Shloka 78
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
तत्सम्भूता भूतकृतो वरेण्या: सर्वे देवा भुवनस्यास्य गोपा: । आविश्येमां धरणीं ये5भ्यरक्षन् पुरातनीं तस्य देवस्य सृष्टिम्
tat-sambhūtā bhūta-kṛto vareṇyāḥ sarve devā bhuvanasyāsya gopāḥ | āviśyemāṃ dharaṇīṃ ye 'bhyarakṣan purātanīṃ tasya devasya sṛṣṭim ||
Ipinanganak mula sa dakilang biyaya ng Lumikha ng mga nilalang, ang lahat ng mga diyos—marangal at kagalang-galang—ay naging mga tagapagbantay ng sanlibutang ito. Pagpasok nila sa lupang ito, kanilang ipinagtanggol siya—ang sinaunang nilikha ng banal na Panginoon—upang mapanatili ang kaayusan at pagpapatuloy ng sansinukob.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes that cosmic stability is upheld through divinely sanctioned guardianship: the gods, empowered by the Creator’s boon, protect the Earth and preserve the ancient order of creation—an ethical model for protective responsibility (rakṣaṇa) as a form of dharma.
Vāyudeva describes how the gods, originating through a boon connected with the Creator of beings, entered into the Earth and guarded her—portraying the deities as world-protectors who maintain and defend the primordial creation.