Shloka 50
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
पातालाम्बरतॊयेषु न चास्य विहता गतिः ।
समस्तदिक्षु व्रजतो न भङ्गः पर्वतेष्वपि ॥
pātālāmbaratoyeṣu na cāsya vihatā gatiḥ | samastadikṣu vrajato na bhaṅgaḥ parvateṣv api ||
In der Unterwelt, am Himmel und in den Wassern wird seine Bewegung nicht gehemmt; zieht er in alle Richtungen, so gibt es kein Hindernis, nicht einmal Berge.
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FAQs
Dharma’s protection is envisioned as boundary-crossing: the righteous agent must not be limited by terrain, distance, or conventional barriers when confronting adharma.
Uses cosmographic vocabulary (realms like pātāla), but here in service of narrative, not systematic cosmology (sarga/pratisarga).
The three domains—nether, sky, waters—can symbolize subconscious, intellect, and emotions; the ‘horse’ as disciplined vitality/prāṇa moves freely when integrated, unhindered by ‘mountains’ (fixed mental blocks).