Canonical Ref: SL 100
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
प्रदीपज्वालाभिर्दिवसकरनीराजनविधिः
सुधासूतेश्चन्द्रोपलजललवैरर्घ्यरचना ।
स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिलनिधिसौहित्यकरणं
त्वदीयाभिर्वाग्भिस्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम् ॥ १००॥
सुधासूतेश्चन्द्रोपलजललवैरर्घ्यरचना ।
स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिलनिधिसौहित्यकरणं
त्वदीयाभिर्वाग्भिस्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम् ॥ १००॥
English Scholarly Translation
Waving a lamp's flame before the sun as a rite of honoring; preparing the
arghya offering to the moon using drops of moonstone-water; pleasing the ocean with its own waters — O
Mother! Such is this praise of yours in words: a hymn of your speech, offered to you, in your own
words.
arghya offering to the moon using drops of moonstone-water; pleasing the ocean with its own waters — O
Mother! Such is this praise of yours in words: a hymn of your speech, offered to you, in your own
words.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Final Verse — Offering the Ocean Its Own Water】
The verse deploys three images of a logical paradox: (1) waving a lamp's flame
before the sun as a nīrājana (ārati) — the lamp gives no new light to the sun; (2) offering
moonstone-water to the moon — moonstone liquefies under the moon's light, so one offers the moon its own
product back; (3) pleasing the ocean with its own water. In all three cases, the offering is drawn from
the source, offered back to the source, and adds nothing the source does not already have. The hymn is
the same: the Goddess of speech (vāk) is being praised in words (vāg-bhiḥ) that she
herself bestowed. The poet offers her speech back to Speech.
Padaccheda: प्रदीप-ज्वालाभिः · दिवसकर-नीराजन-विधिः · सुधा-सूतेः · चन्द्रोपल-जल-लवैः · अर्घ्य-रचना ·
स्वकीयैः · अम्भोभिः · सलिल-निधि-सौहित्य-करणम् · त्वदीयाभिः · वाग्भिः · तव · जननि · वाचाम् · स्तुतिः ·
इयम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 100. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.