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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
तव स्तन्यं मन्ये धरणिधरकन्ये हृदयतः पयःपारावारः परिवहति सारस्वतमिव । दयावत्या दत्तं द्रविडशिशुरास्वाद्य तव यत् कवीनां प्रौढानामजनि कमनीयः कवयिता ॥७५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- स्तन्यम्
- breast milk
- पयःपारावारः
- ocean of milk
- सारस्वतम्
- flowing with Saraswati's essence
- द्रविडशिशुः
- the Tamil child
This verse likely refers to a great South Indian poet who, having received the Goddess's grace, became eloquent in Sanskrit poetry. The image of divine milk as an ocean of Saraswati suggests that poetic inspiration flows from the same source as maternal nourishment - divine compassion manifesting as creative wisdom.
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