasikaaH .

bhajanti tvaaM cintaamaNigunanibaddhaakShavalayaaH

shivaagnau juhvantaH surabhighR^itadhaaraahutishataiH .. 33..

 

kadaa kaale maataH kathaya kalitaalaktakarasaM

pibeyaM vidyaarthii tava caraNanirNejanajalam .

prakR^ityaa muukaanaamapi ca kavitaakaaraNatayaa

yadaadhatte vaaNiimukhakamalataambuularasataam .. 98..

 

pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH

sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa .

svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM

tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h .. 100..