Soundarya Lahari--Verse 85

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Namo-vAkam brUmo nayana-ramanIyAya padayos

tavAsmai dvandyAya sphuta-ruci-rasAlaktaka-vate;

Asuyaty atyantam yad-abhihananAya sprhayate

pasUnAm isAnah pramada-vana-kankeli-tarave.

 

 

Our salutations we respectfully tender to this Thy pair of feet,

revishingly beautiful, distinctly bright with the las dye freshly

painted over them. The Lord of Pasu-s grows extermely jealous of the

Kankeli tree in [Thy] pleasure-garden, which ardently aspires to be

kicked by them [Thy pair of feet]

 

Jealous of the Kankeli-the Kankeli is a tree which, according to

tradition, when barren, blossoms only when kicked by the tender feet

of a women of the highest class, known as PadminI-s. Siva is

represented here as envying the barren Kankeli tree in the Devi's

garden, for the exclusive privilege, which it enjoys, of receiving

kicks, from its mistress's fet. In other words, he wishes very much

that some of them be administered to himself.

 

 

 

Yantra image in : SS homepage.

 

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The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpad a.

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