Shloka 17

Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha

Sanskrit

साहं प्राणप्रदायाद्य तां विद्यां स्वं तथा वपुः ।

प्रयच्छामि प्रतीच्छ त्वं प्रसादसुमुखो मम ॥

Transliteration

sāhaṃ prāṇapradāyādya tāṃ vidyāṃ svaṃ tathā vapuḥ / prayacchāmi pratīccha tvaṃ prasādasumukho mama

Translation

ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಇಂದು ಪ್ರಾಣದಾನ ಮಾಡಿ, ಆ ವಿದ್ಯೆಯನ್ನೂ ನನ್ನ ಸ್ವಂತ ರೂಪದೇಹವನ್ನೂ ನೀಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅದನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸು— ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕರುಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನವಾಗು।

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• प्राणप्रदाय: giver of life
• प्राणप्रदाय: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण + प्रदाय (कृदन्त; प्र√दा + ण्यत्/घञ्-भावे—here as noun 'giver') (प्रातिपदिक + कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्राणानां प्रदायः/प्रदाता)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• विद्याम्: spell/knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (also/likewise)

• वपुः: body, form
• वपुः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रयच्छामि: I give, I bestow
• प्रयच्छामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√यम्/यच्छ् (धातु; प्र + √यम् 'to give')
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रतीच्छ: receive, accept
• प्रतीच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√इ (धातु; प्रति + √इ 'to receive/accept'—आदेशरूप)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रसादसुमुखः: with a gracious face
• प्रसादसुमुखः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसाद + सुमुख (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (प्रसादेन सुमुखः = with a gracious/pleased face)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speakers

• A divine/empowered female figure offering vidyā and vapuḥ to the addressed recipient

Shakti Aspects

• Gift of prāṇa + vidyā indicates śakti transmission (life + power-formula)

Key Themes

• Grace (prasāda)
• Transmission of power
• Life-force (prāṇa)
• Self-offering/surrender motif

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Boons are not merely transactional: the verse frames giving as self-involvement (vapuḥ) and asks for reciprocal grace—power should be received with responsibility and reverence.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara narrative material: illustrates how extraordinary capacities (vidyā, prosperity-control) are conferred within a particular time-cycle and its exemplars.

What is the esoteric significance?

Granting prāṇa and vapuḥ suggests ‘ensoulment’ and ‘embodiment’ of the vidyā—i.e., the power becomes operative only when it takes form within the recipient’s life-force and identity.