Shloka 653

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

तदापतत्‌ पर्णपुटे तत्र सा संभवत्‌ सुता । जप करनेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ ऋषिने उस वीर्यको अपने हाथमें ले लिया, परंतु वह तत्काल ही एक पफ्त्तेके दोनेमें गिर पड़ा। वहीं वह कन्या प्रकट हो गयी

Transliteration

tadāpatat parṇapuṭe tatra sā saṃbhavat sutā | japakarṇevāleṣu śreṣṭha ṛṣiṇe us vīryako apne hāthameṃ le liyā, parantu vah tatkāl hī ek patteke done meṃ gir paṛā | vahīṃ vah kanyā prakaṭ ho gayī |

Translation

するとそれは葉で作られた杯に落ち、まさにその場で一人の娘が生じた。聖なる誦唱（ジャパ）に励む者の中でも最勝の大仙は、その種を手に受け取ったが、たちまち滑り落ち、葉で編んだ小さな器へと落下した。その一点から、乙女は顕現した。

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अपतत्: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पर्णपुटे: in the leaf-cup (leaf-bowl)
• पर्णपुटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्णपुट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• संभवत्: came into being / arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• ṛṣi (unnamed sage)
• sutā/kanyā (the maiden)
• vīrya (seed)
• parṇapuṭa (leaf-cup/leaf-bowl)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that outcomes may arise even from unintended moments, yet within a dharmic frame: ascetic discipline, ritual potency, and destiny can transform an accidental fall into an extraordinary birth, suggesting that moral and spiritual context shapes how events bear fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

A sage takes the seed (vīrya) into his hand, but it immediately falls into a leaf-cup (parṇapuṭa). From that very place a daughter/maiden manifests, marking a miraculous or unusual origin story narrated by Vaiśampāyana.