Canonical Ref: SL 90
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
ददाने दीनेभ्यः श्रियमनिशमाशानुसदृशी-
ममन्दं सौन्दर्यप्रकरमकरन्दं विकिरति ।
तवास्मिन् मन्दारस्तबकसुभगे यातु चरणे
निमज्जन्मज्जीवः करणचरणः षट्चरणताम् ॥ ९०॥
ममन्दं सौन्दर्यप्रकरमकरन्दं विकिरति ।
तवास्मिन् मन्दारस्तबकसुभगे यातु चरणे
निमज्जन्मज्जीवः करणचरणः षट्चरणताम् ॥ ९०॥
English Scholarly Translation
O beautiful one adorned with clusters of mandāra flowers! May my soul — whose
sense-faculties are its feet — immersing itself in this foot of yours which gives the poor ceaselessly
prosperity matching their hopes and profusely scatters the nectar of clusters of beauty, attain the
state of having six feet (become a bee).
sense-faculties are its feet — immersing itself in this foot of yours which gives the poor ceaselessly
prosperity matching their hopes and profusely scatters the nectar of clusters of beauty, attain the
state of having six feet (become a bee).
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: A Prayer to Be a Bee at the Feet】
The verse pivots on a double pun: caraṇa means both "foot" and
"verse/stanza" (and by extension "means of moving"), while ṣaṭ-caraṇa means both "six-footed"
(= a bee, which has six legs) and "having six caraṇas" (in prosody, a six-footed metre). The
soul (jīva) whose sense-organs are its feet (karaṇa-caraṇa — the faculties by which it
navigates existence) prays to become a bee — to give up the multifarious human way of moving through
life and become instead a single-minded honey-drinking insect at the Goddess's flower-feet. The mandāra
flowers adorn the foot, making it the perfect bee-habitat.
Padaccheda: ददाने · दीनेभ्यः · श्रियम् · अनिशम् · आशा-अनुसदृशीम् · अमन्दम् · सौन्दर्य-प्रकर-मकरन्दम्
· विकिरति · तव · अस्मिन् · मन्दार-स्तबक-सुभगे · यातु · चरणे · निमज्जन् · मत्-जीवः · करण-चरणः ·
षट्चरणताम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 90. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.