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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 23: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Having taken Śiva’s left half, you seem not yet satisfied.
I suspect that you have taken the other half of his body too.
For this form of yours is entirely red and has three eyes—
bent beneath the breasts, with a crescent moon in its crown.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 23
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
having taken the left side
of his body, with a mind still unsatisfied
Śambhu’s other half as well
I suspect
has been taken [by you]
for this form of yours
glows crimson throughout
and has three eyes
bent by the fullness of the breasts
the curved moon
adorning the crown
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Śloka 23: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
by you
left
having taken
body
half
I suspect
crimson
three
eye
moon
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
The poet playfully wonders whether She has taken not only Śiva's left half but the other half too: Her red form has three eyes and the crescent moon.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The poet begins from the idea of the shared body of Śiva and Śakti, then playfully suspects that half was not enough. This suspicion is framed as a personal inference rather than a report of an event.
The evidence is visual: her fully crimson form carries three eyes and the crescent moon as well as the fullness of her breasts. The portrait therefore combines marks associated with both. The playful accusation becomes a way of dwelling on their inseparability.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What does this teasing voice make possible that a formal statement about unity might not?