Shloka 26
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
सर्वे ध्रुवे निबद्धा वै ग्रहास्ते वातरश्मिभिः / भ्राम्यमाणा यथायोगं भ्रमन्त्यनुदिवाकरम्
sarve dhruve nibaddhā vai grahāste vātaraśmibhiḥ / bhrāmyamāṇā yathāyogaṃ bhramantyanudivākaram
ആ ഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം ധ്രുവതാരയിൽ കാറ്റുപോലെയുള്ള രശ്മികളുടെ കയറുകളാൽ ബന്ധിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. തത്തത്ത ക്രമപ്രകാരം ചലിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, അവ ദിനംപ്രതി ദിവാകരന്റെ പഥം അനുഗമിച്ച് പരിക്രമണം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
Suta (narrator) conveying the Purana’s cosmological teaching in the Kurma Purana narrative frame
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By portraying a fixed cosmic axis (Dhruva) and an orderly, rule-governed revolution of the grahas, the verse implies an underlying unifying principle that sustains and coordinates motion—an image often used in Purāṇic thought to hint at the unseen, steady ground of order behind changing phenomena.
No direct technique is prescribed, but the teaching supports dhyāna on cosmic order (ṛta/dharma): contemplating the regulated movement of the grahas can cultivate ekāgratā (one-pointedness) and reverence for the governing principle (Īśvara) that harmonizes the universe—an attitude aligned with Purāṇic bhakti-yoga and disciplined contemplation.
The verse is cosmological rather than sectarian; it presents a single, integrated cosmic governance. In the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such universal order is attributable to the one Supreme Lord revered as both Hari and Hara in different devotional modes, without contradiction in the underlying reality.