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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
विशुद्धौ ते शुद्धस्फटिकविशदं व्योमजनकं शिवं सेवे देवीमपि शिवसमानव्यवसितम् । ययोः कान्त्या यान्त्याः शशिकिरणसारूप्यसरणे- र्विधूतान्तर्ध्वान्ता विलसति चकोरीव जगती ॥३७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- विशुद्धौ
- in the viśuddha center
- स्फटिकविशदम्
- clear as crystal
- व्योमजनकम्
- generating space
- चकोरी
- the cakora bird
In your viśuddha center I serve Śiva, clear as crystal and generating space, along with the Goddess whose resolve equals Śiva's. By their radiance moving in moon-ray-like paths, the world - with its inner darkness dispelled - shines like a cakora bird. This verse locates purified speech and space-consciousness in the throat center where the divine couple's equal luminosity illuminates cosmic manifestation.
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