Shloka 3

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

Sanskrit

जातं माता निजोत्सङ्गे स्थितमुल्लाप्य तं पुनः ।

परिष्वजति हार्देन पुनरुल्लापयत्यथ ॥

Transliteration

jātaṃ mātā nijotsaṅge sthitam ullāpya taṃ punaḥ / pariṣvajati hārdena punar ullāpayaty atha //

Translation

बालक के जन्म लेते ही माता ने उसे अपनी गोद में रखकर बार-बार लाड़ किया, हृदय से स्नेहपूर्वक उसे आलिंगन किया, और फिर खेल-खेल में उससे पुनः बोली।

Word by Word

• jātam: the newborn (child)
• jātam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively ‘the newborn’

• mātā: the mother
• mātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• nija-utsaṅge: in (her) own lap
• nija-utsaṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + utsaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘of oneself’ + ‘lap’)

• sthitam: lying/placed
• sthitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies jātam

• ullāpya: having caressed/played with (cooed to)
• ullāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√lap (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त), indeclinable verbal form; expresses prior action

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), adverb (पुनरर्थे)

• pariṣvajati: embraces
• pariṣvajati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√svaj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• hārdena: with heartfelt affection
• hārdena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hārda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘with affection/heartfelt (feeling)’

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), adverb (पुनरर्थे)

• ullāpayati: coos to / speaks endearingly
• ullāpayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√lap (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Causative sense ‘make speak/utter endearments’ (णिजन्त-अर्थ)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), discourse particle (अनन्तर/प्रसङ्गे)

Speakers

• Narrator describing the mother’s actions.

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Attachment
• Parental affection
• Observation leading to discernment

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Affection (sneha) is depicted vividly; later verses will interrogate whether affection is purely selfless or mixed with self-interest—an ethical probe into motives behind love.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśānucarita/Ākhyāna (narrative illustration) serving dharma-upadeśa (ethical instruction) through story.

What is the esoteric significance?

The lap and repeated cooing symbolize the binding power of māyā/sneha—comforting yet potentially obscuring discernment, which the jātismara will pierce.