Shloka 10

द्वैतवन-सरः प्रवेशविघ्नः

Dvaītavana Lake: Obstructed Entry

Devanagari script

काकी च हलिमा चैव मालिनी बृंहता तथा । आर्या पलाला वैमित्रा सप्तैता: शिशुमातर:,काकी, हलिमा, मालिनी, बृंहता, आर्या, पलाला और वैमित्रा--ये सातों शिशुकी माताएँ हैं

Transliteration

kākī ca halimā caiva mālinī bṛṃhatā tathā | āryā palālā vaimitrā sapta etāḥ śiśu-mātaraḥ ||

Translation

കാകീ, ഹലിമാ, മാലിനീ, ബൃംഹതാ; കൂടാതെ ആര്യാ, പാലാലാ, വൈമിത്രാ—ഈ ഏഴുപേരാണ് ശിശുവിന്റെ മാതാക്കൾ.

Word by Word

• काकी: Kākī (a woman named Kākī)
• काकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हलिमा: Halimā (a woman named Halimā)
• हलिमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हलिमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मालिनी: Mālinī (a woman named Mālinī)
• मालिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बृंहता: Bṛṃhatā/Bṛṃhatī (a woman named Bṛṃhatā)
• बृंहता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृंहती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आर्या: Āryā (a woman named Āryā)
• आर्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पलाला: Palālā (a woman named Palālā)
• पलाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलाला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वैमित्रा: Vaimitrā (a woman named Vaimitrā)
• वैमित्रा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैमित्रा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शिशुमातरः: mothers of infants/children
• शिशुमातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुमातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Kākī
• Halimā
• Mālinī
• Bṛṃhatā
• Āryā
• Palālā
• Vaimitrā
• the child (śiśu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea of collective nurture and protection: a child’s welfare can be upheld by multiple maternal figures, emphasizing dharmic responsibility and caregiving beyond a single biological mother.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya enumerates seven named women, identifying them as the child’s mothers/guardians, functioning as a formal listing within the story to clarify relationships and roles.