[Advaita-l] Who wrote Saundarya Lahari?

[girish girish]

It is very clear in last line of the 100th verse - twadIyabhirvAghbhi tavajanani vAcAm stutiriyam...
It was She who has come out of AchArya's work.  
What more authentication is required when the great paramAchArya himself does not dispute this....
No answers can satisfy non-believers and believers will have no questions...  We need to believe the 'guru-vAk'.

Further, the entire SL is not just description of a woman.  She is mother of the Universe and parabramha mahiShi....  It is meaningless to even think that it is description of a woman...(shive sRungArArdrA itarajajane kutsanaparA.....) Unless one gets into thought as to why such a description is given, he cant understand the essence of it.  

As far as I am concerned, I have been greatly benefited by reciting the SL and can feel the presence of AchArya during the recital...

Further, even the lalithA sahasrAnAma also has the description of various parts of the Mother as seen by the vashinI and others .  So what is the problem.  Our medhAs cannot even think about this 'katichana chidAnanda laharim'........

Namastripurasundaryai

V Girish


He who has faith has ALL
He who lacks faith, lacks all
It is the faith in the name of lord that works wonders
FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna

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On Wed, 29/7/15, RAMESH RAMANAN via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Who wrote Saundarya Lahari?
 To: "D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ" <dvnsarma at gmail.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Wednesday, 29 July, 2015, 11:57 AM
 
 Pranams, 
 
 I think you have got it
 confused. The word 'Dravida Sishu' refers not to Adi
 Shankara but to the noted Saivite Saint of Tamil Nadu, Sri
 Thirujnana Sambandhar. Sri Adi Shankara must have been aware
 of Sri Jnana Sambandha being given breast milk by Mother
 Goddess Parvathi and so, he is referring to that incident.
 As regards your other observation of a bala brahmachari
 describing the parts of a female body, one way of explaining
 it is by saying that Adi Shankara was a Sarvajna and so he
 knew everything. If this explanation does not seem to be
 acceptable, then, it could be that the Mother Goddess
 herself inspired him with the required knowledge for the
 same. It is simply impossible to deny his authorship of the
 book, because Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Mahaswamigal
 of Kanchi has nicely commented on the book, saying that it
 is an authentic work of Sri Adi Shankara. 
 Pranams once again, Ramesh Ramanan. 
 
 
  
    On Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 10:28, D.V.N.Sarma
 డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
    
 
  I have heard that Dravida sisu refers not to
 Sankara but to Saiviate saint
 Jnanasumbandar.
 
 regards,
 Sarma.
 
 On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:05
 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
 advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 
 > Namaste
 >
 > In the TV programme
 Satya Darshana I heard Adi Sankara the author of
 > Prasthana Traya Bhashya and the best of
 the Yatis and a Baala Brahmachari
 >
 cannot be author of Saundarya Lahari. How can he describe
 every part of the
 > female body details
 for 50 Slokas ? Even if you say he is describing his
 > Mother how can a son describe body parts
 of his Mother? Someone may say Adi
 >
 Sankara was Siva Avatara only. Siva can describe His own
 wife Paarvati and
 > Her body because He
 is Her husband. But why did he say he is Dravida Sisu a
 > baby of the Dravida country and drinking
 Her breast milk Stanya in Sloka
 > 75? How
 can he act as husband in one place and son in another
 place?
 >
 > Someone
 must have written Saundarya Lahari and put his name as
 Dravida Sisu
 > Sankaracharya.
 >
 > There are many
 Bhashyas for Saundary Lahari? What are Bhaashya Kaaras
 > saying? Kindly clarify. Some Dvaitis are
 taunting me. I have to give a
 > suitable
 reply.
 >
 > --
 > Regards
 >
 > -Venkatesh
 >
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