Soundarya Lahari--Verse 29/30 [SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada]

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> svadehodbhootaabhir grunabhir animaadyaabhirabhito

> nishevye nitye tvaam ahamiti sadaa bhaava yatiyah

> kimaascharyam tasya trinayana samruddhim trunayato

> mahaa samvartaagnir viracayati neerajana vidhim

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[O Goddess!] who art eternal and art served all around by the rays,

AnimA and others emanating from Thine own frame! What is there to

wonder at, if the Fire of the great Deluge should perform the ritual

of offering lights before whosoever conceives Thee always as 'I am

[Thou]', treating the wealth of Tri-nayana as mere straw?

 

 

Eternal - that has neither beginning, nor end.

 

Rays emanating from thine own frame, ie the Sri cakra of nine

parts, in the form of Avarana-devatA-s as detailed below : The three

quadrangles of the BhUgrha, where in abide the eight Siddhi-s -

AnimA, LaghimA, MahimA, Vasitva, Isatva, PrAkAmya, PrApti and Sarva-

kAma-pradAyinI, in the first quadrangle, the eight MAtr-s -BrahmI,

MAhesvarI, KaumAri, VaisnavI, VArAhI, MAhendrI, CAmundA and

MahAlaksmi, in the second Quadrangle; the ten MudrA-s - Sarva-

samksobhinI, Sarva-vidrAvinI, SarvAkarsini, Sarva-vasamkari,

SarvonmAdini, Sarva-mahAnkusa Sarva-khecarI, Sarva-bijA, Sarva-yoni

and Sarva-trikhandA, in the third quadrangle; the sixteen DevatA-s [

KAmAkarsini, BuddhyAkarsinI, AhamkArAkarsinI, SabdAkarsinI,

SparsAkarsinI, RUpAkarsinI, RasAkarsini, GhandhAkarsinI, CittA-

karsinI, DhairyAkarsinI, SmrtyAkarsinI, NAmAkarsinI, BijAkarsinI,

AtmAkarsinI, AmrtAkarsini, and SarIrAkarsinI, in the sixteen-

petalled lotus; the eight DevatA-s - Ananga-kusumA, Ananga-mekhalA,

Ananga-madanA, Ananga-mandanAturA, Ananga-rekhA, Ananga-veginI,

AnangAnkusA and Ananga-mAlinI, in the eight-petalled lotus; the

fourteen DevatA-s - Sarva-samksobhinI, Sarva-vidrAvinI,

SarvAkarsinI, SarvAhlAdinI, Sarva-sammohanI, Sarva-stambhinI, Sarva-

jrmbjinI, Sarva-vasamkarI, Sarva-ranjanI, SarvonmAdinI, SarvArtha-

sAdhanI, Sarva-sampattipUranI, Sarva-mantramayI and Sarva-dvandya-

ksayamkarI, in the CaturdasAra; the ten DevatA-s - Sarva-siddhpradA,

Sarva-sampatpradA, Sarva-priyamkarI, Sarva-mangalakArinI, Sarva-

kAmapradA, Sarva-saubhAgyadAyinI, Sarva-mrtyu-prasamanI, Sarva-

vighna-nivArinI, SarvAnga-sundarI and SarvaduhkhavimocanI, in the

Bahir-dasAra; the ten DevatA-s - SarvajNA, Sarva-sakti,

SarvaisvaryapradA, Sarva-jNAnamayI, Sarva-vyAdhi-vinAsanI,

SarvAdhAra-svarUpA, SarvapApaharA, SarvAnandamayI, Sarva-raksA-

svarUpinI and Sarvepsita-phalapradA, in the Antar-dasAra; the eight

DevatA-s - VasinI, KAmesI, ModinI, VimalA, ArunA, JayanI, SarvesI

and KaulinI, in the Asta-kona; the three DevatA-s - KamesvarI,

vajresI and BhagamAlA, in the Tri-kona; and the Tripurasundari in

the middle.

 

'Frame' is also taken by some to indicate the feet, the MayUkha-s

sent out which have been dealt with in the fourteenth stanza. This

stanza represents the Yogin, who has attained oneness with the Devi,

as looking upon the untold wealth of SadAsiva as a mere trifle,

there being nothing else worthy of acquisition.

 

 

 

The Ocean of Beauty - Saundarya-Lahari

of SrI Samkara-Bhagavatpada

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri

T.R Srinivasa Ayyangar.