Shloka 59

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

प्रज्ञाप्राकारसंयुक्तमस्थिस्थूणं परं महत् ।

चर्मभित्तिमहारोधं मांसशोणितलेपनम् ॥

Transliteration

prajñāprākārasaṃyuktam asthisthūṇaṃ paraṃ mahat |

carma-bhitti-mahārodhaṃ māṃsa-śoṇita-lepanam ||

Translation

（この身体は）きわめて大いなるもの。知性を堡塁として備え、骨を柱とし、皮膚を壁として、広大な囲いをめぐらし、肉と血とで塗り固められている。

Speakers

• Not from Devi Mahatmyam; likely within the Markandeya Purana’s early didactic narration (exact speaker pair not specified from the given excerpt).

Key Themes

• Philosophical allegory
• Embodiment and impermanence
• Vairagya (dispassion)
• Self-knowledge