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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 77: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
This delicate, Yamunā-wave-like trace, auspicious one—
appears upon your slender waist to discerning eyes.
As your full breasts press against each other, the space between them—
seems to grow thin and enter the hollow of your navel.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 77
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
this, like a slender ripple of the Yamunā
O auspicious one
on your slim waist, O Mother
what appears there to the discerning
through the mutual pressing
of the full breasts, the space between them
space grown thin
as though entering the hollow navel
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Śloka 77: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
Yamunā
wave
slender
at the waist
mutually
between
grown thin
space
navel
hollow
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 fine line at Her slender waist resembles a delicate Yamunā wave. The poet imagines it as space compressed between Her breasts and entering the hollow of Her navel.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
A slender ripple of the Yamunā first supplies a likeness for the fine dark line. The description then shifts from water to space, imagining the interval between the breasts compressed into a thin form.
That space seems to enter the hollow of the navel. Something normally understood as an absence is made into a visible movement. The verse's effect depends on the imaginative transition between comparisons, not on a physical explanation of the body.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How can empty space become part of what you notice, rather than merely the background of other things?