Soundarya Lahiri Verse- 17 [ of Sri Samakra-Bhagavatpada ]

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> savitreebhirvachaam sasimani shilaa bhanga ruchibhih

> vaasinyaadibhistvaam saha janani sanchintayati yah

> sa kartaa kaavyanaam bhavati mahataam bhangiruchibhih

> vachobhi vaagdevee vadana kamalaa moda madhurye

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O Mother! whoever contemplates Thee along with the generators of

speech, VAsinI and others, who are resplendent like the freshly cut

moonstones, becomes the author of freat KAvya-s, replete with words

erudite in style and sweet with the fregrance of the lotus-like

mouth of the Goddess of learning.

 

The UpasAna of the Devi in the form of ArunA was credited in the

previous stanza with the bestowal of the gift of fluency. In this

stanza persistence in the same meditation, but of the SAttvika type,

is said to turn the votary into a reputed author of epic poems.

 

Generators of speech, VasinI and others - the eight deities, VasinI

and others of the Sarva-rogahara-cakra, whose names and relationship

with the Sri-cakra have been dealth with under stanza 11. They are

said to preside over the eight groups of the letters of the alphabet

a-, ka-,ca-,Ta-, ta-, pa-, ya- and sa-varga-s. They are, according

to the Agama-s, of the color of bright crystal. Their respective

seats have been already noted in explaining the BhU-prastAra. The

twelve YoginI-s and the four guardians of the doorways of the BhU-

grha are also implied by 'VasinI and others'. Some say that the

vowels are of crystal white color, the letters ka to ma of the

colour of corol, the nine letters from ya, yellow, and ksa, red.

Others hold that the vowels are of the color of smoke, letters from

ka to tha of vermillion, from Da to pha white, from ba to la which

included lA scarlet, from va to sa of the colour of gold, and ha and

ksa of the colour of lightning. LaksmIdhara holds that the latter is

the view-held by the author. This verse is said to refer to the

fruit of meditation on the DevI in the form of the JNAna-sakti

presiding over the Sakti-kUTa.

 

 

The Ocean of Beauty

Saundarya Lahari of Sri Samakra-Bhagavatpada

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri

T.R. Srinivasa Ayyangar.