Shloka 34
The Greatness of Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī
Rādhā’s Birth-Eighth Observance
कदाचिज्जन्मचासाद्य पृथिव्यां विधवा ध्रुवम् । एकदा पृथिवी वत्स दुष्टसंघैश्च ताडिता
kadācijjanmacāsādya pṛthivyāṃ vidhavā dhruvam | ekadā pṛthivī vatsa duṣṭasaṃghaiśca tāḍitā
એક વખત પૃથ્વી પર જન્મ લઈને તે નિશ્ચિત રીતે વિધવા બની. અને એક દિવસે, હે વત્સ, દુષ્ટોના ટોળાએ પૃથ્વીને માર મારી અત્યંત પીડિત કરી।
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Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कदाचिज्जन्मचासाद्य = कदाचित् + जन्म + च + आसाद्य; दुष्टसंघैश्च = दुष्टसंघैः + च
FAQs
The verse refers to Pṛthivī (the Earth) in a personified form, describing her as becoming ‘vidhavā’ (widowed) after taking birth on earth, within a mythic-purāṇic narrative frame.
It expresses a decline of dharma or social-cosmic stability, where harmful forces oppress the world, prompting a need for restoration through righteous action, divine intervention, or re-establishment of order.
The verse underscores that collective wrongdoing harms the world itself; it implicitly advocates restraining wicked conduct and supporting dharma to protect society and the natural order.