Soundarya Lahiri - Verse 18

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tanucchayaabistey taruna tarani sri saranibhi

divam sarvaamurveemarunima nimagnaam smarati yah

bhavantyasya trasyadvanaharina shaaleena nayanaah

sahorvasyaa vasyaa kati kati na geervaana ganikaah

 

(oh mother) Beautiful Radiance (of) Yours, Young(raising) Sun's Splendour Like

 

(with which) Sky and Entire Earth(are) Flooded, Resembling Such (white with

the gentle red streak)

 

(to those to whom)Exist You(appear so as Aruna in their contemplation) :

(women having) Frightened Wild Deer Eyes (beauty of such eyes wide and dark)

 

(by men of such meditative power) All (these beautiful women) are captured

(like a hunter) How Many! How Many! Heavenly Coutesans(too are trapped)

 

 

This verse again deals with contemplation of Devi as Aruna as in Verse 16. Her

radiance is like the morning Sun which lights up the sky and earth with a

shade of red. In verse 16, the contemplation results in poetic gift. In this

verse, It is the power to attract beautiful women Comparison of eyes of a

beautiful women with those of frightened deer is a standard comparison used in

Sanskrit poetry. Similarly, heavenly courtesans like Urvasi, Rambha, Menaka,

Tilottama and others are also a standard used in description of beauty in poetry

and even in common usage. It is a complement to say a woman looks like Rambha.

There are two ways of interpreting these verses.

1) It is praise of her supreme powers,that nothing is beyond the reach of a

devotee who prays and is always blessed with an abundance of what he wishes for.

He may pray for a good looking wife. The mother goes beyond his wish and gives

him an Urvasi.

2) There are techniques of worship secret and transmitted through Gurus who

them selves have learnt from their Gurus and so on. So specific method of

worship is aimed at a specific result.

But in either case, Devotion is primary. Technique or knowledge just plays

its minor part. In his immortal words of introduction to MSSubbulaksmi's

rendering of Bhaja Govindam, Sriman Rajagopalachari said " ..... If Sri Adi

Sankara himself who drank the ocean of Jnana as easily as one drinks water from

the palm of ones hand, sang in his later years hymns to develop devotion, it is

enough to show that Jnana and Bhakti are one and the same "

 

Yanta is 2 in intersecting equilateral triangles top one pointing upwards and

the other pointing downwards forming 6 smaller triangles and a Hexagon inside.

 

6 Bijaksharams are in the triangles one in each. Starting from top triangle

they are, Kaa, Ma, Dey, Vaa, Ya, Namah ie KAAMADEVAAYA NAMAH. In the Hexagon,

Kleem, Kleem, Kleem are arranged in a column.

 

Expected results of Upasana is accomplishment in fine arts besides the power

to attract women as evident from the verse

 

 

 

 

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