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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
गते कर्णाभ्यर्णं गरुत इव पक्ष्माणि दधती पुरां भेत्तुश्चित्तप्रशमरसविद्रावणफले । इमे नेत्रे गोत्राधरपतिकुलोत्तंसकलिके तवाकर्णाकृष्टस्मरशरविलासं कलयतः ॥५२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- कर्णाभ्यर्णम्
- extending to the ears
- पक्ष्माणि
- eyelashes
- चित्तप्रशमरस
- the essence of peace for the mind
- स्मरशरविलास
- the play of Cupid's arrows
The eyes that extend to the ears with lashes like Garuda's wings have the power to dissolve the peace of even the city-destroyer Shiva's mind. O jewel of the mountain king's lineage, these eyes display the sport of love's arrows drawn back to the ears, suggesting the far-reaching power of divine beauty to disturb even supreme detachment.
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