Shloka 25
Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā
Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon
मही त्वयाऽधारशक्त्या स्थापिता चलतीह न । सपर्वतवनोद्यान दिग्गजैरुपशोभिता
mahī tvayā'dhāraśaktyā sthāpitā calatīha na | saparvatavanodyāna diggajairupaśobhitā
ହେ ଦେବୀ! ତୁମ ଆଧାରଶକ୍ତିରେ ସ୍ଥାପିତ ଏହି ପୃଥିବୀ ଏଠାରେ କିଛିମାତ୍ରେ କମ୍ପେ ନାହିଁ। ପର୍ବତ, ବନ, ଉଦ୍ୟାନ ଓ ଦିଗ୍ଗଜମାନେ ତାକୁ ଅଧିକ ଶୋଭାୟିତ କରନ୍ତି।
Unspecified (context-dependent; likely a praise addressed to a sustaining deity such as Viṣṇu)
Concept: The world’s stability is not accidental; it rests on sustaining divine power (ādhāra-śakti), and cosmic order expresses itself as beauty and guardianship.
Application: Cultivate steadiness (dhṛti) in one’s duties; see nature’s beauty as a reminder of sustaining grace; practice environmental reverence as dharma aligned with seeing Bhūmi as upheld by the divine.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The Earth appears as a regal goddess-like sphere or as Bhū-devī seated calmly, unmoving, while a subtle divine force beneath her suggests ādhāra-śakti. Around her rise layered mountains, dense forests, and blooming gardens; at the four quarters stand colossal diggajas, their tusks gleaming like pillars of the world.","primary_figures":["Bhū-devī (Earth personified)","sustaining deity presence (Viṣṇu implied or abstract ādhāra-śakti)","diggajas (four or eight directional elephants)"],"setting":"A mythic cosmographic landscape: mountains in the distance, forests and gardens in the midground, the quarters marked by elephants, with a sense of the world as a mandala.","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["earth ochre","forest emerald","mountain slate blue","sunrise gold","cloud white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Bhū-devī richly adorned seated on a lotus over a stylized earth-mandala, gold leaf highlighting the sustaining aura beneath, mountains and forests rendered as decorative tiers, four diggajas at cardinal points with gem-like tusk accents, ornate borders and temple-arch framing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: panoramic landscape with layered mountains and delicate trees, Bhū-devī serene at center, diggajas subtly integrated at the horizons, cool blues and greens with warm sunrise wash, refined naturalism and lyrical spacing.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: central Bhū-devī icon with bold outlines, directional elephants symmetrically placed, strong red-yellow-green palette, stylized mountains and forests as patterned bands, temple-wall cosmogram feel.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: earth-mandala composition with lotus motifs, floral borders, deep blue/green ground with gold highlights, diggajas as decorative guardians at corners, gardens depicted as intricate patterned groves, auspicious abundance theme."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["deep drum resonance","distant conch","forest birds","wind over mountains","steady tanpura drone"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: tvayā'dhāraśaktyā = tvayā + ādhāraśaktyā; calatīha = calatī + iha; diggajairupaśobhitā = diggajaiḥ + upaśobhitā; saparvatavanodyāna taken as sa-parvata-vana-udyānam (adjectival accusative agreeing with mahīm understood).
FAQs
It attributes Earth’s steadiness to the deity’s ādhāra-śakti—an upholding or sustaining power that “sets her firm,” preventing trembling or instability.
Diggajas are the mythic “elephants of the directions,” guardians associated with the quarters of space, depicted as supporting or adorning the cosmic order in Purāṇic cosmology.
The verse emphasizes divine sustentation: the world’s order and stability are not accidental but depend upon an underlying sustaining principle/power attributed to the supreme deity.