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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
अविद्यानामन्तस्तिमिरमिहिरद्वीपनगरी जडानां चैतन्यस्तबकमकरन्दस्रुतिझरी । दरिद्राणां चिन्तामणिगुणनिका जन्मजलधौ निमग्नानां दंष्ट्रा मुररिपुवराहस्य भवति ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- अविद्यानाम्
- for those in inner darkness of ignorance
- चैतन्य
- living consciousness
- चिन्तामणि
- the wish-fulfilling jewel
- वराहस्य दंष्ट्रा
- the boar-incarnation's rescuing tusk
The verse piles up rescue-images - sunlight, nectar, jewel, and Varāha's tusk - to describe a single liberating presence. In Advaita study, these images can be held as pointers to the awareness that makes ignorance knowable and therefore not final.
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