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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 87: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
A lotus is harmed by frost; your feet flourish in the snowy mountain.
It sleeps at night; your feet are clear and radiant at night’s end.
It houses Lakṣmī; your feet distribute prosperity to devoted worshippers.
What wonder, Mother, that your feet surpass the lotus?
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 87
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
destroyed by frost [the lotus]
at home on the snowy mountain [your feet]
asleep at night [the lotus]
clear even at night’s end [your feet]
a vessel of beauty [the lotus]
bestowing prosperity on devotees [your feet]
the lotus, your feet surpass, O Mother
what is surprising in this?
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Śloka 87: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
frost
snowy mountain
dwelling
at night
asleep
clear / radiant
prosperity
lotus
two feet
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.
A lotus suffers in frost and closes at night; Her feet thrive in the snowy mountains and are radiant at night's end. They bestow abundance rather than merely sheltering Lakṣmī.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The verse tests the lotus comparison point by point. Frost harms the lotus but not feet at home on the snowy mountain; night closes the flower but does not remove their radiance.
The final contrast concerns giving: the feet bestow prosperity rather than merely serving as a seat of beauty or Lakṣmī. The rhetorical question concludes that their superiority is unsurprising. The comparison has been examined through circumstance and action, not just appearance.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What do you learn about something when you ask where its familiar comparison fails?