Soundarya Lahari--Verse 20 [SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada]

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> kiranteemangeybhyah kirana nikurumbaamrutarasam

> hruditvaamaadhattey himakara silamurthy mivayah

> sa sarpaanaam darpam samayati sakuntaadhipa iva

> jvara plusthaan drusthvaa sukhayati sudhaadhara siraya

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He who contemplates Thee in his heart, who diffusest nectar in the

form of beams from {Thy] limbs, as an image carved out of a moonstone,

quells the pride of serpents, like the king of birds, and cures those

afflicted with fever, with a look resembling the nectar-showering NAdi.

 

Thee - who hast assumed the form of Amrtesvari.

 

Quells the pride of serpents - at the very sight of the votary

serpents are said to seek safe place of retreat, as, in virtue of the

power acquired by him from meditation on the Devi, he appears to their

eyes as Garut-mat, the king of birds and the traditional vanquisher of

serpents. The votary is thus indirectly an antidote to snake-bite.

 

By 'feter' is meant any chronic disease, such as malaria, which

afflicts mankind in general.

 

Disease are cured by the ordinary medical practitioner with the

administration of drugs. But the votary of the Devi, through her

grace, is endowed with the miraculous power of healing the afflicted

by the mere casting of a look.

 

Resembling the nectar-showering NAdi - the NAdi referred, in filling

the entire system of NAdi-s with nectar, fills the accomplished Yogin

with the ecstasy of Bliss.

 

This stanza refers to the special powers acquired by the Yogin, from

worship of the Devi, wherewith even death could be conquered.

 

 

The Ocean of Beauty - Saundarya-Lahari of SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri & T.R. Srinivasa Ayyangar.