Shloka 53
The Glory of the Mother-and-Father Tīrtha
Within the Vena Episode
अर्वाचीनस्वरूपोयं पराचीनो निराश्रयः । यदा स दर्शयेत्कायं कायरूपा भवंति ते
arvācīnasvarūpoyaṃ parācīno nirāśrayaḥ | yadā sa darśayetkāyaṃ kāyarūpā bhavaṃti te
هذا الكائن يتجلّى بصورة لاحقة ظاهرة، ومع ذلك فهو أسبقُ وأزليٌّ بلا سند. فإذا أظهر جسدًا، صاروا هم أيضًا ذوي أجسادٍ وصور.
Unspecified (context-dependent within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa narration)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अर्वाचीनस्वरूपोयं = अर्वाचीनस्वरूपः अयम्; दर्शयेत्कायं = दर्शयेत् कायम्.
FAQs
It points to a distinction between the unmanifest, prior reality and its later visible manifestation—one essence appearing in time while remaining ontologically prior.
It suggests independence: the described principle is not upheld by anything else and does not rely on an external substrate for its existence.
It states that when the primary being manifests a body, others likewise assume bodily forms—linking cosmic manifestation to the arising of embodied existence.