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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
त्वदीयं सौन्दर्यं तुहिनगिरिकन्ये तुलयितुं कवीन्द्राः कल्पन्ते कथमपि विरिञ्चिप्रभृतयः । यदालोकौत्सुक्यादमरललना यान्ति मनसा तपोभिर्दुष्प्रापामपि गिरिशसायुज्यपदवीम् ॥१२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सौन्दर्यम्
- beauty
- तुलयितुम्
- to compare
- आलोकौत्सुक्यात्
- from eagerness to behold
- सायुज्यपदवीम्
- the state of union
Beauty here becomes a spiritual catalyst: even celestial women, moved by the desire to see the Goddess, attain through that very longing what is difficult to reach through austere practices alone. This suggests that aesthetic appreciation, when it recognizes its true object, can be more direct than effortful spiritual disciplines.
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