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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे । शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- सुधासिन्धौ
- in the ocean of nectar
- मणिद्वीपे
- on the jewel island
- चिन्तामणिगृहे
- in the wish-fulfilling jewel palace
- चिदानन्दलहरीम्
- the wave of consciousness-bliss
The sumptuous inner landscape is a contemplative architecture, not simply a celestial travelogue. Its culmination in *cidānanda* lets the meditator read the palace as the intimate radiance of awareness itself.
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