Saramā (Deva-śunī)
Saramā · saramā, “the swift-going one”
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Saramā is the messenger of Indra, called Deva-śunī, “the dog of the devas”. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa names her when Śuka Maharshi describes the lower worlds to King Parīkshit: the mighty daityas and dānavas of Rasātala, whose pride only the tejas of Śrī Hari has crushed, live in fear of Indra because of Saramā’s words, which have the power of mantra. This Saramā is not the wife of Vibhīshaṇa, and not the daughter of Daksha of the same name who was the mother of the beasts of prey.
Saramā and the dwellers of Rasātala
Below the earth lie the seven lower worlds, one beneath another. Below Mahātala, where the many-headed nāgas of the Krodhavaśa host live in fear of Garutmān, lies Rasātala. There, like snakes in anthills, live the daitya and dānava hosts called the Paṇis, the Nivātakavacas, the Kāleyas and the dwellers of Hiraṇyapura. These enemies of the devas are of great strength and great daring from birth, and only by the tejas of Bhagavān Śrī Hari, glorious in all the worlds, has their pride in their strength been crushed.
They fear Indra because of the mantra-like words of Saramā, Indra’s messenger, the dog of the devas.
Source: Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 24
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 24