[Advaita-l] Nectar drops from Yogavāsiṣṭha - 2

[V Subrahmanian]

Dear Raghav ji,

A friend shared the following:

Namaskaram. Below are 2 links

The first link contains the brief meaning, anvaya etc of all the Soundarya
Lahari verses by Poornima Prasadji.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmozlYyYE-ERtgUwOyrxr1R9rV55eDYe9&si=5WVSCqRH3PoRZKP7

The second link contains the detailed explanation of all the verses of
Soundarya Lahari.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1696fban3BlGtLB2Zfb0JuakOKt1c4wfg?usp=sharing

Warm regards
subbu

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 7:08 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Kartik ji
> I see in the Voice of Jagadguru Journal that the Saundarya Laharī is also
> being serially translated.
>
> Do we have the entire authentic translation with padaccheda of the
> Saundarya Laharī by the same scholar(s)?
>
> Or alternatively,  any other accurate padaccheda with explanation?
>
> Thank you
> Om
> Raghav
>
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 at 10:50 PM, S Jayanarayanan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > ( From "Voice of Jagadguru", June 2018:
> >
> >
> https://portal.voiceofjagadguru.com/uploads/magazines/69c9227aac210_main.pdf
> > )
> >
> >
> > (Continued from the previous post.)
> >
> >
> > मन्गळाचरणम्  Auspicious Prayer
> >
> > Salutation to Him of the nature of Truth from which all beings shine
> > forth, in whom they exist and in whom alone they attain
> > extinction (absorption). Salutation to Him who is all pervading, who
> > shines as the light of perception illuminating the
> > earth, sky, the intervening space, my inner self and the outer world and
> > who manifests as all that exists.
> >
> > Salutation to Him of the nature of Pure Intelligence from Whom arises the
> > knower, knowledge and the known, the seer, sight
> > and the visible universe and the doer, the cause and the action.
> >
> > Salutation to Him the nature of Bliss of Brahman (or the Ultimate
> Reality)
> > from Whom spring forth sprays of Bliss and
> > Who is the life of all, on the earth and in the heaven.
> >
> > He is qualified to read this scripture who has the resolve “I am bounded
> > (by various limitations); let me be liberated”:
> > and who is neither extremely ignorant nor the knower of the Truth.
> >
> > ग्रन्थवेशः our Journey into the Grantha.
> >
> > Dear one! The communication language of words and sense of sweet and
> > proper, which is heart touching. It spreads like the oil
> > on water, spread out all around the heart of the true thirsty person
> > (hearer) and wards off all doubt.
> >
> > The sentences that have given up simile, containing words that are not
> > pleasing, difficult to be approached, confused and
> > concealed with misplacement will not reach or touch or understood by the
> > heart of the listener/hearer, but arrives at destruction
> > like clarified butter being offered as offering into ash.
> >
> > This scripture, decorated by flowery language (long speech), but is very
> > easy to understand. It is inspired with full of poetic
> > sentiments and with pleasing illustrations it is explained through the
> > grantha. When this scripture is properly heard or
> > learned, meditation is understood. There are many things such as rigor,
> > meditation or repetition of sacred words, that are useful
> > to a man here, for attainment of liberation.
> >
> > When this scripture is listened, the intellect is refined and it removes
> > the ignorance. There is no other scripture that is
> > equal to this one. Having heard these holy means of liberation, producing
> > the benefit of direct experience (of the Atma),
> > even a child goes to the state of knower of That (Atma/Self). What need
> > one say of a person like you (the true learner/listener)?
> >
> >
> > (To be Continued)
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