Shloka 8

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

उद्भूतपुलका स्नेहसम्भवास्त्राविलेक्षणा ।

ततो ममागतो हासः शृणु चाप्यत्र कारणम् ॥

Transliteration

udbhūtapulakā snehasambhavāstrāvilekṣaṇā / tato mamāgato hāsaḥ śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam //

Translation

„Als mir vor Zuneigung die Haut sich kräuselte und die Augen feucht wurden, da kam über mich das Lachen. Höre auch hier den Grund dafür.“

Word by Word

• उद्भूतपुलका: with horripilation arisen
• उद्भूतपुलका: Karta-anvayi (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्भूत-पुलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उद्भूतः पुलकः यस्याः)

• स्नेहसम्भव: arising from affection
• स्नेहसम्भव: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्नेहात् सम्भवः)

• अस्त्रावि: without tears (not running)
• अस्त्रावि: Karta-anvayi (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-स्त्राविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास-आधारित विशेषण (अस्त्रावि = not-teary/without discharge)

• लेक्षणा: (she) with eyes/looking
• लेक्षणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेक्षणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• आगतः: arisen/come
• आगतः: Karta-anvayi (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हासः: laughter
• हासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• कारणम्: the reason
• कारणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Child to mother.

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Emotional display vs inner motive
• Viveka (discernment)
• Didactic explanation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

External signs of love (tears, gooseflesh) do not by themselves guarantee purity of intent; discernment asks for the underlying cause and direction of desire.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna as a vehicle for dharma-viveka; it is an instructive psychological-ethical passage rather than a cosmological register.

What is the esoteric significance?

Laughter amid tears points to the paradox of saṃsāra: what appears as ‘love’ can mask appropriation; the wise respond with a detached, illuminating mirth.