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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
तटिल्लेखातन्वीं तपनशशिवैश्वानरमयीं निषण्णां षण्णामप्युपरि कमलानां तव कलाम् । महापद्माटव्यां मृदितमलमायेन मनसा महान्तः पश्यन्तो दधति परमाह्लादलहरीम् ॥२१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- तटिल्लेखातन्वीम्
- slender as a streak of lightning
- वैश्वानरमयीम्
- consisting of cosmic fire
- पद्माटव्यान्
- in the great lotus forest
- आह्लादलहरीम्
- waves of supreme delight
Great souls who behold the Goddess's power - slender as lightning yet comprising sun, moon, and cosmic fire - seated above even the six lotuses in the great lotus forest of the heart, experience waves of supreme delight. This verse maps an advanced contemplation that sees divine power both as subtle energy and as cosmic elements unified in the transcendent heart center.
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