Shloka 17

Gajendra's Deliverance — Gajendra’s Deliverance and the Protective Power of Remembrance (Japa)

Devanagari script

कुमुदोत्पलकह्लारैः पुण्डरीकैश्च मण्डितम् कमलैः शतपत्रैश्च काञ्चनैः समलङ्कृतम्

Transliteration

kumudotpalakahlāraiḥ puṇḍarīkaiśca maṇḍitam kamalaiḥ śatapatraiśca kāñcanaiḥ samalaṅkṛtam

Translation

It is adorned with kumuda, utpala, kahlāra, and puṇḍarīka lotuses; embellished with golden kamalas and hundred-petalled lotuses.

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher voice within the Saromahatmya continuing the lake’s description

Key Themes

• Tirtha Mahima
• Auspicious flora as markers of sanctity
• Purāṇic landscape poetics

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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