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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 17: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Together with the mothers of speech, shining like moonstone fragments—
with Vaśinī and her companions, whoever contemplates you, Mother—
becomes a maker of great poetry, with graceful expression—
and words sweet as the fragrance of the speech-goddess’s lotus-face.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 17
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
the mothers of speech
shining like fragments of moonstone
A closer look
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with Vaśinī and the others
you together with them, O Mother
whoever contemplates
becomes a maker of great poems
with graceful turns [of speech]
A closer look
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with words
sweet with the fragrance of the goddess of speech’s lotus-face
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Śloka 17: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
with the mothers / generators
of speech
moon
gem
stone
O Mother
maker
of poems
with words
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.
Contemplating Her with Vaśinī and the other powers of speech is praised as giving rise to great poetry, graceful and fragrant with the presence of the goddess of language.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The Goddess is contemplated in the company of Vaśinī and the other powers identified as mothers of speech. Their moonstone brightness gives this company a shared luminous character.
The result is described through the making of great poems, graceful verbal turns and the fragrance of the goddess of speech's lotus-face. Light, movement and fragrance converge on language. These comparisons give eloquence several dimensions rather than reducing it to ornate vocabulary.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
Think of a sentence that stays with you. Does its force come from its sound, its shape or the care with which it meets an experience?