vaṭurvā gehī vā yatirapi jaṭī vā taditaronaro vā yaḥ kaścidbhavatu bhava kiṃ tena bhavati ;yadīyaṃ hṛtpadmaṃ yadi bhavadadhīnaṃ paśupatetadīyastvaṃ śambho bhavasi bhavabhāraṃ ca vahasi . 11 .
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The heart beyond social roles
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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 |
|---|---|
A student, a householder, an ascetic, one with matted hair, or another kind of person. | |
Whatever a person's outward condition, what follows from that alone, O Bhava? | |
If that person's heart-lotus is placed under your care, O Lord of beings. | |
You belong to that person, O Shambhu, and carry the burden of worldly existence. |
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 |
|---|---|
A student, a householder, an ascetic, one with matted hair, or another kind of person. Key expressions in this quarter: vaṭu — student; gehī — householder; yati — ascetic. | |
Whatever a person's outward condition, what follows from that alone, O Bhava? Key expressions in this quarter: bhava — an address to Shiva. | |
If that person's heart-lotus is placed under your care, O Lord of beings. Key expressions in this quarter: hṛtpadma — heart-lotus; adhīna — entrusted or subject to. | |
You belong to that person, O Shambhu, and carry the burden of worldly existence. Key expressions in this quarter: bhavabhāra — burden of worldly existence; vahasi — you carry. |
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 |
|---|---|
student | |
householder | |
ascetic | |
an address to Shiva | |
heart-lotus | |
entrusted or subject to | |
burden of worldly existence | |
you carry |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
The heart beyond social roles
A student, a householder, an ascetic, one with matted hair, or another kind of person. Whatever a person's outward condition, what follows from that alone, O Bhava? If that person's heart-lotus is placed under your care, O Lord of beings. You belong to that person, O Shambhu, and carry the burden of worldly existence.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
Different ways of life are listed without making any one of them the sole condition of devotion. The decisive image is the heart-lotus entrusted to Shiva. The reciprocity of 'you are theirs' gives warmth to what might otherwise sound like an abstract hierarchy of spiritual roles.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
What would it mean to entrust a burden rather than display a role?
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
Student, householder and ascetic appear before the decisive condition: the heart belongs to Shiva. The response “you are theirs” describes a reciprocal relation of care.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
What would it mean to entrust a burden rather than display a role?
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