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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
सुधाधारासारैश्चरणयुगलान्तर्विगलितैः प्रपञ्चं सिञ्चन्ती पुनरपि रसाम्नायमहसः । अवाप्य स्वां भूमिं भुजगनिभमध्युष्टवलयं स्वमात्मानं कृत्वा स्वपिषि कुलकुण्डे कुहरिणि ॥१०॥
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Word breakdown
- सुधाधारा
- streams of nectar
- प्रपञ्चम्
- the manifest world
- कुलकुण्डे
- in the kula-kuṇḍa, the inner hollow
- स्वपिषि
- You rest or sleep
The descent of nectar and return to the coiled resting place portray a cyclic movement of manifestation and repose. A non-dual reading can hold both movements within awareness, so that spiritual practice is neither world-denial nor absorption into experience alone.
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