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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 58: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Your pair of curved ear-regions, daughter of the mountain-king—
makes everyone think of the flower-arrowed god’s bow.
There, moving crosswise beyond the path of the ear—
your sidelong glance suggests an arrow being set in place.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 58
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
your pair of curved eye-contours; O daughter of the mountain king
in whom do they not awaken
the fancy of the flower-arrowed god’s bow?
where, sideways, crossing the path to the ear
shining forth
A closer look
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the play of the sidelong glance
suggests an arrow being fitted to the bow
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Śloka 58: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
curved
pair
flower
arrow
bow
sideways
ear
sidelong glance
fitting / aiming
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.
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
Her curved ear region evokes Kāma's bow, while the sidelong glance crossing the ear's path suggests an arrow being set upon it.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The curved contours suggest Kāma's bow, while the sideways glance crossing toward the ear supplies the movement of an arrow being fitted. The verse develops the comparison through position and direction.
The reader is invited to imagine this arrangement rather than merely being told that the eyes are beautiful. The effect depends on seeing a still form as a moment of impending movement. This is one of several neighbouring verses that vary the relation between gaze and Kāma's equipment.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What detail makes a still image feel as if it is about to move?