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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
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कुचौ सद्यःस्विद्यत्तटघटितकूर्पासभिदुरौ कषन्तौ दोर्मूले कनककलशाभौ कलयता । तव त्रातुं भङ्गादलमिति वलग्नं तनुभुवा त्रिधा नद्धं देवि त्रिवलि लवलीवल्लिभिरिव ॥८०॥
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Word breakdown
- सद्यःस्विद्यत्तट
- immediately perspiring slopes
- कूर्पासभिदुरौ
- like tight bodices
- त्रातुं भङ्गात्
- to protect from breaking
- त्रिवलि
- three folds
Nature itself seems to worry about the Goddess's delicate frame, providing three protective folds at her waist like vine-bindings. This personification of caring natural forces suggests that divine beauty inspires protective response even from creation itself. Beauty becomes a cosmic responsibility shared by all existence.
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