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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
तनीयांसं पांसुं तव चरणपङ्केरुहभवं विरिञ्चिस्सञ्चिन्वन् विरचयति लोकानविकलम् । वहत्येनं शौरिः कथमपि सहस्रेण शिरसां हरस्सङ्क्षुद्यैनं भजति भसितोद्धूलनविधिम् ॥२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- चरणपङ्केरुहभवम्
- born from the lotus of Your feet
- विरिञ्चिः
- Brahmā, the creator
- शौरिः
- Viṣṇu, the heroic bearer
- भसितोद्धूलनविधिम्
- the rite of smearing sacred ash
A particle of dust from the Goddess's feet becomes a poetic measure of divine dependence: Brahmā creates with it, Viṣṇu bears it, and Śiva wears it as ash. The imagery trains humility, making even cosmic offices secondary to the ground of grace.
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