Shloka 22
प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara
Devanagari script
श्रीरुवाच एष मे निहित: पादो यो<यं भूमौ प्रतिष्ित: । द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु
Transliteration
Śrīr uvāca: eṣa me nihitaḥ pādo yo 'yaṃ bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaḥ | dvitīyaṃ Śakra pādaṃ me tasmāt sunihitaṃ kuru ||
Translation
室利（拉克希米）说道：“我这一只脚已踏在大地之上，并已在此牢牢安立。因此，噢，释迦罗（因陀罗），也请使我的第二只脚同样稳固安立。”
Word by Word
श्रीःLakṣmī, Fortune
श्रीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेof me, my
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form—, Genitive, Singular
निहितःplaced, set down
निहितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पादःfoot
पादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwhich
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this (here)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूमौon the earth/ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
प्रतिष्ठितःestablished, firmly set
प्रतिष्ठितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रति-स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्वितीयम्second
द्वितीयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शक्रO Śakra (Indra)
शक्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पादम्foot
पादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form—, Genitive, Singular
तस्मात्therefore, from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
सुनिहितम्well-placed, firmly set
सुनिहितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुरुmake, do, place
कुरु:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular
Speaker
शक्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī (Lakṣmī)Ś
Śakra (Indra)B
Bhūmi (earth/ground)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) requires stable foundations; ethical order and good governance must ‘establish’ fortune fully, not partially, so that well-being becomes secure and enduring.
Śrī addresses Indra, stating that one of her ‘feet’ is already firmly set on earth and asking him to establish her second foot as well—an image of completing the conditions that allow prosperity to stand securely.