Shloka 39

The Greatness of Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī

Rādhā’s Birth-Eighth Observance

Devanagari script

उवाच वचनं देवि गच्छेहं पृथिवीतलम् । पृथिवीभारनाशाय गच्छ त्वं मर्त्त्यमंडलम्

Transliteration

uvāca vacanaṃ devi gacchehaṃ pṛthivītalam | pṛthivībhāranāśāya gaccha tvaṃ marttyamaṃḍalam

Translation

Dijo estas palabras: «Oh Diosa, iré a la faz de la tierra. Para aliviar la carga de la Tierra, tú también debes ir al mundo de los mortales».

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वचनम्: words, speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पृथिवीतलम्: to the earth’s surface
• पृथिवीतलम्: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पृथिवी-भार-नाशाय: for the destruction of the earth’s burden
• पृथिवी-भार-नाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पृथिव्याः भारः; ततः तस्य नाशः); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (dative of purpose)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मर्त्त्य-मण्डलम्: the mortal realm
• मर्त्त्य-मण्डलम्: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मर्त्यानां मण्डलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (male speaker addressing Devī)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गच्छेहं = गच्छ + अहम् (ए-आ संधि)

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Marttya-maṇḍala (mortal realm)

FAQs

What does “pṛthivībhāranāśāya” mean in this verse?

It means “for the removal (nāśa) of the burden (bhāra) of the earth (pṛthivī),” a common Purāṇic motif for restoring dharma when the world is oppressed by adharma.

What is the “marttyamaṇḍala” referred to here?

Marttyamaṇḍala is the “sphere/region of mortals,” i.e., the human world where embodied beings live and where divine purposes are enacted through events in history.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is conveyed by this command to go to the mortal realm?

The verse frames service to cosmic order as purposeful action: descending into the human world is presented as a mission to relieve suffering and restore balance, encouraging responsibility and dharmic intervention when harm becomes excessive.