Soundarya Lahari--Verse 68

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BhujAslesAn nityam Pura-damayituh kantaka-vati

tava grivA dhatte mukha-kamalanAla-sriyam iyam;

Svatah svetA kAlAgaru-bahula-jambAla-malinA

mrnAli-lAlityam vahati yadadho hAra-latikA

 

This neck of Thine, horripilated often owing to the embrace of the

vanquisher of the [three] Pura-s, assumes the aspect of the stalk of

Thy lotus-like face, for the reason that the pearl necklace [worn]

thereunder, itself white, but rendered dark owing to the profuse

application of the black mud-like Aguru paste, attains the beauty of

the tender part of the lotus stalk.

 

The Devi's face is the lotus, her horripilated nect is its stalk

covered with horny processes and the pearl necklace with the dark

Aguru paste is the tender part of the stalk embedded in the mud

 

 

 

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.