savitrībhi-rvācāṃ caśi-maṇi śilā-bhaṅga rucibhi-
rvaśinyadyābhi-stvāṃ saha janani sañcintayati yaḥ |
sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahatāṃ bhaṅgirucibhi-
rvacobhi-rvāgdevī-vadana-kamalāmoda madhuraiḥ || 17 ||

Oh, mother holy,
He who worships you,
Along with the goddess like Vasini,
Who are the prime source of words,
And you who are having the great luster,
Got by breaking the moon stone,
Becomes the author of great epics,
Which shine like those written by great ones,
And which have the sweet scent
Of the face of the goddess of knowledge
VERSE 17
SCINTILLATING AND FLUORESCENT LIGHT (LYRIC POETRY)
SEMANTIC BLENDING OF VERTICAL WITH HORIZONTAL
WORD-BEARING ELEMENTS

He who can contemplate those word-bearing elements of broken
moonstone lustre,
Joined with Vasinis, having an elusively fluid gleam;
He becomes, o Mother, the author of great poetic works,
Adding sweet charm to the lotus face of the Goddess of the Word.

Vasinis are word bearing elements - semiosis is horizontal.

Syntactics, semantics and semiotics are discussed here.
To produce beauty mix Sphota - scintillating light - with Vashinis
- the meaning is derived not from single words but from sentences.
Two rival theories of semantics - Karma Kanda - one.
The spread of meaning through the phrases.
Two qualities must blend, broken moonstone scintillation = sphota,
and a fluid gleam = Vashinis.
Savitri means coming from the sun, bright.
The root meaning of Sphota is to be born, to burst into meaning.

WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION
savitri bhir vacam - those word-bearing elements
sasi mani silabhanga ruci bhih - of broken moonstone lustre
vasin yadya bhih - with her word vasinis
tvam saha - as associated with you
janani - o mother
samcintayati yah - he thus able to contemplate
saha - he
karta kavyanam - the author of (great ) poetic works
bhavati - he becomes
mahatam - great (poetic works - above)
bhangiruci bhihi - of scintillating sweetness
vaco bhih - by words
vak devi vadana kamala moda madhuraih - adding sweet charm to the
lotus face of the Goddess of the Word

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