SAUNDARYA LAHARI
VERSE 100
ALL ACTION IS ABOLISHED IN FAVOUR OF UNITIVE UNDERSTANDING
प्रदीप ज्वालाभि-र्दिवसकर-नीराजनविधिः
सुधासूते-श्चन्द्रोपल-जललवै-रघ्यरचना ।
स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिल-निधि-सौहित्यकरणं
त्वदीयाभि-र्वाग्भि-स्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम्
sudh sutes candropala jalavair arghya racana
svakiyair ambhorbhis salilanidhisauhitya karanam
tvadiya bhir vagbhis tavajanani visamsrutir iyam
To offer oblations to the moon, the source of nectar, by particles of moonstone water,
To appease the deep with offerings of water its own,
Such, o Mother is this wordy praise with words Your own.
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WITH STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS RELATED TO THIS VERSE FROM SAUNDARYA LAHARI/NOTES.
In this final verse Sankara is saying: "With words your own.... I have tried to describe you with your own words. Do not say I have written anything."
(Editorial note: there are some problems with the images of this and the preceding verses, we are working to resolve them.)
This verse corresponds to the description of the Devi's breasts in Verse 7.
(The above note by the Guru may seem enigmatic at first. It seems to the Editor that what is meant is that in Verse 100 there is a cancellation of the Devi by her own self - the same as that which takes place in Verse 7 between the two sides of the Devi - exemplified by her pert girlish breasts cancelled with the heavy breasts of motherhood.
For Advaita Vedanta there is no duality. Any duality that seems to exist is unreal, or Maya.
Who is there who can praise the Devi?
The wisdom-seeker trying to praise the Devi is only an illusion.
The wisdom-seeker says to the Devi "Let me become you!"
The apparent difference between the Devi and her worshipper is an illusion. The one Absolute alone exists and shines.
All that exists is what Shankara calls the Devi; she is kindness and beauty (aruna and karuna). She is our self.
Here are a few structural examples from Verse 7, but to fully grasp this correspondence between the two verses, Verse 7 itself should be studied carefully. ED)
This verse is the counterpart of Verse 1:
Shiva united with Shakti becomes able to manifest
If otherwise, this god knows not even how to pulsate.
How then could one of ungained merit be able to bow to, or even praise
One such as you, adored by Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma.
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