Soundarya Lahari - Part 206

Amidst the Anandalahari shlokas I will now pick up one shloka (#15) which depicts Her, not in Her lalitA form, but in another form consistent with the ShrI VidyA tantra.

Sharat-jyotsnA shuddhAM shashi-yuta-jaTA-jUTA-makuTAM

vara-trAsa-trANa-sphaTika-ghuTikA-pustaka-karAM /

sakRn-na tvA natvA katham-iva satAM sannidadhate

madhu-kshhIra-drAkshhA-madhurima-dhurINAH paNitayaH//

satAM: For (those) noble ones,

sakRt : just once

natva: having prostrated

tva : to You

Sharat-jyotsnA-shuddhAM : who is as pure and white as the autumnal moonlight

shashi-yuta-jaTA-jUTA-makuTAM: who has the crown of matted hair that includes the moon, and

vara-trAsa-trANa-sphaTika-ghuTikA-pustaka-karAM: who holds in the (four) hands, the boon mudrA, the fear-protection mudrA, the crystal bead necklace, and the book

Katham-iva : why (would)

paNitayaH : the speech capabilities

madhu-kshhIra-drAkshhA-madhurima-dhurINAH: which are pregnant with the sweetness of honey, milk and grapes na sannidadhate: not accrue?

(Continued...)