Shloka 12

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

तस्याम्बरे नारद पार्थिवस्य जाता रजोगा महिषी तु गच्छतः स दिव्ययोगात् प्रतिसंस्थितो ऽम्बरे भार्यासहायो दिवसानि पञ्च

Transliteration

tasyāmbare nārada pārthivasya jātā rajogā mahiṣī tu gacchataḥ sa divyayogāt pratisaṃsthito 'mbare bhāryāsahāyo divasāni pañca

Translation

O Nārada, while that king was moving through the sky, his chief queen began her menstrual period. By a divine yogic power he remained stationed in the mid-air, together with his wife, for five days.

Speakers

• Narrator (likely Pulastya or another sage-narrator) addressing Nārada (vocative ‘nārada’).

Key Themes

• Royal narrative (pārthiva-carita)
• Supernatural yogic power (divya-yoga)
• Ritual/biological timing (rajas, fertility context)
• Aerial/otherworldly setting (ambara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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