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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
कवीनां संदर्भस्तबकमकरन्दैकरसिकं कटाक्षव्याक्षेपभ्रमरकलभौ कर्णयुगलम् । अमुञ्चन्तौ दृष्ट्वा तव नवरसास्वादतरला- वसूयासंसर्गादलिकनयनं किंचिदरुणम् ॥५०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- संदर्भस्तबक
- cluster of poetic compositions
- कटाक्षव्याक्षेप
- the casting of sidelong glances
- भ्रमरकलभौ
- young bees
- नवरसास्वाद
- tasting the nine rasas
The ears are compared to young bees that exclusively relish the nectar of poetic works, but when they witness the Goddess's sidelong glances filled with the taste of all nine aesthetic emotions, her eyes become slightly reddened from jealousy, suggesting that even divine beauty experiences the human emotion of envy when surpassed.
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