Shloka 25

Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship

Sanskrit

नासिका वक्रतामेति कर्णयोर्नमनॊन्नती ।

नेत्रञ्च वामं स्रवति यस्य तस्यायुरुद्गतम् ॥

Transliteration

nāsikā vakratāmeti karṇayornamanonnatī / netrañca vāmaṃ stravati yasya tasyāyurudgatam

Translation

ഒരു മനുഷ്യന്റെ മൂക്ക് വളഞ്ഞുപോകുകയോ, ചെവികൾ തൂങ്ങുകയോ അസമമായി ഉയരുകയോ, ഇടത് കണ്ണിൽ നിന്ന് വെള്ളം/സ്രാവം വരുകയോ ചെയ്താൽ—അവന്റെ ആയുസ്സ് വിട്ടുപോയിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• nāsikā: the nose
• nāsikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vakratām: crookedness
• vakratām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vakratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• eti: goes to, becomes
• eti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; √इ = goes/comes to

• karṇayoḥ: of the two ears
• karṇayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) / Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual; here genitive ‘of the two ears’

• namana-unnatī: drooping and rising (alternation)
• namana-unnatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namana (प्रातिपदिक) + unnati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (नमनं च उन्नतिः च)

• netram: the eye
• netram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• vāmam: left
• vāmam: Karma/Deshya (कर्म/देश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with implied ‘(jalādi) / (rasaṃ)’ or as adverbial accusative ‘to the left’; in context ‘from the left (eye)’

• sravati: flows
• sravati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sru (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; √स्रु = flows, oozes

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; relative pronoun

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; correlative pronoun

• āyuḥ: life-span
• āyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• udgatam: departed, expired
• udgatam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udgata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle sense ‘gone out/expired’ agreeing with āyuḥ

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; bodily ariṣṭa list

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Omens
• Bodily signs
• Mortality

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The tradition treats marked bodily distortions as final warnings; the ethical response is to avoid harm, practice generosity, and steady the mind in remembrance.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma/ariṣṭa teaching, outside the five core Purāṇic markers.

What is the esoteric significance?

Asymmetry and involuntary flow indicate imbalance of vāyu/doṣas; symbolically, the ‘left-eye flow’ can denote the draining of embodied perception as consciousness prepares to turn inward.