Shloka 107

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

भवतो मम पुत्राभ्यामसामान्या निवेदिताः ।

त्वमेवानेन वर्धेथा मनोवाक्कायचेष्टितैः ॥

Transliteration

bhavato mama putrābhyām asāmānyā niveditāḥ | tvam evānena vardhethā mano-vāk-kāya-ceṣṭitaiḥ ||

Translation

Durch meine Söhne sind deine ungewöhnlichen Eigenschaften berichtet worden. Mögest du dadurch wahrhaft gedeihen — durch die Taten von Geist, Wort und Leib.

Word by Word

• bhavataḥ: of you (hon.)
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma-prāya (honorific pronoun), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• putrābhyām: by (my) two sons
• putrābhyām: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)

• asāmānyāḥ: uncommon / extraordinary (things)
• asāmānyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-sāmānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• niveditāḥ: have been reported / submitted
• niveditāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (विद्) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त, PPP), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); passive sense ‘have been reported’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• anena: by this / with this
• anena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं)

• vardhethāḥ: may you prosper / grow
• vardhethāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (वृध्)
• Form: Optative/Ben. (विधिलिङ्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• manaḥ: by mind
• manaḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• vāk: by speech
• vāk: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• kāya: by body
• kāya: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• ceṣṭitaiḥ: by actions/efforts
• ceṣṭitaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); in dvandva compound: manaḥ-vāk-kāya-ceṣṭitaiḥ = ‘by (mental, verbal, bodily) actions’

Speakers

• Nāgendra speaking

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Tri-karaṇa śuddhi (mind-speech-body alignment)
• Cultivation of virtue
• Reputation grounded in conduct

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True growth is tri-fold: purity and excellence must be consistent in thought, word, and deed; this is a classic dharmic standard for integrity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical instruction (dharma) embedded in an ākhyāna context; ancillary to vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mind–speech–body coherence is an inner yajña: when the three instruments align, one’s life becomes ‘offering-like,’ generating stability and auspiciousness.