Shloka 17

Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise

Sanskrit

मुनिशापकृता किंनु केनचित् किं विमानिता ।

वाष्पवारिपरिक्लिन्नमियं धत्ते यतो मुखम् ॥

Transliteration

muni-śāpa-kṛtā kiṃ nu kenacit kiṃ vimānitā |

vāṣpa-vāri-pariklinnaṃ iyaṃ dhatte yato mukham ||

Translation

„Ist sie von dem Fluch eines Weisen getroffen worden, oder hat sie jemand beleidigt? Denn ihr Antlitz ist von Tränenwasser durchnässt.“

Word by Word

• मुनि-शाप-कृता: caused by a sage’s curse
• मुनि-शाप-कृता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कृता (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त, PPP) ‘कृ’ धातोः; तत्पुरुषः “made/caused by a sage’s curse”

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of thought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• नु: indeed (question particle)
• नु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्न-निपात

• केनचित्: by someone
• केनचित्: Karana (करण/Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of thought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• विमानिता: insulted
• विमानिता: Karta (कर्ता) with passive sense / Predicative
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मान् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त, PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “insulted/disrespected”

• वाष्प-वारि-परिक्लिन्नम्: soaked with tears
• वाष्प-वारि-परिक्लिन्नम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + वारि (प्रातिपदिक) + परिक्लिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः “soaked with tear-water”

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धत्ते: holds/bears
• धत्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यतः: why/because
• यतः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/सम्बन्धार्थ (causal/relative adverb) “because/whence”

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speakers

• Kali the Gandharva (internal monologue)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Curse motif
• Honor/dishonor
• Tears as sign of grief

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse reflects common Purāṇic causality-checks for suffering—śāpa (curse), māna-apamāna (honor/insult), and internal grief—implying that wise response begins with correct diagnosis.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is narrative reasoning within an episode.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Curse’ can symbolize binding saṃskāras; ‘insult’ symbolizes wounded ahaṃkāra. Both produce the same outward sign—tears—pointing to the inner root as mental affliction.