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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
स्मितज्योत्स्नाजालं तव वदनचन्द्रस्य पिबतां चकोराणामासीदतिरसतया चञ्चुजडिमा । अतस्ते शीतांशोरमृतलहरीमम्लरुचयः पिबन्ति स्वच्छन्दं निशि निशि भृशं काञ्जिकधिया ॥६३॥
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Word breakdown
- स्मितज्योत्स्नाजालम्
- network of smile's moonlight
- चकोराणाम्
- of the cakora birds
- अतिरसतया
- due to excessive taste
- काञ्जिकधिया
- thinking it to be gruel
The cakora birds drinking the moonlight network of your face-moon's smile developed stiff beaks from the excessive sweetness. Therefore, your sour-bright rays now drink the moon's nectar waves freely every night, thinking it to be thin gruel, showing how your smile's sweetness surpasses even lunar nectar in its intensity.
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