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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 5: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Hari worshipped you, who bring good fortune to those who bow.
Taking a woman’s form, he once stirred even Śiva.
Kāma too bowed to you and gained a form delightful to Rati’s eyes.
With it, he can bewilder the minds of even great sages.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 5
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Hari, having worshipped you
for those who bow before you
the mother of good fortune
once becoming a woman
even Śiva, destroyer of the cities
he stirred with desire
Kāma too, bowing to you
to Rati’s eyes
with a form to be savoured
even in the hearts of sages
is indeed able
to bewilder the great
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Śloka 5: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
Hari, Viṣṇu
having worshipped
good fortune
mother
a woman
having become
of sages
for bewilderment
About these phrase meanings
Short phrases and parts of compounds, not a complete word-by-word translation. Original sandhi and spelling are retained; some words continue across printed lines. Read the entries together. Brackets in the English supply context rather than additional Sanskrit words.
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
After worshipping Her, Viṣṇu assumed a woman's form that stirred Śiva. Kāma, too, gained a beauty that could disturb even great sages.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
Two examples develop the same movement: worship of the Goddess precedes an extraordinary power of attraction. The first recalls Hari taking a woman's form and stirring even Śiva; the second turns to Kāma and the beauty enjoyed by Rati.
The scope then widens from a divine encounter to the hearts of great sages. The repeated emphasis on even these figures gives the verse its force. Attraction is depicted as deriving from the Goddess rather than as an independent accomplishment of either worshipper.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What changes when beauty is received with gratitude instead of treated as a personal possession?