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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHAShownHidden
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Śloka 94: Overview
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
The moon’s dark mark is musk; its orb is filled with water.
Its phases are camphor packed into an emerald casket.
Your daily use leaves this container empty.
Surely Brahmā fills it again and again for you.
Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 94
Selected phrase
Meaning in context
the moon’s dark mark is musk
its watery disc [holds the cosmetics]
filled with phases as camphor pieces
a densely packed emerald casket
therefore, through your daily use
its interior becomes empty each day
Brahmā, again and again
surely refills it for your sake
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Śloka 94: Words
Word / source phrase
Meaning in context
dark mark
musk
disc
with phases / parts
with camphor pieces
emerald
casket
each day
again
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.
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03 / SIMPLE MEANINGShownHidden
A first understanding.
The moon becomes an emerald box containing water, camphor-like phases, and a musk-like dark mark. Brahmā repeatedly replenishes it as She uses its contents.
CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE
04 / DETAILED MEANINGShownHidden
How the verse unfolds.
The moon's mark, watery disc and phases become the contents of an emerald cosmetic casket. Features of the sky are translated into intimate materials associated with her adornment.
Her use empties it, and Brahmā repeatedly refills it. The lunar cycle thus acquires the rhythm of offering and replenishment. The explanation is a poetic account of service, not an astronomical replacement for the moon's phases.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATIONShownHidden
A question to carry.
What everyday cycle of use and replenishment could you notice with greater gratitude?