Shloka 30
दैत्यदानवगन्धर्वरक्षोगणसमाकुला । जाता हीयं॑ वसुमती भाराक्रान्ता तपस्विनी
daityadānavagandharvarakṣogaṇasamākulā | jātā hīyaṁ vasumatī bhārākrāntā tapasvinī ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “This Earth, the bountiful Vasumatī, has become crowded with hosts of Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, and bands of Rākṣasas. Burdened by their weight, that austere, long-suffering one is oppressed.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When powerful beings multiply without restraint and act contrary to dharma, the world itself becomes ‘burdened’—a moral image showing that disorder and violence have collective consequences that press upon society and nature.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the Earth (Vasumatī) as overcrowded with various formidable classes of beings—Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas—so that she is oppressed by their weight, setting the stage for the need to restore balance.