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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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9 selected phrases
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Śloka 49: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Broad, auspicious, and unconquerable in its bright contest with lotuses—
a stream of compassion, wonderfully sweet and full—
your protecting gaze surpasses a vast array of cities.
It shines, truly deserving those cities’ very names.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 49
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
wide and auspicious
A closer look
This verse plays on qualities that are also city names, including Viśālā, Kalyāṇī, Ayodhyā, Dhārā, Madhurā, Bhogavatī, Avantī, and Vijayā. Read the separate qualities with the city comparison in the closing lines.
clearly radiant; unconquerable by blue lotuses
a sustaining stream of compassion
indescribably sweet
rich in enjoyment
protective, your gaze
surpassing the splendour of many cities
surely fit to bear each of those names
it triumphs
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Śloka 49: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
wide
auspicious
compassion
stream
sweet
protecting
gaze
name
triumphs
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 gaze is wide, auspicious, unconquerable, a stream of compassion, sweet, protective, and victorious. Its descriptions also evoke a succession of city names.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
A succession of qualities describes the gaze: breadth, auspiciousness, compassion, sweetness and protection. The words also sustain a second layer by evoking city names.
The conclusion explicitly notices that naming pattern and declares the gaze worthy of those names. The verse therefore moves between qualities and places without having to abandon either. Its verbal abundance mirrors the many-sided praise of a single glance.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
Can one name carry both a place and a quality for you? How does that double meaning change the way you hear it?