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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
मृणालीमृद्वीनां तव भुजलतानां चतसृणां चतुर्भिः सौन्दर्यं सरसिजभवः स्तौति वदनैः । नखेभ्यः सन्त्रस्यन् प्रथममथनादन्धकरिपो- श्चतुर्णां शीर्षाणां सममभयहस्तार्पणधिया ॥७०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- मृणालीमृद्वीनाम्
- lotus-fiber soft
- भुजलतानाम्
- of the arm-vines
- सरसिजभवः
- lotus-born Brahma
- अभयहस्तार्पण
- offering fearless hand-gesture
Lotus-born Brahma praises the beauty of your four lotus-soft arm-vines with his four faces. Frightened by your nails from the first churning when you destroyed Andhaka's enemy, he simultaneously offers the fearless hand-gesture to all four heads, showing how even the creator seeks protection from the Goddess's power while praising her beauty.
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