Shloka 146
The Greatness of Puṣkara: Tripuṣkara Pilgrimage, Sacred Geography, and the Doctrine of Self-Restraint
नाहमात्मेच्छया शैलं करोम्येनं प्रदक्षिणम् । एष मार्गः प्रदिष्टो मे येनेदं निर्मितं जगत्
nāhamātmecchayā śailaṃ karomyenaṃ pradakṣiṇam | eṣa mārgaḥ pradiṣṭo me yenedaṃ nirmitaṃ jagat
હું મારી ઇચ્છાથી આ પર્વતની પ્રદક્ષિણા કરતો નથી. આ માર્ગ મને નિર્ધારિત કરાયો છે—આ જ રીતથી આ જગત રચાયું છે।
Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/speaker in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa Adhyaya 19)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नाहम्→न अहम्; आत्मेच्छया (समास); करोम्येनं→करोमि एनम्; येनेदं→येन इदम्.
FAQs
It frames pradakṣiṇā not as a personal preference but as an ordained discipline—an action aligned with a prescribed cosmic and moral order (mārga).
By saying the same “path” is the one “by which this world was made,” it links right practice to the foundational ordering principle that sustains and structures creation.
It emphasizes humility and obedience to dharmic injunctions: the right course is followed because it is prescribed, not because it flatters personal desire.