The Wish Tree of Shiva's Name
Bala Kanda, Doha 107
Doha 107 · Movement 2 of 2
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Parvati praises Shiva as all powerful, all knowing, and the dwelling of every auspicious art and virtue. Yoga, jnana, and vairagya rest in him as inexhaustible treasures.
For those who bow, even his Name becomes a wish fulfilling tree. The fruit is not limited to worldly desire. It includes the clarity and freedom by which desire itself is understood. Under its unseen shade, the restless mind discovers what it had truly been seeking.
Uma speaks this praise before questioning because true inquiry begins by recognizing the light in which an answer can become visible.
At Shiva's Name, the tree of wisdom bends its branches toward the one who bows.
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Uma's spoken reverent praise of Shiva
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 123 · printed pages 121. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-108. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Uma praises Shiva as all-capable/all-knowing abode of arts/qualities, treasury of yoga/knowledge/dispassion
- She calls his Name wish-granting tree for those bowed; metaphor remains speech not literal wish fulfillment or displayed powers
Artistic choices
- New approved Shiva/Uma appearance and front-facing left-seat arrangement reused, Uma viewer-right at Shiva's anatomicalleft joined palms/parted mouth/reverent smile, Shiva quiet listening/resting hands, exact ages/faces/poses/robes imagined unauthenticated
- Ivoryash body/blue throat, crescent/Ganga wave-icon/serpents/cream asceticdrape conventions from explicit adjoining source retained; tiger-patternhide/cloth seats/banyan/aerialroots/floral accents/river/mountains art choices not authenticated site
- Physical banyan from narrative setting is not Name-metaphor converted into literal wish-tree; no granted wish/response or literal knowledge/purity display
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प्रभु समरथ सर्बग्य सिव सकल कला गुन धाम।। जोग ग्यान बैराग्य निधि प्रनत कलपतरु नाम।।107।।
O Lord, you are all-powerful and all-knowing, Shiva, the very dwelling place of welfare. You are the abode of every art and virtue, the treasure-house of yoga, jnana, and vairagya. For those who bow before you, your Name alone is the wish-fulfilling tree (kalpataru).