Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 11
The Narrative of Suvrata: Tapas, Surrender-Prayer, and Cyclical Time
दिव्यान्मनोनुगान्भोगान्मोदमानः प्रभुंजति । पूर्णे युगसहस्रांते धर्मो वै धर्मभूषणः
divyānmanonugānbhogānmodamānaḥ prabhuṃjati | pūrṇe yugasahasrāṃte dharmo vai dharmabhūṣaṇaḥ
وہ خوشی سے اُن الٰہی لذتوں سے بہرہ مند ہوتا ہے جو اس کے من کے مطابق ہوں۔ ہزار یُگ پورے ہونے پر دھرم—راستی سے آراستہ—یقیناً قائم و غالب رہتا ہے۔
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Concept: When dharma is perfected, enjoyment becomes ‘mind-consonant’ and non-conflicting; cosmic time culminations do not disturb the established righteousness.
Application: Seek pleasures that do not agitate the mind or violate dharma; cultivate inner alignment so desires become refined and non-harmful.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: दिव्यान्मनोनुगान्भोगान् = दिव्यान् + मनोनुगान् + भोगान् (पदान्त-नकारस्य परसवर्णसंधिः/अनुस्वार-प्रयोगः). भोगान्मोदमानः = भोगान् + मोदमाणः (पदान्त-नकारसंधिः). समासाः: मनोनुगान् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), युगसहस्रान्ते (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), धर्मभूषणः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष).
FAQs
It indicates refined, celestial enjoyments (bhoga) experienced as a result of merit, described as matching one’s inner disposition or wishes (manonuga).
It points to vast cyclical time (yuga cycles). The phrase suggests a grand temporal completion after which Dharma is said to stand established or manifest prominently.
The verse links joy and enjoyment with moral order: righteous conduct (dharma) ultimately prevails across time, and wholesome results are portrayed as aligning with one’s cultivated mind.