saundaryalaharii _ A selection

[Ravisankar S. Mayavaram]

First the good news. Prof. Murthy told me that he will restart
his series on saundaryalaharii soon.

In the case of shivaanandalaharii we are fortunate to have
bhagavan ramaNa's selection of 10 verses which represent the gist
of the work. I do not know whether such a selection of verses
exists for saundaryalaharii.

In order to learn the text, I thought I will do in parts so that
it is easy to memorize and understand it in depth. Browsing
through the text (100 verses), I have selected a set of 10 verses
and then a set of 25 verses which I thought gives some of the
important verses in the text.  The 25-verses set has the 10-set
verses set  as its subset. I will give this list later.

Now coming to the 10-verses set. The verses are
1,3,8,9,11,27,32,33,98,100. The selection is based on what
appealed me the most.  I am attaching a text document which gives
these 10 verses. At this point I would solicit your
selection.  Please let us know the 10 verses you would select
from saundaryalaharii.


Thank you.

Ravi
parandhaama ruupaaM bhaje paaNDya baalam.h


shivaH shaktyaa yukto yadi bhavati shaktaH prabhavituM
   na cedevaM devo na khalu kushalaH spanditumapi .
atastvaamaaraadhyaaM hariharaviri~ncaadibhirapi
   praNantuM stotuM vaa kathamakR^itapuNyaH prabhavati .. 1..

avidyaanaamanta\-stimira\-mihiradviipanagarii
   jaDaanaaM caitanya\-stabaka\-makaranda\-srutijharii .
daridraaNaaM cintaamaNiguNanikaa janmajaladhau
   nimagnaanaaM daMShTraa muraripu\-varaahasya bhavatii .. 3..

sudhaasindhormadhye suraviTapivaaTiiparivR^ite
   maNidviipe niipopavanavati cintaamaNigR^ihe .
shivaakaare ma~nce paramashivaparya"nkanilayaaM
   bhajanti tvaaM dhanyaaH katicana cidaanandalahariim.h .. 8..

mahiiM muulaadhaare kamapi maNipuure hutavahaM
   sthitaM svaadhiShThaane hR^idi marutamaakaashamupari .
mano.api bhruumadhye sakalamapi bhitvaa kulapathaM
   sahasraare padme saha rahasi patyaa viharase .. 9..

caturbhiH shriikaNThaiH shivayuvatibhiH pa~ncabhirapi
   prabhinnaabhiH shambhornavabhirapi muulaprakR^itibhiH .
catushcatvaariMshadvasudalakalaashratrivalaya
   trirekhaabhiH saardhaM tava sharaNakoNaaH pariNataaH .. 11..

japo jalpaH shilpaM sakalamapi mudraaviracanaa
   gatiH praadakShiNyakramaNamashanaadyaahutividhiH .
praNaamassaMveshassukhamakhilamaatmaarpaNadR^ishaa
   saparyaaparyaayastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam .. 27..

shivaH shaktiH kaamaH kShitiratha raviH shiitakiraNaH
   smaro haMsaH shakrastadanu ca paraamaaraharayaH .
amii hR^illekhaabhistisR^ibhiravasaaneShu ghaTitaa
   bhajante varNaaste tava janani naamaavayavataam .. 32..

smaraM yoniM lakShmiiM tritayamidamaadau tava mano
   rnidhaayaike nitye niravadhimahaabhogarasikaaH .
bhajanti tvaaM cintaamaNigunanibaddhaakShavalayaaH
   shivaagnau juhvantaH surabhighR^itadhaaraahutishataiH .. 33..

kadaa kaale maataH kathaya kalitaalaktakarasaM
   pibeyaM vidyaarthii tava caraNanirNejanajalam .
prakR^ityaa muukaanaamapi ca kavitaakaaraNatayaa
   yadaadhatte vaaNiimukhakamalataambuularasataam .. 98..

pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH
   sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa .
svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM
   tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h .. 100..

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bhava shankara deshikame sharaNam

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