Shloka 16
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य धरणी भारपीडिता ।
जगाम मेरुशिखरं सदो यत्र दिवौकसाम् ॥
kasyacittvatha kālasya dharaṇī bhārapīḍitā | jagāma meruśikharaṃ sado yatra divaukasām ||
అనంతరం కొంత కాలం గడిచిన తరువాత, భారంతో పీడితమైన భూమి దేవతలు నివసించే స్థలమైన మేరు పర్వత శిఖరానికి వెళ్లింది।
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FAQs
When the sustaining order of the world is strained (symbolized by Earth being ‘burdened’), the proper recourse is to appeal to higher dharmic authority—the divine assembly—rather than to normalize disorder. The verse frames cosmic imbalance as a matter requiring supra-human correction.
Primarily aligns with Sthiti (maintenance of the world-order) and, in narrative function, prepares for later intervention that restores balance. It also gestures toward Manvantara-style governance insofar as the gods’ assembly acts as the administrative center of cosmic order, though no specific Manu is named here.
Earth (Dharaṇī) represents the embodied field of karma; ‘burden’ signifies accumulated adharmic weight. Meru symbolizes the axis of consciousness and cosmic stability. The ascent to Meru indicates turning from the plane of suffering to the central ‘pivot’ where corrective intelligence (daiva) can be accessed.