Shloka 50

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

Sanskrit

नष्टस्मृतिर्यदा क्रुद्धः स्वमपत्यञ्चिखादिषुः ।

निशाचरत्बं गन्तासि तदस्त्रानलतापितः ॥

Transliteration

naṣṭa-smṛtir yadā kruddhaḥ svam apatyam cikhādiṣuḥ | niśācaratvaṃ gantāsi tad-astrānala-tāpitaḥ ||

Translation

സ്മൃതി നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തി ക്രോധത്തിൽ ഉന്മത്തനായി നീ നിന്റെ സ്വന്തം സന്തതിയെ ഭക്ഷിക്കുവാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുമ്പോൾ, ആയുധാഗ്നിയിൽ ദഗ്ധനായി നീ നിശാചരാവസ്ഥയിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കും.

Word by Word

• naṣṭa-smṛtiḥ: one whose memory is lost
• naṣṭa-smṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (नश्-धातु + क्त) + smṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि—‘whose memory is lost’ (नष्टा स्मृतिः यस्य)

• yadā: when
• yadā: None (अकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• svam: one's own
• svam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying 'apatyam'

• apatyam: offspring/child
• apatyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• cikhādiṣuḥ: he ate/devoured
• cikhādiṣuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khād (धातु) with reduplication (चि-)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• niśācaratvam: state of being a night-roamer (demonhood)
• niśācaratvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśācara-tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्त्व/भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• gantā: (you) will go/become
• gantā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + tṛ (तृ)
• Form: Agent noun/Periphrastic future base (कर्तृवाचक तृन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; with 'asi' implied/merged in 'gantāsi'

• asi: you are / (aux.)
• asi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; in sandhi with gantā → gantāsi

• tat: by that
• tat: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd—तृतीया), Singular; qualifying the cause in compound sense

• astra-anala-tāpitaḥ: scorched by the weapon-fire
• astra-anala-tāpitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक) + anala (प्रातिपदिक) + tāpita (तप्-धातु + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष—‘heated/burnt by the fire of that weapon’

Speakers

• Unspecified speaker continuing the prediction/curse addressed to the Gandharva

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhayānaka", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Anger leading to adharma
• Loss of memory as moral collapse
• Consequences manifesting as demonic transformation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Anger coupled with delusion (loss of discernment/memory) drives one toward the gravest violations of dharma (violence against one’s own), and such inner collapse is portrayed as producing an outer ‘demonic’ condition.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not a pancalakṣaṇa passage; it is didactic narrative illustrating karma and the psychology of adharma.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Weapon-fire’ can be read as the heat of consequences generated by one’s own actions; the niśācara-state represents consciousness dominated by tamas where natural bonds (like parent/child) are forgotten.