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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
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गतास्ते मञ्चत्वं द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रेश्वरभृतः शिवः स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः । त्वदीयानां भासां प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया शरीरी शृङ्गारो रस इव दृशां दोग्धि कुतुकम् ॥९२॥
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Word breakdown
- मञ्चत्वम्
- bedstead nature
- स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपट
- transparent shade-formed cover
- प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया
- by reflection-gained reddish hue
- शरीरी शृङ्गारः
- embodied erotic sentiment
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Īśvara have become the legs of the Goddess's bed, while Śiva serves as the mattress woven from crystal-clear shadow. His body, gaining reddish color from reflecting her radiance, becomes the embodied aesthetic sentiment of love, milking wonder from all eyes. Even cosmic functions become furniture for divine beauty.
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