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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
शिवः शक्तिः कामः क्षितिरथ रविः शीतकिरणः स्मरो हंसः शक्रस्तदनु च परामारहरयः । अमी हृल्लेखाभिस्तिसृभिरवसानेषु घटिता भजन्ते वर्णास्ते तव जननि नामावयवताम् ॥३२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- शिवः शक्तिः
- Śiva and Śakti
- शीतकिरणः
- moon
- हृल्लेखाभिः
- with the heart-lines
- नामावयवताम्
- of the components of your name
Śiva, Śakti, Kāma, Earth, Sun, Moon, Desire personified, Haṃsa, Indra, and then Parā, Aparā, and Para - these principles, formed with the three heart-lines at their endings, serve as the letters composing your name, O Mother. This esoteric verse maps cosmic principles onto the phonetic structure of the Goddess's mantra, showing how sacred sound contains universal manifestation.
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