Shloka 11
Pātivratya-kathana
The Narrative of the Pativrata
शिरसा धरणीं गत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत् । प्रसीद देवि मातस्त्वं भृत्यो दासः सुतस्तव ॥ ११ ॥
śirasā dharaṇīṃ gatvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt | prasīda devi mātastvaṃ bhṛtyo dāsaḥ sutastava || 11 ||
ಅವನು ತಲೆಯಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿ ಹೀಗೆಂದನು—“ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಳಾಗು, ದೇವಿ, ಮಾತೆ! ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಭೃತ್ಯ, ನಿನ್ನ ದಾಸ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರ.”
An unnamed male supplicant within the Adhyaya’s narrative (addressing the Goddess/Earth as Mother)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches śaraṇāgati (surrender): the devotee approaches the Divine Mother with humility (prostration) and self-identifies as servant and child, seeking her grace (prasāda).
The verse models dāsa-bhāva and vātsalya-bhāva together—devotion as service (“I am your dāsa”) and intimate belonging (“I am your son”), expressed through respectful bodily worship (bowing to the earth).
It reflects śikṣā and kalpa in practice: correct devotional posture/gesture (prostration) and the ritualized form of petitioning for grace—though no technical astrology or grammar instruction is explicit in this verse.