pāpotpātavimocanāya ruciraiśvaryāya mṛtyuñjayastotradhyānanatipradakṣiṇasaparyālokanākarṇane ;jihvācittaśiroṅghrihastanayanaśrotrairahaṃ prārthitomāmājñāpaya tannirūpaya muhurmāmeva mā me’vacaḥ . 41 .
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The faculties ask for service
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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 |
|---|---|
For release from wrongdoing and for a beautiful fullness of life, O conqueror of death. | |
In praise, meditation, bowing, circumambulation, service, seeing and hearing. | |
My tongue, mind, head, feet, hands, eyes and ears ask me for these tasks. | |
Command me and appoint me again and again; do not turn me away. |
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 |
|---|---|
For release from wrongdoing and for a beautiful fullness of life, O conqueror of death. Key expressions in this quarter: mṛtyuñjaya — conqueror of death; vimocana — release. | |
In praise, meditation, bowing, circumambulation, service, seeing and hearing. Key expressions in this quarter: stotra — hymn of praise; pradakṣiṇa — reverent circumambulation. | |
My tongue, mind, head, feet, hands, eyes and ears ask me for these tasks. Key expressions in this quarter: jihvā — tongue; śrotra — ear. | |
Command me and appoint me again and again; do not turn me away. Key expressions in this quarter: ājñāpaya — command or appoint; muhuḥ — again and again. |
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 |
|---|---|
conqueror of death | |
release | |
hymn of praise | |
reverent circumambulation | |
tongue | |
ear | |
command or appoint | |
again and again |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
The faculties ask for service
For release from wrongdoing and for a beautiful fullness of life, O conqueror of death. In praise, meditation, bowing, circumambulation, service, seeing and hearing. My tongue, mind, head, feet, hands, eyes and ears ask me for these tasks. Command me and appoint me again and again; do not turn me away.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
The faculties seem to speak as eager participants in worship. Their sevenfold list matches seven devotional activities, giving the verse an ordered movement. The request is for employment in service, which turns the body from a distraction into an instrument of attention.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
Which simple activity could give one of my faculties a more attentive task?
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
A life gathered into practice
Tongue, mind, head, feet, hands, eyes and ears await their assignments in service. The order of faculties mirrors the order of devotional acts.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
Which simple activity could give one of my faculties a more attentive task?
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