Shloka 9

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

संसारादित्यतापार्तिविप्लुष्यद्देहमांससम् ।

ब्रह्मज्ञानाम्बुशीतॆन सिञ्च मां वाक्यवारिणा ॥

Transliteration

saṃsārāditya-tāpārti-vipluṣyad-deha-mānasam |

brahma-jñānāmbu-śītena siñca māṃ vākya-vāriṇā ||

Translation

Tubuh dan fikiranku hangus, seakan menitis dan menyusut, oleh panas yang menyiksa dari matahari saṃsāra. Percikkanlah kepadaku air sejuk pengetahuan Brahman—melalui hujan kata-katamu.

Word by Word

• saṃsāra-āditya-tāpa-ārti-vipluṣyat-deha-mānasam: (me) whose body and mind are scorched by the heat-distress of the sun of worldly existence
• saṃsāra-āditya-tāpa-ārti-vipluṣyat-deha-mānasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + vipluṣyat (कृदन्त; √pluṣ/√pluṣ? ‘to burn/scorch’, शतृ) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; long determinative compound qualifying ‘mām’: “(me) whose body and mind are being scorched by the distress of the heat of the sun of saṃsāra”; vipluṣyat = present active participle (शतृ) used adjectivally inside compound

• brahma-jñāna-ambu-śītena: with the cool water of knowledge of Brahman
• brahma-jñāna-ambu-śītena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक) + śīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: “with the cool water of Brahma-knowledge”

• siñca: sprinkle/refresh
• siñca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sic (सिच्, धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यम-पुरुष), Singular

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun

• vākya-vāriṇā: with word-water (with your speech as water)
• vākya-vāriṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: “with the water in the form of words / word-water”

Speakers

• Father addressing son

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Brahma-jñāna
• Saṃsāra-duḥkha
• Teaching as compassion
• Liberating instruction

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Knowledge is presented as a direct remedy for existential suffering; the ethical impulse is compassion through instruction—speech used as a salvific instrument.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic/soteriological content (mokṣa-upadeśa), not pañcalakṣaṇa narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘sun of saṃsāra’ symbolizes the relentless exposure of consciousness to desire and fear; ‘cool water’ is the settling clarity of non-dual insight that ends burning reactivity.