Shloka 57
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
चन्द्रमेवाधिका कान्तिः समुपैति रविं प्रभा ।
भूतिर्धन्यं धृतिर्धोरं क्षान्तिरभ्येति चोत्तमम् ॥
candram evādhikā kāntiḥ samupaiti raviṃ prabhā | bhūtir dhanyaṃ dhṛtir dhoraṃ kṣāntir abhyeti cottamam ||
ਚੰਦ ਵਾਂਗ ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ ਵਧਦੀ ਹੈ; ਸੂਰਜ ਵਾਂਗ ਤੇਜ ਨੇੜੇ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਭਾਗ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ; ਭਿਆਨਕ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਤਾ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਖ਼ਿਮਾ ਪਰਮ ਪਦ ਨੂੰ ਪਹੁੰਚਦੀ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
The verse stacks classical ‘royal’ and ‘householder’ virtues—splendor, prosperity, fortitude, patience—implying that dharmic resolve yields both inner excellence and outer auspiciousness.
Ethical-ornamental narration rather than cosmology or genealogy; it is ancillary to vaṃśānucarita-type storytelling (conduct and outcomes).
Moon/sun imagery encodes complementary qualities: soothing attraction (candra-kānti) and burning clarity (ravi-prabhā); together they symbolize balanced excellence—gentleness with power.