Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 51
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
इक्षुवत्पीड्यमानस्य पापमुद्गरपेषणात् । गर्भान्निष्क्रममाणस्य प्रबलैः सूतिवायुभिः
ikṣuvatpīḍyamānasya pāpamudgarapeṣaṇāt | garbhānniṣkramamāṇasya prabalaiḥ sūtivāyubhiḥ
Zerquetscht wie Zuckerrohr—zermalmt vom Hammer vergangener Sünden—wird er durch die mächtigen Winde der Geburt aus dem Mutterleib hinausgedrängt.
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Concept: Past sins (pāpa) act like a crushing mallet; karmic causality manifests as embodied pain, urging ethical reform and devotional atonement.
Application: Adopt daily self-audit (yama-niyama), seek forgiveness, perform dāna and Viṣṇu-oriented vows; avoid actions that generate future 'udgara' blows.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A metaphorical sugarcane press stands as a cosmic karmic machine: a stalk of sugarcane transforms into a glowing human aura being compressed, with dark 'pāpa' mallets striking as shadow-forms. Fierce winds of childbirth swirl like invisible horses, driving the motion, while a distant Viṣṇu emblem (śaṅkha-cakra) offers the only counterpoint of refuge.","primary_figures":["Jīva (aura-form)","Karmic mallet (shadow personification)","Sūti-vāyu (wind personifications)","Vishnu emblem (śaṅkha-cakra)"],"setting":"Rural-agrarian allegory fused with cosmic symbolism: a sugarcane mill on an empty plain that fades into a metaphysical void.","lighting_mood":"storm-lit","color_palette":["charcoal black","cane green","brass gold","dusty ochre","electric violet (subtle aura)"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: ornate sugarcane-press rendered like a temple yantra with gold-leaf embossing, a luminous jīva aura compressed like cane, shadowy mallet forms labeled by subtle glyphs, swirling wind motifs, rich red-green background, gem-studded borders and śaṅkha-cakra medallions.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: poetic rural mill scene with symbolic transformation—cane becoming a faint human aura, delicate wind swirls, muted ochres and greens, refined linework conveying karmic inevitability without grotesque detail, distant divine emblem in the sky.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines of a press-machine with rhythmic wind spirals, flat pigments in green/ochre/black, stylized shadow mallets, a bright yellow-gold śaṅkha-cakra disc above, temple-wall composition and ornamental borders.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: repeating sugarcane and lotus motifs forming a patterned press, central aura being compressed, dense floral borders, deep blue ground with gold highlights, stylized wind curls like decorative vines, devotional emblem medallions throughout."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["wind rush","low drum","metallic clink (machine metaphor)","distant bell"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: इक्षुवत्पीड्यमानस्य = इक्षुवत् + पीड्यमानस्य; पापमुद्गरपेषणात् = पापम् + उद्गरपेषणात्; गर्भान्निष्क्रममाणस्य = गर्भात् + निष्क्रममाणस्य (त्→न् before न); सूतिवायुभिः = सूति + वायुभिः
FAQs
It compares the being to sugarcane crushed in a press, suggesting intense pressure and pain as the soul enters embodied life.
It portrays past sins (pāpa) as a “mallet” that pounds the being, implying that karmic residues shape the experience of suffering at birth.
Literally “winds of delivery,” it refers to the powerful bodily forces and contractions that drive the fetus out of the womb during childbirth.