Shloka 27
सौगन्धिकपुष्पप्रसङ्गः — The Saugaṇdhika Lotus and Bhīma’s Approach to Hanūmān
तमसा रहित॑ पुण्यमनामृष्टं रवे: करै: । क्षुत्ृट्शीतोष्णदोषैक्ष वर्जित शोकनाशनम्,जो अन्धकार एवं तमोगुणसे रहित तथा पुण्यमय था। (वृक्षोंकी सघनताके कारण) सूर्यकी किरणें उसका स्पर्श नहीं कर पाती थीं। वह आश्रम भूख, प्यास, सर्दी और गरमी आदि दोषोंसे रहित और सम्पूर्ण शोकोंका नाश करनेवाला था
tamasā rahitaṁ puṇyaṁ nāmṛṣṭaṁ raveḥ karaiḥ | kṣut-tṛṭ-śītoṣṇa-doṣaiś ca varjitaṁ śoka-nāśanam ||
Ghaṭotkaca said: “That hermitage was free from darkness and filled with sanctity. Because of the dense growth of trees, the sun’s rays could not touch it. It was untouched by the afflictions of hunger and thirst, cold and heat, and it served to dispel every sorrow.”
घटोत्कच उवाच
Educational Q&A
A truly sacred refuge is characterized not merely by physical seclusion but by the removal of afflictions—darkness, discomfort, and grief—suggesting that holiness is measured by its power to calm suffering and restore inner clarity.
Ghaṭotkaca describes an exceptionally serene hermitage: shaded so densely that even the sun’s rays do not reach it, and portrayed as a place beyond ordinary hardships like hunger, thirst, cold, and heat—thereby functioning as a grief-dispelling sanctuary.