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Ananda Lahari
आनन्दलहरी
Ānandalaharī
Chant
सवित्रीभिर्वाचां शशिमणिशिलाभङ्गरुचिभिः वशिन्याद्याभिस्त्वां सह जननि संचिन्तयति यः । स कर्ता काव्यानां भवति महतां भङ्गिरुचिभिः वचोभिर्वाग्देवीवदनकमलामोदमधुरैः ॥१७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सवित्रीभिर्वाचां शशिमणिशिलाभङ्गरुचिभिः
- whoever contemplates You, O Mother, along with Vaśinī and the speech-goddesses of moon-stone radiance
- वशिन्याद्याभिस्त्वां सह जननि संचिन्तयति यः ।
- who contemplates You together with them, O Mother
- स कर्ता काव्यानां भवति महतां भङ्गिरुचिभिः
- he becomes a maker of great poetry with graceful words
- वचोभिर्वाग्देवीवदनकमलामोदमधुरैः ॥१७॥
- with words sweet as the fragrance of Vāgdevī's lotus face
Meditation on the Goddess with the powers of speech makes one a creator of inspired poetry. The sacred source of all authentic expression is the non-dual awareness in which word and meaning are one.
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