Soundarya Lahari - Part 17

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But getting that intensity and depth is the most difficult thing. That is exactly what eludes us.

Now that is where the beauty of such blessed poetry like Soundaryalahari excels. Whether you understand it or not, whether you pronounce the words correctly or not, the very attempt itself of reciting it produces in you the needed bhakti!

This is the word-power of the words of such blessed poetry. The vibrations of the words give us all the material and spiritual success.

We have only to keep the objective of bhakti steadfast in our minds. Everything else just follows.

Of all the stotras that our Acharya has done, it is the Soundaryalahari that is the topmost.
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