Shloka 38
अत्राकृष्टमनास्तास्तु अन्यत्रगतमानसाः । पुरि छिद्रं समुत्पन्नं बाणस्य तु महात्मनः
atrākṛṣṭamanāstāstu anyatragatamānasāḥ | puri chidraṃ samutpannaṃ bāṇasya tu mahātmanaḥ
તેમનાં મન અહીં ખેંચાયા છતાં ચિત્ત અન્યત્ર જ હતું; અને નગરમાં મહાત્મા બાણનું એક ભેદ (છિદ્ર) ઉત્પન્ન થયું.
Unspecified narrator (context-dependent within Svargakhaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Concept: A divided mind becomes vulnerable; inner distraction invites outer rupture.
Application: Practice ekāgratā (single-pointedness) in japa/puja and in duties; notice where attention is ‘elsewhere’ and return it deliberately.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: city
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A vast ancient city wall shows a sudden裂-like breach glowing with uncanny light, while citizens and warriors stand with bodies turned toward the opening but eyes drifting elsewhere, as if spellbound by distant thoughts. Dust swirls through the gap like a portent, and banners hang slack in a wind that feels wrong.","primary_figures":["Bāṇa (implied presence)","bewildered city-guards","townspeople under enchantment"],"setting":"Fortified city ramparts with carved gateways, watchtowers, and a newly torn opening in the masonry; scattered weapons and fallen torches.","lighting_mood":"storm-brewing twilight with a strange inner glow from the breach","color_palette":["smoky indigo","ashen gray","rust red","torch amber","pale eerie green"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a fortified puric city with a dramatic wall-breach rendered as a luminous fissure, stylized guards with ornate armor and temple-jewelry motifs, gold leaf highlighting the crack’s edges and banner finials, rich reds/greens for textiles, embossed architectural borders suggesting cosmic fate closing in.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate linework city ramparts in cool dusk tones, expressive faces showing distracted gazes, swirling dust painted with lyrical transparency, distant hills faintly visible, a subtle supernatural glow at the breach, refined composition with narrative tension.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines on monumental city wall, simplified yet powerful figures with wide eyes turned away, the breach as a stylized flame-shaped opening, natural pigment palette with dominant reds/yellows/greens, temple-wall gravitas and ominous symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: reinterpret the city as a symbolic ‘pura’ with lotus-border motifs, the breach framed by floral arabesques, peacocks startled at the wall, deep blue ground with gold detailing, devotional symbolism hinting that only divine refuge restores wholeness."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["distant thunder","wind through battlements","clinking armor","low temple drum"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अत्राकृष्टमनाः = अत्र + आकृष्टमनाः; तास्तु = ताः + तु।
FAQs
Bāṇa is named here as the figure associated with the city in which a breach (chidra) arises; identification beyond this line depends on the surrounding verses of Svargakhaṇḍa 14.
It implies mental distraction—being physically present or drawn toward something “here,” yet inwardly preoccupied elsewhere.
It signals a sudden vulnerability or rupture in the city’s condition—often a turning point indicating danger, entry, or an impending event in the episode.