Shloka 50
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
पातालाम्बरतॊयेषु न चास्य विहता गतिः ।
समस्तदिक्षु व्रजतो न भङ्गः पर्वतेष्वपि ॥
pātālāmbaratoyeṣu na cāsya vihatā gatiḥ | samastadikṣu vrajato na bhaṅgaḥ parvateṣv api ||
پاتال میں، آسمان میں اور پانیوں میں بھی اس کی رفتار روکی نہیں جاتی؛ وہ ہر سمت جاتا ہے اور پہاڑ بھی اس کے لیے مانع نہیں بنتے۔
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FAQs
Dharma’s protection is envisioned as boundary-crossing: the righteous agent must not be limited by terrain, distance, or conventional barriers when confronting adharma.
Uses cosmographic vocabulary (realms like pātāla), but here in service of narrative, not systematic cosmology (sarga/pratisarga).
The three domains—nether, sky, waters—can symbolize subconscious, intellect, and emotions; the ‘horse’ as disciplined vitality/prāṇa moves freely when integrated, unhindered by ‘mountains’ (fixed mental blocks).