Shloka 14

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

मम प्रसादं भगवन् कुरु मन्त्रप्रभावजम् ।

द्रष्टुमेतां मम महीम् अतिवेच्छा प्रवर्तते ॥

Transliteration

mama prasādaṁ bhagavan kuru mantra-prabhāva-jam |

draṣṭum etāṁ mama mahīm ativēcchā pravartate ||

Translation

O Gesegneter, gewähre mir deine Gunst, die aus der Kraft des Mantras hervorgeht; in mir ist ein heftiges Verlangen entstanden, diese Erde zu schauen.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana (Singular), Sarvanāma (1st person pronoun)

• prasādam: favor/grace
• prasādam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• bhagavan: O venerable one
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)

• kuru: do/grant
• kuru: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• mantra-prabhāva-jam: born of the power of mantra
• mantra-prabhāva-jam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of prasādam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: mantrāṇāṃ prabhāvaḥ → mantraprabhāva; tasmāt jātaṃ (born of that)

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Tumunanta (Infinitive/तुमुन्), purpose (प्रयोजनार्थ)

• etām: this
• etām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular), Sarvanāma

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana (Singular), Sarvanāma

• mahīm: earth/land
• mahīm: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ativā: excessively/very much
• ativā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (Indeclinable), upasarga/adverbial intensifier

• icchā: desire
• icchā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• pravartate: arises/sets in
• pravartate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Ātmanepada; upasarga: pra-

Speakers

• Listener/host brāhmaṇa addressing the visiting brāhmaṇa adept

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Seeking boon (prasāda)
• Mantra-siddhi requested
• Pilgrimage impulse

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Desire is redirected from possession to darśana (seeing/knowing). The request frames power as ‘prasāda’—something granted, not seized.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna: a boon-request motif within the narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘To see the earth’ can imply expanding awareness to the total field (kṣetra); mantra becomes a vehicle for widened perception, not merely locomotion.