Shloka 41
Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Tested by Indra and Blessed by Nara-Nārāyaṇa
मूर्ती इमे भगवतो भगवंस्त्रिलोक्या: क्षेमाय तापविरमाय च मृत्युजित्यै । नाना बिभर्ष्यवितुमन्यतनूर्यथेदं सृष्ट्वा पुनर्ग्रससि सर्वमिवोर्णनाभि: ॥ ४१ ॥
mūrtī ime bhagavato bhagavaṁs tri-lokyāḥ kṣemāya tāpa-viramāya ca mṛtyu-jityai nānā bibharṣy avitum anya-tanūr yathedaṁ sṛṣṭvā punar grasasi sarvam ivorṇanābhiḥ
اے بھگوان! تیری یہ دونوں مُورتیاں تینوں لوکوں کی بھلائی، دُکھوں کی نِوِرتّی اور موت پر فتح کے لیے ظاہر ہوئی ہیں۔ اے پروردگار! تو اس کائنات کو پیدا کر کے اس کی حفاظت کے لیے کئی الوہی روپ دھارتا ہے، اور پھر مکڑی کی طرح اپنا بُنا ہوا جالا سمیٹ کر سب کچھ نگل لیتا ہے۔
FAQs
This verse explains that the Lord manifests forms for the world’s welfare, creates the cosmos, and later withdraws it back into Himself—compared to a spider spinning and reabsorbing its web.
After witnessing the Lord’s extraordinary yogamāyā, Mārkaṇḍeya recognizes that the Lord’s incarnations and manifestations are meant to protect the worlds, remove suffering, and grant victory over death.
The verse points to taking shelter of the Lord’s names, forms, and teachings as a steady refuge—reducing anxiety and fear by remembering the Supreme Protector behind life’s changes.