Shloka 71
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
रसातलं पुनः प्राप्तौ परितोषसमन्वितौ ।
तथा च कृतवान् श्राद्धं स नागः कंबलानुजः ॥
rasātalaṃ punaḥ prāptau paritoṣasamanvitau | tathā ca kṛtavān śrāddhaṃ sa nāgaḥ kambalānujaḥ ||
तौ पुनः सन्तुष्टचित्तौ रसातलं जग्मतुः। तथा च कंबलानुजः स नागः श्राद्धं चकार।
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FAQs
Satisfaction (paritoṣa) follows right relationship: grace received, instruction followed, rite performed. The text links well-being to obedient execution of dharma rather than mere wishing.
Ānucarita with a minor cosmographic pointer (Rasātala), but not a formal Sarga/Manvantara passage.
Rasātala can symbolize the ‘lower’ strata of consciousness; bringing dharmic rite there suggests that even instinctual/serpentine layers can be purified and made vehicles for higher manifestation.