Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
क्ष्मा कम्पमाना जलधीनुद्वृत्ताम्बूंश्चकार च ।
ननामा चैकपार्श्वेन पातालगमनोनमुखी ॥
kṣmā kampamānā jaladhīn udvṛtta-ambūṃś cakāra ca /
nanāmā caika-pārśvena pātāla-gamana-unmukhī
جب زمین لرزی تو اس نے سمندروں کو پانی اچھالنے پر مجبور کیا۔ اور وہ ایک طرف جھک گئی، گویا پاتال میں اترنے کی سمت مائل ہو۔
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When foundational stability is shaken, even the ‘containers’ of order (oceans, directions, realms) overflow. The Purāṇic imagination links moral turbulence to systemic collapse across levels of reality.
This is not a manvantara or genealogy datum; it is narrative cosmography used to magnify the stakes of the episode and justify divine intervention.
‘Oceans heaving’ can symbolize subconscious contents rising during upheaval; ‘turning toward Pātāla’ suggests descent into darker strata of mind when conflict dominates.