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Shloka 31

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

योजनानां शतं ब्रह्मन्‌ पुनरुद्धरिता तदा | केन चैव प्रकारेण जगतो धरणी श्लुवा,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--भगवन्‌! देवेश्वर भगवान्‌ विष्णुने पातालमें सैकड़ों योजन नीचे डूबी हुई इस पृथ्वीका पुनरुद्धार किस प्रकार किया? आप इस कथाको यथार्थरूपसे और विस्तारपूर्वक कहिये। जगत्‌का भार धारण करनेवाली इस अचला पृथ्वीका उद्धार करनेके लिये उन्होंने किस उपायका अवलम्बन किया?

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yojanānāṃ śataṃ brahman punar uddhṛtā tadā | kena caiva prakāreṇa jagato dharaṇī sthitā ||

ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ ครั้งนั้นแผ่นดินถูกยกขึ้นอีกครั้งจากความลึกหนึ่งร้อยโยชน์. ด้วยอุบายใด และด้วยวิธีใด ธรณีผู้ทรงไว้ซึ่งโลกจึงถูกสถาปนาให้มั่นคงอีกครา?”

योजनानाम्of yojanas (as a measure)
योजनानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रह्मन्O Brahman (sage)
ब्रह्मन्:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पुनःagain, back
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
उद्धरिताwas lifted up/rescued
उद्धरिता:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√हृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
केनby what? with what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रकारेणby what manner/way
प्रकारेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
जगतःof the world
जगतः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
धरणीthe earth
धरणी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
श्लुवाunclear reading (possibly a corruption/variant)
श्लुवा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लुवा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Brahman (addressed sage)
D
Dharaṇī (Earth)
J
Jagat (the world)

Educational Q&A

The verse models dhārmic inquiry: a ruler seeks truthful, detailed understanding of how cosmic stability is restored, implying that order (dharma) is upheld through right means and divine or righteous agency.

Yudhiṣṭhira asks a sage to explain how the Earth, said to have sunk to a great depth, was lifted and re-established—introducing a traditional account of the Earth’s rescue and restoration.