Shloka 61

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

Sanskrit

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः पित्रा स्वयं दत्तां तां कन्यां स विधानतः ।

उपयेमे गिरौ तस्मिन् स्वरोचिश्चारुलोचनाम् ॥

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ pitrā svayaṃ dattāṃ tāṃ kanyāṃ sa vidhānataḥ / upayeme girau tasmin svarociś cārulocanām

Translation

ມາຣກັນເດຍ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແລ້ວນາງສາວນັ້ນ ຖືກພໍ່ຂອງນາງເອງມອບໃຫ້; ແລະສະວາໂຣຈິສະ ກໍໄດ້ແຕ່ງງານກັບນາງຜູ້ມີດວງຕາງາມນັ້ນ ຢູ່ເທິງພູນັ້ນ ຕາມພິທີອັນຄວນ»។

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Mārkaṇḍeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (काल/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर (then, thereafter)

• पित्रा: by the father
• पित्रा: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक (oneself)

• दत्ताम्: given
• दत्ताम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्ता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dā (दा) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to the rite
• विधानतः: Prakara (प्रकार/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); "according to rule"

• उपयेमे: married; took (as wife)
• उपयेमे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√यम् (यम्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; अर्थे = "married/accepted in marriage"

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: there; on that (mountain)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्वरोचिः: Svaroci
• स्वरोचिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरोचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चारु-लोचनाम्: the fair-eyed (girl)
• चारु-लोचनाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (चारूणि लोचनानि यस्याः/या); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Marriage rites
• Social dharma (kanyādāna implied)
• Narrative resolution

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even in romantic or miraculous narratives, the Purāṇic ideal affirms social order (vidhi): unions are legitimized through the father’s consent and proper rite, integrating personal desire with dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita mode: a descriptive episode within a Manu-period account, illustrating norms and exemplary events rather than sarga/pratisarga.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘mountain’ setting often signifies elevation/steadiness; the marriage “on the mountain” can be read as union established on firmness (dhṛti) after instability caused by curse and disease.