Shloka 142
The Bhīma-Dvādaśī
Kalyāṇinī) Vow and the Anangadāna-Vrata (with a Courtesan-Conduct Discourse
स्वस्थानमेष्यंति समस्तमित्थं व्रतं करिष्यंति च देवयोने
svasthānameṣyaṃti samastamitthaṃ vrataṃ kariṣyaṃti ca devayone
ഇങ്ങനെ എല്ലാവരും തങ്ങളുടെ തങ്ങളുടെ ധാമങ്ങളിലേക്കു മടങ്ങും; ഹേ ദേവയോനേ, അവർ ഈ വ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കും।
Uncertain (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker precisely within Adhyāya 23)
Concept: Vrata is a stabilizing dharmic act that realigns beings with their proper station and destiny.
Application: Complete commitments you begin; let disciplined observance (small daily vows, fasting, japa, charity) become the bridge from instruction to transformation.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A celestial assembly disperses after a sacred instruction: devas and divine-born beings bow, then turn toward luminous pathways leading to their respective realms. In the center, a calm teacher-figure remains seated, the air filled with the afterglow of a vow just accepted.","primary_figures":["devas (collective)","a presiding sage or deity-teacher (unspecified)","divine-born listener (devayonī)"],"setting":"A mandapa-like celestial court with lotus pillars opening into multiple sky-roads toward different lokas.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["pearl white","pale gold","sky blue","lotus pink","smoky violet"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a celestial sabhā with lotus-pillared mandapa; devas in jeweled crowns departing along arched golden pathways to their svāsthāna; central seated teacher with serene mudrā; heavy gold leaf halos, rich crimson and emerald textiles, gem-studded ornaments, ornate borders with lotus and conch motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: airy celestial terrace with delicate clouds; small refined figures of devas turning to depart; lyrical sense of movement; cool blues and soft pinks; fine linework, gentle gradients, and a distant horizon of layered heavens.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and flat natural pigments; central calm teacher figure; devas in stylized crowns and ornaments; lotus motifs framing the scene; warm ochres, deep greens, and vermilion accents; temple-wall composition symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a lotus-filled cosmic courtyard; multiple pathways like petals leading outward; decorative floral borders; subtle Vaishnava symbols (conch, discus) woven into the border; deep indigo background with gold detailing and pink lotuses."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","gentle drone (tanpura)","distant conch shell","silence between phrases"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वस्थानम् + एष्यन्ति → स्वस्थानमेष्यन्ति; समस्तम् + इत्थम् → समस्तमित्थम्; करिष्यन्ति + च → करिष्यन्ति च (no change). IAST in prompt has 'eṣyaṃti/kariṣyaṃti' normalized to 'eṣyanti/kariṣyanti'.
FAQs
It highlights the karmic or spiritual outcome of a prescribed observance: after completing the vow, beings return to their respective realms or proper stations.
“Devayone” is a vocative address meaning “one of divine/celestial origin,” used to respectfully address the listener in the dialogue.
It functions like a result-statement (phala) connected to religious discipline: performing the vow leads to restoration, order, and attainment of one’s destined abode.