Shloka 7

Gajendra's Deliverance — Gajendra’s Deliverance and the Protective Power of Remembrance (Japa)

Devanagari script

विद्याधरैः सपत्नीकैः संयतैश्च तपस्विभिः वृकद्वीपिगजेन्द्रश्च वृगात्रो विराजते

Transliteration

vidyādharaiḥ sapatnīkaiḥ saṃyataiśca tapasvibhiḥ vṛkadvīpigajendraśca vṛgātro virājate

Translation

সেই স্থান স্ত্ৰীসহ বিদ্যাধৰ আৰু সংযত তপস্বীৰে শোভিত; লগতে নেকুৰা, চিতাবাঘ, গজেন্দ্ৰ আৰু মৃগদলেৰে উজ্জ্বল।

Speakers

• Narrator voice within Saromāhātmya (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

Key Themes

• Tirtha Mahima
• Co-presence of ascetics and celestial beings
• Sacred wilderness (fauna as markers of a thriving tīrtha-ecosystem)
• Harmony of tapas and natural abundance

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why does a tīrtha description include predators like wolves and leopards?

Purāṇic sacred geography often portrays tīrthas as complete ecosystems—wild yet auspicious. Predators signal an intact forest-lake habitat and the ‘untamed’ sanctity of the place, while the presence of ascetics indicates that spiritual practice can flourish even amid wilderness.

What is conveyed by ‘vidyādharaiḥ sapatnīkaiḥ’?

The phrase depicts the tīrtha as a realm of celebration and auspiciousness, where celestial communities appear in fullness (with consorts), not merely as solitary visitors. It also suggests the site’s attractiveness across planes—human, ascetic, and divine.

How do ‘saṃyataiś ca tapasvibhiḥ’ function in the chapter’s rhetoric?

They authenticate the tīrtha’s sanctity: disciplined ascetics are drawn to places believed to amplify tapas and merit. Their presence is a conventional Purāṇic indicator that the landscape supports dharma and spiritual attainment.