Soundarya Lahari--Verse 53

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Vibhakta-traivarnyam vyatikarita-iLlA'NjanatyA

VibhAti tvan-netra-tritayam idam IsAna-dayate;

punah srastum devAn Druhina-Hari-RudrAn uparatAn

rajah sattvam bibhrat tama iti gunAnAm trayam iva

 

 

O Beloved of IsvAra! this triad of Thine eyes, displaying the three

colour severally, smeared as it is with collyrium, shines out as if

possessing the triad of Guna-s - Rajas, Sattva and Tamas - so as to

create once again the Deva-s - Druhina, Hari and Rudra - when they

cease to exist.

 

 

The Three Colours - red, white and dark, characteristic of the three

Guna-s - Rajas, Sattva and Tamas respectively. Create once again -

the allusion is to the tradition that the TrimUrti-s perish at the

Great Deluge, when the universe has its involution, and are brought

into existence once again after the deluge, when the work of

creation is undertaken by Siva in conjunction with the Sakti.

 

 

 

Yantra image in : SS homepage.

 

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The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada.

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