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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीं पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् । स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आराध्य
- having worshipped
- नारी भूत्वा
- having become a woman
- स्मरः
- Kāma, desire personified
- मोहाय
- for the stirring of enchantment
Mythic transformations here emphasize that beauty and desire are powers requiring discernment, not objects to be simplistically condemned. The study question is how attraction can be seen clearly - without repression and without mistaking it for the whole of reality.
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