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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
कदा काले मातः कथय कलितालक्तकरसं पिबेयं विद्यार्थी तव चरणनिर्णेजनजलम् । प्रकृत्या मूकानामपि च कविताकारणतया कदा धत्ते वाणीमुखकमलताम्बूलरसताम् ॥९८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- कलितालक्तकरसम्
- mixed with lac-red juice
- चरणनिर्णेजनजलम्
- foot-washing water
- कविताकारणतया
- as the cause of poetry
- ताम्बूलरसताम्
- betel-juice sweetness
The devotee-student asks when he may drink the lac-sweetened water that washes the Goddess's feet, and when even the naturally mute will receive the betel-sweetness of Sarasvatī's lotus mouth through her grace. The prayer links humility, learning, and inspired speech as gifts that flow from reverent service.
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