Shloka 111
Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma
भक्त्या परमया युक्ता विधिना परमेण च । कालेन महता ध्यानाद्देवज्ञानमनोगताः
bhaktyā paramayā yuktā vidhinā parameṇa ca | kālena mahatā dhyānāddevajñānamanogatāḥ
পরম ভক্তিতে যুক্ত হয়ে এবং সর্বোচ্চ বিধি অনুসরণ করে, দীর্ঘকাল ধ্যানের দ্বারা তারা অন্তরে দিব্য জ্ঞানের উপলব্ধি লাভ করল।
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Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ध्यानाद्देवज्ञानमनोगताः = ध्यानात् + देवज्ञानमनोगताः (त् + द् → द्द्). देवज्ञानमनोगताः = देव + ज्ञान + मनोगताः (समास).
FAQs
It presents bhakti (devotion) as “paramā” (supreme) and as a necessary spiritual qualification, paired with disciplined practice, for realizing divine knowledge.
Meditation is described as the direct means through which, over sustained time, divine knowledge becomes internalized and realized.
It teaches perseverance and disciplined practice: spiritual insight is portrayed as the fruit of sincere devotion, correct method, and long-term steadiness.