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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
हिमानीहन्तव्यं हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ निशायां निद्राणं निशि च परभागे च विशदौ । वरं लक्ष्मीपात्रं श्रियमतिसृजन्तौ समयिनां सरोजं त्वत्पादौ जननि जयतश्चित्रमिह किम् ॥८७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- हिमानीहन्तव्यम्
- what should destroy snow
- हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ
- uniquely skillful at mountain dwelling
- लक्ष्मीपात्रम्
- vessels of Lakshmi
- समयिनाम्
- of the wise
The Goddess's lotus feet paradoxically destroy snow while dwelling on snowy peaks, bloom at night while being clear in late night, and surpass Lakshmi in bestowing wealth on the wise. These contradictions celebrate divine transcendence of natural laws, where spiritual beauty operates beyond ordinary causation.
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