kāruṇyāmṛtavarṣiṇaṃ ghanavipadgrīṣmacchidākarmaṭhaṃvidyāsasyaphalodayāya sumanaḥsaṃsevyamicchākṛtim ;nṛtyadbhaktamayūramadrinilayaṃ cañcajjaṭāmaṇḍalaṃśambho vāñchati nīlakandhara sadā tvāṃ me manaścātakaḥ . 52
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The cloud of compassion
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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 |
|---|---|
You rain the nectar of compassion and skillfully end the summer-heat of great adversity. | |
You bring the crop of knowledge to fruit and are sought by the good, freely assuming form. | |
Devotee-peacocks dance around you; you dwell on the mountain with moving matted locks. | |
O blue-throated Shambhu, the chataka bird of my mind always longs for you. |
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 |
|---|---|
You rain the nectar of compassion and skillfully end the summer-heat of great adversity. Key expressions in this quarter: kāruṇya — compassion; amṛta — nectar. | |
You bring the crop of knowledge to fruit and are sought by the good, freely assuming form. Key expressions in this quarter: vidyā — knowledge; sasya — crop. | |
Devotee-peacocks dance around you; you dwell on the mountain with moving matted locks. Key expressions in this quarter: mayūra — peacock; jaṭā — matted locks. | |
O blue-throated Shambhu, the chataka bird of my mind always longs for you. Key expressions in this quarter: nīlakandhara — blue-throated; cātaka — the rain-longing chataka bird. |
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 |
|---|---|
compassion | |
nectar | |
knowledge | |
crop | |
peacock | |
matted locks | |
blue-throated | |
the rain-longing chataka bird |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
The cloud of compassion
You rain the nectar of compassion and skillfully end the summer-heat of great adversity. You bring the crop of knowledge to fruit and are sought by the good, freely assuming form. Devotee-peacocks dance around you; you dwell on the mountain with moving matted locks. O blue-throated Shambhu, the chataka bird of my mind always longs for you.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
The cloud brings relief, growth and delight to different creatures. The poet's mind takes the role of the chataka, a bird poetically associated with longing for rain. This is an image of concentrated dependence on compassion, while the dancing peacocks express the response of devotees.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
What kind of relief does my inward life most deeply long for?
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
Grace and approach
The compassion-cloud nourishes the crop of knowledge and delights devotees, while the mind longs like the rain-seeking chataka. Grace is both sustenance and the object of concentrated longing.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
What kind of relief does my inward life most deeply long for?
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