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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
श्रुतीनां मूर्धानो दधति तव यौ शेखरतया ममाप्येतौ मातः शिरसि दयया धेहि चरणौ । ययोः पाद्यं पाथः पशुपतिजटाजूटतटिनी ययोर्लाक्षालक्ष्मीररुणहरिचूडामणिरुचिः ॥८४॥
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Word breakdown
- श्रुतीनां मूर्धानः
- the heads of the Vedas
- शेखरतया
- as a crown
- पाद्यम्
- washing water
- लाक्षालक्ष्मीः
- lac-red beauty
The Vedas themselves crown their heads with the Goddess's feet, whose washing water becomes the Ganga in Shiva's hair and whose lac-beauty rivals divine jewels. This establishes the supremacy of devotional surrender over scriptural learning, while making ritual foot-washing a cosmic sacrament.
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