Sacred Līlā of Karma, Cakras & Liberation · मोक्षपटम् · பரமபத சோபானம்
Long before its colonial adaptation as “Snakes and Ladders,” Jñāna Chaupaṛ (North India), Paramapada Sopānam (South India), and Vaikuṇṭha Pāḷī (Maharashtra) served as contemplative maps of the soul. Cast the six sacred cowrie shells, ascend the ten Sopānas of virtue, beware the ten Nāgas of egoic bondage, and discover why Bhakti-Loka (Square 54) is the direct gateway to Vaikuṇṭha (Square 68).
From 1 · Janma (Mūlādhāra) to 68 · Vaikuṇṭha-Loka (Sahasrāra) at the center of the crown row.
Jñāna (37→66) and Suvidyā (45→67) reach the threshold; Bhakti (54→68) alone enters Mokṣa directly.
Spiritual Egoism (55→3) sits one step past Devotion (54), teaching why humility guards the highest planes.
Genesis / Embodied Birth · Tamil: பிறவி (Piṟavi)
The unmanifest Jīva enters the theater of name and form (nāma-rūpa). Birth is not a punishment but the sacred starting-field (kṣetra) where karma can be worked out and self-knowledge realized.
“Jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca.”
What intention (saṅkalpa) brings you into this cycle of inquiry today?
Cast the cowrie shells or die above to begin recording your soul's path across the 72 squares.