Shloka 20

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

Sanskrit

क्षान्त्याऽस्पदं वै ब्राह्मण्यं क्रोधसंयमनं तपः ।

एतच्छ्रुत्वा ददौ शापं तयोऽप्यमितद्युतिः ॥

Transliteration

kṣāntyāspadaṃ vai brāhmaṇyaṃ krodhasaṃyamanaṃ tapaḥ | etac chrutvā dadau śāpaṃ tayor apy amitadyutiḥ ||

Translation

ຄວາມອົດທົນແມ່ນຮາກຖານແທ້ຂອງຄວາມເປັນພຣາຫມັນ; ການຂົ່ມກັ້ນຄວາມໂກດແມ່ນຕະປັດສະຍາທີ່ແທ້. ແມ່ນແຕ່ໄດ້ຍິນດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ມີສະຫງ່າລາສີຫາທີ່ສຸດບໍ່ໄດ້ ກໍຍັງປະກາດຄຳສາບແຊ່ງໃສ່ທັງສອງ.

Word by Word

• क्षान्त्या: by/with forbearance
• क्षान्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• आस्पदम्: foundation, seat, basis
• आस्पदम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता-पद), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय-निपात)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ब्राह्मण्यम्: brahminhood
• ब्राह्मण्यम्: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (as predicate with ‘आस्पदम्’)

• क्रोधसंयमनम्: restraint of anger
• क्रोधसंयमनम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + संयमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of anger’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• ददौ: gave/uttered
• ददौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• तयोः: of those two / for those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध) वा सप्तमी-द्विवचनरूप (Locative dual form identical); द्विवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Addition (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• अमितद्युतिः: the one of immeasurable splendor
• अमितद्युतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: ‘one whose splendor is immeasurable’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

Speakers

• Unspecified in excerpt; narrative indicates a luminous ascetic/brāhmaṇa figure reacts by cursing two persons

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Anger and self-control
• Power of speech (śāpa)
• Paradox of spiritual power without restraint

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse defines authentic tapas as emotional governance. It also critiques the irony of a spiritually radiant person acting contrary to the very principle praised—illustrating how power without composure becomes destructive.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

It functions as dharma-upadeśa embedded in narrative (ākhyāna), not as a cosmological/genealogical lakṣaṇa. The Purāṇic method here is moral instruction through consequence.

What is the esoteric significance?

Śāpa represents thought/speech crystallizing into fate. When krodha overrides kṣānti, the same inner energy that could liberate becomes binding and afflictive.