Shloka 110
The Origin of the Daṇḍaka Forest and Rāma’s Dharma-Judgment
Vulture vs. Owl
पुनर्भूः सह लक्ष्म्या च विष्णोर्जठरमाविशत् । तां निगृह्य महातेजाः प्रविश्य सलिलार्णवं
punarbhūḥ saha lakṣmyā ca viṣṇorjaṭharamāviśat | tāṃ nigṛhya mahātejāḥ praviśya salilārṇavaṃ
បន្ទាប់មក ពុនរភូ ជាមួយព្រះលក្ខ្មី បានចូលទៅក្នុងពោះព្រះវិṣṇu។ ព្រះអង្គមានតេជៈដ៏មហិមា បានទប់នាងไว้ ហើយចូលទៅក្នុងមហាសមុទ្រនៃទឹក។
Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विष्णोर्जठरम् = विष्णोः + जठरम्; जठरमाविशत् = जठरम् + आविशत्.
FAQs
It depicts Punarbhū entering Viṣṇu’s belly along with Lakṣmī, after which the “greatly radiant one” restrains her and enters the cosmic ocean—imagery typical of creation-era transitions in the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa.
The verse uses cosmogonic motifs—Viṣṇu as the locus of containment (jaṭhara) and the ocean as the primordial environment—aligning with Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa’s emphasis on creation cycles and divine ordering.
In a philosophical reading, “restraint” suggests the regulation of forces before manifestation—order preceding creation—echoing the Purāṇic theme that cosmic stability arises from divine governance rather than randomness.