Shloka 24

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

श्रीरवाच एष मे निहित: पादो यो5यमप्सु प्रतिछ्तित: । तृतीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात्‌ सुनिहितं कुरु

Transliteration

Śrīr uvāca: eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo ’yam apsu pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tṛtīyaṃ Śakra pādaṃ me tasmāt sunihitaṃ kuru ||

Translation

Śrī (Lakṣmī) disse: “Ó Śakra (Indra), vê—um dos meus pés foi colocado nas águas e agora ali permanece firmemente estabelecido. Portanto, deves agora assentar com segurança o meu terceiro pé também.”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• निहितः: placed, set down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पादः: foot
• पादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (here)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• प्रतिष्ठितः: firmly established
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तृतीयम्: third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पादम्: foot
• पादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सुनिहितम्: well-placed, well-set
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + नि-धा (धातु) → सुनिहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: do; make; establish
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Śakra (Indra)
• apsu (waters)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) is not random; it stands on specific ‘supports’ (pādas). To make fortune stable, one must establish its foundations properly—implying dharmic grounding and right placement of the next sustaining principle rather than mere power or desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lakṣmī addresses Indra and reports that one of her ‘feet’ has been set in the waters and is now firmly established. She then asks Indra to secure her third ‘foot’ as well, continuing the process of establishing the bases upon which her presence and stability depend.