Shloka 18

Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation

Sanskrit

तस्य चाकथयत् प्रीत्या यन्मुनिर्भृगुनन्दनः ।

तत्ते प्रकथयिष्यामः शृणु त्वं द्विजसत्तम ॥

Transliteration

tasya cākathayat prītyā yan munir bhṛgunandanaḥ | tat te prakathayiṣyāmaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ dvijasattama ||

Translation

ಭೃಗುವಂಶದ ಹರ್ಷಸ್ವರೂಪನಾದ ಆ ಮುನಿಯು ಸ್ನೇಹದಿಂದ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದುದನ್ನು—ಅದೇನ್ನು ನಾವು ಈಗ ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ, ಕೇಳು.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• akathayat: told
• akathayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• prītyā: with affection
• prītyā: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• yat: what
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (object of akathayat)

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhṛgu-nandanaḥ: Bhṛgu’s son
• bhṛgu-nandanaḥ: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhṛgoḥ nandanaḥ)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic form

• prakathayiṣyāmaḥ: we shall narrate
• prakathayiṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+kath (धातु)
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); 2nd person pronoun

• dvija-sattama: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठो द्विजः)

Speakers

• Narrator voice (within birds’ discourse) addressing Jaimini

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Faithful recitation (anukīrtana)
• Lineage of sages (Bhṛgu-vaṃśa)
• Affective pedagogy (prīti)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True teaching is not only accurate but benevolent: prīti (goodwill) is presented as a legitimate tone for transmitting sacred knowledge, countering harshness or pride.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Paramparā-introduction: it establishes the r̥ṣi-chain through which pañcalakṣaṇa content will be delivered.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Bhṛgu’s descendant’ evokes tapas and fiery insight associated with Bhṛgu’s line; the suggestion is that the coming doctrine is ‘ripened’ by ascetic heat and then softened by compassion.