Shloka 147
The Greatness of Puṣkara: Tripuṣkara Pilgrimage, Sacred Geography, and the Doctrine of Self-Restraint
एवमुक्तस्तदा क्रोधात्प्रवृद्धः सहसाचलः । सूर्याचंद्रमसोर्मार्गं रोद्धुमिच्छन्परंतप
evamuktastadā krodhātpravṛddhaḥ sahasācalaḥ | sūryācaṃdramasormārgaṃ roddhumicchanparaṃtapa
یوں مخاطب کیے جانے پر وہ پہاڑ یکایک غضب سے پھول اٹھا؛ اے دشمنوں کو جلانے والے، اس نے سورج اور چاند کی راہ روکنے کی خواہش کی۔
Narrator (context-dependent; not identifiable from the single verse alone)
Concept: Anger and ego can attempt to halt the very rhythms that sustain life; disruption of cosmic order is adharma.
Application: Notice when anger makes you ‘block the light’ for others—interrupting routines, relationships, or responsibilities; pause before acting from krodha.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: mountain
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The mountain-king swells and darkens, its cliffs tightening like a clenched jaw, as it rises to choke the sky-road of Sun and Moon. Above, the luminous tracks of Sūrya and Candra tremble, as if the cosmos itself holds its breath before an impending eclipse-like calamity.","primary_figures":["Personified mountain-king (Śailendra/Mahācala)","Sūrya","Candra (Moon)"],"setting":"A dramatic sky corridor where the solar and lunar paths are visibly threatened by an upthrusting peak; clouds churn around jagged summits.","lighting_mood":"fast-dramatic","color_palette":["storm indigo","iron gray","blood vermillion","pale moon-silver","electric gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: towering anthropomorphic mountain-king in fierce posture, gold leaf used sparingly as fractured rays of Sūrya struggling behind; dramatic contrast of dark blues and reds; ornate but tense composition with orbit-lines interrupted; gem-like highlights on Sūrya and Candra to emphasize threatened luminaries.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: lyrical yet tense scene—mountain rising with expressive contours; thin golden line of the Sun’s path and a silver arc of the Moon’s path being crossed; cool Himalayan palette with sudden crimson accents; delicate brushwork conveying motion and menace.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, fierce eyes suggested in the mountain’s face; swirling cloud bands; Sūrya and Candra as iconic discs with stylized rays; strong red/yellow against deep green-black to convey raudra energy.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: eclipse-omen aesthetic—ornamental border of lotuses and darkened sky motifs; central disruption of circular cosmic pattern; gold highlights for Sūrya’s rays and silver for Candra; decorative but ominous symmetry broken by the mountain’s intrusion."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["thunder (distant)","conch shell (sharp)","drum strokes","howling wind"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: एवमुक्तस्तदा = एवम् + उक्तः + तदा; क्रोधात्प्रवृद्धः = क्रोधात् + प्रवृद्धः; सूर्याचंद्रमसोर्मार्गं = सूर्यचन्द्रमसोः + मार्गम्; रोद्धुमिच्छन् = रोद्धुम् + इच्छन्; इच्छन्परंतप = इच्छन् + परंतप.
FAQs
A mountain, enraged, wishes to obstruct the celestial course (mārga) of the Sun and the Moon.
They represent the primary visible celestial bodies whose regular paths signify cosmic order; threatening their course implies disrupting that order.
Uncontrolled anger can expand rapidly and lead to actions that disturb harmony and established order—here symbolized by attempting to block the Sun and Moon.