Shloka 30

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

दैत्यदानवगन्धर्वरक्षोगणसमाकुला । जाता हीयं॑ वसुमती भाराक्रान्ता तपस्विनी

Transliteration

daityadānavagandharvarakṣogaṇasamākulā | jātā hīyaṁ vasumatī bhārākrāntā tapasvinī ||

Translation

இந்த வஸுமதி பூமி தைத்யர், தானவர், கந்தர்வர், ராக்ஷசக் கூட்டங்களால் நிரம்பி விட்டது. அவர்களின் பாரத்தால் அழுத்தப்பட்ட இந்தத் தவஸ்வினி பூமி துன்புறுகிறது.

Word by Word

दैत्यदानवगन्धर्वरक्षोगणसमाकुलाcrowded/filled with hosts of Daityas, Danavas, Gandharvas, and Rakshasas

जाताhas become/has come to be

हिindeed/for

इयम्this (she/this earth)

वसुमतीthe earth

भाराक्रान्ताoverburdened/pressed down by a load

तपस्विनीthe ascetic lady (earth personified)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vasumatī (Earth)

Daityas

Dānavas

Gandharvas

Rākṣasas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When powerful beings multiply without restraint and act contrary to dharma, the world itself becomes ‘burdened’—a moral image showing that disorder and violence have collective consequences that press upon society and nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the Earth (Vasumatī) as overcrowded with various formidable classes of beings—Daityas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas—so that she is oppressed by their weight, setting the stage for the need to restore balance.