O Ocean of mercy! The animal world is Thy lower-back and the elephants camels and horses are the nails of Thy feet. Time is Thy movement. The four varnas -Brahmins, Kshatriyaa, Vaishyaa and Shoodraas originated from Thy lotus face, hands, charming thighs and feet, respectively.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
श्रोणी: -स्थल - (Thy) lower-back
मृगगणा: - forms the animal world
पदयो: - नखा: - ते - the nails of Thy feet
हस्ति-उष्ट्र-सैम्धव-मुखा: - are the animals like elephants, camels, horses etc.
गमनं तु काल: - (Thy) movement is Time
विप्र-आदि-वर्ण-भवनं - Brahmins and the other Varnas ensue from
वदन-आब्ज-बाहु-चारु-उरु-युग्म-चरणं - (Thy) lotus face,arms, charming thighs and feet
O Self Effulgent Lord! The back of “Your” Cosmic Form is unrighteousness ( this implies that unrighteousness should be left behind or abandoned); Your mind is the Moon. O Lotus-eyed Lord! Your Lotus heart is the Unmanifest (Un differentiated nature) with the three Gunas in equilibrium.
Your abdomen is the oceans; Your garments are the two Sandhyaas—dawn and the dusk. Your generative organ is Prajaapati, the God of procreation; Your testicles are God Mitra
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
पृष्ठं तु-अधर्म - (Thy) back is Adharma (unrighteousness)
इह - of this (cosmic world)
देव - O Lord!
मन: सुधांशु: - mind is the moon
अव्यक्तम्-एव - the unmanifest
हृदय-अम्बुजम् - (is Thy) heart lotus
अम्बुजाक्ष - O Lotus eyed One!
कुक्षि: समुद्रनिवहा: - (Thy) abdomen is the ocean
वसनं तु सन्ध्ये - (Thy) garments are the two sandhyaas (dawn and dusk)
शेफ: प्रजापति:- - (Thy) generative organ is Prajaapati (god of procreation)
असौ वृषणौ च मित्र: - and (Thy) testicles are god Mitra
ग्रीवा महस्तव मुखं च जनस्तपस्तु फालं शिरस्तव समस्तमयस्य सत्यम् । एवं जगन्मयतनो जगदाश्रितैर- प्यन्यैर्निबद्धवपुषे भगवन्नमस्ते ॥३॥
Translation in Tamil
உன் மிடறு மகர, முகம் ஜன, நுதல் தவ, சிரம் சத்ய உலகென ஈரேழு உலகம்தனை உன் உள்ளடக்கி உன்னுடல் உலகப் பொருட்கள் அனைத்தாலுமே – அந்த உலகுடலோன் உனைத் துதிப்பேன் குருவாயூரப்பனே 6.3
O Lord! Thy body is the whole universe. Maharloka is Thy neck. Janaloka is Thy face. Tapoloka is Thy forehead. Satyaloka is Thy head. Of all the other things of which the universe is made, Thy body is also conceived of being made up of all that. O Lord! salutations to Thee.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
ग्रीवा मह: - तव - Thy neck is Maharloka
मुखं च जन: - and face is Janaloka
तप: - तु फालं Tapoloka, indeed, is forehead
शिर: - head
तव समस्तमयस्य of Thee who are everything
सत्यम् - is Satyaloka
एवं - in this manner
जगन्मयतनो - whose body is the universe!
जगदाश्रितै:-अपि-अन्यै: - of all other things forming the universe
निबद्धवपुषे - whose body is conceived as being made up of
O Lord! The wielder of the Discus! (One who handles the Chakra with skill and easily). Then “Your” shanks (a part from the knee to the ankle) are ‘Talatala’ and “Your” knees are ‘Sutala’, further, two parts of “Your” thigh region (the lower part of the thighs and waist region) are the two worlds ‘Vitala’ and ‘Atala’ respectively. “Your” hip is the Earth, navel is the Sky and “Your” chest ‘Swarga’, the abode of Indra.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
जङ्घे तलातलम्- (Thy) shins Talaata
अथ: सुतलं च जानू - then, Sutala (are Thy) knees
किञ्च-उरु-भाग-युगलं - moreover, the two thighs (are)
वितल-अतले द्वे - the two (worlds) Vitala and Atala
क्षोणीतलं जघनम्- the earth is (Thy) hip
अम्बरम्-अङ्ग नाभि: - sky is O Lord! the navel
वक्ष: - च -and the chest
शक्र-निलय: तव - of Thine is the abode of Indra (swarga)
After explaining the evolution of Cosmic Form (Virat Rupa) in Dasakam 5, Sri. Narayana Bhattathri now begins the description of the various parts of this Cosmic Form in this Sloka.
O Lord! “You”, who had taken or assumed in this manner,the form of the 14 worlds. The soles of the feet are said to be “patala”,He Deva! The upper region of “Your” feet, too are said to be “Rasatala”. O Lord, of wondrous form! “Your” two ankles are, indeed, said to be “Mahatala”
From the above, it is understood that out of the 14 worlds, ‘Patala’ is the lowest and that corresponds with the lowermost portion of the Cosmic body. The lower portion of the feet-Patala, the Upper portion of the feet -Rasatala, two ankles -Mahatala.
Note - The epithets used by Bhattathri in this Sloka (Isha, Deva, AdbhudAtma) are indicative that the Lord shines in all these three worlds too. In fact, there is nothing where the Lord doesn’t shine.
விளக்கவுரை
தசகம் 5 இல் பிரபஞ்ச வடிவத்தின் (விராட் ரூபத்தின்) பரிணாமத்தை விளக்கிய பிறகு, ஸ்ரீ. நாராயண பட்டத்ரி இப்போது இந்த ஸ்லோகத்தில் இந்த பிரபஞ்ச வடிவத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளின் விளக்கத்தைத் தொடங்குகிறார்.
இரேழு புவனங்களைப் படைத்த ஆண்டவனே! உனது உட்பாதங்களிரண்டும் பாதாளமென்றும், உன் திருவடிகளின் மேல் பகுதி "ரசதல" என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. எழில் வதனுமுடையோனே! உன்னிரு கணுக்கால்கள், உண்மையில், "மஹதள" என்று கூறப்படுகின்றன (என அறிவுடை முனி ஞானியர் கூறுகின்றனரே) என நாராயண பட்டத்ரி வர்ணிக்கின்றார்.
இந்த ஸ்லோகத்தில், ஈசனே, ஒளியோனே (தேவனே), எழிலோனே (அற்புத ஆத்மா) என்று பட்டத்திரி பயன்படுத்திய அடைமொழிகள், இங்கு குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட மூன்று கீழ் உலகங்களிலும் இறைவன் பிரகாசிக்கிறார் என்பதைக் குறிக்கிறது. உண்மையில், இறைவன் பிரகாசிக்காத இடம் எதுவும் இல்லை.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
एवं - in this manner
चतुर्दश-जगत्-मयतां गतस्य - (of Thee) who had manifested as the fourteen worlds
पातालम्-Paataal
ईश- O Lord!
तव पादतलं - soles (lower part) of Thy feet
वदन्ति - is said to be
पाद-ऊर्ध्व-देशम्-अपि - the upper surface of (Thy) feet
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