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at Prayaga assures heaven without the realisation of the
Absolute through the highest spiritual and philosophic
insight: samudrapatnyor jalasannipāte putātmanām atra
kilabhishekāt, tatvāvavodhena vinapi bhuyas tanutyajām
nāsti śarīrabandhaḥ, Raghuvamsa, 13, 58. Girdevatā is
Sarasvati, Garuḍadvajasundarī is Lakshmi, Sakambhari
is Bhūdevī, consort of Vishnu, and Śaśiśekharavallabhā
is Pārvatī.
Devi is of the nature of the Vedas that produce
the fruit of meritorious deeds. Compare saisha traiyy-
eva vidyā tapati, Nārāyanopanishad.
Devi is of the nature of Rati or Kāma but quali-
fied by the most desirable dharmik qualities. Recall
Krishna's remark dharmaviruddho bhuteshu kāmosmi
bharatarshabha, Bhagavadgitā. She is the power behind
all though her abode is so delicate as a lotus recalling
Sankara's śivas śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ
prabhavitum, Saundaryalahari.
This exactly answers the Srisukta where Śrī is
hastināda-prabodhini roused by the elephants trumpets
and chiklita vasa me grihe and moistened by them at
dawn.
22. Usually these endowed with learning are in
poverty. Those that are opulent have the minimum
of learning. The grace of Śrī assures both in the
same one, gurutarabhāgyabhāgino.....budhabhāvitā-
śayāḥ, which is a rare feature. Kalidasa discribes
a fortunate prince as the abode of both the goddess
of Learning and Prosperity that usually dwell
apart; nisargabhinnä spadam ekasamstham asmin
dvayam śris cha sarasvati cha, Ragharamsa, 6, 29.
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at Prayaga assures heaven without the realisation of the
Absolute through the highest spiritual and philosophic
insight: samudrapatnyor jalasannipāte putātmanām atra
kilabhishekāt, tatvāvavodhena vinapi bhuyas tanutyajām
nāsti śarīrabandhaḥ, Raghuvamsa, 13, 58. Girdevatā is
Sarasvati, Garuḍadvajasundarī is Lakshmi, Sakambhari
is Bhūdevī, consort of Vishnu, and Śaśiśekharavallabhā
is Pārvatī.
Devi is of the nature of the Vedas that produce
the fruit of meritorious deeds. Compare saisha traiyy-
eva vidyā tapati, Nārāyanopanishad.
Devi is of the nature of Rati or Kāma but quali-
fied by the most desirable dharmik qualities. Recall
Krishna's remark dharmaviruddho bhuteshu kāmosmi
bharatarshabha, Bhagavadgitā. She is the power behind
all though her abode is so delicate as a lotus recalling
Sankara's śivas śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ
prabhavitum, Saundaryalahari.
This exactly answers the Srisukta where Śrī is
hastināda-prabodhini roused by the elephants trumpets
and chiklita vasa me grihe and moistened by them at
dawn.
22. Usually these endowed with learning are in
poverty. Those that are opulent have the minimum
of learning. The grace of Śrī assures both in the
same one, gurutarabhāgyabhāgino.....budhabhāvitā-
śayāḥ, which is a rare feature. Kalidasa discribes
a fortunate prince as the abode of both the goddess
of Learning and Prosperity that usually dwell
apart; nisargabhinnä spadam ekasamstham asmin
dvayam śris cha sarasvati cha, Ragharamsa, 6, 29.
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