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සෞන්දර්යලහරී ශ්ලෝක 3 — අවිද්යානාමන්තඃ

Soundarya Lahari Verse 3 — Avidyanam Antah in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 Early morning after bath; Fridays and Navaratri are especially auspicious·📜 Soundarya Lahari, Verse 3
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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగుதமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡമലയാളംગુજરાતીবাংলাଓଡ଼ିଆਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Soundarya Lahari, Verse 3 · Adi Shankaracharya · c. 8th century CE

From the Ananda Lahari portion of the hymn, this verse develops the praise of the Mother's feet with a famous fourfold simile. Its imagery of a sun-city, a honey-stream, a gem-necklace and the Varaha tusk is much quoted to show how Devi's grace answers every kind of human need. It is composed in the Shikharini metre.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that the dull-witted have gained learning and the destitute have found prosperity by meditating on this verse, for the Mother's grace, like the sun that ends night, removes whatever darkness or want a sincere devotee carries.

The Mantra

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අවිද්යානාමන්ත-ස්තිමිර-මිහිරද්වීපනගරී ජඩානාං චෛතන්ය-ස්තබක-මකරන්ද-ස්රුතිඣරී . දරිද්රාණාං චින්තාමණිගුණනිකා ජන්මජලධෞ නිමග්නානාං දංෂ්ට්රා මුරරිපු-වරාහස්ය භවති .. 3..

avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī | daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati || 3||

Meaning:The dust of Your feet is, for the ignorant, a sunlit city that scatters the inner darkness of nescience; for the dull-minded, a stream of flowing honey from the blossom-cluster of pure consciousness; for the poor, a necklace strung with wish-granting Chintamani gems; and for those drowning in the ocean of birth and death, it is the upraising tusk of Vishnu in His Boar incarnation.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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අවිද්යානාම්🔊avidyānāmfor the ignorant / those in spiritual darkness
අන්තඃ-තිමිර🔊antaḥ-timirathe inner darkness
මිහිර-ද්වීප-නගරී🔊mihira-dvīpa-nagarīa sun-city (an island-city of the sun) that dispels it
ජඩානාං🔊jaḍānāṃfor the dull-witted / inert minds
චෛතන්ය-ස්තබක🔊caitanya-stabakathe blossom-cluster of consciousness
මකරන්ද-ස්රුති-ඣරී🔊makaranda-sruti-jharīa flowing stream of trickling honey/nectar
දරිද්රාණාං🔊daridrāṇāṃfor the poor
චින්තාමණි-ගුණනිකා🔊cintāmaṇi-guṇanikāa string (necklace) of wish-fulfilling gems
ජන්ම-ජලධෞ🔊janma-jaladhauin the ocean of birth (samsara)
නිමග්නානාං🔊nimagnānāṃfor those drowning / submerged
දංෂ්ට්රා🔊daṃṣṭrāthe tusk
මුරරිපු-වරාහස්ය🔊muraripu-varāhasyaof Vishnu in His Boar (Varaha) incarnation, the foe of Mura
භවති🔊bhavati(Your dust) becomes / is

Benefits of Chanting Soundarya Lahari Verse 3 — Avidyanam Antah

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Invoked for the removal of ignorance and the dawn of inner light

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Said to awaken intelligence and consciousness in the dull-minded

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Traditionally chanted to relieve poverty and attract prosperity

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Sought for deliverance from the ocean of birth and death (samsara)

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Inspires faith that the Mother's grace fulfils every genuine need

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Beautiful meditation on the four-fold saving power of Devi's feet

How to Chant Soundarya Lahari Verse 3 — Avidyanam Antah

Repetitions108times
Best TimeEarly morning after bath; Fridays and Navaratri are especially auspicious
FaceEast or North

Seated facing east or north before the Mother's image or Sri Chakra, meditate on each of the four images of the verse — sun-city, honey-stream, gem-necklace, and saving tusk — as expressions of Her grace removing your particular lack. Recite slowly 9, 27 or 108 times. Students and seekers of wisdom often take up this verse for clarity of mind.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Soundarya Lahari Verse 3 — Avidyanam Antah written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.
Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.
The dust of the Goddess's feet is compared to (1) a sun-city dispelling the darkness of ignorance, (2) a stream of honey from the flower of consciousness for the dull, (3) a necklace of wish-fulfilling Chintamani gems for the poor, and (4) the rescuing tusk of Vishnu as Varaha for those drowning in samsara.
Each image answers a human lack — ignorance, dullness, poverty and bondage. The verse teaches that the Divine Mother's grace supplies exactly what each devotee needs, whether knowledge, intelligence, wealth or liberation.
Yes. Because the first image describes the dust of Her feet as a sun that scatters inner darkness, seekers of knowledge and students frequently recite this verse to pray for clarity, learning and the removal of ignorance.
It alludes to Vishnu's Boar (Varaha) incarnation, who lifted the earth from the cosmic waters on his tusk. The verse says the Mother's grace is like that tusk, lifting devotees out of the deep ocean of repeated birth and death.

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