The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
विरुद्धमेतत् तव देवरूपं सुभीषणं सुस्वनमद्रितुल्यम् । पुराण देवेश जगन्निवास शमं प्रयाह्यच्युत तीव्रभानो ॥ ९.३३ ॥
viruddham etat tava devarūpaṃ subhīṣaṇaṃ susvanam adritulyam | purāṇa deveśa jagannivāsa śamaṃ prayāhy acyuta tīvrabhāno || 9.33 ||
To wydaje się sprzeczne z Twoją boską formą - tak groźną, grzmiącą dźwiękiem i rozległą jak góra. O Pradawny, Panie bogów, przybytku świata - o Aćjuta, płonący intensywnym blaskiem - proszę, ustatkuj się i powróć do spokoju.
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework)
It illustrates a standard Purāṇic rhetorical mode: the interlocutor addresses the central figure with layered epithets while requesting a change in cosmic or narrative intensity, reflecting the text’s didactic and dialogic composition style.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the imagery is comparative (e.g., 'mountain-like') rather than toponymic.
The verse foregrounds śama (calm/restraint) as a philosophical instruction—requesting the powerful agent to moderate overwhelming force and return to equilibrium.
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