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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
जपो जल्पः शिल्पं सकलमपि मुद्राविरचना गतिः प्रादक्षिण्यक्रमणमशनाद्याहुतिविधिः । प्रणामस्संवेशस्सुखमखिलमात्मार्पणदृशा सपर्यापर्यायस्तव भवतु यन्मे विलसितम् ॥२७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- जपो जल्पः
- recitation and conversation
- मुद्राविरचना
- arrangement of ritual gestures
- प्रादक्षिण्य
- circumambulation
- आत्मार्पणदृशा
- with the view of self-offering
Let all my activities - recitation, conversation, crafts, ritual gestures, walking, circumambulation, eating, offering, bowing, sitting, and all pleasure - become forms of worship to you through the perspective of self-surrender. This verse transforms ordinary life into continuous devotional practice by shifting the inner orientation from ego-gratification to offering.
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