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Shloka 3

Adhyaya 52The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages

प्रादुरासीदथाङ्के ’स्य कुमारो नीललोहितः ।

रुरोद सुस्वरं सो ’थ द्रवंश्च द्विजसत्तम ॥

prādurāsīd athāṅke 'sya kumāro nīlalohitaḥ / ruroda susvaraṁ so 'tha dravaṁś ca dvijasattama

ແລ້ວໃນຕັກຂອງພຣະອົງ ກໍປະກົດເດັກນ້ອຍຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ຊື່ ນີລະໂລຫິຕະ (Nīlalohita). ລາວຮ້ອງໄຫ້ດັງ ແລະວິ່ງໄປມາດ້ວຍ, ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ।

prādurāsītappeared/manifested
prādurāsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprādur (अव्यय) + as (धातु)
FormPeriphrastic formation with indeclinable ‘prādur’; Verb: √as (अस्), Lakāra: Laṅ (लङ्, imperfect/past), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
athathen
atha:
Anubandha (अनुबन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle (निपात)
aṅkein the lap
aṅke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
asyaof him/this one
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
kumāraḥa boy/child
kumāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
nīla-lohitaḥblue-and-red (dark and ruddy)
nīla-lohitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnīla (प्रातिपदिक) + lohita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva (द्वन्द्व) compound used adjectivally; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘kumāraḥ’
rurodacried/wept
ruroda:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootrud (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
su-svaramin a very clear/loud voice
su-svaram:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) adverbial compound; used as adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
athathen
atha:
Anubandha (अनुबन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
dravamquickly
dravam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootdrava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-द्वितीया)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
dvija-sattamaO best of Brahmins
dvija-sattama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound in vocative; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular (एकवचन)
Narrative voice addressing a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (dvijasattama)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

BrahmāRudra (Nīlalohita)
CosmologyTheogonyRudra epithetsMythic etymology

FAQs

The ‘crying child’ image conveys the raw, untamed potency of Rudra—power that must be named, oriented, and given cosmic stations to become constructive within the order of creation.

Sarga: emergence of a deity-form and the initial description of its behavior prior to cosmic assignment.

Nīla-lohita (‘blue-red’) suggests the polarity of transcendence and passion/energy: blue (vast/etheric, poison-bearing asceticism) and red (vital force). The running and crying symbolize unchanneled śakti seeking form through nāma (name).