Shloka 19

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

Sanskrit

पुनः स चिन्तयामास तद्विज्ञाय मुनेः कलिः ।

ममोपपादितं साधु भाग्यैरेतत्पुराकृतैः ॥

Transliteration

punaḥ sa cintayāmāsa tad vijñāya muneḥ kaliḥ |

mamopapāditaṃ sādhu bhāgyair etat purā-kṛtaiḥ ||

Translation

Kālī réfléchit encore, l’ayant appris (comme d’un sage) : «Cela a été bien ordonné pour moi par les fortunes issues d’actes accomplis jadis.»

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिन्तयामास: pondered
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्-विज्ञाय: having understood that
• तत्-विज्ञाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Absolutive—prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive), “having understood that”; उपसर्ग ‘वि’

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कलिः: Kali
• कलिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• उपपादितम्: obtained/achieved
• उपपादितम्: Karma (कर्म) / Predicative complement
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + पद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त, PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “brought about/obtained/secured”

• साधु: well; rightly
• साधु: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/विशेषण)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसार्थक निपात/क्रियाविशेषण “well/indeed good”

• भाग्यैः: by fortunes
• भाग्यैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; साधन/हेतौ “by (my) fortunes”

• एतत्-पुरा-कृतैः: previously done (deeds)
• एतत्-पुरा-कृतैः: Visheshana (विशेषण) to भाग्यैः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतत् (सर्वनाम) + पुरा (अव्यय) + कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः “done previously (before)”; कृदन्त (क्त, PPP) ‘कृ’ धातोः; ‘पुरा’ अव्यय-पूर्वपद

Speakers

• Narrator voice describing Kali’s thought

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Karma and fortune
• Opportunism in narrative
• Past deeds bearing fruit

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse expresses the Purāṇic worldview of karma-phala: present openings are interpreted as ripening of past actions—yet this also warns that one may misuse ‘fortune’ unless guided by dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-causal narration within an episode; not a direct treatment of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, though it resonates with the broader Purāṇic karmic framework.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Bhāgya’ as purā-kṛta suggests unseen causal networks (adṛṣṭa) shaping events; the narrative hints that subtle causality can be ‘read’ by those with inner insight (samādhi).