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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
कलत्रं वैधात्रं कतिकति भजन्ते न कवयः श्रियो देव्याः को वा न भवति पतिः कैरपि धनैः । महादेवं हित्वा तव सति सतीनामचरमे कुचाभ्यामासङ्गः कुरवकतरोरप्यसुलभः ॥९६॥
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Word breakdown
- कलत्रं वैधात्रम्
- wife given by Brahmā
- श्रियो देव्याः
- of Goddess Lakṣmī
- सतीनामचरमे
- the ultimate among chaste women
- कुरवकतरोः
- of the kuravaka tree
Many poets have Brahmā-given wives, many become Lakṣmī's husband through some wealth, but even leaving Mahādeva, contact with your breasts is difficult even for the kuravaka tree, O ultimate among chaste women. This celebrates the Goddess's supreme chastity while acknowledging the paradox that even trees desire contact with divine beauty.
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