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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 57: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
With your long gaze, radiant as a gently opening blue lotus—
bathe even distant, poor me in compassion, auspicious one.
This makes me blessed without causing you any loss.
Moonlight falls equally upon a forest and a palace.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 57
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
with your far-reaching gaze
lovely as a slightly opened blue lotus
distant and distressed
bathe in compassion
me also, O auspicious one
by this I become fortunate
and you lose nothing thereby
whether forest or palace
the moon casts its rays equally
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Śloka 57: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
with the gaze
blue
lotus
farther away
distressed / poor
bathe
with compassion
me
in a forest
in a palace
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.
The poet asks Her long, blue-lotus-like glance to bathe even a distant, poor devotee in compassion. This costs Her nothing, just as moonlight falls equally on forest and palace.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The speaker describes being distant and distressed, then asks to be included in the reach of the long lotus-like glance. Bathing in compassion makes being seen an image of renewal.
The argument is gentle: this would make the recipient fortunate while costing the giver nothing. Moonlight on forest and palace supplies the final comparison, joining unequal places through equal illumination. The request concerns inclusion rather than special treatment at another's expense.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
Where might your attention reach someone who feels overlooked, without diminishing the care you offer others?