Shloka 50
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
अश्वतर उवाच सहायं देहि देवि ! त्वं पूर्वं कंबलमेव मे ।
समस्तस्वरसंबन्धमुभयोः संप्रयच्छ च ॥
aśvatara uvāca sahāyaṃ dehi devi ! tvaṃ pūrvaṃ kambalameva me /
samastasvarasambandhamubhayoḥ saṃprayaccha ca
Aśvatara sprach: O Devī, gewähre mir zuerst Beistand—wie du ihn meinem Bruder Kambala gewährt hast. Und verleihe uns beiden die vollständige Verbindung/Erkenntnis aller Töne (svaras).
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FAQs
Knowledge-arts (music/phonetics) are treated as divine gifts; the verse models seeking skill not for vanity but through devotion and for shared benefit (‘for both of us’).
Outside pancalakṣaṇa; it is an upākhyāna element illustrating how śāstric arts originate in divine revelation/anugraha.
Requesting ‘svara-sambandha’ links cosmic order to sound: mastery of tonal relations symbolizes attunement to ṛta (harmonic law) through Sarasvatī.