Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 117
The Birth of King Pṛthu: Vena’s Fall, the Sages’ Churning, and Earth’s Surrender
धरिष्यसि प्रजां चेमां कोपं यच्छ त्वमात्मनः । अन्नमयी भविष्यामि धरिष्यामि प्रजामिमाम्
dhariṣyasi prajāṃ cemāṃ kopaṃ yaccha tvamātmanaḥ | annamayī bhaviṣyāmi dhariṣyāmi prajāmimām
آپ اس آبادی کو سنبھالیں گے—اپنے غصے پر قابو رکھیں۔ میں خوراک (اناج) کی صورت اختیار کروں گی، اور میں ان لوگوں کی پرورش کروں گی۔
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Concept: Restrain anger; through reconciliation and right conduct, abundance arises and the people are sustained.
Application: When conflict escalates, de-escalate first; solutions that increase nourishment and welfare are superior to punitive impulses.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: city
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: चेमाम् = च + इमाम्; त्वमात्मनः = त्वम् + आत्मनः; प्रजामिमाम् = प्रजाम् + इमाम्
FAQs
It links social stability to self-restraint: anger should be checked, and the community (prajā) must be sustained through protection and nourishment.
“Annamayī” literally means “made of food,” implying becoming a source of nourishment—symbolically, ensuring abundance and the material support required for life.
The verse emphasizes kṣamā/saṃyama (restraint) over kopa (anger) and frames leadership or stewardship as responsibility for the welfare and sustenance of living beings.