Shloka 91

Devanagari script

योनिर्वरिष्ठा विरजा वितन्वी शय्याचिरा वारिवहा यशोदा । विश्वावती चाकृतिरिष्टसिद्धा गज़ोक्षितानां भुवनस्य पन्था:

Transliteration

yonir variṣṭhā virajā vitanvī śayyācirā vārivahā yaśodā | viśvāvatī cākṛtir iṣṭasiddhā gajo'kṣitānāṃ bhuvanasya panthāḥ ||

Translation

योनिर्वरिष्ठा विरजा वितन्वी शय्याचिरा वारिवहा यशोदा । विश्वावती चाकृतिरिष्टसिद्धा गङ्गोक्षितानां भुवनस्य पन्थाः ॥

Word by Word

योनिḥwomb; source; origin

वरिष्ठाmost excellent

विरजाstainless; free from impurity

वितन्वीspreading; expansive

शय्याbed; couch; resting-place

चिराlong-lasting; enduring

वारिवहाwater-bearing (cloud)

यशोदाgiver of fame; bestower of glory

विश्वावतीall-containing; universal

चand

आकृतिḥform; shape; appearance

इष्टसिद्धाaccomplishing what is desired; granting wished-for success

गजोक्षितानाम्of those sprinkled/washed by elephants

भुवनस्यof the world

पन्थाःpath; way

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha (speaker)

Earth / Prithivī (implied as the praised ‘source’ and ‘support’)

World (bhuvana)

Waters / clouds (vārivahā)

Elephants / the mighty (gaja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the Earth (or the sustaining ground of existence) as pure, ancient, and universally supportive—reminding the listener that dharma rests on recognizing and honoring the foundational support that nourishes all beings, without partiality.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha delivers a hymn-like description, enumerating exalted epithets for the sustaining principle identified with the Earth: origin, support, bearer of waters, giver of prosperity and fame, and the very path by which the world endures.