Shloka 56

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

Devanagari script

तामसस्यान्तरे ये च मरुतो ऽप्यभवन् पुरा तानहं कीर्तयिष्यामि गीतनृत्यकलिप्रिय

Transliteration

tāmasasyāntare ye ca maruto 'pyabhavan purā tānahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi gītanṛtyakalipriya

Translation

താമസ മനുവിന്റെ മന്വന്തരത്തിൽ മുൻപ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന മരുതന്മാരെ ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ വിവരിക്കും, ഹേ ഗീത-നൃത്ത-ക്രീഡാപ്രിയനേ।

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher voice addressing the listener with an epithet (“fond of song and dance”); exact named interlocutors not explicit in the excerpt.

Primary Deities

• Maruts

Key Themes

• Purāṇic recitation style (kīrtana)
• Manvantara succession (Tāmasa)
• Cataloguing deity-classes

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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