Shloka 142
The Bhīma-Dvādaśī
Kalyāṇinī) Vow and the Anangadāna-Vrata (with a Courtesan-Conduct Discourse
स्वस्थानमेष्यंति समस्तमित्थं व्रतं करिष्यंति च देवयोने
svasthānameṣyaṃti samastamitthaṃ vrataṃ kariṣyaṃti ca devayone
یوں وہ سب اپنے اپنے دھاموں کو لوٹ جائیں گے، اے دیوی النسل! اور وہ یہ ورت (نذر) اختیار کریں گے۔
Uncertain (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker precisely within Adhyāya 23)
Concept: Vrata is a stabilizing dharmic act that realigns beings with their proper station and destiny.
Application: Complete commitments you begin; let disciplined observance (small daily vows, fasting, japa, charity) become the bridge from instruction to transformation.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A celestial assembly disperses after a sacred instruction: devas and divine-born beings bow, then turn toward luminous pathways leading to their respective realms. In the center, a calm teacher-figure remains seated, the air filled with the afterglow of a vow just accepted.","primary_figures":["devas (collective)","a presiding sage or deity-teacher (unspecified)","divine-born listener (devayonī)"],"setting":"A mandapa-like celestial court with lotus pillars opening into multiple sky-roads toward different lokas.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["pearl white","pale gold","sky blue","lotus pink","smoky violet"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a celestial sabhā with lotus-pillared mandapa; devas in jeweled crowns departing along arched golden pathways to their svāsthāna; central seated teacher with serene mudrā; heavy gold leaf halos, rich crimson and emerald textiles, gem-studded ornaments, ornate borders with lotus and conch motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: airy celestial terrace with delicate clouds; small refined figures of devas turning to depart; lyrical sense of movement; cool blues and soft pinks; fine linework, gentle gradients, and a distant horizon of layered heavens.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and flat natural pigments; central calm teacher figure; devas in stylized crowns and ornaments; lotus motifs framing the scene; warm ochres, deep greens, and vermilion accents; temple-wall composition symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a lotus-filled cosmic courtyard; multiple pathways like petals leading outward; decorative floral borders; subtle Vaishnava symbols (conch, discus) woven into the border; deep indigo background with gold detailing and pink lotuses."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","gentle drone (tanpura)","distant conch shell","silence between phrases"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वस्थानम् + एष्यन्ति → स्वस्थानमेष्यन्ति; समस्तम् + इत्थम् → समस्तमित्थम्; करिष्यन्ति + च → करिष्यन्ति च (no change). IAST in prompt has 'eṣyaṃti/kariṣyaṃti' normalized to 'eṣyanti/kariṣyanti'.
FAQs
It highlights the karmic or spiritual outcome of a prescribed observance: after completing the vow, beings return to their respective realms or proper stations.
“Devayone” is a vocative address meaning “one of divine/celestial origin,” used to respectfully address the listener in the dialogue.
It functions like a result-statement (phala) connected to religious discipline: performing the vow leads to restoration, order, and attainment of one’s destined abode.