Saturday, September 15, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 229




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The redness here indicates ripeness. When a fruit is ripe it is deep red. The ‘reddening’ of the mind is to make it fully mature and ripe for receiving the Fullness that is God. The noble persons who are now singing by the Grace of ambaal in the form of arunA (red Sarasvati), are mature enough to produce the esoteric ‘redness’ of ‘ram’

So the poetry comes out of them in a wave of Love (ShRngAra-lahari). They are actually deep and profound words (gabhIrAbhir-vAgbhIh). On the surface they appear to be love and romance. But deep within it, there are gems of philosophy there.

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