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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 60: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Sarasvatī’s beautiful words surpass even the skill of nectar-waves.
Śarvāṇī, you drink them continuously with the cups of your ears.
As your head moves in delighted appreciation, your earrings—
seem to answer with their clear, high ringing.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 60
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Sarasvatī’s fine words; surpassing the excellence of waves of nectar
as you drink them, O Śarvāṇī
unceasingly through the cups of your ears
your head moving in delighted praise
the ear ornaments
with their high, ringing sounds
seem to utter your reply
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Śloka 60: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
fine utterances
nectar
wave
as you drink
ear
cup
praise
of the head
reply
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
She drinks in Sarasvatī's nectar-like speech through Her ears. As She nods in appreciation, the ringing earrings seem to answer with praise.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
Sarasvatī's speech is received through the ears as nectar through cups. The Goddess's attention is active: her head moves in delighted appreciation of what she hears.
The resulting ring of the earrings seems to supply her reply. A bodily response and an ornament's sound become part of the exchange of words. The scene honours listening as well as speaking, making appreciation audible without another verbal composition.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How do you show someone that you have heard what matters in their words?