Tuesday, 23 October 2018

ललाटे काश्मीरं / lalāṭe kāśmīraṃ

The Saffron Valley.
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ānandalaharī (śrīśaṅkarācāryakṛtā)
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bhavāni stotuṃ tvāṃ prabhavati caturbhirna vadanaiḥ
prajānāmīśānastripuramathanaḥ pañcabhirapi |
na ṣaḍbhiḥ senānīrdaśaśatamukhairapyahipati-
stadānyeṣāṃ keṣāṃ kathaya kathamasminnavasaraḥ ||1
ghṛtakṣīradrākṣāmadhumadhurimā kairapipadai-
viśiṣyānākhyeyo bhavati rasanāmātraviṣayaḥ |
tathā te saundaryaṃ paramaśivadṛṅmātraviṣayaḥ
kathaṅkāraṃ brūmaḥ sakalanigamāgocaraguṇe ||2
mukghe te tāmbūlaṃ nayanayugale kajjalakalā
lalāṭe kāśmīraṃ vilasati gale mauktikalatā |
sphuratkāñcīśāṭī pṛthukaṭitaṭe hāṭakamayī
bhajāmi tvāṃ gaurīṃ nagapatikiśorīmaviratam ||3
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आनन्दलहरी (श्रीशङ्कराचार्यकृता)
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भवानि स्तोतुं त्वां प्रभवति चतुर्भिर्न वदनैः
प्रजानामीशानस्त्रिपुरमथनः पञ्चभिरपि ।
न षड्भिः सेनानीर्दशशतमुखैरप्यहिपति-
स्तदान्येषां केषां कथय कथमस्मिन्नवसरः ॥१
घृतक्षीरद्राक्षामधुमधुरिमा कैरपिपदै-
विशिष्यानाख्येयो भवति रसनामात्रविषयः ।
तथा ते सौन्दर्यं परमशिवदृङ्मात्रविषयः
कथङ्कारं ब्रूमः सकलनिगमागोचरगुणे ॥२
मुक्घे ते ताम्बूलं नयनयुगले कज्जलकला
ललाटे काश्मीरं विलसति गले मौक्तिकलता ।
स्फुरत्काञ्चीशाटी पृथुकटितटे हाटकमयी
भजामि त्वां गौरीं नगपतिकिशोरीमविरतम् ॥३
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Above are the first 3 stanzas of a Hymn आनन्दलहरी / ānandalaharī composed by the Great sage śrīśaṅkarācārya / श्रीशङ्कराचार्य, in praise of Goddess  gaurīṃ / गौरी .
śrīśaṅkarācārya / श्रीशङ्कराचार्य was born in a village in Kerala; -the extreme southern-end of India, and He wrote this Hymn in praise of  नगपतिकिशोरी / nagapatikiśorī --Goddess  gaurī / गौरी.
gaurī / गौरी, Consort of Lord  शिव / śiva , the Mother Goddess who is daughter of the Great Himalayan (हिमालय / himālaya) Mountain Range. Here, नगपति-किशोरी / nagapati-kiśorī is thus an address to Her.
The word Saffron literally means काश्मीर / kāśmīra which is the Saffron Valley.
ललाटे / lalāṭe in संस्कृत / saṃskṛta, means 'upon the forehead'.
This is indicated that the Goddess gaurī / गौरी is  ललिता / lalitā  / लल्लेश्वरी / lalleśvarī .
By the way historically too, there was a Kashmiri woman sage named लल्लेश्वरी / lalleśvarī
We can see How śrīśaṅkarācārya / श्रीशङ्कराचार्य addressed the Goddess  gaurī / गौरी, Who is at the Ethereal level Consort of Lord  शिव / śiva , at the Geographical level the Spirit of India as a nation as well.
Some might have scared of saffron-phobia (?), and yet talk of Sovereignty of काश्मीर / kāśmīra, but isn't 'Saffron' itself the True identity and the 'real' name of काश्मीर / kāśmīra ?
Could we destroy, or separate काश्मीर / kāśmīra from India?
It is time we stand for and in favor of काश्मीर / kāśmīra and कश्मीरियत / kāśmīriyat.
And to the Historical fact that India and काश्मीर / kāśmīra are and have been inseparable since the times immemorial. 
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