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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 86: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
After a slip in naming, your husband bows in embarrassment.
Your lotus foot strikes him upon the forehead.
His old wound from the burning at last relieved—
Kāma laughs through the ringing of your anklet.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 86
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
pretending a slip in naming [his beloved]; then bowed down in embarrassment
her husband on the forehead
when your lotus foot strikes
the long-standing thorn within
caused by burning, now pulled out
through the jingling of your anklet
Śiva’s foe [Kāma] laughs in delight
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Śloka 86: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
name / family name
slip
on the forehead
husband
foot
lotus
thorn
burning
with jingles
by the enemy
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.
When Śiva bows in embarrassment after a slip in naming, She playfully strikes his forehead with Her foot. The anklet's sound becomes Kāma's laughter at his old adversary.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
A slip in naming and Śiva's embarrassed bow create the domestic scene in which the lotus foot strikes his forehead. The verse then hears the anklet's jingle through another participant's history.
Kāma, once burned by Śiva, seems to laugh as the long-standing thorn of that injury is removed. The sound becomes a mythic reversal layered onto the immediate scene. Its playful explanation belongs to the poem; it is not guidance for resolving real disagreements.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
How does remembering an earlier story change what a sound or gesture means in a later scene?