Soundarya Lahiri - Verse 18 [ Sri Samkara- Bhagavatpada]

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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

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How many among the celestial courtesans, inclusive of UrvasI, with

the shy eyes of the timid wild deer, would not be caughet in the

clutches of him, who conceived the entire Heaven and Earth submerged

in the red radiance caused by the lustrous graces of Thy body,

forming, as it were, the abodes of the splendour of the rising Sun.

 

This stanza deals with the power bestowed by meditation on the Devi

presiding over the KAmarAja-kUta in the form of IcchA-sakti.

 

With shy eyes of the timid deer - the deer express their shyness and

timidity with their tremulous eyes. UravAsi and other celestial

damsels, whose eyes are naturally steady and unwinking, because of

their celestial birth, are so much filled with passion at the sight

of the votary, that even their unwinking eyes betrays restlessness,

all an account of the Devi's grace.

 

Graces - graceful features.

 

The abodes of splendour - wherein the splendour abides.

 

 

The Ocean of beauty -

Saundarya-LaharI of Sri Samkara- Bhagavatpada

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri and T.R Srinivasa Ayyangar