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Shloka 29

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

नष्टा वसुमती कृत्स्ना पाताले चैव मज्जिता । पुनरुद्धरिता तेन वाराहेणैकशृद्धिणा,एक समय सारी पृथ्वी एकार्णवके जलमें ड्रबकर अदृश्य हो गयी, पातालमें डूब गयी। उस समय भगवान्‌ विष्णुने पर्वतशिखरके सदृश एक दाँतवाले वाराहका रूप धारण करके पुनः इसका उद्धार किया था

naṣṭā vasumatī kṛtsnā pātāle caiva majjitā | punaruddharitā tena vārāheṇaikaśṛṅgiṇā ||

Hubo una vez en que la tierra entera (Vasumatī) se perdió: quedó sumergida y hundida en el inframundo. Entonces el Señor, tomando la forma del Jabalí de un solo colmillo, la alzó de nuevo. Este episodio evoca la intervención divina que restablece el orden cósmico cuando el mundo es anegado, y afirma que proteger la tierra y reinstaurar el dharma son deberes supremos del Ser Supremo.

नष्टाdestroyed, lost
नष्टा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनष्ट (√नश्)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वसुमतीthe Earth
वसुमती:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवसुमती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृत्स्नाentire, whole
कृत्स्ना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्स्न
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पातालेin the netherworld
पाताले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपाताल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मज्जिताsubmerged, sunk
मज्जिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमज्जित (√मज्ज्)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
उद्धरिताwas lifted up, rescued
उद्धरिता:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootउद्धृत (उद्+√हृ)
FormPassive (past passive participle used predicatively), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
तेनby him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
वाराहेणby the boar (Varaha)
वाराहेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाराह
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एकone, single
एक:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
शृङ्गिणाhorned/tusked
शृङ्गिणा:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootशृङ्गिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

लोगश उवाच

V
Vasumatī (Earth)
P
Pātāla
V
Varāha (boar incarnation of Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

When the world is overwhelmed and order collapses, the divine acts to restore balance; safeguarding the earth and re-establishing dharma is presented as a supreme, sustaining responsibility.

The speaker recalls the Varāha episode: the earth disappeared beneath the waters and sank into Pātāla, and Viṣṇu, assuming the one-tusked Boar form, lifted and rescued her.