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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 72: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Your two breasts are shared equally by Skanda and elephant-faced Gaṇeśa.
May they remove our sorrow, Goddess, their milk always flowing.
Seeing them, Heramba becomes comically uncertain.
He quickly touches his own forehead-globes with his trunk.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 72
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
O Goddess, drunk from equally by Skanda and Gaṇeśa
the pair of breasts
may these remove our distress
with milk always flowing from their tips
seeing them, his heart troubled by doubt
causing laughter
his own forehead-globes, Heramba [Gaṇeśa]
quickly feels with his hand
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Śloka 72: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
equally
Skanda
elephant-faced one
breast
pair
distress
may it remove
always
laughter
with the hand
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 ever-flowing breasts, shared by Skanda and Gaṇeśa, to remove sorrow. Seeing their likeness to his own forehead globes, Gaṇeśa touches himself in comic uncertainty.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The opening presents maternal nourishment shared equally by Skanda and Gaṇeśa, with milk continually flowing. The prayer asks that this nourishing form remove the readers' distress.
Gaṇeśa then notices a resemblance to the globes of his own forehead and hurriedly checks them, producing laughter. The playful moment does not cancel the prayer. It brings divine family life and reassurance into the same affectionate scene.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
Can humour and care strengthen each other in a moment of uncertainty?