Saundarya Lahari · Verses 41-60

tavādhāre mūle saha samayayā lāsyaparayā navātmānaṃ vande navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam
ubhābhyām etābhyām ubhayavidhim uddiśya dayayā sanāthābhyāṃ jajñe janakajananīmad jagad idam //

gatair māṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ
sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ dhanuḥ śaunāsīraṃ kim iti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām //

dhunotu dhvāntaṃ nas tulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ ghanasnigdhaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ cikuranikurambaṃ tava śive
yadīyaṃ saurabhyaṃ sahajam upalabdhuṃ sumanaso vasanty asmin manye balamathanavāṭīviṭapinām //

vahantī sundūraṃ prabalakabarībhāratimira tviṣāṃ bṛndair bandīkṛtam iva navīnārkakiraṇam
tanotu kṣemaṃ nas tava vadanasaundaryalaharī parīvāhasrotaḥsaraṇir iva sīmantasaraṇiḥ //

arālaiḥ svābhāvyād alikalabhasaśrībhir alakaiḥ parītaṃ te vaktraṃ parihasati paṅkeruharucim
darasmere yasmin daśanarucikiñjalkarucire sugandhau mādyanti smaramathanacakṣurmadhulihaḥ //

lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalam ābhāti tava yad dvitīyaṃ tan manye mukuṭaśaśikhaṇḍasya śakalam
viparyāsanyāsād ubhayam api saṃbhūya ca mithaḥ sudhālepasyūtiḥ pariṇamati rākāhimakaraḥ //

bhruvau bhugne kiṃcid bhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini tvadīye netrābhyāṃ madhukararucibhyāṃ dhṛtaguṇe
dhanur manye savyetarakaragṛhītaṃ ratipateḥ prakoṣṭhe muṣṭau ca sthagayati nigūḍhāntaram ume //

ahaḥ sūte savyaṃ tava nayanam arkātmakatayā triyāmāṃ vāmaṃ te sṛjati rajanīnāyakamayam
tṛtīyā te dṛṣtir daradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ samādhatte saṃdhyāṃ divasaniśayor antaracarīm //

viśālā kalyāṇī sphuṭarucir ayodhyā kuvalayaiḥ kṛpādhārādhārā kim api madhurā bhogavatikā
avantī dṛṣṭis te bahunagaravistāravijayā dhruvaṃ tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā vijayate //

kavīnāṃ saṃdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaṃ kaṭākṣavyākṣepabhramarakalabhau karṇayugalam
amuñcantau dṛṣṭvā tava nvarasāsvādataralāv asūyāsaṃsargād alikanayanaṃ kiṃcid aruṇam //

śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditaramukhe kutsanaparā saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī
harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajayinī sakhīṣu smerā te mayi janani dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā //

gate karṇābhyarṇaṃ garuta iva pakṣmāṇi dadhatī purāṃ bhettuś cittapraśamarasavidrāvaṇaphale
ime netre gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike tavā-karṇākṛṣṭasmaraśaravilāsaṃ kalayataḥ //

vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ vyatikaritanīlāñjanatayā vibhāti tvannetratritayam idam īśānadayite
punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ devān druhiṇaharirudrān uparatān rajaḥ sattvaṃ bibhrat tama iti guṇānāṃ trayam iva //

pavitrīkartuṃ naḥ paśupatiparādhīnahṛdaye dayāmitrair netrair aruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ
nadaḥ śoṇo gaṅgā tapanatanayeti dhruvam amuṃ trayāṇāṃ tīrthānām upanayasi saṃbhedam anaghe //

tavā-parṇe karṇejapanayanapaiśunyacakitā nilīyante toye niyatam animeṣāḥ śapharikāḥ
iyaṃ ca śrīr baddhacchadapuṭakapāṭaṃ kuvalayam jahāti pratyūṣe niśi ca vighaṭayya praviśati //

nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ pralayam udayaṃ yāti jagatī tavety āhuḥ santo dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye
tvadunmeṣāj jātaṃ jagad idam aśeṣaṃ pralayataḥ paritrātuṃ śaṅke parihṛtanimeṣās tava dṛśaḥ //

dṛśā drāghīyasyā daradalitanīlotpalarucā davīyāṃsaṃ dīnaṃ snapaya kṛpayā mām api śive
anenāyaṃ dhanyo bhavati na ca te hānir iyatā vane vā harmye vā samakaranipāto himakaraḥ //

arālaṃ te pālīyugalam agarājanyatanaye na keṣām ādhatte kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukam
tiraścīno yatra śravaṇapatham ullaṅghya vilasan apāṅgavyāsaṅgo diśati śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām //

sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ catuścakraṃ manye tava mukham idaṃ manmatharatham
yam āruhya druhyaty avaniratham arkenducaraṇaṃ mahāvīro māraḥ pramathapataye svaṃ jitavate //

sarasvatyāḥ sūktīr amṛtalaharīkauśalaharīḥ pibantyāḥ śarvāṇi śravaṇaculukābhyām aviratam
camatkāraślāghācalitaśirasaḥ kuṇḍalagaṇo jhaṇatkārais tāraiḥ prativacanam ācaṣṭae iva te //