Shloka 26

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

पोषयामास चैवैतां स्वाश्रमाभ्याससम्भवाम् ।

प्रमुचः स महाभागस्तस्मिन्नेव महाचले ॥

Transliteration

poṣayāmāsa caivaitāṃ svāśramābhyāsasambhavām / pramucaḥ sa mahābhāgas tasminn eva mahācale

Translation

Und der glückselige Weise Pramuca nährte und zog sie auf—nahe seiner eigenen Einsiedelei geboren—dort selbst, auf jenem großen Berg.

Word by Word

• पोषयामास: nourished, raised
• पोषयामास: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष् (धातु) [पोषय- causative/णिजन्त]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) अर्थे ‘nourished/raised’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• एताम्: this (girl), her
• एताम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्व-आश्रम-अभ्यास-सम्भवाम्: born/raised in the vicinity of (his) hermitage
• स्व-आश्रम-अभ्यास-सम्भवाम्: विशेषण (Adjectival to एताम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भवा (सम्+भू धातु + अ/टाप् स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्वस्य आश्रमस्य अभ्यासात् सम्भवा = arisen from/near his hermitage vicinity)

• प्रमुचः: Pramuca
• प्रमुचः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमुच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स: he
• स: कर्ता (Subject, resumptive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाभागः: very fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागः: विशेषण (Adjectival to स/प्रमुचः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• महाचले: on the great mountain
• महाचले: अधिकरण (Locative/स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् अचलः = great mountain)

Speakers

• Markandeya narrating

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Āśrama culture
• Guardianship and care
• Sacred geography as habitation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is enacted through protection of the vulnerable: the sage embodies responsibility (rakṣaṇa/poṣaṇa), integrating the extraordinary into a disciplined life.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna within Vamśānucarita; it illustrates social-dharmic functioning of sages and hermitages rather than cosmic epochs.

What is the esoteric significance?

The mountain-āśrama setting signifies elevation and steadiness: nurturing in ‘high ground’ suggests cultivation of sattva and restraint shaping destiny.