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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः । करालं यत्क्ष्वेडं कबलितवतः कालकलना न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा ॥२८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सुधाम्
- nectar
- भयजरामृत्युहरिणीम्
- removing fear, old age, and death
- कालकलना
- Time's grim noise
- ताटङ्कमहिमा
- the glory of your earring
Even after tasting nectar that removes fear, old age, and death, all celestial beings from Brahmā to Indra still perish. But the terrible roaring sound that Time makes while devouring them cannot touch Śiva at all - and that is the root power of your earring's glory. This verse locates ultimate protection not in cosmic elixirs but in proximity to the Goddess.
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