Shloka 72

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

पिण्डञ्च मध्यमं तद्वद्यथावदुपभुक्तवान् ।

तञ्चापि ध्यायः कामं ततः सा तनुमध्यमाः ॥

Transliteration

piṇḍaṃ ca madhyamaṃ tadvat yathāvad upabhuktavān |

taṃ cāpi dhyāyaḥ kāmaṃ tataḥ sā tanumadhyamā ||

Translation

അവൻ വിധിപൂർവം മദ്ധ്യഭാഗമായ ഗ്രാസവും ഭുജിച്ചു. പിന്നെ തനിക്കിഷ്ടമായവിധം അതിനെ ധ്യാനിച്ച ഉടനെ അവിടെ തന്നെ സുന്ദരമായ സ്ലിം അരയുള്ള സ്ത്രീ പ്രത്യക്ഷയായി.

Word by Word

• पिण्डम्: a lump/morsel
• पिण्डम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मध्यमम्: middle-sized/medium
• मध्यमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial), तुल्यतार्थक (like that)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), यथाविधि (properly)

• उपभुक्तवान्: having consumed
• उपभुक्तवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-भुज् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having eaten/consumed)

• तम्: that (it/him)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• ध्यायः: meditating/thinking
• ध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + शतृ/असुन्? (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (present participial/agentive sense) प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पाठभेद-संभवः: ध्यायन् (ध्यै-शतृ) अपेक्षितम्

• कामम्: as he wished/indeed
• कामम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (kāmam = at will/indeed); क्रियाविशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (then/from that)

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

• तनु-मध्यमाः: slender-waisted
• तनु-मध्यमाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (tanumadhyamā); पाठे 'मध्यमाः' इति बहुवचन/विसर्ग-भेदः संभवः

Speakers

• Narrative voice within Markandeya Purana (frame-speaker not identifiable from excerpt alone)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Miraculous birth/manifestation
• Desire and contemplation (dhyāna) as causal trigger
• Nāga-related narrative

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage presents desire (kāma) and focused thought (dhyāna) as immediate catalysts within a mythic causality—illustrating how intention, when empowered in a supernatural context, can precipitate tangible outcomes.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily belongs to Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-type narration (accounts of persons and events) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it is episodic storytelling embedded in the Purāṇic narrative flow.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘middle portion’ and the arising of a ‘slender-waisted’ form can be read symbolically as emergence from the ‘madhya’ (center)—a motif where the subtle/desired form manifests from an interior locus through concentrated thought.