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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 66: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Sarasvatī sings Paśupati’s many great deeds to the vīṇā.
You begin to voice approval, nodding your head.
The sweetness of your voice eclipses the sound of its strings.
Vāṇī quietly covers her own instrument with its cloth.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 66
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
singing to the vīṇā
the varied glorious deeds of Paśupati
A closer look
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when you begin to speak
nodding your head with words of approval
by their sweetness; the melodious strings put to shame
Vāṇī, her own vīṇā
quietly covers with its cloth
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Śloka 66: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
with the vīṇā
singing
glorious deeds
to speak
well done
in words
string
Sarasvatī
with a covering cloth
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
Sarasvatī sings Śiva's deeds while playing the vīṇā. When Devī voices Her appreciation, its sweetness surpasses the instrument, and Sarasvatī quietly covers it.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
Sarasvatī sings Śiva's deeds with the vīṇā, and the Goddess responds with a nod and words of approval. The scene begins as a meeting of music, narrative and appreciative listening.
Her voice proves so sweet that the instrument's sound is eclipsed, and Sarasvatī quietly covers it. The response does not reject the song: it surpasses its sweetness while expressing praise. The courteous action keeps the poetic rivalry gentle.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What makes appreciation itself beautiful? Consider the voice and attention with which it is offered.