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707) 3727677 6748 97TyU (1) the day.lotus which has mutually overlapping or mutually touching, i.e. thick-growing leaves surrounding it (3774) SARİ TTTT na: ftat: 97, which has mutually touching leaves as its retinue or circle of attendants), (2) the good man who has worthy (917) attendants or servants (arista) attached to one another (3974ta ga: a: 11-17a:-Oficial wa). We should really expect अनुन्न° for अन्नन्न. निह्यगुरुजडानले (:) the lotus which puts. down the big mass (complex) of its roots (FSI) under the surface of the water in which it grows, (2) the good man who puts down the big crowd of dull people (जडाजाल = जडजाल,the final vowel of the first member being lengthened according to HS. VIII.1.4). For the use of the word 721 in the sense of 'root' see st. 150. FANSITE ogles (1) the day-lotus which is delighted at the sight of the sun, (2) the good man, who is delighted at the sight of his friends. The construction and the suggested sense in this stanza, are similar to those in the preceding one.
708) TEST = sarei extremely blessed or lucky. qaftagne पयडियकोसे य गुणड्ढे य, a कर्मधारय compound- For पयडियकोस see st. 706. Yutz (1) rich in fibres or filaments, (2)possessed of good qualities. Cf. graagri in st. 706. gritor (1) qersta, lying on i.e. growing on the ground (with reference to the T which grows on land and not in water), (2) born in a noble family. 89779ffait, cf. 3777071997afiqul in st. 707. Because of the double-meaning adjectives, we have here in the manner of FATAIETI) the suggestion of the Goddess of wealth residing with, i.e. favouring, a good person. Cf. stanzas 706 and 707.
709) 3549574577MH-of the lotus which has transferred (piatiga = cafea) harshness to the water (F3 = 57), i.e. which has suppressed the thorns under the water and risen above them. Cf. the expression fact 4029101 in st. 7('6. The abstract noun SEAT appears to be used here in the sense of thorns (use of the abstract for the concrete). For the idea that the water in which lotuses grow is full of thorns,cf. AlfaCon X (29fqazial)- 347c1f3fifo Taifa कण्टका बहवो बहिः । कथं कमलनालस्य मा भूवन् भंगुरा गुणाः॥ निण्हवियणियगुणोहस्स-the lotus which conceals the mass of its filaments or fibres inside. ram ram faqat-the Goddess of wealth resides in you because of your red (rosy) petals (TEM 97110 = tafe qars).
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