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Volume 4 · Karma Veda · Chapter 6 · Karma Saṃhitā - Short Hymns of Action

ध्रुव-गुरुत्व-वन्दना

Canon Rev1 / Commentary Rev1 (25 December 2025)

Sanskrit

ध्रुवे मुखं कृत्वा तिष्ठेत्, गुरुत्वं हृदि भावयेत् । ध्रुव-क्षेत्रं स्मरेन्नित्यं, कर्तव्ये धर्ममाचरेत् ॥

IAST

dhruve mukhaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhet, gurutvaṃ hṛdi bhāvayet | dhruva-kṣetraṃ smaren nityaṃ, kartavye dharmam ācaret ||

English (literal)

Face north; remember gravity and the magnetic shield; enact duty through Dharma.

English (poetic)

Orient, steady, do duty.

Commentary

Bhāṣya

This is a new universal ritual: face north, remember gravity, remember the magnetic shield, then do duty. The ritual is grounded in realities that sustain life and orientation. It avoids idols and tribal symbols; it uses physics as common language. Facing north is not superstition; it is a deliberate cue: ‘I choose orientation over impulse.’ Feeling gravity is a bodily reminder: I am accountable; actions fall, consequences land. Remembering the field is a reminder: unseen structures protect life; unseen virtues protect society. The hymn concludes with action: kartavye dharmam ācaret. Ritual becomes ethical engineering: it trains attention, then converts attention into duty.

Praśna–Uttara

Student
“Is this worship?”
Teacher
“No. It is alignment.”
Student
“Alignment with what?”
Teacher
“With reality, with conscience, with the common good.”

Prayoga

  1. Perform the rite at the same time daily.
  2. After the rite, do one task that reduces harm.
  3. Record what changed in you and in the world.