Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

क्षीरोदजलवीच्यग्रैर्धैतामलशिलातलः उत्थितः सागरं भित्त्वा देवर्षिगणसेवितः

Transliteration

kṣīrodajalavīcyagrairdhaitāmalaśilātalaḥ utthitaḥ sāgaraṃ bhittvā devarṣigaṇasevitaḥ

Translation

பாற்கடலின் அலைச்சிகரங்களால் கழுவி ஒளிர்ந்த அதன் பாறைத்தளம் கடலைப் பிளந்து மேலெழுந்தது; தேவரிஷிகளின் கூட்டத்தால் சேவிக்கப்பட்டது.

Speakers

• Narrator to listener (speaker not named in the excerpt).

Key Themes

• Cosmic ocean imagery
• Emergence of sacred landscape
• Purity symbolism (amala)
• Sage-attended tīrtha/cosmic site

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does it mean that the mountain ‘split the ocean’ (sāgaraṃ bhittvā)?

It is a mythic-cosmographic idiom for emergence: a sacred mountain rises from primordial waters, asserting itself as a stable axis or landmark within the cosmic seascape.

Why mention the Milk-Ocean specifically?

Kṣīra-samudra is a high-sacrality cosmic water-body in Purāṇic thought; linking a mountain to it elevates the mountain’s purity and ritual potency, aligning it with divine realms and archetypal myths (e.g., cosmic churning traditions, even if not invoked here).

Who are the ‘devarṣis’ attending the mountain, and what does their presence imply?

Devarṣis are divine seers (e.g., Nārada-type figures). Their attendance marks the site as a locus of tapas, revelation, and tīrtha efficacy—places where sacred knowledge is heard, transmitted, and ritually activated.