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पद्मोपमात् पदयुगात्तव रत्नगर्भा जातेति पद्मसदृशाकृतिमाहुरेनाम् ।
कार्यं हि कारणगुणानतिवर्ति लोके प्रायः पतङ्गपतिवाह विलोकयामः ॥४२॥
T: Oh, Lord Śrī Varadarāja, you who rides on the divine eagle Garuḍa! Considering that Earth, described as the treasure womb of gems, was born from Your lotus-like feet, she is sometimes described as a lotus in Purāṇic scriptures. This is an instance when we can see the result of a cause manifesting properties not contradicting the attributes of its cause.
Explanation: We see in a cause-effect phenomenon the attributes of the cause manifest in the result. Earth as the effect has been borne of the Lord's feet, its cause.
पद्भ्यां भूमिर्दिशः श्रोत्रात् Padbhyāṃ Bhūmirdiśaḥ Śrotrāt is the Purāṇic assertion.
Since the Lord's foot, which is the cause, is like the lotus, the Purāṇas affirm that Earth as the result or its effect is also like the lotus. In Vāmana Purāṇa, it is said:
भूमिं तु पङ्कजकरां तन्मध्ये कर्णिकाकृतिम् ।
मेरुं ददर्श शैलेन्द्र शातकुम्भं महद्धिमम् ॥
Thus, Earth is described as having the shape of a lotus.
The ratification of a particlar instance or phenomenon by employing the logic of a common experience or understanding is a case of Arthāntaranyāsa figure of speech.
