Shloka 36

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

मोक्षितोऽसऽहं त्वया शापादतिघोरान्महाद्युते ।

प्रदत्तादतितीव्रेण ब्रह्ममित्रेण धीमता ॥

Transliteration

mokṣitoṣa'haṃ tvayā śāpādatighorānmahādyute | pradattādatitīvreṇa brahmamitreṇa dhīmatā

Translation

‘ಓ ಮಹಾತೇಜಸ್ವೀ! ನೀವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಭಯಾನಕ ಶಾಪದಿಂದ ವಿಮೋಚಿಸಿದ್ದೀರಿ—ಆ ಶಾಪವನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯಾದ ಮುನಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಮಿತ್ರನು ಕಠೋರವಾಗಿ ವಿಧಿಸಿದ್ದನು.’

Word by Word

• मोक्षितः: released, freed
• मोक्षितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √muc (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of aham)

• असौ: indeed, this (one)
• असौ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (emphatic ‘this/that’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• शापात्: from the curse
• शापात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अति: very
• अति: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तीव्रताबोधक (intensifier)

• घोरात्: terrible
• घोरात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of śāpāt)

• महाद्युते: O great-splendored one
• महाद्युते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (one of great splendor), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रदत्तात्: given/bestowed
• प्रदत्तात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पञ्चमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of śāpāt)

• अति: exceedingly
• अति: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तीव्रताबोधक

• तीव्रेण: intense
• तीव्रेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīvra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of brahmamitreṇa / of śāpa implied)

• ब्रह्ममित्रेण: by Brahmamitra
• ब्रह्ममित्रेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (proper name), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of brahmamitreṇa)

Speakers

• Rākṣasa speaking to Svarociṣa; Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Śāpa (curse) and release
• Karmic consequence
• Power of tapas and ṛṣi authority

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even demonic states can be temporary conditions produced by karma/śāpa; right encounter and disciplined power can catalyze release rather than mere destruction.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: the curse-and-release episode functions as moral history within an age, not as genealogical vaṃśa proper (though it may connect to it).

What is the esoteric significance?

A ‘curse’ can symbolize binding patterns (saṃskāras). The astra that forces surrender becomes the moment of insight that breaks the pattern—liberation through confrontation with truth.