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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
विशाला कल्याणी स्फुटरुचिरयोध्या कुवलयैः कृपाधाराधारा किमपि मधुराभोगवतिका । अवन्ती दृष्टिस्ते बहुनगरविस्तारविजया ध्रुवं तत्तन्नामव्यवहरणयोग्या विजयते ॥४९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- विशाला
- Visala, a prosperous city
- अयोध्या
- Ayodhya, the unconquered city
- कृपाधारा
- foundation of compassion
- अवन्ती
- Avanti, a great city
The Goddess's glance is so expansive and auspicious that it deserves to be called by the names of great cities - Visala for its breadth, Ayodhya for being unconquerable, and Avanti for its victorious extent. This poetic comparison suggests that her gaze contains the prosperity and protection that great cities offer to their inhabitants.
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