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The Soundarya Lahari: Slogas: 68 & 69: Jagadguru Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.

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Swami Chinmayananda Avoid contacts that pull you down! Spiritual sadhana doesn’t mean that you must cut off your contacts with everybody. Contacts that bring into your mind agitations, anxieties, temptations, headaches etc. may be avoided. What is your opinion? Comment below! ======================================================================================== Saturday 22, March 2025, 10:30. Jagadguru Swami Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s Immortal Creation. Soundarya Lahari Slogam-68 & 69 . ========================================================================================== Slogam -68.  Bhujaa sheshaannityam Puradamayituh kantaka vatee,  Tava greevaa dhatte mukha kamala naalashriyamiyam/ Svatah Mrinalee laalityam swethaa vahati kaalaaguru- bahula yadadho jambaala haara malinaa lathikaa/ ================================================================================= Shri Maata! Bhuteshaalingamodhbhuta pulakaangyai namonamah/ You have literally unified your body with th...

The Soundarya Lahari: Slogas: 66 & 67: Jagadguru Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.

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================================================================================= Monday 23, December 2024, 10:30. Jagadguru Swami Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s Immortal Creation. Soundarya Lahari Slogam-66 & 67. ================================================================================= 66. "Vipanchyaa gaayantee vividham upadhaanam Pashupathe,  Tvayaarabdhe vaktum chalita shirasaasaadhuvachane/  Tadeeyair madhuryair apalapitha tantreekalaravaam,  Nijaam veenaam vane nichulayati cholena nibhrutam/" "Devi! Nija sallaapa Maadhurya vinirbhita kacchapi, Mandasmita prabhaapura majjad Kaamesha Maanasaa/" Pandita Lakshmidhara lucidly explains: Bhagavati! As Devi Sarasvati is commending Pamameshavara’s magnificent acts of glory by her veena’s mellifluous melodies, you are wholly immersed in the musical notes by shaking your head sideways with trances, and the smooth yet sharp wires of the veena instrument  turn self-conscious by shyness as resultant of Your grandeur! E...