Shloka 15

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

Sanskrit

ताभ्यां सह मया यातं कैलासतटमुत्तमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मुनिः कश्चित्तपसातिकृशाकृतिः ॥

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ saha mayā yātaṃ kailāsataṭam uttamam / tatra dṛṣṭo muniḥ kaścit tapasātikṛśākṛtiḥ

Translation

ആ രണ്ടു സഖികളോടൊപ്പം ഞാൻ കൈലാസത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തമ പ്രദേശത്തേക്ക് പോയി. അവിടെ തപസ്സുകൊണ്ട് അത്യന്തം ക്ഷീണിച്ച ദേഹമുള്ള ഒരു ഋഷിയെ ഞങ്ങൾ കണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: with those two (women)
• ताभ्याम्: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सहकारक/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (सह/association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition; ‘with’)

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive-style expression)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यातम्: went / was gone
• यातम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) + क्त (यात)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘(it was) gone/went’

• कैलासतटम्: the slope/bank of Kailāsa
• कैलासतटम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + तट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘कैलासस्य तटम्’)

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कैलासतटम्’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriyā (क्रिया/predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + क्त (दृष्ट)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘was seen’

• मुनिः: a sage
• मुनिः: Karma (कर्म/Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कश्चित्: some
• कश्चित्: Visheshana (विशेषण/indefinite qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अतिकृशाकृतिः: having an extremely emaciated form
• अतिकृशाकृतिः: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + कृश + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘अत्यन्तं कृशा आकृतिः यस्य’)

Speakers

• Maiden (Manoramā)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Shiva (implied by Kailāsa as his abode, though not explicitly named here)

Key Themes

• Kailāsa setting
• Tapas (austerity)
• Encounter with ascetic power

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas is presented as a real potency; the ascetic’s frailty is not weakness but the visible mark of concentrated spiritual power—warranting reverence and restraint.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna episode; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara, but typical puranic moral narration about the force of tapas and consequences.

What is the esoteric significance?

Kailāsa functions as a ‘high-frequency’ sacred space: ordinary social behavior is tested there. The emaciated body signifies ego-thinning; disrespect toward such a state invites karmic recoil.