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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
गिरामाहुर्देवीं द्रुहिणगृहिणीमागमविदो हरेः पत्नीं पद्मां हरसहचरीमद्रितनयाम् । तुरीया कापि त्वं दुरधिगमनिःसीममहिमा महामाया विश्वं भ्रमयसि परब्रह्ममहिषि ॥९७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- गिरामाहुर्देवीम्
- they call the Goddess of speech
- द्रुहिणगृहिणीम्
- Brahmā's wife
- तुरीया कापि
- some fourth one
- परब्रह्ममहिषि
- O consort of Supreme Brahman
Scripture experts name four goddesses: Sarasvatī (speech), Brahmā's wife, Lakṣmī (Viṣṇu's consort), and Pārvatī (Śiva's companion). But you are some fourth transcendent being, O great Māyā of limitless glory hard to attain, who bewilders the world as the Supreme Brahman's consort. This establishes the Goddess beyond traditional classifications.
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