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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
किरीटं वैरिञ्चं परिहर पुरः कैटभभिदः कठोरे कोटीरे स्खलसि जहि जम्भारिमुकुटम् । प्रणम्रेष्वेतेषु प्रसभमुपयातस्य भवनं भवस्याभ्युत्थाने तव परिजनोक्तिर्विजयते ॥२९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- वैरिञ्चम्
- Brahmā's
- कैटभभिदः
- slayer of Kaiṭabha
- जम्भारिमुकुटम्
- crown of Indra
- परिजनोक्तिः
- the instruction of attendants
Avoid Brahmā's crown in front, you stumble on the hard crown of Viṣṇu, destroy Indra's crown - such are the triumphant instructions of your attendants to Śiva when he comes hastily to your dwelling and rises to greet these bowing gods. This playful domestic scene humanizes cosmic relationships while affirming the Goddess's supreme position.
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