Soundarya Lahiri Verse- 15 [ SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada ]

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> sarajjyostnaa suddhaam sasiyouta jataajoota makutaam

> varatraasatraana sphatika ghatikaa pustaka karaam

> sakrunnatvaa natvaa kathamiva sataam sannidadhatey

> madhuksheeradraakshaa madhuriva dhureenaaam phanitayah

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How will words, which of the sweetness of honey, milk and grape-

juice, not be in the command of such as have bowed even once to

Thee, who are bright as the autumnal moombeams, who has as Thy crown

the coiled plaited-hair with the [crescent] Moon on, and who holdest

in Thy hands the boon-bestowing [and] the security-affording

[posture], a rosary of crystal beads and a book?

 

 

Even as the miraculous effect of the Devi's side-glance has been

adverted to in the thirteenth stanza, the marvellous powers inherent

in approaching the Devi with the right kind of meditation and prayer

are expounded in this and the six accompaying stanzas. In this

stanza is described the greatness of meditation of the SAttvika type

on the Devi's form, through the VAgbhava-kUta of the PaNcadasAksAri.

 

To Thee : the Devi in the form of the VAgbhava-kUta. Bowing even

once to the Devi is credited with making the UpAsaka a great poet

and attain all knowledge. The Devi is said to be in the form of

KrIyA-sakti, when meditated upon as the source of poetic talents.

This stanza and the next two are spoken of as referring to the

SArasvata-prayoga.

 

 

The Ocean of Beauty - Saundarya-Lahari

of SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri & T.R. Srinivasa Ayyangar