Soundarya Lahari - Part 323

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But whenever one wants to develop the theme that even great divines worship the devI, (as in shloka 22) one uses Mukunda, BrahmA and Indra without mentioning any of the names Rudra, Shiva or Ishvara

which names are identified with Shiva. All the divines disappear in the Grand Dissolution, while the one who doesn.t disappear even at the time of the Dissolution, is not here at the scene of falling at the feet!

Lest I forget, let me now itself dwell on a subtle point regarding the nIrAjanaM corresponding to the Grand Dissolution (mahA-pralaya) (shloka 30).

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