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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 12: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
To find a comparison for your beauty, daughter of the snowy mountain—
even master poets, beginning with Brahmā, struggle.
Longing to see that beauty, the heavenly women imagine—
union with Śiva, a state difficult to gain even through austerity.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 12
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
your beauty
O daughter of the snowy mountain
to find its equal
the foremost poets
struggle to devise [a comparison]
beginning with Brahmā
eager to behold that [beauty]; the celestial women
reach in imagination
hard to attain even through austerities
the state of union with Śiva
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Śloka 12: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
your
beauty
to compare / find an equal
poet
chiefs
in the mind
through austerities
union
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.
Even great poets struggle to compare Her beauty. Heavenly women long to behold it and imagine the difficult-to-attain state of union with Śiva.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The verse first tests the resources of poetry: even poets headed by Brahmā struggle to furnish an adequate comparison. Their difficulty establishes beauty that exceeds the usual measure of language.
The celestial women respond by imagining union with Śiva, a state described as difficult even through austerity. Their desire to behold and the poets' inability to compare are two different responses to the same excess. The imagined response belongs to the poem's praise, not a claim that a comparison has finally succeeded.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
When an experience exceeds your vocabulary, do you keep searching for comparisons or allow a moment of silence?