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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
तनोतु क्षेमं नस्तव वदनसौन्दर्यलहरी- परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिरिव सीमन्तसरणिः । वहन्ती सिन्दूरं प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर- द्विषां वृन्दैर्बन्दीकृतमिव नवीनार्ककिरणम् ॥४४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- क्षेमम्
- welfare and protection
- सौन्दर्यलहरी
- wave of beauty
- सीमन्तसरणिः
- the parting line of hair
- सिन्दूरम्
- vermillion or red sindur
The central parting of the Goddess's hair, adorned with vermillion, is compared to a river channel carrying the flood of her facial beauty. The red sindur appears like captured rays of the dawn sun, held prisoner by the dark masses of her hair, creating a striking contrast that bestows auspiciousness upon devotees.
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