Shloka 17

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

क्षामक्षामस्वरः किञ्चित्कल्पिताधरपल्लवः । त्वयावहसितो यस्मादनार्ये दुष्टतापसि ॥

Transliteration

kṣāmakṣāmasvaraḥ kiñcit kalpitādharapallavaḥ / tvayāvahasito yasmād anārye duṣṭatāpasi

Translation

„Weil du mich verspottet hast — mich, dessen Stimme vor Auszehrung schwach ist, dessen Lippen kaum Gestalt gewinnen — o Niedrige, von bösem Wandel, die du den Asketen verachtest!“

Speakers

• The sage (speaker) addressing the maiden

Key Themes

• Condemnation of disrespect
• Speech as karmic trigger
• Ascetic authority