Shloka 17

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

Sanskrit

सहस्रं योजनानां हि दिनार्धेन व्रजामि यत् ।

आयास्यामिति सञ्चिन्त्य तदर्धेनापरेण हि ॥

Transliteration

sahasraṁ yojanānāṁ hi dinārdhena vrajāmi yat |

āyāsyāmīti sañcintya tadardhenāpareṇa hi ||

Translation

Denn ich lege tausend Yojanas in einem halben Tag zurück; in dem Gedanken: „Ich werde zurückkehren“, plante er, die andere Hälfte dieser Zeit für die Rückreise zu nutzen.

Word by Word

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma (कर्म/Object; measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात/Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात) giving emphasis/causal nuance

• dinārdhena: in half a day
• dinārdhena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; time-measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); tatpuruṣa: dinasya ardham

• vrajāmi: I go/travel
• vrajāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/Relative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya usage as relative particle (यत् = 'that/which'), correlating with implied तत्

• āyāsyāmi: I will come/arrive
• āyāsyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ lakāra (Periphrastic Future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada; upasarga: ā-

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle (इति-वाचक)

• sañcintya: having reflected
• sañcintya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√cint (धातु)
• Form: Ktvānta (Absolutive/Gerund/क्त्वा), having thought; upasarga: sam-

• tadardhena: with half of that (time)
• tadardhena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; time-measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); tatpuruṣa: tasya ardham

• apareṇa: by the other (half)
• apareṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; time-measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात/Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात)

Speakers

• Narrator voice (continuation of episode)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Time reckoning in travel
• Siddhi as practical capability
• Narrative pacing device

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Extraordinary capability is framed within ordinary obligations—returning on time—suggesting that siddhi is to serve dharmic life, not disrupt it.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna: narrative continuation with quantitative detail (yojana/time) but not manvantara chronology.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘half-day out, half-day back’ structure mirrors controlled engagement with the world: expansion (going out) and withdrawal (return), akin to regulated prāṇa/mind movement.