Shloka 32

Gajendra's Deliverance — Gajendra’s Deliverance and the Protective Power of Remembrance (Japa)

Devanagari script

नम आद्याय बीजाय आर्षेयाय प्रवर्तिने अन्तराय चैकाय अव्यक्ताय नमो नमः

Transliteration

nama ādyāya bījāya ārṣeyāya pravartine antarāya caikāya avyaktāya namo namaḥ

Translation

Salutation to the Primordial One; to the Seed (the causal source); to the Vedic/ṛṣi-grounded One; to the Initiator (who sets creation and order in motion); to the Inner One; to the One alone; to the Unmanifest—salutation, salutation.

Speakers

• Gajendra addressing the Supreme Deity

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (as the One, Avyakta, Ādya)

Key Themes

• Causality and cosmological source (bīja)
• Immanence and transcendence (antarā / avyakta)
• Vedic authority (ārṣeya)
• Non-duality/oneness (eka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What does ‘bīja’ mean in a Purāṇic hymn—literal seed or metaphysical cause?

It is metaphysical: ‘bīja’ denotes the causal principle from which the cosmos unfolds. In stuti language, it praises the deity as both the origin and the sustaining potency behind manifestation.

How do ‘antarā’ (inner) and ‘avyakta’ (unmanifest) function together?

They pair immanence with transcendence. The Lord is ‘within’ as the indweller of beings, yet ‘unmanifest’ beyond sensory grasp—capturing a Purāṇic synthesis of personal devotion with Upaniṣadic metaphysics.

What is implied by calling the deity ‘ārṣeya’?

It links the praised Lord to ṛṣi-seen revelation (ārṣa/Vedic authority). The stotra thus claims that devotion here is not merely emotional but aligned with the highest scriptural insight attributed to the seers.