Canonical Ref: SL 48
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अहःसूते सव्यं तव नयनमर्कात्मकतया
त्रियामां वामं ते सृजति रजनीनायकतया ।
तृतीया ते दृष्टिर्दरदलितहेमाम्बुजरुचिः
समाधत्ते संध्यां दिवसनिशयोरन्तरचरीम् ॥ ४८॥
त्रियामां वामं ते सृजति रजनीनायकतया ।
तृतीया ते दृष्टिर्दरदलितहेमाम्बुजरुचिः
समाधत्ते संध्यां दिवसनिशयोरन्तरचरीम् ॥ ४८॥
English Scholarly Translation
Your right eye, by virtue of its solar nature, produces the day. Your left eye, as lord of the night,
creates the night of three watches. Your third eye — with the lustre of a slightly-opened golden lotus —
establishes the twilight that moves between day and night.
creates the night of three watches. Your third eye — with the lustre of a slightly-opened golden lotus —
establishes the twilight that moves between day and night.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Three Eyes as Sun, Moon, and Twilight】
The three verbs are carefully differentiated: sūte (gives birth to, like
a mother) for the solar right eye creating day; sṛjati (emits, projects outward) for the lunar
left eye creating night; and samādhatte (holds in place, establishes with care) for the third
eye establishing twilight. The choice of sūte — a specifically maternal creation-verb — for the
right eye is not accidental: the sun is the right eye of the universal person (Puruṣa), but
here the creating act is maternal (the Goddess as cosmic mother). The three verbs enact different
modalities of her creative power.
Padaccheda: अहः · सूते · सव्यम् · तव · नयनम् · अर्क-आत्मकतया · त्रियामाम् · वामम् · ते · सृजति · रजनी-नायकतया ·
तृतीया · ते · दृष्टिः · दर-दलित-हेम-अम्बुज-रुचिः · समाधत्ते · संध्याम् · दिवस-निशयोः · अन्तरचरीम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 48. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.