Shloka 87

The Account of Kāṣṭhīlā (Kāṣṭhīlā-ākhyāna) within the Mohinī Narrative

Devanagari script

प्रविश्य तत्र शय्यायां मुमोचोत्पललोचनाम् । रुदतीमतिसंत्रस्तां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ॥ ८७ ॥

Transliteration

praviśya tatra śayyāyāṃ mumocotpalalocanām | rudatīmatisaṃtrastāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām || 87 ||

Translation

中へ入ると、彼は蓮華の眼をもつ女を寝台に置いた。彼女は泣き、ひどく怯え、豊かな腰と胸を備えていた。

Word by Word

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having entered’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• शय्यायाम्: on the bed
• शय्यायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मुमोच: released / let go
• मुमोच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• उत्पललोचनाम्: the lotus-eyed woman
• उत्पललोचनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पल + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—उत्पलवत् लोचने यस्याः (कर्मधारय)

• रुदतीम्: crying
• रुदतीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुदत् (रुद्-धातु, शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उत्पललोचनाम्’ प्रति विशेषण

• अतिसंत्रस्ताम्: greatly terrified
• अतिसंत्रस्ताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + सम्-त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘संत्रस्त’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘अति’ (intensifier)

• पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम्: the woman with full hips and breasts
• पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीन + श्रोणि + पयोधरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(पीनश्रोणिः) च (पीनपयोधरा) च इति द्वन्द्व-प्रायः (द्वय-लक्षण-समाहारः)

Speaker

Suta (narrative voice; dialogue context traditionally within Narada Purana recitation)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It functions as a narrative detail that highlights fear and vulnerability within a moral storyline, setting up the ethical consequences and protective/dharmic resolution that the Purana typically develops in the surrounding verses.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

This specific verse is not a direct bhakti teaching; rather, it is part of a story frame where later context usually contrasts human distress with refuge in dharma and, in broader Purāṇic patterning, remembrance of the Lord as the ultimate shelter.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No explicit Vedāṅga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) instruction appears in this verse; it is primarily descriptive narration.