Shloka 124
Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities
अवमत्य विमानानि स्वर्गवासविरागिणः । पितुर्गृहैवासीना देवगंधर्वकिन्नराः
avamatya vimānāni svargavāsavirāgiṇaḥ | piturgṛhaivāsīnā devagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ
স্বৰ্গীয় বিমানসমূহ তুচ্ছ জ্ঞান কৰি, স্বৰ্গবাসৰ প্ৰতি অনাসক্ত হৈ, দেৱ-গন্ধৰ্ব-কিন্নৰসকলে পিতৃগৃহত থকা যেনে তেনেই তাত অৱস্থান কৰিলে।
Unspecified (narratorial voice within the Adhyaya context)
Concept: Dispassion toward heavenly enjoyments is praised; the highest attraction is to dharmic, sanctified company and places rather than to celestial comforts.
Application: Choose environments that deepen virtue over those that merely entertain; practice vairāgya toward status and ‘high living’.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Devas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras step down from gleaming vimānas, leaving them hovering unused in the sky, as they gather joyfully on the mountain slopes like children returning to a beloved ancestral home. Their celestial ornaments contrast with the simple cave-āśramas and sacred fires, emphasizing a voluntary renunciation of heaven’s luxuries for dharma’s warmth.","primary_figures":["Devas","Gandharvas","Kinnaras","resident sages (background)"],"setting":"Mountain plateau with cave hermitages; unused vimānas floating above; small yajña fires and streams below.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["pearl white","celestial gold","lapis blue","smoky violet","forest green"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: opulent devas with gem-studded crowns descending from ornate vimānas, gold leaf heavily used on vimāna filigree and jewelry, the mountain plateau rendered as a sacred stage with tiny cave-āśramas and lamps, rich reds/greens, symmetrical composition like a temple tableau.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: airy sky with delicate vimānas, graceful gandharvas and kinnaras with instruments, cool nocturnal palette, lyrical mountain landscape, refined faces showing gentle detachment, small glowing hermitage fires.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: iconic celestial beings with bold outlines and stylized ornaments, vimānas as patterned motifs, strong red/yellow/green palette with dark blue night field, temple-wall narrative bands showing ‘descent’ and ‘dwelling’.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: decorative celestial procession arriving at a sacred mountain, intricate floral borders and lotus motifs, deep blue background with gold stars, gandharvas with veenas, peacocks near the hermitages, vimānas depicted as ornate floating palanquins."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"celebratory","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["celestial music (veena, flute)","soft conch shell","temple bells","mountain wind"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पितुः गृहे एव आसीनाः → पितुर्गृहैवासीना (IAST piturgṛhaivāsīnā).
FAQs
It highlights vairāgya (detachment): even heavenly pleasures (svarga-vāsa) and celestial luxuries (vimānas) are treated as insignificant when a higher duty, devotion, or purpose is present.
It conveys intimacy and security—these beings stay in a place of belonging rather than seeking status or enjoyment elsewhere, emphasizing contentment and renunciation of display.
They are celestial classes of beings in Purāṇic cosmology: Gandharvas are famed as divine musicians, and Kinnaras are semi-divine beings often associated with music and service in heavenly realms.