Shloka 162

Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account

Devanagari script

काम्या सुपार्श्वतनया सांबाल्लेभे तरस्विनम् । सत्त्वप्रकृतयो देवाः पराः पंच प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

kāmyā supārśvatanayā sāṃbāllebhe tarasvinam | sattvaprakṛtayo devāḥ parāḥ paṃca prakīrtitāḥ

Translation

スパールシュヴァの娘カーミヤーは、剛健なるタラスヴィンを夫として得た。かくして、サットヴァ（清浄）を本性とする五柱の至上神が宣言される。

Word by Word

• काम्या: Kāmyā (proper name)
• काम्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुपार्श्वतनया: daughter of Supārśva
• सुपार्श्वतनया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: सुपार्श्वस्य तनया (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘daughter of Supārśva’)

• सांबात्: from Sāmba
• सांबात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• लेभे: obtained, received
• लेभे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तरस्विनम्: Tarasvin (proper name; the vigorous one)
• तरस्विनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सत्त्वप्रकृतयः: of sattva-nature
• सत्त्वप्रकृतयः: Visheshana (विशेषण of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समास: सत्त्वस्य प्रकृतिः येषाम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense; ‘of sattva-nature’); विशेषण (qualifying ‘देवाः’)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पराः: supreme, higher
• पराः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘देवाः’)

• पंच: five
• पंच: Sankhya (संख्या/Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्यावाचक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (numeral, indeclinable form)

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/declared
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense: ‘are proclaimed’)

Speaker

Narrator (context not fully determinable from this single verse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सांबाल्लेभे → सांबात् + लेभे.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmyā
• Supārśva
• Tarasvin

FAQs

Who are the “five supreme sattva-natured gods” mentioned here?

This verse signals a doctrinal classification of five higher (parāḥ) deities characterized by sattva; the specific list is typically provided in the surrounding verses, so it cannot be safely enumerated from this line alone.

What is the narrative function of mentioning Kāmyā and Tarasvin?

It reads like a genealogical notice—recording a marriage/lineage detail—common in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa passages that map creation-era families and their descendants.

What ethical or philosophical idea is emphasized by “sattva-prakṛti” here?

Sattva indicates clarity, purity, and harmony; calling certain deities “sattva-natured” frames them as exemplars of luminous, elevating qualities within a broader cosmological taxonomy.