eko vārijabāndhavaḥ kṣitinabhovyāptaṃ tamomaṇḍalaṃbhittvā locanagocaro’pi bhavati tvaṃ koṭisūryaprabhaḥ ;vedyaḥ kiṃ na bhavasyaho ghanataraṃ kīdṛgbhavenmattama-statsarvaṃ vyapanīya me paśupate sākṣātprasanno bhava . 58 .
ŚLOKA 58 / 100
The darkness that hides the light
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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 |
|---|---|
One sun breaks the darkness filling earth and sky. | |
It becomes visible, yet you shine like countless suns. | |
Why, then, are you not known to me? How dense must my darkness be! | |
Remove it completely, Lord of beings, and reveal your gracious presence. |
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 |
|---|---|
One sun breaks the darkness filling earth and sky. Key expressions in this quarter: vārijabāndhava — friend of the lotus, the sun; tamas — darkness. | |
It becomes visible, yet you shine like countless suns. Key expressions in this quarter: koṭisūryaprabha — radiant as countless suns; locanagocara — visible to the eye. | |
Why, then, are you not known to me? How dense must my darkness be! Key expressions in this quarter: vedya — knowable; ghana — dense. | |
Remove it completely, Lord of beings, and reveal your gracious presence. Key expressions in this quarter: vyapanīya — having removed; sākṣāt — directly. |
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 |
|---|---|
friend of the lotus, the sun | |
darkness | |
radiant as countless suns | |
visible to the eye | |
knowable | |
dense | |
having removed | |
directly |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
The darkness that hides the light
One sun breaks the darkness filling earth and sky. It becomes visible, yet you shine like countless suns. Why, then, are you not known to me? How dense must my darkness be! Remove it completely, Lord of beings, and reveal your gracious presence.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
The paradox is not a lack of divine light but a failure of recognition. The poet turns the comparison with the visible sun inward, questioning the obstruction within understanding. Its request is for illumination rather than another external object.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
What assumption might hide something that is already present?
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
Knowledge and recognition
Countless suns cannot illuminate what inward ignorance conceals. The request is to remove the obscuring darkness so that the already-present Lord may be recognized.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
What assumption might hide something that is already present?
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Telugu source variants
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