Shloka 11

Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region

Sanskrit

शिरोहृदयमेड्ह्राङ्घ्रिहस्तैश्चाक्षित्रयान्वितः ।

तस्याप्यथैवं विषयाः विज्ञेया जगतः प्रभोः ॥

Transliteration

śirohṛdayameḍhrāṅghrihastaiś cākṣitrayānvitaḥ / tasyāpy athaivaṃ viṣayā vijñeyā jagataḥ prabhoḥ

Translation

Ausgestattet mit Haupt, Herz, Zeugungsorgan, Füßen und Händen—und mit drei Augen versehen—so sind auch die Bereiche jenes Herrn der Welt in dieser Weise zu verstehen.

Word by Word

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन; समुच्चित-समासाङ्ग (enumeration member)

• हृदय: heart
• हृदय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; समुच्चित-समासाङ्ग

• मेढ्र: genital organ
• मेढ्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेढ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; समुच्चित-समासाङ्ग

• अङ्घ्रि: foot
• अङ्घ्रि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; समुच्चित-समासाङ्ग

• हस्तैः: with hands
• हस्तैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; समुच्चित-समासाङ्ग

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• अक्षित्रय: three eyes
• अक्षित्रय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया/प्रथमा-समासाङ्ग (contextual member); एकवचन (समाहार); समासः—द्विगु (त्रयाणि अक्षीणि = ‘three eyes’)

• अन्वितः: endowed with; possessed of
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (देवः/जनार्दनः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अथ: then; and
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक निपात

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• विषयाः: domains; regions; objects
• विषयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• विज्ञेयाः: to be known; should be understood
• विज्ञेयाः: Kriya-samanya (क्रियासामान्य/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञेय (कृदन्त/तव्य)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/‘to be known’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective of विषयाः)

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• प्रभोः: of the Lord
• प्रभोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrator to interlocutor

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Viṣṇu (Janārdana) in a special form (Aśvaśiras)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Divine iconography
• Theophany

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine form is presented as a cosmic template: the Lord’s body-parts signify comprehensive sovereignty over life-functions, implying reverence for the totality of existence as sacredly pervaded.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

The verse is theological-cosmographical: it elaborates the divine presence within world-description (supporting the Purāṇa’s created-order narrative).

What is the esoteric significance?

Three eyes signify triadic awareness (past-present-future; or the three guṇas seen through). The inclusion of generative power (meḍhra) signals that creation and preservation are integrated in the deity’s cosmic embodiment.