Soundarya Lahari--Verse 75

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Tava stanyam manye dharani-dhara-kanye-hrdayatah

paya-pArAvArah parivahati sArasvata iva;

DayAvatyA dattam dravida-sisur AsvAdya tava yat

kavInAm praudhAnAm ajani kamaniyah kavayitA

 

O Daughter of the Mountain! I fancy that the ocean of the milk of

poesy rising out of Thy heart verily causes the milk of Thy breasts

to flow, on swallowing which [milk] given by Thee with grace, the

Dravidian child became the poet laureate among great poets.

 

Thy heart-the Devi's heart is here represented to contain the ocean

of the milk of poesy, which ebbs and flows there. During spring tide

the milk of poesy overflows and mixes with the milk of her breasts.

No wonder that the Dravidian child, nursed on such milk coupled with

the Devi's grace, developed poetic talent of a high order.

 

Regarding the identity of the infant progigy, the Dravida-sisu hear

referred to, there are various versions. LaksmIdhara, KaivalyAsrama

and others maintain that the reference is to Samkara-bhagavatpAda

himself. The story is, according to KaivalyAsrama, as follows :

SamkarA's father, who as a pious devotee of the Devi, would never

fail to visit the local temple every day and, after bathing the Devi

with milk and doing Puja, was in the habit of returning home with a

small quantity of NirmAlya milk with which his little child was fed

every day. When he had to be temporarily absent from his village, he

left instructions with his wife that the PUjA should be performed by

her as usual during his absence. She was carrying out her husband's

mandate, but as she had to keep aloof during her menstrual period,

she directed her child, the infant Samkara, to go to the temple and

perform PujA in her stead. The child, in his simplicity, was under

the impression that the milk was intended to be drunk by the Devi and

felt surprised that the Devi would not partake of it. When at the

importunity of the child, the Devi drank all the milk, he burst into

tears and called upon her to return to him the usual quantity

intended for his use. The Devi, out of compassion, suckled the child,

whereupon it burst into rhapsodies of praise and returned home

singing songs which automatically came out of his mouth. Just then

the child's father returned from his journey and greeted him with

inexpressible joy. The Devi soon appeared to the father in a dream

and prophesied a remarkable career for the child by her breast-

feeding.

 

 

Yantra image in : SS homepage.

 

http://www.shaktisadhana.org/Newhomepage/sadhana/Commentaries.html

 

The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada.

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

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According to what I have read, the Dravida-sisu is Tirujnanasambandhar.

Legend of his life got borrowed later by Sankara tradition.

 

Most of the Sakta works like Saundaryalahari also got credited in

Sankara's name. Origin of Saundaryalahari is also attributed to

Pravarasena who is also the author of Setubandhanam. Recent studies have

shown that the author of Setubandhanam is Pravarasena-II of Vakataka and

it is also rumoured that the Prakrt work was originally written by

Kalidasa and credited to Vakataka King.

 

Saundaryalahari 41 verses can be a work of Kalidasa that came to light

through Pravarasena. The name 'Prabhavati' is used 2-3 times in first

few verses and it may be a coded reference to Pravarasena's mother

Prabhavati whose name legends associate with Kalidasa.

 

chandra hari

 

 

, " NMadasamy " <nmadasamy

wrote:

>

> Tava stanyam manye dharani-dhara-kanye-hrdayatah

> paya-pArAvArah parivahati sArasvata iva;

> DayAvatyA dattam dravida-sisur AsvAdya tava yat

> kavInAm praudhAnAm ajani kamaniyah kavayitA

>

> O Daughter of the Mountain! I fancy that the ocean of the milk of

> poesy rising out of Thy heart verily causes the milk of Thy breasts

> to flow, on swallowing which [milk] given by Thee with grace, the

> Dravidian child became the poet laureate among great poets.

>

> Thy heart-the Devi's heart is here represented to contain the ocean

> of the milk of poesy, which ebbs and flows there. During spring tide

> the milk of poesy overflows and mixes with the milk of her breasts.

> No wonder that the Dravidian child, nursed on such milk coupled with

> the Devi's grace, developed poetic talent of a high order.

>

> Regarding the identity of the infant progigy, the Dravida-sisu hear

> referred to, there are various versions. LaksmIdhara, KaivalyAsrama

> and others maintain that the reference is to Samkara-bhagavatpAda

> himself. The story is, according to KaivalyAsrama, as follows :

> SamkarA's father, who as a pious devotee of the Devi, would never

> fail to visit the local temple every day and, after bathing the Devi

> with milk and doing Puja, was in the habit of returning home with a

> small quantity of NirmAlya milk with which his little child was fed

> every day. When he had to be temporarily absent from his village, he

> left instructions with his wife that the PUjA should be performed by

> her as usual during his absence. She was carrying out her husband's

> mandate, but as she had to keep aloof during her menstrual period,

> she directed her child, the infant Samkara, to go to the temple and

> perform PujA in her stead. The child, in his simplicity, was under

> the impression that the milk was intended to be drunk by the Devi and

> felt surprised that the Devi would not partake of it. When at the

> importunity of the child, the Devi drank all the milk, he burst into

> tears and called upon her to return to him the usual quantity

> intended for his use. The Devi, out of compassion, suckled the child,

> whereupon it burst into rhapsodies of praise and returned home

> singing songs which automatically came out of his mouth. Just then

> the child's father returned from his journey and greeted him with

> inexpressible joy. The Devi soon appeared to the father in a dream

> and prophesied a remarkable career for the child by her breast-

> feeding.

