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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 26: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Brahmā passes away; Hari comes to rest.
Death itself meets destruction, and the lord of wealth meets his end.
Even Indra’s tireless company closes its eyes.
In this great dissolution, faithful one, your husband continues his play.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 26
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Brahmā meets dissolution
Hari reaches cessation
Death himself perishes
Kubera, giver of wealth, meets his end
the tireless host of Indra
even that multitude
with eyes closed
in this great dissolution
continues to delight, O faithful one
that husband of yours
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Śloka 26: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
dissolution / death
goes to
cessation
giver of wealth, Kubera
end / death
with the gaze
great
in dissolution
husband
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.
At the great dissolution, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Yama, Kubera, and Indra's company pass away or fall still, while Her husband continues his play.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
One divine figure after another reaches an ending, including Death himself. The accumulating examples remove the usual distinctions between the one who dies, the one who rules and the one who brings death.
Against that catalogue stands the continued play of her husband. The address to the faithful Goddess makes his continuance part of praise directed to her. The verse works through this contrast at the limit of cosmic time rather than through a chronological account of an event.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What remains meaningful when you imagine the loss of familiar roles and accomplishments?