Shloka 41

Vamana's Three Steps — Vamana’s Three Steps and the Binding of Bali

Devanagari script

दानं भूमिः सर्वकामप्रदेयं भवान् पात्रं देवदेवो जितात्मा कालो ज्येष्ठामूलयोगे मृगाङ्गः कुरुक्षेत्रं पुण्यदेशं प्रसिद्धम्

Transliteration

dānaṃ bhūmiḥ sarvakāmapradeyaṃ bhavān pātraṃ devadevo jitātmā kālo jyeṣṭhāmūlayoge mṛgāṅgaḥ kurukṣetraṃ puṇyadeśaṃ prasiddham

Translation

ಭೂಮಿದಾನವು ಸರ್ವಕಾಮಪ್ರದ. ನೀನೇ ಪಾತ್ರ—ದೇವದೇವ, ಜಿತಾತ್ಮ. ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಾ-ಮೂಲ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲವೂ ಚಂದ್ರನೂ (ಮೃಗಾಂಕ) ಅನುಕೂಲ. ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಪುಣ್ಯದೇಶ.

Speakers

• Unspecified in the provided excerpt (a speaker praising the supreme deity while extolling Kurukṣetra).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implied as Devadeva/supreme Lord)

Key Themes

• Tīrtha/Deśa Mahimā (sanctity of place)
• Dāna (especially bhūmi-dāna)
• Ritual-astronomical auspiciousness (nakṣatra-yoga)
• Supreme deity as the ideal pātra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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