Shloka 30
The Jyeṣṭha Full-Moon Vow, the Birth of the Maruts, and the Outline of Secondary Creation
Manvantaras
कश्यपो व्रतमाहात्म्यादागत्य परया मुदा । चकार कर्कशां भूयो रूपलावण्यसंयुताम्
kaśyapo vratamāhātmyādāgatya parayā mudā | cakāra karkaśāṃ bhūyo rūpalāvaṇyasaṃyutām
વ્રતના માહાત્મ્યથી પરમ આનંદિત થઈ કશ્યપ ત્યાં આવી, તે કઠોર સ્વભાવવાળીને ફરી રૂપ અને લાવણ્યથી યુક્ત કરી દીધા।
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this single verse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्रतमाहात्म्यादागत्य = व्रतमाहात्म्यात् + आगत्य
FAQs
It presents vrata-mahātmya—“the glory of a vow”—as a spiritually efficacious force that can bring about restoration and transformation, even reversing an undesirable condition.
Kashyapa is the acting figure who, moved by the vow’s greatness, becomes the agent of change—he “makes” the harsh one become beautiful again, indicating a beneficent, restorative role.
The implied lesson is that sincere observance and reverence for dharmic disciplines (like vows) can lead to purification and renewal, encouraging faith in disciplined practice and its uplifting results.