Shloka 42
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
ग्रहर्क्षताराधिष्ण्यानि ध्रुवे बद्धान्येशेषतः / भ्रमन्ति भ्रामयन्त्येनं सर्वाण्यनिलरश्मिभिः
graharkṣatārādhiṣṇyāni dhruve baddhānyeśeṣataḥ / bhramanti bhrāmayantyenaṃ sarvāṇyanilaraśmibhiḥ
تمام سیّارے، نَکشتر، ستارے اور اُن کے آسمانی مقام—سب کے سب بلا استثنا دھرو (قطبی ستارے) سے بندھے ہیں۔ وہ اپنی اپنی گردش میں چلتے ہوئے، ہوا کی شعاعوں کے زور سے (کائناتی چکر) کو بھی گھماتے ہیں۔
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic cosmology taught in the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By portraying a single axis (Dhruva) and an impelling principle (anila) coordinating all celestial motion, the verse supports a Purāṇic vision of unified governance—suggesting that behind multiplicity there is one sustaining order, ultimately grounded in Īśvara and realized inwardly as the witnessing Self (Ātman).
The verse implies a contemplative practice of cosmic-order meditation (ṛta-dhyāna): observing regularity and dependence in the universe to cultivate steadiness (dhruva-bhāva), dispassion, and devotion—an outlook aligned with Kurma Purana’s Yoga teachings that direct the mind from changing motions to the unmoving support.
Although not naming Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly, the cosmology reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: one supreme ordering power manifests as the law of the cosmos. In Shaiva–Vaishnava terms, the same Īśvara is praised as Hari or Hara, the single source of stability and motion.