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ŚLOKA 99 / 100

The praise of devotion's fruit

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SOUNDARYA LAHARI

ŚLOKA 99

sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno

sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno viharate
rateḥ pātivratyaṃ śithilayati ramyeṇa vapuṣā ;
ciraṃ jīvanneva kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ
parānandābhikhyaṃ rasayati rasaṃ tvadbhajanavān . 99 .
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Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 99
Selected phraseMeaning in context

with Sarasvatī and Lakṣmī

he delights, a rival to Brahmā and Hari

Rati’s fidelity

he unsettles through his beautiful form

living long, even here

with the bonds of limited existence destroyed

the flavour called supreme bliss

enjoys that taste

the one devoted to you

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A first understanding.

Her devotee is praised as rich in learning, prosperity, beauty, and long life; freed from the bonds of limited existence, the devotee tastes supreme bliss.

CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE

How the verse unfolds.

Learning, prosperity, beauty and long life are praised through exuberant comparisons with divine relationships. The opening gathers qualities that can be admired within worldly life.

The conclusion moves to the destruction of limiting bonds and the taste of supreme bliss. This final movement changes the scale of the preceding gifts. Read the sequence as the hymn's praise of devotion rather than a guarantee that a reader will receive particular measurable outcomes.

EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY

A question to carry.

Which aims remain important to you when you distinguish outward success from freedom from limitation?

A REFLECTIVE INVITATION

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Associated Tattva

Knowledge and freedom

The praise progresses from worldly excellences toward release from bonds and supreme bliss.

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