viriñcirdīrghāyurbhavatu bhavatā tatparaśira-ścatuṣkaṃ saṃrakṣyaṃ sa khalu bhuvi dainyaṃ likhitavān ;vicāraḥ ko vā māṃ viśadakṛpayā pāti śiva tekaṭākṣavyāpāraḥ svayamapi ca dīnāvanaparaḥ . 16 .
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The saving glance
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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHA
A phrase at a time.
Follow the words into meaning. Select a phrase to locate it in the verse above. Read the quarters together for the full sentence.
Sringeri IAST text · source wording and line-break hyphens retained. English glosses follow the connected Sanskrit sense.
Vignanam text · spellings and hyphens retained. English glosses follow the base Sanskrit; variant readings are not separately translated.
| Selected phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
Let the creator live long; protect his other four heads. | |
He has indeed written distress into my earthly life. | |
Why need I worry? Your clear compassion protects me, O Shiva. | |
The activity of your glance is itself devoted to rescuing the distressed. |
These four study units follow the printed quarters. Sentences and compounds can continue across a line break; read the whole verse for connected meaning. The source wording stays unchanged.
| Selected phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
Let the creator live long; protect his other four heads. Key expressions in this quarter: viriñci — Brahma, the creator; dīrghāyuḥ — long-lived. | |
He has indeed written distress into my earthly life. Key expressions in this quarter: dainya — distress; likhitavān — has written. | |
Why need I worry? Your clear compassion protects me, O Shiva. Key expressions in this quarter: kṛpā — compassion; pāti — protects. | |
The activity of your glance is itself devoted to rescuing the distressed. Key expressions in this quarter: kaṭākṣa — glance; dīnāvanapara — devoted to protecting the distressed. |
Selected words and compound parts are shown in IAST. This is a contextual vocabulary study, not an exhaustive grammatical analysis. The source phrase follows your selected script. Locate highlights that unchanged phrase; learning forms are not substituted into the verse.
| Word / source phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
Brahma, the creator | |
long-lived | |
distress | |
has written | |
compassion | |
protects | |
glance | |
devoted to protecting the distressed |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
The saving glance
Let the creator live long; protect his other four heads. He has indeed written distress into my earthly life. Why need I worry? Your clear compassion protects me, O Shiva. The activity of your glance is itself devoted to rescuing the distressed.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
This verse answers the previous verse's challenge with a lighter reassurance. The creator need not be punished for the speaker's circumstances if Shiva's compassion is already effective. Attention moves from disputing destiny to trusting the divine glance.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
Can trust change how I hold a circumstance I cannot immediately change?
Read this verse once more, then sit with the question. Notice the particular image or expression that holds your attention. You do not need to force an answer.
Keep a reflection or question ↓06 / THEMES & TATTVA
Connected themes
Editorial lenses; a verse may invite other readings.
Associated Tattva
Grace and approach
The creator may remain unharmed, the poet says, because Shiva’s protective glance can already answer distress. Attention shifts from punishment to compassion.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
Can trust change how I hold a circumstance I cannot immediately change?
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Telugu source variants
[తత్పరశిరః చతుష్కం]