Shloka 164
Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities
एतद्दौर्भाग्यमतुलमसंख्यं च दुरुद्वहम् । चराचरे भूतसर्गे चिंता सा व्यापिनी मुने
etaddaurbhāgyamatulamasaṃkhyaṃ ca durudvaham | carācare bhūtasarge ciṃtā sā vyāpinī mune
هذه الشقاوة لا نظير لها، لا تُحصى، وعسيرة الاحتمال؛ وفي خلق الكائنات، المتحركة والساكنة، تسري تلك الهمّة في كل شيء، يا أيها الموني.
Unspecified (narrator addressing a sage: 'mune')
Concept: Sorrow and anxiety can become all-pervading across the entire field of beings (cara–acara), revealing the weight of saṁsāra; the verse implicitly urges seeking a dharmic/divine remedy rather than being swallowed by pervasive worry.
Application: Name the anxiety, recognize its tendency to spread, and counter it with structured sādhana: daily japa, simple vrata discipline, charity, and seeking wise counsel; keep worship steady during crisis.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A wide cosmic panorama shows moving beings—humans, animals, birds—alongside unmoving trees and mountains, all under a vast sky heavy with swirling, smoke-like ‘chintā’ that threads through the scene. At the horizon, a calm sage stands as a still point, suggesting that wisdom and devotion can pierce the pervasive gloom.","primary_figures":["sage (mune)","symbolic multitude of beings (cara)","trees/mountains (acara)","abstract ‘chintā’ cloud motif"],"setting":"cosmic landscape blending forest, village, riverless plain, and distant mountains to represent all creation","lighting_mood":"twilight, storm-brewing","color_palette":["slate blue","smoke gray","dusky violet","earth umber","thin gold rim-light"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: expansive multi-layered landscape with humans, animals, and trees; a central sage with gold-leaf halo as the axis of calm; embossed gold outlines tracing the ‘chintā’ cloud patterns; deep jewel tones with dramatic contrast and ornate border work.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: panoramic hillside world with tiny detailed figures and animals; translucent wash for the anxiety-cloud drifting across; a serene sage in the foreground; cool twilight palette with delicate linework and atmospheric depth.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: symbolic cosmic frieze—bands of moving beings and unmoving nature; swirling chintā motif as decorative spiral; sage as central icon; bold outlines, flat pigments, temple-wall symmetry in red/yellow/green with dark blue fields.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: large narrative cloth with repeating motifs of beings and foliage; anxiety rendered as patterned smoke-vines; central sage framed by lotus medallions; deep indigo background with gold highlights and intricate floral borders."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["distant thunder","wind through trees","long silence between lines","single bell at cadence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: etaddaurbhāgyam = etat daurbhāgyam; atulamasaṃkhyam = atulam asaṃkhyam.
FAQs
It portrays creation as encompassing both mobile and immobile beings, within which worry or anxiety is described as a pervasive condition.
Cintā is presented as 'vyāpinī'—something that spreads through the whole field of manifested life—suggesting an existential, not merely personal, burden.
Recognizing anxiety as widespread encourages compassion and steadiness; it also motivates seeking dharmic discipline and spiritual refuge to endure what is 'durudvaham' (hard to bear).