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Śloka 10 speaks of nectar flowing from the Goddess’s feet, bathing creation, her return to her own ground, and her serpent-like form of three-and-a-half coils resting in the hollow of the kula basin.
The film continues from Śloka 9’s crown setting and follows the traditional identification of her home with Mūlādhāra. The branching channels, chakra-by-chakra route, colors, footprints and flowing lights are visual interpretation. Śloka 10 does not enumerate the intermediate centers. The spiral inset makes three-and-a-half turns legible; it is a symbolic diagram, not an anatomical or practice guide.
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Nectar of grace sudhā-dhārā-sāraiḥ Streams of nectar flow from the Divine Mother’s feet.
Creation bathed in light prapañcaṃ siñcantī The nectar bathes creation. Its flowing light reaches throughout the body and beyond.
The radiant return punar api rasāmnāya-mahasaḥ From the nectarine radiance, the Divine Mother returns toward her own abode.
Home at the root avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ She reaches her own ground, here understood as the root center.
Three-and-a-half coils bhujaga-nibham adhyuṣṭa-valayam Taking a serpent-like form, she coils in three-and-a-half turns.
Sacred rest svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi Within the hollow of the kula basin, she rests in sleep.
About these study notes: English meanings and explanations were generated with AI assistance and have not been independently reviewed by a Sanskrit scholar. Sanskrit text follows the cited source editions.
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10 selected phrases
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Śloka 10: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
With abundant nectar-streams flowing from between your two feet—
you bathe the world, then return from that radiant nectar-realm.
Reaching your own ground, you coil yourself like a serpent—
in three and a half turns, and sleep within the hollow of the kula basin.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 10
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
with abundant streams of nectar
flowing from between your two feet
bathing the world
once again
from the radiance of the nectarean realm
A closer look
A compact and interpretively difficult expression. Read with the movement from the nectar above back to her own ground in the next line.
returning to your own ground
like a serpent; in three and a half coils
having made yourself [thus]
you sleep
in the hollow of the kula-kuṇḍa
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Śloka 10: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
nectar
stream
foot
pair
again
one's own
ground
serpent
you sleep
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.
The English explanations are editorial study aids and have not been reviewed by a Sanskrit scholar. Consult a teacher or full commentary for grammatical and interpretive detail. Telugu-Vigananam keeps its printed spellings, hyphens, and variant readings; the English follows the base Sanskrit unless a note explains a difference.
03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
Nectar flows from Her feet, bathing the world. She returns to Her own ground and rests in the root cavity, coiled like a serpent in three and a half turns.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
Where the preceding verse moves upward, this one describes an outpouring and return. Nectar from the feet bathes the world before the Goddess regains her own ground. The return therefore includes nourishment, not simply a reversal of direction.
The serpent likeness and three-and-a-half coils describe the resting form at the end of the movement. Sleep closes the sequence without cancelling the power described earlier. Read together, the two verses offer complementary images of ascent and repose.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
Can returning to a familiar place be a completion rather than a retreat? Read the final image of rest with that possibility in mind.