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Śloka 28: Overview
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Meaning in context
Though they drink nectar that wards off dreadful age and death—
all the heavenly ones, including Brahmā and Indra, still perish.
Yet Śambhu, who swallowed the terrible poison, is untouched by time.
Mother, the cause is the glory of your ear ornaments.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 28
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
even after tasting nectar
which removes dreadful old age and death
all still perish
the gods, beginning with Brahmā and Indra
having swallowed terrible poison
death’s reckoning
does not touch Śambhu; its cause
O Mother, is your
ear ornaments’ greatness
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Śloka 28: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
nectar
having tasted
old age
death
terrible
poison
time / death
ear ornament
greatness
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
The gods who drank nectar still meet their end; Śiva, who swallowed deadly poison, is untouched by time. The poet credits the glory of Her earrings.
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04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The opening establishes an apparent safeguard: the gods have drunk nectar that removes old age and death. Yet they still perish. Śiva's swallowing of deadly poison creates the opposite expectation, which the verse likewise reverses.
The poet attributes his immunity to time to the greatness of her ear ornaments. A small, intimate feature thus outweighs the grand protective substance. This devotional reversal is the point of the praise; neither nectar nor poison is being discussed as a substance for readers to use.
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05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How does the poem's shift from a mighty substance to an intimate ornament change your sense of protection?