Shloka 22

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहित: पादो यो<यं भूमौ प्रतिष्ित: । द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्‌ सुनिहितं कुरु

Transliteration

Śrīr uvāca: eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo 'yaṃ bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaḥ | dvitīyaṃ Śakra pādaṃ me tasmāt sunihitaṃ kuru ||

Translation

Śrī (Lakṣmī) said: “This one foot of mine, which is set upon the earth, has been firmly established here. Therefore, O Śakra (Indra), make my second foot also well-established.”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Lakṣmī, Fortune
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• निहितः: placed, set down
• निहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पादः: foot
• पादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (here)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the earth/ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठितः: established, firmly set
• प्रतिष्ठितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वितीयम्: second
• द्वितीयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पादम्: foot
• पादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सुनिहितम्: well-placed, firmly set
• सुनिहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: make, do, place
• कुरु: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Bhūmi (earth/ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) requires stable foundations; ethical order and good governance must ‘establish’ fortune fully, not partially, so that well-being becomes secure and enduring.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī addresses Indra, stating that one of her ‘feet’ is already firmly set on earth and asking him to establish her second foot as well—an image of completing the conditions that allow prosperity to stand securely.