Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
कृताञ्जलिपुटा देवी प्रसादयति माधवम् ।। धरण्युवाच ।। अहं भारसमायुक्ता ब्रह्माणं शरणङ्गता
kṛtāñjalipuṭā devī prasādayati mādhavam || dharaṇy uvāca || ahaṃ bhārasamāyuktā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṅgatā
ہاتھ جوڑ کر دیوی نے مادھو کی رضا طلب کی۔ دھرنی نے کہا: “بھاری بوجھ سے دبی ہوئی میں برہما کی پناہ میں آئی ہوں۔”
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)
It exemplifies the Purāṇic use of personified Earth as a narrative agent, a key feature for studying environmental imaginaries and political-theological metaphors in Sanskrit literature.
No specific location is given; Dharaṇī (Earth) speaks in a universal, cosmological register.
It highlights refuge-seeking and respectful petition as normative responses to overwhelming burden—an ethic of humility and procedural recourse.
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