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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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10 selected phrases
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Śloka 42: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Set densely with heavenly suns that have become jewels—
your golden crown is praised, daughter of the snowy mountain.
Who would not see the crescent, mottled by their nearby radiance—
and imagine it to be Indra’s rainbow?
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 42
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
transformed into rubies
closely set with the jewels of the sky [the suns]
your golden crown
O daughter of the snowy mountain
whoever describes it
streaked with its many-coloured reflections
the crescent moon
as Indra’s bow [a rainbow]
why would one not
form that thought?
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Śloka 42: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
ruby
sky
jewel
crown
golden
moon
fragment / crescent
bow
thought
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.
Her golden crown is set with heavenly suns like jewels. Their colored radiance makes the crescent moon seem like Indra's rainbow.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The crown's jewels are identified with heavenly suns, drawing the sky into an ornament. Their dense setting provides the source of many-coloured reflected light.
Under those reflections the crescent moon appears like Indra's bow, the rainbow. The poet asks why a person describing it would not form that thought. The question invites the reader into the act of comparison rather than simply presenting an object to inspect.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How does reflected colour change an object you thought you already knew?