Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
मोदन्ते देववत्तेषां धर्मो दिव्य उदाहृतः कल्पान्ते प्रलयस्तेषां निगद्येत महाभुज
modante devavatteṣāṃ dharmo divya udāhṛtaḥ kalpānte pralayasteṣāṃ nigadyeta mahābhuja
พวกเขารื่นเริงดุจเหล่าเทวะ; ธรรมะของพวกเขาถูกประกาศว่าเป็นทิพย์ โอ้ผู้มีพาหาอันยิ่งใหญ่ เมื่อสิ้นกัลป์ย่อมกล่าวกันว่าเกิดปรลัย (การล่มสลาย) แก่พวกเขา।
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Even the most exalted, ‘divine-like’ worldly orders remain impermanent within kalpa-time; righteousness elevates experience, but does not exempt conditioned realms from cosmic dissolution.
Sarga and Pratisarga: description of created realms and their eventual reabsorption/dissolution at kalpa’s end.
The pairing of ‘divine dharma’ with ‘kalpānta pralaya’ underscores Purāṇic realism: cosmic excellence is meaningful yet transient, pointing beyond worldly stability to liberation-oriented values.