>

>

> Yantra image in : SS homepage.

>

> http://www.shaktisadhana.org/Newhomepage/sadhana/Commentaries.html

>

> The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada.

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

>

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Dear hari

 

Dravida sisu is ascribed to tirugnana sambadhar. This was told by

Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi himself.

 

I could not follow the other sentence which you were refering to ie.,

sethubandam. One is authored by sri bhasakararaya which is a

commentary of yoginihridaya.

 

The authorship of saudaryalahari is sri sankara which has been proved

authoritatively by sringeri acharyas.

 

Now, kalidasa was the title in the days of yore. There were many

kalidasas. Sri Dharmacharya (dharmacharyamayi) who is in the

gurumandala of khadgamala is also called kalidasa. He is also said to

have authored devi panchastavi which is a wonderful work on kashmir

saivism. Kalyanacharya is also said to be one kalidasa. There is also

another kalidasa from Himachal Pradesh who was the disciple of

somanandanatha, who authored siva drishti which is a work on Kashmir

saivism.

 

Srinivas rao

 

, " chandra_hari18 "

<chandra_hari18 wrote:

>

>

> According to what I have read, the Dravida-sisu is

Tirujnanasambandhar.

> Legend of his life got borrowed later by Sankara tradition.

>

> Most of the Sakta works like Saundaryalahari also got credited in

> Sankara's name. Origin of Saundaryalahari is also attributed to

> Pravarasena who is also the author of Setubandhanam. Recent studies

have

> shown that the author of Setubandhanam is Pravarasena-II of

Vakataka and

> it is also rumoured that the Prakrt work was originally written by

> Kalidasa and credited to Vakataka King.

>

> Saundaryalahari 41 verses can be a work of Kalidasa that came to

light

> through Pravarasena. The name 'Prabhavati' is used 2-3 times in

first

> few verses and it may be a coded reference to Pravarasena's mother

> Prabhavati whose name legends associate with Kalidasa.

>

> chandra hari

>

[Guest guest]

it seems more of some level discussion between two Mr Srinivsa Rao and Mr Hari

i respect both , seems high on vedic studieds ..but pl answer our querries too

then it is not a group..it can be on straight chat or mail.

sorry

find the meaning in it

 

 

atjags

 

 

 

 

srinivasrao197080 <srinivasrao197080

 

Friday, 23 May, 2008 10:40:07 AM

Re: Soundarya Lahari--Verse 75

 

 

Dear hari

 

Dravida sisu is ascribed to tirugnana sambadhar. This was told by

Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi himself.

 

I could not follow the other sentence which you were refering to ie.,

sethubandam. One is authored by sri bhasakararaya which is a

commentary of yoginihridaya.

 

The authorship of saudaryalahari is sri sankara which has been proved

authoritatively by sringeri acharyas.

 

Now, kalidasa was the title in the days of yore. There were many

kalidasas. Sri Dharmacharya (dharmacharyamayi) who is in the

gurumandala of khadgamala is also called kalidasa. He is also said to

have authored devi panchastavi which is a wonderful work on kashmir

saivism. Kalyanacharya is also said to be one kalidasa. There is also

another kalidasa from Himachal Pradesh who was the disciple of

somanandanatha, who authored siva drishti which is a work on Kashmir

saivism.

 

Srinivas rao

 

, " chandra_hari18 "

<chandra_hari18@ ...> wrote:

>

>

> According to what I have read, the Dravida-sisu is

Tirujnanasambandhar .

> Legend of his life got borrowed later by Sankara tradition.

>

> Most of the Sakta works like Saundaryalahari also got credited in

> Sankara's name. Origin of Saundaryalahari is also attributed to

> Pravarasena who is also the author of Setubandhanam. Recent studies

have

> shown that the author of Setubandhanam is Pravarasena- II of

Vakataka and

> it is also rumoured that the Prakrt work was originally written by

> Kalidasa and credited to Vakataka King.

>

> Saundaryalahari 41 verses can be a work of Kalidasa that came to

light

> through Pravarasena. The name 'Prabhavati' is used 2-3 times in

first

> few verses and it may be a coded reference to Pravarasena' s mother

> Prabhavati whose name legends associate with Kalidasa.

>

> chandra hari

>