Shloka 52
Slaying of Andhaka; Hymn to the Sun; Glory of Brahmins; Gayatri Nyasa and Pranayama
पूज्यं वपुस्तव सदा प्रलये हि वेदैर्गीर्भिर्विचित्रपदमंडलमंडिताभिः । ये त्वां स्तुवंति परसद्मनि सद्महीना नित्यं प्रसारितकरा भुवि ते भवंति
pūjyaṃ vapustava sadā pralaye hi vedairgīrbhirvicitrapadamaṃḍalamaṃḍitābhiḥ | ye tvāṃ stuvaṃti parasadmani sadmahīnā nityaṃ prasāritakarā bhuvi te bhavaṃti
تیرا پیکر ہمیشہ عبادت کے لائق ہے؛ حتیٰ کہ پرلَی (کائناتی فنا) کے وقت بھی وید، عجیب و غریب لفظی نقش و نگار اور اوزان سے آراستہ منترانہ گیتوں کے ذریعے تیری ستائش کرتے ہیں۔ جو لوگ پرم دھام میں تیری حمد کرتے ہیں—اگرچہ ان کا کوئی مقرر ٹھکانہ نہیں—وہ دنیا میں ہمیشہ ہاتھ پھیلائے (عاجزی و بھکتی میں) ظاہر ہوتے ہیں۔
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Concept: The worship-worthy form of the Lord is praised even at pralaya; sincere stuti aligns one with the supreme abode and transforms worldly life into continual supplication and service.
Application: Make daily recitation (stotra, Gāyatrī, Viṣṇu-sahasranāma) a steady anchor; cultivate humility—‘outstretched hands’ as readiness to receive and to give.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["silence","low tanpura drone","soft bell at intervals","distant conch","subtle wind-like hush"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: vapustava → vapuḥ tava; vedairgīrbhir → vedaiḥ gīrbhiḥ; padamaṃḍalamaṃḍitābhiḥ resolved as vicitra-pada-maṇḍala-maṇḍitābhiḥ; stuvaṃti → stuvanti; sadmahīnā → sadma-hīnāḥ; prasारितकरा → prasārita-karāḥ.
FAQs
It teaches that the Supreme is eternally worship-worthy, praised even at cosmic dissolution by the Vedas, and that praising the Supreme (especially with a transcendent orientation) shapes the devotee’s lived posture in the world as continual reverence and dependence on grace.
Pralaya refers to cosmic dissolution, when manifest creation withdraws; the verse emphasizes that Vedic praise of the Supreme is not limited to ordinary time but is continuous even through cosmic cycles.
By foregrounding stuti (praise) as a defining act of devotion: the devotee’s relationship to the Supreme is expressed through hymnic glorification, which becomes a constant inner and outer disposition (symbolized by “hands outstretched”).