Kurmastakadvyam

Author(s): Bhojdev Maharaj
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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| Om namaḥ śivāya | May god Śiva confer on you - extend to you here all happiness (Śivam) - that god Siva who easily (helayā) carries the skeleton (kankāla) of that very Krsna (Kanho) who carries the worlds (within him). By your exploits-deeds (sva-kārya) you (first] lightened-mde light the principal mountains (kula-gīri) turned the oceans into small puddles (thāhia) whereby the earth became easy to be borne (suvahā), you, O King, then carried - supported - it (the earth). Having first made light the principal mountains, the earth, the oceans, the (mountain) Meru, etc., O King (Bhoja !) you then carried the world easily. The earth is indeed (1. great, 2. heavy, weighty). Those who carry it are also great (heavy, weighty). Having first made all these light (insignificant) the world is then carried [by you]. He alone is called dhavala (1. an excellent bull 2. a pre-eminent person) who along with those who are engaged in supporting the burden of the world, O King Bhoja, it is you alone are that pre-eminent personage ! Having made the whole world along with others (like the Tortoise, the Boar, the serpent Sesa] who support the earth-bear the burden of the earth--light (laghu, also insignificant) you support the earth. By doing this what greatness do you achieve, O King (Bhoja) ? Here this way something lighter than one's self/oneself is carried by you O King ! Tell me what greatness is there in bearing/supporting the earth? O Earth, the greatness, heaviness that was given you here by the Tortoise and the like is easily carried away by King Bhoja, who now supports you !
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