Shloka 41

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

यद्येष मयि सुस्निग्धां दृष्टिमद्य निपातयेत् । कृतपुण्या न मत्तोऽन्या त्रैलोक्ये वनिता ततः ॥

Transliteration

yadyeṣa mayi susnigdhāṃ dṛṣṭim adya nipātayet / kṛtapuṇyā na matto 'nyā trailokye vanitā tataḥ

Translation

「もし今日、彼がわたしにこの上なく情愛に満ちた眼差しを向けてくれるなら、三界のいかなる女も、わたしより功徳ある者はいないだろう。」

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conditional conjunction

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• मयि: on/at me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• सु-स्निग्धाम्: very affectionate, tender
• सु-स्निग्धाम्: Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्मधारयः (अतिशयेन स्निग्धा) qualifying ‘दृष्टिम्’

• दृष्टिम्: glance, look
• दृष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-adverb

• निपातयेत्: should cast/let fall
• निपातयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु)
• Form: Causative not intended; simple verb with upasarga; Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• कृत-पुण्या: meritorious (having earned merit)
• कृत-पुण्या: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थ also possible, but here as adjective ‘one who has done merit’; tatpurusha sense (पुण्यं कृतवती)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• मत्तः: than me/from me
• मत्तः: Apadana (अपादानम्/पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• अन्या: another
• अन्या: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively ‘another (woman)’

• त्रै-लोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रै-लोक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• वनिता: woman
• वनिता: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ततः: then, therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (result/sequence)

Speakers

• Narrative voice reporting the thoughts of a divyayoṣit

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "mada", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Kāma (desire)
• Validation through attention
• Puṇya as social-spiritual status
• Tri-loka motif

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Craving for a ‘glance’ shows how small tokens of attention can become the axis of self-worth. The verse critiques comparative pride (māna) arising from desire.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it supports the narrative’s moral texture rather than cosmological or dynastic accounting.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘glance’ (dṛṣṭi) is a subtle motif for śakti of attention: when sought externally, it binds; when internalized as witnessing awareness, it liberates—here shown in its binding form.