Shloka 21

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

अथाजगाम भगवान् ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः समभ्येत्याब्रवीद् बालान् मा रुदध्वं महाबलाः

Transliteration

athājagāma bhagavān brahma lokapitāmahaḥ samabhyetyābravīd bālān mā rudadhvaṃ mahābalāḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ലോകപിതാമഹനായ ഭഗവാൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് അവിടെ എത്തി. സമീപിച്ച് ബാലന്മാരോട്—‘ഹേ മഹാബലവാന്മാരേ, കരയരുത്’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.

Speakers

• Brahmā addressing the newborn children (bālāḥ).

Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Brahmā as cosmic patriarch and regulator
• Pacification and legitimation of extraordinary births
• Foreshadowing: infants characterized as ‘mahābalāḥ’

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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