dhīyantreṇa vacoghaṭena kavitākulyopakulyākramai-rānītaiśca sadāśivasya caritāmbhorāśidivyāmṛtaiḥ ;hṛtkedārayutāśca bhaktikalamāḥ sāphalyamātanvatedurbhikṣānmama sevakasya bhagavanviśveśa bhītiḥ kutaḥ . 40 .
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Irrigating the field of devotion
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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 |
|---|---|
With understanding as the lifting device and speech as the water vessel. | |
Through the channels of poetry, the nectar-ocean of Sadashiva's deeds is brought in. | |
The rice plants of devotion in the field of the heart become fruitful. | |
Why should your servant fear famine, O Lord of the universe? |
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 |
|---|---|
With understanding as the lifting device and speech as the water vessel. Key expressions in this quarter: dhī — understanding; ghaṭa — vessel; kavitā — poetry; kulyā — irrigation channel. | |
Through the channels of poetry, the nectar-ocean of Sadashiva's deeds is brought in. Read this quarter as part of the connected sentence in the Simple meaning below. | |
The rice plants of devotion in the field of the heart become fruitful. Key expressions in this quarter: hṛtkedāra — field of the heart; bhaktikalama — rice plant of devotion. | |
Why should your servant fear famine, O Lord of the universe? Key expressions in this quarter: durbhikṣa — famine; viśveśa — Lord of the universe. |
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 |
|---|---|
understanding | |
vessel | |
poetry | |
irrigation channel The irrigation channel carries the nectar of Shiva’s story toward the heart’s field. | |
field of the heart | |
rice plant of devotion | |
famine | |
Lord of the universe |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
Irrigating the field of devotion
With understanding as the lifting device and speech as the water vessel. Through the channels of poetry, the nectar-ocean of Sadashiva's deeds is brought in. The rice plants of devotion in the field of the heart become fruitful. Why should your servant fear famine, O Lord of the universe?
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
Agriculture gives the verse its practical structure: water must be drawn, carried and distributed. Understanding, speech and poetry are the instruments, while devotion is what grows. Spiritual nourishment appears as cultivation, not simply as possession of information.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
What regularly nourishes my practice, and what leaves its field dry?
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
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Associated Tattva
Remembrance and transformation
Understanding draws water through speech and poetry to irrigate devotion in the field of the heart. Remembered narrative becomes something cultivated and shared.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
What regularly nourishes my practice, and what leaves its field dry?
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Telugu source variants
[కవితాకుల్యోపకుల్యాక్రమైః]