THE SOUNDARYA LAHARI : Slokam-16. Jagadguru Swami Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s Immortal Creation.

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Monday, September 14, 2020.

Slokam-16. Ability to write poems and ability to become scholar

Post-18.
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Slokam -16. (Mastery of Vedas)

"Kavindranam chetah-kamala-vana-baal'atapa-ruchim
Bhajante ye santah katichid arunameva bhavatim;
Virinchi-preyasyas tarunatara sringara-lahari-
Gabhirabhi vagbhir vidadhati satam ranjanamami."
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Translation :

Kavindranam chetah  =  the minds of the best of poets;
kamala-vana              =  lotus cluster;
baal-atapa-ruchim      =  light of the morning sun;
Bhajante                    =  (they) worship;
ye santah katichid      =  those few good men;
arunam eva bhavatim;=  you as the red dawn itself;
Virinchi-preyasyas     =  of the beloved of Virinchi (Saraswati);
tarunatara                  =  fresher (ever fresh)
sringara-lahari            =  wave of the (poetic) sentiment of love;
Gabhirabhi vagbhir    =  by profound words;
vidadhati                   =  (they) give;
satam                        =  to good men;
ranjanam                   =  (aesthetic) pleasure;
ami.                          =  they.
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Essence of the Slokam : 


(The poetry of the devotee compares with that of the wife
of Virinchi. Slokam 16 : May the heads of Virinchi
be protected by Siva).

She who is the purple luster of the dawn,
To the lotus forest like mind,
Of the kings of poets of the world,
And thus called Aruna-the purple coloured one,
Creates happiness in the mind of the holy,
With tender passionate wave of words ,
(Of Sarswathi the darling of Brahma,)
Which are royal and youthful.
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Conclusion :

To the lotus cluster like minds of the best of poets, you are
the light of the morning sun. Those few good men who
worship you as the red dawn itself, they give (aesthetic) pleasure
to good men, by profound words (like) the fresher wave of the
sentiment of love (emnating) from the beloved of Virinchi
(herself).
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To be continued ...


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