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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
चतुर्भिः श्रीकण्ठैः शिवयुवतिभिः पञ्चभिरपि प्रभिन्नाभिः शम्भोर्नवभिरपि मूलप्रकृतिभिः । त्रयश्चत्वारिंशद्वसुदलकलाश्रत्रिवलय- त्रिरेखाभिः सार्धं तव चरणकोणाः परिणताः ॥११॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- श्रीकण्ठैः
- by the blessed throats
- मूलप्रकृतिभिः
- by the root natures
- चरणकोणाः
- the corner regions of Your feet
- त्रिरेखाभिः
- by the three lines
This verse presents an esoteric numerical mapping of tattvas (cosmic principles) to the triangular corners of the Goddess's feet, suggesting that her form encompasses and transcends all categories of manifestation. The specific enumeration - four Śrīkaṇṭhas, five principles, and nine root-natures - points toward the formal completeness that devotion discovers in its object.
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