Shloka 34

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

Sanskrit

ततः स्वरोचिः संक्रुद्धश्चण्डास्त्रमति भैरवम् ।

दृष्ट्यां निवेश्य तद्रक्षो ददर्शानिमिषेक्षणः ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ svarociḥ saṃkruddhaścaṇḍāstramatibhairavam | dṛṣṭyāṃ niveśya tadrakṣo dadarśānimiṣekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Da wurde Svarociṣa zornig, band das überaus furchterregende Caṇḍāstra in seinen Blick und schaute jenen Rākṣasa mit unbewegten, unblinzelnden Augen an.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• स्वरोचिः: Svaroci (proper name)
• स्वरोचिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svaroci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√krudh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying svarociḥ)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चण्ड: fierce
• चण्ड: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक (adjectival stem), नपुंसकलिङ्गे समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• अस्त्रम्: weapon, missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अति: exceedingly, very
• अति: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier)

• भैरवम्: terrifying
• भैरवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying astram)

• दृष्ट्याम्: with (his) gaze
• दृष्ट्याम्: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Vedic/epic variant ending -yām for -yā)

• निवेश्य: having fixed/placed
• निवेश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√viś (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), क्रियाविशेषण

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of rakṣaḥ)

• रक्षः: the demon (rakṣas)
• रक्षः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (rakṣaḥ = acc. sg. in epic usage)

• ददर्श: he saw
• ददर्श: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अनिमिषेक्षणः: unblinking-eyed
• अनिमिषेक्षणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-nimiṣa + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (one whose eyes do not blink), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of svarociḥ)

Speakers

• Narrative voice (Mārkaṇḍeya)

Key Themes

• Astra usage
• Concentration through sight
• Righteous wrath

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Anger is not glorified as impulse but harnessed as disciplined force in service of protection. The ‘unblinking’ gaze indicates steadiness—ethical action requires unwavering clarity.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: narrative detail about ṛṣi/heroic capacities within an era, not cosmological creation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Placing an astra ‘in the gaze’ symbolizes dhāraṇā (one-pointed fixation). The eye becomes the channel of will: concentrated awareness itself acts as a weapon against inner darkness.