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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
गले रेखास्तिस्रो गतिगमकगीतैकनिपुणे विवाहव्यानद्धप्रगुणगुणसंख्याप्रतिभुवः । विराजन्ते नानाविधमधुररागाकरभुवां त्रयाणां ग्रामाणां स्थितिनियमसीमान इव ते ॥६९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- रेखास्तिस्रः
- three lines
- गतिगमकगीत
- skilled in movement and song
- त्रिगुणगुण
- three-fold qualities
- रागाकरभुवाम्
- sources of various melodious ragas
Three lines shine on your neck, skilled in movement and song, reflecting the bound three-fold qualities of marriage. They appear like the boundary regulations for the residence of three musical scales that are sources of various sweet ragas, suggesting that divine beauty naturally contains the harmonic principles underlying all musical expression.
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