Shloka 43

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

प्रध्यानसमकाल तु प्रजाहेतो: सनातन: । ध्यातमात्रे तु भगवन्नाभ्यां पद्म: समुत्थित:,'तत्पश्चात्‌ प्रजाकी सृष्टिके लिये भगवानने चिन्तन किया। इस चिन्तनके साथ ही भगवान्‌की नाभिसे सनातन कमल प्रकट हुआ

Transliteration

pradhyānasamakāla tu prajāhetoḥ sanātanaḥ | dhyātamātre tu bhagavannābhyāṃ padmaḥ samutthitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “Then, at the very moment of profound contemplation undertaken for the sake of bringing forth creation, the Eternal One—upon merely thinking—caused a lotus to arise from his navel.”

Word by Word

प्रध्यानसमयेat the time of deep meditation

तुbut/indeed

प्रजाहेतोःfor the cause/purpose of creatures (creation)

सनातनःeternal

ध्यातमात्रेupon mere thinking/meditating

तुindeed

भगवत्of the Lord

नाभ्याम्from the navel

पद्मःa lotus

समुत्थितःarisen/come forth

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Bhagavān (the Lord)

nābhi (navel)

padma (lotus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation and right order are portrayed as arising from deliberate, focused contemplation; purposeful inner intention precedes and governs outward manifestation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma describes a cosmogonic moment: the Lord, intending creation, enters contemplation, and from His navel a lotus appears—an emblem of the unfolding of the created world.