Kurmastakadvyam

SR No.: 001544
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhojdev Maharaj
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 88
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 6 MB

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65. The elephant (dig-gaja or dantin-one of the eight elephants said to guard and preside over the eight cardinal points). kiri (=Varāha, a roar, name of Visnu in the third or Boar incarnation) and the serpent (pannaga, Śeṣa, name of a celebrated serpent, said to have one thousand hoods and represented as forming the couch of Visnu or supporting the entire world on his head), in order that it may be seen (dekkhāvekkhie = Sk. darśanāpekṣayā) supported the earth (or world). Moving about where there was no path, fell to the lot of the Tortoise.
Kurmasatakadvayam
66. Here (on this earth) it was the Tortoise who was the first among those who made any move (who moved about) (Vyavasayins). Others then did not move (at all) as there was no path (canksamaṇam amărge ?). He first made the path which provided a path (vartman) for others to follow !
67. The Creator created here (on this earth) the Tortoise among those who did not move (at all). See! how he became the first among those who moved about (vyavasāyins-vyavasāyikas) here (on earth) !
68. Blessed are you, O female Tortoise (Kacchapi)! Indeed blessed became your offspring who immediately after birth did something which is indescribable-beyond description (his unique feat of bearing the burden of the earth.)
69. You support, O Tortoise, the earth. You save the three worlds and manifest your (divine) power in that manner! Who does not ridicule the Boar (Kiri) and others who support the earth in order that their deeds may be noticed (dekkhāvekkme-darśanapekṣayā-Pischel) ?
70. The Tortoise alongwith you O Dhruva ! supports the earth. Why are you alone called Dhruva (O Pole Star! tell us. You do not feel ashamed shinning brightly in the sky! Or rather, how can the stark naked feel ashamed ? [Read : अह व अयासाण कह लज्जा || (अथवा अवाससां कथं लज्जा | | ) इति छाया
71. Some fortunate ones, moving about where there was no path, attain greatness. See! how the Tortoise who moved about where there was no path attained fame!
72. On account of favourable fate, O Dhruva, you of all the beings attained a position at the top of the world! But the Tortoise floored you all by its determination (vyavasita).
73. O female Tortoise (kacchapi) you alone really speaking gave birth to an