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Soundarya Lahari

सौन्दर्यलहरी

Saundaryalaharī

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कराग्रेण स्पृष्टं तुहिनगिरिणा वत्सलतया गिरीशेनोदस्तं मुहुरधरपानाकुलतया । करग्राह्यं शम्भोर्मुखमुकुरवृन्तं गिरिसुते कथङ्कारं ब्रूमस्तव चिबुकमौपम्यरहितम् ॥६७॥

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कराग्रेण
with fingertip
वत्सलतया
with affection
अधरपानाकुल
eager for lip-drinking
चिबुकम्
chin

Touched by the snow mountain's fingertip with affection and lifted by Girisha repeatedly in eagerness to drink from your lips - O daughter of the mountain, how can we describe your chin that is like the handle of Shambhu's face-mirror, yet remains without comparison in its unique beauty that serves divine intimacy.

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