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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 81: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
Pārvatī, the mountain-lord seems to have taken his own weight and breadth—
from his slopes and placed them in you as a marriage gift.
Therefore your broad, heavy expanse of hips—
overshadows the whole earth and makes it seem light.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 81
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
weight and breadth, the mountain king
O Pārvatī, from his own
A closer look
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taking them from his slopes
he placed them in you as a marriage gift
therefore this broad, weighty [expanse]; the whole earth
the fullness of your hips
covers
and makes it seem light
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Śloka 81: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
weight
breadth
mountain
lord
having taken away
in you
placed
earth
lightness
About these phrase meanings
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
The mountain king seems to have given his own breadth and weight to Pārvatī's hips as a marriage gift; their fullness makes the earth appear small and light.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The mountain father is imagined to take breadth and weight from his own slopes and give them to Pārvatī at marriage. Parentage becomes a source of qualities visible in the daughter's form.
The fullness of her hips then covers the earth and makes it appear light. The enlarged scale is part of the affectionate extravagance of the gift. The verse moves between mountain, body and earth through shared qualities rather than literal measurement.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How do family stories influence the qualities you notice in a person?