Shloka 21
The Greatness of Viṣṇu’s Foot-Water (Pādodaka) as a Destroyer of Sin
मन्वंतरशतं देहि स्थानं तु निरयेऽप्यमुम् । ग्रामक्रोडस्य योनौ हि ततो जन्म भविष्यति
manvaṃtaraśataṃ dehi sthānaṃ tu niraye'pyamum | grāmakroḍasya yonau hi tato janma bhaviṣyati
“จงกำหนดที่อยู่ให้นางในนรกตลอดร้อยมันวันตระ แล้วภายหลังเขาจะไปเกิดจากครรภ์ของแม่หมูในหมู่บ้าน”
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to name the speaker reliably).
Concept: Karmic justice operates across immense time; repeated, willful adharma can result in prolonged hell and degraded rebirth.
Application: Take small transgressions seriously when habitual; build safeguards (satsanga, reminders, simple vows) to prevent repeated neglect of sacred commitments.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic decree is pronounced: a scroll unfurls showing ‘hundred manvantaras’ as turning wheels of time, while the condemned soul is dragged toward a layered hellscape. In the far distance, a grim rebirth gate opens onto a village sty, foreshadowing the sow’s womb as the next station of degradation.","primary_figures":["Yama (implied as authority)","a commanding judge-voice (symbolic)","Yamadūtas","the condemned soul","a village sow (foreshadowed)"],"setting":"Tiered naraka caverns with time-wheels carved into rock; a distant earthly vignette of a village pigsty seen through a karmic portal.","lighting_mood":"infernal glow with cold, time-like luminescence","color_palette":["lava red","soot black","rust brown","sulfur yellow","cold steel blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Yama’s decree represented with a grand golden scroll and time-wheel motifs; Yamadūtas escorting the soul into a stylized naraka; gold leaf on the decree and dharma emblems, deep reds and blacks, ornate borders, symbolic portal showing a village sow in miniature vignette.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: layered composition—upper register with decree and time-wheels, lower register with cavernous hell; delicate yet intense expressions, cool shadows, refined linework; a small pastoral village corner with a sow shown as distant karmic destiny.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: strong iconographic Yama elements (buffalo emblem, staff), bold outlines; time-wheels and hell layers in rhythmic bands; earthy reds/yellows/greens with black dominance, didactic temple-wall clarity.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical textile—concentric time-wheels like lotuses turned dark; central figure pulled toward a blackened lotus (narka), border motifs of broken grains (Ekādaśī violation symbol); deep indigo and red with gold highlights, intricate floral frame."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"stern","sound_elements":["thunder rumble","chain clink","drum beats","echoing proclamation"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: manvaṃtaraśatam = manvantaraśatam (nasal assimilation in writing); niraye'pyamum = niraye + api + amum; tataḥ janma (no sandhi change).
FAQs
It presents a karmic consequence model: severe wrongdoing can lead to prolonged suffering in naraka (hell) followed by a degrading rebirth, emphasizing moral accountability across vast cosmic timescales.
A Manvantara is a major cosmic period; “a hundred Manvantaras” functions as an extreme duration marker, stressing the gravity of the offense and the long arc of karmic retribution.
Animal rebirth is used as a traditional Purāṇic image of moral and spiritual degradation after sin, contrasting human birth’s capacity for dharma and liberation with a lower, constrained embodiment.