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The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
तेन लोके महत्त्वं च त्वत्प्रसादेन चैषिता ॥ ययाचेऽज्ञातयोदार तन्मे दातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥
tena loke mahattvaṃ ca tvatprasādena caiṣitā || yayāce ’jñātayodāra tan me dātuṃ tvam arhasi ||
Darum habe ich in der Welt durch deine Gnade nach Größe gestrebt. O Edler, aus Unwissen bat ich darum; doch es ziemt dir, mir dies zu gewähren.
Pṛthivī (default)
It reflects the Purāṇic narrative convention of varadāna (granting boons), where requests are framed through grace and the petitioner’s acknowledged limitation.
No location is specified in this verse.
A cautionary ethic: ambition (mahattva) should be tempered by awareness of ignorance and accountability in requesting power or status.
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