Soundarya Lahari - Part 199

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That Her full beauty is perceptible only to Her Lord is not said in so many blunt words. It is nicely couched in a subtle poetic extravaganza which comes in the next two lines of the same shloka. (shloka #12):

Yad-AlokautsukyAd-amara-lalanA yAnti manasA

tapobhir-dushhprApAm-api girisha-sAyujya-padavIm //12 //

yat : (of) which (beauty) (This goes with .Your beauty. in the first half).

amara-lalanAH : the divine damsels

Aloka-autsukyAt : because of their curiosity to have a complete look

yAnti : reach

manasA : mentally

girisha-sAyujya-padavIm : the unity status with Lord Shiva

dushhprApAm : that is inaccessible

tapobhir-api : even by great penances.

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