Shloka 91
The Bhīma-Dvādaśī
Kalyāṇinī) Vow and the Anangadāna-Vrata (with a Courtesan-Conduct Discourse
दस्युमिर्भगवन्सर्वाः परिभुक्ता वयं बलात् । स्वधर्मश्च्यावितोस्माकमस्मिन्नः शरणं भवान्
dasyumirbhagavansarvāḥ paribhuktā vayaṃ balāt | svadharmaścyāvitosmākamasminnaḥ śaraṇaṃ bhavān
اے بھگون! ڈاکوؤں نے زور زبردستی سے ہم سب کی بے حرمتی کی ہے۔ ہمیں اپنے سْوَدھرم سے ہٹا دیا گیا ہے—اس گھڑی آپ ہی ہمارے واحد پناہ ہیں۔
Unspecified afflicted women/supplicants (petitioners addressing a revered lord/authority figure)
Concept: When adharma violently disrupts one’s svadharma, the immediate recourse is śaraṇa—appeal to Bhagavān/authority for protection and restoration of dignity.
Application: Support survivors, restore safety and justice, and pair spiritual refuge (prayer, community, counsel) with concrete protection; do not spiritualize away harm—dharma demands safeguarding.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A group of women, garments disheveled and faces streaked with tears, kneel with trembling hands folded, speaking their plea to a revered protector seated before them. Behind them, the shadow of lawlessness—suggested as distant, indistinct figures—recedes, while the foreground centers on the women’s dignity struggling to reassert itself through refuge.","primary_figures":["afflicted women/supplicants","a revered lord/authority figure (sage or divine protector)","attendants/guards (optional)"],"setting":"A public hall or temple courtyard where justice and sanctuary are sought; pillars, lamps, and a raised seat indicating authority and protection.","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["deep maroon","lamp gold","smoke gray","indigo black","pale linen"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: sanctuary scene with women supplicants at the feet of a seated protector, gold leaf emphasizing the sanctum lamps and the protector’s halo, rich crimson and dark green textiles, ornate pillars, solemn expressions, composition focused on refuge and restoration of dignity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: emotionally precise faces with fine tear details, subdued palette, women kneeling before a calm sage/protector, architectural lines minimal, a sense of quiet justice, soft lamplight glow rendered with delicate washes.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and intense eyes conveying fear and plea, women in the foreground with folded hands, protector figure steady and frontal, lamps and pillars stylized, traditional red/yellow/green palette deepened for gravity.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a protective devotional tableau framed by floral borders; the protector figure central with symmetrical attendants, supplicants arranged in rhythmic rows, deep indigo ground with gold lamp motifs, lotuses symbolizing purity and regained dignity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"emotional","sound_elements":["low temple drum (soft)","faint sobs","lamp crackle","heavy silence","distant conch"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दस्युभिः+भगवन् → दस्युमिर्भगवन् (विसर्ग/अनुस्वार-सन्धि); स्वधर्मः+च्यावितः+अस्माकम् → स्वधर्मश्च्यावितोस्माकम्; अस्मिन्+नः → अस्मिन्नः.
FAQs
It is a plea for protection and restoration of dharma: the speakers report violence and social disruption, and seek refuge in a higher moral and protective authority.
Svadharma here implies one’s rightful social and ethical order; the speakers say it has been ‘cyāvita’ (overturned/dislodged), highlighting dharma as something that can be violated and must be restored.
The verse condemns coercion and abuse as adharma, and models turning toward a just protector to re-establish safety, dignity, and moral order.