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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 41: Overview
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Meaning in context
At your root support, with Samayā devoted to the graceful dance—
I contemplate Navātman, dancing the great tāṇḍava of nine sentiments.
These two, moved by compassion and the purpose of creation—
bring forth this world endowed with both father and mother.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 41
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
at your root support
with Samayā
absorbed in her gentle dance
I contemplate the ninefold one
dancing the great tāṇḍava of the nine sentiments
by these two; with creation in view
out of compassion
under the care of these two protectors
was born
this world, endowed with father and mother
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Śloka 41: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
at the root
gentle dance
nine
aesthetic sentiment
dancer
by both
out of compassion
was born
father
mother
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
At the root, Samayā's graceful dance meets the great tāṇḍava of Navātman, rich in the nine aesthetic sentiments. Through Their compassionate creative purpose, the world has both mother and father.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
Samayā's gentle dance and Navātman's great tāṇḍava are contemplated together at the root. The nine sentiments give the dance expressive fullness rather than reducing it to a single mood.
The world is born through the two with creation in view and compassion as the motive. The final description of a world endowed with father and mother translates cosmic activity into a relationship of care. The paired dance prepares that conclusion.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What changes when creation is imagined as a shared dance with a caring intention rather than as solitary manufacture?