Soundarya Lahiri Verse- 16 [ SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada ]

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> kaveendraanaam chetah kamalavana baalaatapa ruchim

> bhajantey ye santah katichidarunaameva bhavateem

> virinchi preyasyaa staralatara sringaralahareem

> gabheeraabhi rvaagbhi vidadhati sataam ranjanamamee (or in some

texts "sabhaa ranjana mamee" )

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Such rare, high-souled men, who worship Thee as ArunA, radiant as

the morning sunlight, [causing] the lotus-like minds of great poets

[to bloom], delight [the assembly of] wise men with their diction,

profound like the fresh flood of erotic sentiments flowing from

ViriNci's beloved spoused.

 

The gift of poetry, as the result of exclusive worship of the Devi

as ArunA in the heart of the votary, is indicated in this stanza.

The greatness of meditation of the RAjasic type on the Devi's form,

through the VAgbhava-kUta, is indicated in this stanza. Some are of

opinion that, for the reason that there is reference in this stanza

to erotic sentiment, the Deva as IcchA-sakti presiding over the

KAmarAja-kUta is indicated in this stanza.

 

Minds - ie hearts. Poets, who meditate on the Devi as ArunA in their

heart-lotuses, become, as a result of the Devi's grace, so many

Sarasvati-s for the nonce, and with the choice diction and command

of erotic sentiments characteristic only of the Goddess of Learning,

delight the assembly of wise men; in other words, the Devi has the

power of converting her votaries into as many SarasvatI-s

 

 

The Ocean of Beauty - Saundarya-Lahari of SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada

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