Soundarya Lahari : ( 24/04/2013. )

01/03/2019 THE SOUNDARYA LAHARI : STANZAS 1 TO 10. STANZA - 3. * avidyaanaam antas timira mihira dweepa nagaree jadaanaam chaitanya stabaka makaranda sruti jharee daridraanaam chintaamani gunanikaa janma jaladhau nimagnaanaam damshtraa mura ripu varaahasya bhavati. * avidyaanaam - for the spiritually ignorant; antah timira - inner darkness; mihira dweepa nagaree - the island city of the sun (a division of the terrestrial world from where the sun is said to rise); jadaanaam - for the dull witted; chaitanya - pure intelligence; stabaka makaranda - honey of the (Kalpaka flower) cluster (of the wish yeilding Kalpaka tree); sruti jharee - flowing stream; daridraanaam - for the impoverished; chintaamani gunanikaa - necklace of the Cintamani (the wish yeilding gem); janma jaladhau - in the ocean of births; nimagnaanaam - those immersed; damshtraa - the tusks; mura ripu - the enemy of (the demon) Mura; varaahasya - of the boar (an incarnation of Vish

10/02/2019 THE SOUNDARYA LAHARI : STANZAS 1 TO 10. 2. taneeya amsam paamsum tavacharana pankaeruha bhavam virinchis sanchinwan virachayati lokaan avikalan vahatyaenam Saurih katham api sahasraena Sirasaam harah samkshudwainam bhajati bhasmod doolana vidhim. taneeya amsam paamsum - minute dust tava - your charana pankaeruha - lotus feet bhavam - present in virinchis - Virinchi (Brahma) sanchinwan - gathering virachayati - makes (Creation) lokaan avikalan - all the worlds vahatyaenam  - carries this (Preservation) Saurih - Shouri (Vishnu) katham api - some how sahasraena Sirasaam - by a thousand heads (as the serpent Adisesha,the tamasic form of Vishnu, who supports the world with his thousand heads) harah - Hara (Siva) samkshudwainam - having powdered this (Destruction) bhajati - observes bhasmod doolana - sprinkling sacred ash vidhim - injunction "O! Bhagavati, Virinchi (the Creator) carefully gathers the minute dust from Thy celebrated lotus feet to