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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
समुन्मीलत्संवित्कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं भजे हंसद्वन्द्वं किमपि महतां मानसचरम् । यदालापादष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति- र्यदादत्ते दोषाद्गुणमखिलमद्भ्यः पय इव ॥३८॥
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Word breakdown
- संवित्कमलमकरन्द
- nectar of the lotus of consciousness
- हंसद्वन्द्वम्
- the pair of swans
- अष्टादशगुणित
- eighteen-fold multiplied
- अद्भ्यः पयः
- milk from water
I worship the mysterious pair of swans that move in the minds of great souls, delighting only in the nectar of consciousness's blooming lotus. From their conversation comes the transformation of eighteen-fold knowledge, and they extract all good qualities from faults, like milk from water. This verse celebrates the discriminating wisdom (haṃsa) that can separate the eternal from the temporal in experience.
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