Shloka 12
त्वद्भधवं हि जगन्नाथ एतत् स्थावरजड्रमम् । प्रसाद्य त्वां महादेव याचाम्यावृत्तिजा: प्रजा:,जगन्नाथ! महादेव! यह समस्त चराचर जगत् आपसे ही उत्पन्न हुआ है; अतः मैं आपको प्रसन्न करके यह याचना करता हूँ कि ये सारी प्रजा पुनरावर्तनशील हो--मरकर पुनः जन्म धारण करे
tvadbhavaṁ hi jagannātha etat sthāvarajaḍramam | prasādya tvāṁ mahādeva yācāmyāvṛttijāḥ prajāḥ ||
Nārada said: “O Lord of the universe, this entire world—both the immovable and the insentient—arises from You. Therefore, having sought to please You, O Mahādeva, I petition that these beings become subject to return: that they die and take birth again.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the universe as originating in the supreme deity (here addressed as Mahādeva/Jagannātha) and presents rebirth (āvṛtti) as a divinely governed condition of beings. It highlights devotion and supplication as a means to engage with cosmic order—creation and the cycle of return are under divine sovereignty.
Nārada addresses Mahādeva as the source of all existence and, after seeking to propitiate him, makes a specific request: that all creatures be ‘returning’—i.e., that after death they take birth again, continuing the cycle of saṁsāra.