Shloka 32
Dialogue with the Parrot-Sage: Lineage, Ignorance, and the Vow of Learning
देवतायतने दुःखी उपविष्टस्त्वहं कदा । मद्भाग्यैः प्रेरितः कश्चित्सिद्ध एकः समागतः
devatāyatane duḥkhī upaviṣṭastvahaṃ kadā | madbhāgyaiḥ preritaḥ kaścitsiddha ekaḥ samāgataḥ
ഒരു വേള ഞാൻ ദേവാലയത്തിൽ ദുഃഖത്തോടെ ഇരിക്കുമ്പോൾ, എന്റെ സൗഭാഗ്യപ്രേരണയാൽ ഒരു സിദ്ധ മഹർഷി അവിടെ എത്തി।
Unspecified narrator (first-person speaker within the chapter’s ongoing dialogue context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: temple
Sandhi Resolution Notes: उपविष्टस्+तु+अहम् → उपविष्टस्त्वहम्; मद्+भाग्यैः → मद्भाग्यैः; कश्चित्+सिद्धः → कश्चित्सिद्धः.
FAQs
It links personal distress and refuge in a temple with the sudden arrival of a siddha, framing the meeting as the fruit of prior good fortune (merit/grace).
A siddha is a spiritually accomplished being—often depicted as perfected through tapas and realization—who can guide others and appears at critical moments in narratives.
Even in sorrow, turning toward sacred space can become the occasion for guidance; helpful encounters are portrayed as arising from accumulated merit and providential timing.