Soundarya Lahari Verse 2 — Taniyamsam Pamsum — Complete Lyrics
सौन्दर्यलहरी श्लोक २ — तनीयांसं पांसुं
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
तनीयांसं पांसुं तव चरणपङ्केरुहभवं
विरिञ्चिस्सञ्चिन्वन् विरचयति लोकानविकलम् ।
वहत्येनं शौरिः कथमपि सहस्रेण शिरसां
हरस्संक्षुद्यैनं भजति भसितोद्धूलनविधिम् ॥ २॥
tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ
viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam |
vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ
harassaṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim || 2||
Gathering but a single tiny particle of dust from Your lotus feet, Brahma fashions the worlds entire and without flaw. Vishnu, as the thousand-headed Adishesha, bears that same particle only with the greatest effort upon all his hoods. And Shiva, grinding it to powder, uses it as the sacred ash with which He smears His body.
Want to understand every word?
Read Word-by-Word Meaning →