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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 79: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Naturally slender and wearied by the weight of your breasts—
your bending waist seems slowly about to break, jewel among women.
It shares the precarious steadiness of a tree on an eroded riverbank.
May it enjoy lasting well-being, daughter of the mountain.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 79
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
naturally slender
wearied by the weight of the breasts
bending, O ornament of women
as though slowly breaking
long may your waist
with a young tree on an eroding riverbank
whose precarious condition it shares
remain well
O mountain’s daughter
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Śloka 79: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
natural condition
of the slender one
with the weight
slowly
for a long time
river
bank
with a tree
well-being
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
Her naturally slender waist bends beneath the weight of Her breasts, like a tree on an eroding riverbank. The poet tenderly wishes for its lasting well-being.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The weight above the slender waist leads the poet to imagine it bending and almost breaking. A tree on an eroding riverbank provides a comparison for this precarious condition.
The verse then wishes lasting well-being to the very form it praises. The devotee momentarily adopts a voice of protective concern toward the Goddess. The affectionate disproportion between the speaker and the one addressed is part of the scene's tenderness.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What changes in praise when admiration becomes concern for the one admired?