Shloka 31

Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

योजनानां प्रमाणेणन पञ्चाशत्कोटिरायता जलोपरि महीयं हि नौरिवास्ते सरिज्जले

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ pramāṇeṇana pañcāśatkoṭirāyatā jalopari mahīyaṃ hi naurivāste sarijjale

Translation

តាមមាត្រយោជនៈ ផែនដីមានប្រវែងលាតសន្ធឹងដល់ហាសិបកោដិ (យោជនៈ)។ ផែនដីនេះស្ថិតលើទឹក ហាក់ដូចទូកមួយលើចរន្តទន្លេ។

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)

• प्रमाणेन: by measure/according to measure
• प्रमाणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation: not)

• पञ्चाशत्कोटिः: fifty crores
• पञ्चाशत्कोटिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्-कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; numerical compound)

• आयता: extended/long
• आयता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying मही)

• जलोपरी: above the water
• जलोपरी: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जल-उपरि (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास, अव्ययवत् (indeclinable adverbial compound: above the water)

• मही: the earth
• मही: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/subject demonstrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• नौः: a boat
• नौः: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• इव: like
• इव: Upama-sambandha (उपमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक अव्यय (particle of comparison: like/as)

• आस्ते: rests/remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular, Present, Ātmanepada)

• सरित्-जले: in river-water
• सरित्-जले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्-जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often framed as Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Sarga (creation/cosmography)
• Cosmic order
• Purāṇic geography

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse emphasizes the ordered, measurable structure of the cosmos while portraying the Earth as dependent upon a deeper substrate (the waters), encouraging humility regarding human centrality and trust in cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Sarga (account of the world’s formation and structure) and secondarily cosmographical detailing often embedded within Sarga/Pratisarga discussions.

What is the symbolic significance?

The “Earth as a boat on waters” is a common Purāṇic symbol of contingency: the manifest world is stable only by divine/cosmic support, and life moves amid currents (saṃsāra) requiring right orientation (dharma) like navigation.