Canonical Ref: SL 99
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
सरस्वत्या लक्ष्म्या विधिहरिसपत्नो विहरते
रतेः पातिव्रत्यं शिथिलयति रम्येण वपुषा ।
चिरं जीवन्नेव क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः
परानन्दाभिख्यं रसयति परानन्दाभिख्यं रसं त्वद्भजनवान् ॥ ९९॥
रतेः पातिव्रत्यं शिथिलयति रम्येण वपुषा ।
चिरं जीवन्नेव क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः
परानन्दाभिख्यं रसयति परानन्दाभिख्यं रसं त्वद्भजनवान् ॥ ९९॥
English Scholarly Translation
One who possesses your worship sports freely with Sarasvatī and Lakṣmī — a
rival of Brahma and Viṣṇu; with a delightful body loosens the fidelity of Rati herself; and while still
living for a long time, having destroyed the knot of the bonds of ignorance, tastes the aesthetic
essence called supreme bliss.
rival of Brahma and Viṣṇu; with a delightful body loosens the fidelity of Rati herself; and while still
living for a long time, having destroyed the knot of the bonds of ignorance, tastes the aesthetic
essence called supreme bliss.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Fruits of Her Worship — Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, and Liberation】
The verse lists three fruits of tvad-bhajana (your worship): (1)
sarasvatī-lakṣmī — eloquence and prosperity, making one equal to Brahma and Viṣṇu; (2)
ramya-vapus — a beautiful body that rivals even Kāma's charm (loosening Rati's fidelity); and
(3) parānanda-rasa — the taste of supreme bliss while still alive (jīvan-mukti). These
three correspond to the three classical aims beyond dharma: artha (wealth/prosperity),
kāma (love/beauty), and mokṣa (liberation). The worship of the Goddess delivers all
three simultaneously — not sequentially.
Padaccheda: सरस्वत्या · लक्ष्म्या · विधि-हरि-सपत्नः · विहरते · रतेः · पातिव्रत्यम् · शिथिलयति ·
रम्येण · वपुषा · चिरम् · जीवन् एव · क्षपित-पशु-पाश-व्यतिकरः · परानन्द-अभिख्यम् · रसम् · रसयति ·
त्वद्-भजन-वान्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 99. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.